Google Maps and Memphis Isolation -- The Comments
I'm not gonna steal anyone's thunder since Alissa has promised to blog about the lack of Google Street View for Memphis. However, I found the comments to the article in our local paper to be priceless. Enjoy.
Comments
Posted by spamidohate on July 14, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When Google doesn't even want to come to your town you know something is wrong....
Herenton is what is wrong.
It is actually the people in Memphis - but believe me - get rid of Herenton and people will start felling better about Memphis.
The wound will not heal until you remove the thorn - and right now we're looking at gangrene.
Posted by gambillj on July 14, 2008 at 1:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hard to believe that the 18th largest city in the Nation can't be detailed and viewed by Google when so many other smaller cities and towns can be. Nashville, okay. But Knoxville, Little Rock and Jackson, Ms over Memphis, TN? Come on!
Hey Reed! The computer is a machine and has no senses of tasting and smelling. It is designed to provide information to those who are seeking it......DUH!
Another example of what everybody around the WORLD thinks (or doesn't think) of us, wouldn't you say?
Posted by GlengarryGlennRoss on July 14, 2008 at 6:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When Google puts the horse's head in your bed you are truly doomed.
Posted by reflection on July 14, 2008 at 6:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The last I heard, Google was beaten up by a couple of exuberant bouncers on Beale Street and hasn't forgiven us since.
Posted by zeek2fc99 on July 14, 2008 at 7:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe we can get them to do a street Veiw of Willies Head!!
Posted by catsanddog on July 14, 2008 at 7:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Google is the only SAFE way to "walk" around Memphis.
Posted by cpusuesmom on July 14, 2008 at 7:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
google maps are great! they are a great tool for those who are unable to travel,as for memphis,your city has a cancer in the form of the mayor,just how does he keep getting elected,over the the past few years your city has went down,you have an arena just sitting there closed,for what!the pyramid arena was great,memphis did not need the fed ex forum,that money should have been spent for city inprovements and housing,also crime is up to,also what about liberty land,a memphis fixture for years now gone,i see why google does not want to come to memphis,it all goes back to the cancer in the mayor's office,if you want changes,then start off by getting rid of the cancer in the mayor's office,and memphis will be again the great city of the mid south!
Posted by jmarks on July 14, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That is hilarious. "Memphis is isolated!" I guess that is why Fedex and Autozone are in Memphis. They were looking for a good "isolated" city. I'm using Yahoo Search instead of Gaggle. How about that Gleegle? Isolated? Gluggle should be happy they do not ship any products. They'd probably ship out of Paraguay. It's central you know!
Posted by sinatrafan on July 14, 2008 at 8:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Perhaps Ms. Reed can tell us what crime scene tape smells like so we too can know the "smells" of Memphis.
I'm sure if someone googles "murder scene" they will get a lot of Memphis street views.
Posted by listener on July 14, 2008 at 8:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Memphis is not only isolated, it is primitive econonmically, having low paying jobs, even at what most consider to be "good places to work:". Memphis needs to get with the program. When you move here, chances of living a less than quality life are very high.
Posted by DoggieDaddy on July 14, 2008 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"The true way to experience Memphis is to walk through it."
That's true, you know. There's nothing like a nighttime stroll through Hickory Hill to give a tourist the Real Memphis Experience.
Posted by memphisaintsobad on July 14, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You can't experience the REAL Memphis by using google street maps.
You have to actually go to the mall in broad daylight, get your car stolen or carjacked, get knifed, and murdered. That is the REAL Memphis.
And Willie says if you don't like that - you can leave!
Posted by actinolite2 on July 14, 2008 at 8:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes, there's nothing quite like walking down Main Street on a hot summer day and getting the intermittent overwhelming aroma of old urine wafting up at you from a surprising variety of locations. I'm pretty sure Google would have a hard time reproducing that effect.
Posted by tncarr on July 14, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
LMAO@the many comments. Sad but funny...and to think we actually live here.
Posted by mduke1 on July 14, 2008 at 9:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Jeez...it's a poor choice of words on Google's part and a poor excuse from Jackie Reed. It seems to be a prioritization issue at Google. Stuttgart and Pine Bluff have Street View, so I don't think the direct and implied commentary about thug behavior and close proximity to Black people really holds water.
Large cities such as Seattle, Baltimore, and Washington, do not have Street View and I don't recall them being isolated. Historic areas such as Annapolis, Charleston, Savannah, and Santa Fe do not have it either, so I'm not concerned that Memphis is late to the game. It will happen when it happens.
Posted by lucky397 on July 14, 2008 at 9:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Reed said the sights, sounds and smells of Memphis can't be reproduced with a mouse click."
Approach Memphis from any direction and you begin to smell it when you get about 25 miles out. Google can't duplicate that.
Posted by supreme21 on July 14, 2008 at 10:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Until we as Memphians start fighting for our city and quit focusing on crime and anything negative regarding the city we will always be short changed by not only by the state of Tennessee but also the nation. "Isolated" is an unbelievable statement to me. Google should really define that one.
Last night watching WREG (Channel 3), the second, third, and fourth storty was about crime. One of the stories was more than a week old. At first I was one of those people who didn't think it was the media but now I am convinced that to a point it is. Must the focus on the daily news first 8 minutes always be about senseless, petty and silly crimes. The news in cities such as Atlanta, Miami and even St. Louis don't focus on crime as much and are very high crime cities just like Memphis.
Posted by MisterT80 on July 14, 2008 at 10:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
you know what else google can't replicate?! The low morale/woe-is-me/contempt for their city attitude that most Memphians have. You really have to meet some of the people and have a conversation to hear them b**ch and moan about how horrible they think memphis is. It's hard to get that sense of detest and despair from looking at a map.
who cares what google says.
