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Welcome to Neurology
Living in Memphis
With a population of 1.6 million, Memphis and surrounding Shelby County offer the cultural advantages of a large cosmopolitan city while preserving many life-style qualities of a smaller town. The cost of living is low, and attractive, affordable housing is available in many neighborhoods within an easy commute of the Medical Center. Many physicians live not far from the Medical Center in the so-called "Poplar Corridor". This forested area of Memphis extends east from the Medical Center to Germantown and is home to many of Memphis' cultural institutions. These include Rhodes college, Brooks Museum of Art, Dixon Gallery, Pink Palace Natural History Museum and Planetarium, Botanical Gardens, Memphis Zoo, Lichterman Nature Center, Overton Square, three professional theaters, multiple parks and golf courses. A short walk from the Medical Center, one also finds the historical "Victorian Village" with turn-of-the-century mansions,
museums, and Sun Studios, where "rock and roll" had its birth in the 1950's.
Other Memphis attractions include the annual "Wonders" international art exhibitions, Graceland, Memphis Children's Museum, National Ornamental Metal Museum, River Museum, The Pyramid, and the National Civil Rights Museum. Well established systems for public and private schools exist. A total of 12 colleges and universities in Memphis furnish educational opportunities in most fields with schools for law, art, journalism, commerce, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and other graduate studies. For professional couples with children, there are a large number of affordable Day Care Centers. The city has many restaurants. Memphis is most famous for its Bar-B-Q, but also offers adventuresome ethnic dining ranging from Mexican, Cuban, Italian, French, Greek, Russian to Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai. Several restaurants, Erhling Jensen's, Raji's and Chez Philip, have received national awards for their innovative cuisine.
Memphis has a rich musical heritage. W.C. Handy and other musicians of Beale street created the "Blues" during the 1920s and 1930s. Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and many others transformed our culture with their early recordings in Sun Studios. Today, there is an active nightlife in the many clubs along Beale Street. Blues, jazz, rock and country are performed live by B.B. King and other local and visiting musicians. Popular bands, recording artists, and Broadway musicals tour through Memphis and offer a wide variety of musical entertainment. Classical music, opera and dance have thrived as well. The Memphis Symphony Orchestra features a full concert season with guest artists drawn from around the world. For over three decades, Memphis Opera has brought national and international opera stars for its productions of Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and others in the Orpheum theater. The Memphis Concert Ballet performs both contemporary and full length classical ballets such as Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.
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