Only two years? Where did you move from?
I grew up in Memphis, the Raleigh/Bartlett area. I still have family in a few places including Olive Branch. This was common even twenty years ago but it was at least isolated when I was a kid. Now it seems to be in every neighborhood of the city and surrounding areas...
I moved from Winston-Salem, NC. I lived in Memphis for two years until we moved last summer to Olive Branch.
Wow. Sounds like a real shithole.
Dude, if you only knew. Depending on what survey you believe, we're the 2nd -4th most violent city in America. The state is considering taking over some of our schools. The politics are so corrupt, even by DC standards. The ex-mayor, now running for state rep., is an outright racist. Below is a quote from Wikipedia on him.
In recent times, Herenton has faced mounting criticism from citizens and other observers, who have charged that he has done the following:
Failed to ensure sound fiscal management of the City of Memphis [13]
Fraud allegations involving national money for the building of the FedEx Forum [14]
Failed to communicate effectively with the City Council [15]
Failed to address multiple allegations of improprieties regarding Memphis Light Gas and Water [15]
Served as the prime target and catalyst for the City Charter rewrite [16]
Angered citizens to the point of becoming a target of a (failed) citizen recall effort [17]
Proposed raising property taxes by 17% while taxes on his personal home were delinquent.
Called for a halt to early voting due to alleged "irregularities". The Shelby County Election Commission stated that early voting would continue.[18],
Benefited personally from the rezoning of the Greyhound bus terminal property;
Done little in response to the significant rise in crime under his leadership; he stated that "No mayor in any American City can solve the crime problem."[19]
Appointed new leadership of the Memphis Public Library over the objections of the Tennessee Library Association.[20]
Failed to address criticism in the way that cases and staffing were being handled by the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center, and caused a racially-charged argument in the council meeting where he accused the city councilman of being a racist. "
Our car got broken into & my daughter's DS stolen in the parking lot of Chuck E Cheese. I'm not sure if this is the same location or not.
We went into a Chuck E cheese here a couple of years ago and turned around and walked it. It was that scary. I'm guessing this is the same location.
It's really sickening. I moved here for my job and if I lose it, I'm out of here. It just gets worse & worse.