Comments
Posted by spamidohate on July 14, 2008 at 12:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When Google doesn't even want to come to your town you know something is wrong....
Herenton is what is wrong.
It is actually the people in Memphis - but believe me - get rid of Herenton and people will start felling better about Memphis.
The wound will not heal until you remove the thorn - and right now we're looking at gangrene.
Posted by gambillj on July 14, 2008 at 1:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hard to believe that the 18th largest city in the Nation can't be detailed and viewed by Google when so many other smaller cities and towns can be. Nashville, okay. But Knoxville, Little Rock and Jackson, Ms over Memphis, TN? Come on!
Hey Reed! The computer is a machine and has no senses of tasting and smelling. It is designed to provide information to those who are seeking it......DUH!
Another example of what everybody around the WORLD thinks (or doesn't think) of us, wouldn't you say?
Posted by GlengarryGlennRoss on July 14, 2008 at 6:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When Google puts the horse's head in your bed you are truly doomed.
Posted by reflection on July 14, 2008 at 6:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The last I heard, Google was beaten up by a couple of exuberant bouncers on Beale Street and hasn't forgiven us since.
Posted by zeek2fc99 on July 14, 2008 at 7:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe we can get them to do a street Veiw of Willies Head!!
Posted by catsanddog on July 14, 2008 at 7:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Google is the only SAFE way to "walk" around Memphis.
Posted by cpusuesmom on July 14, 2008 at 7:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
google maps are great! they are a great tool for those who are unable to travel,as for memphis,your city has a cancer in the form of the mayor,just how does he keep getting elected,over the the past few years your city has went down,you have an arena just sitting there closed,for what!the pyramid arena was great,memphis did not need the fed ex forum,that money should have been spent for city inprovements and housing,also crime is up to,also what about liberty land,a memphis fixture for years now gone,i see why google does not want to come to memphis,it all goes back to the cancer in the mayor's office,if you want changes,then start off by getting rid of the cancer in the mayor's office,and memphis will be again the great city of the mid south!
Posted by jmarks on July 14, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That is hilarious. "Memphis is isolated!" I guess that is why Fedex and Autozone are in Memphis. They were looking for a good "isolated" city. I'm using Yahoo Search instead of Gaggle. How about that Gleegle? Isolated? Gluggle should be happy they do not ship any products. They'd probably ship out of Paraguay. It's central you know!
Posted by sinatrafan on July 14, 2008 at 8:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Perhaps Ms. Reed can tell us what crime scene tape smells like so we too can know the "smells" of Memphis.
I'm sure if someone googles "murder scene" they will get a lot of Memphis street views.
Posted by listener on July 14, 2008 at 8:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Memphis is not only isolated, it is primitive econonmically, having low paying jobs, even at what most consider to be "good places to work:". Memphis needs to get with the program. When you move here, chances of living a less than quality life are very high.
Posted by DoggieDaddy on July 14, 2008 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"The true way to experience Memphis is to walk through it."
That's true, you know. There's nothing like a nighttime stroll through Hickory Hill to give a tourist the Real Memphis Experience.
Posted by memphisaintsobad on July 14, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You can't experience the REAL Memphis by using google street maps.
You have to actually go to the mall in broad daylight, get your car stolen or carjacked, get knifed, and murdered. That is the REAL Memphis.
And Willie says if you don't like that - you can leave!
Posted by actinolite2 on July 14, 2008 at 8:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes, there's nothing quite like walking down Main Street on a hot summer day and getting the intermittent overwhelming aroma of old urine wafting up at you from a surprising variety of locations. I'm pretty sure Google would have a hard time reproducing that effect.
Posted by tncarr on July 14, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
LMAO@the many comments. Sad but funny...and to think we actually live here.
Posted by mduke1 on July 14, 2008 at 9:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Jeez...it's a poor choice of words on Google's part and a poor excuse from Jackie Reed. It seems to be a prioritization issue at Google. Stuttgart and Pine Bluff have Street View, so I don't think the direct and implied commentary about thug behavior and close proximity to Black people really holds water.
Large cities such as Seattle, Baltimore, and Washington, do not have Street View and I don't recall them being isolated. Historic areas such as Annapolis, Charleston, Savannah, and Santa Fe do not have it either, so I'm not concerned that Memphis is late to the game. It will happen when it happens.
Posted by lucky397 on July 14, 2008 at 9:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Reed said the sights, sounds and smells of Memphis can't be reproduced with a mouse click."
Approach Memphis from any direction and you begin to smell it when you get about 25 miles out. Google can't duplicate that.
Posted by supreme21 on July 14, 2008 at 10:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Until we as Memphians start fighting for our city and quit focusing on crime and anything negative regarding the city we will always be short changed by not only by the state of Tennessee but also the nation. "Isolated" is an unbelievable statement to me. Google should really define that one.
Last night watching WREG (Channel 3), the second, third, and fourth storty was about crime. One of the stories was more than a week old. At first I was one of those people who didn't think it was the media but now I am convinced that to a point it is. Must the focus on the daily news first 8 minutes always be about senseless, petty and silly crimes. The news in cities such as Atlanta, Miami and even St. Louis don't focus on crime as much and are very high crime cities just like Memphis.
Posted by MisterT80 on July 14, 2008 at 10:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
you know what else google can't replicate?! The low morale/woe-is-me/contempt for their city attitude that most Memphians have. You really have to meet some of the people and have a conversation to hear them b**ch and moan about how horrible they think memphis is. It's hard to get that sense of detest and despair from looking at a map.
who cares what google says.
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