re: Baton Rouge and Knoxville - Tops in the SEC

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I agree with all you said.
Plus that doesn't even consider the shipping importance of Memphis. The river, the convergence of 55&40, and MEM shipping the 2nd most cargo in the world.

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I mean, I know I'm a homer when it comes to my home state but really the three regions of Tennessee (East, Middle, and West) generally and the cities of Nashville and Memphis particularly have all made pretty massive cultural contributions to the Southeast and US as a whole. And you're spot on that the Mississippi River and interstate routes have meant that Memphis has had a massive impact on world wide shipping (hell much of Tennessee has simply because geography and the interstate systems have made it very much a central hub for transportation/shipping routes but even prior to the national highway/interstate system Tennessee was a major transportation gateway between North and South).