Directions to hacks cross and shelby drive

Mopac1980

What is the area along Hacks Cross Road in between Winchester Road and Shelby Drive like?

Also how safe is the areas along Hacks Cross Road compared to Riverdale Road? I know the areas along Riverdale and further west is where it starts to become a not so good area of Memphis.

Hacks and Shelby are pretty safe. I work and live near this area which is called Southwind. Been here since 2010, FedEx headquaters is off Winchester and Hacks Cross, plus other businesses. A lot of retail and restaurants. Germantown and Collierville are just up the road from Hacks,Winchester and Shelby.
Riverdale Rd is a mix. The area between Shelby Dr and Winchester I wouldn't recommend. Nice homes, I but can tell some activity happens there based off my perception. It's the tail end of Hickory Hill. The area South of Shelby Dr and Riverdale is much nicer.

Mopac1980

Hacks and Shelby are pretty safe. I work and live near this area which is called Southwind. Been here since 2010, FedEx headquaters is off Winchester and Hacks Cross, plus other businesses. A lot of retail and restaurants. Germantown and Collierville are just up the road from Hacks,Winchester and Shelby.
Riverdale Rd is a mix. The area between Shelby Dr and Winchester I wouldn't recommend. Nice homes, I but can tell some activity happens there based off my perception. It's the tail end of Hickory Hill. The area South of Shelby Dr and Riverdale is much nicer.

I have seen areas on Riverdale between Winchester and Shelby and it looked a little run down, I always thought the area gets better as you go east of Riverdale along the areas between Winchester and Shelby, I know Hickory Hill used to be a top notch area up until the late 90's.

Hacks cross is okay. There is sometimes a lot of traffic (at least by Memphis standards) on that stretch that can be frustrating.

Riverdale isn't really dangerous, but it's not as good as Hacks Cross. It also gets a lot of traffic. Going south towards Shelby and Holmes, it gets a little nicer and traffic is more reasonable.

I go to the Costco over there every now and then. I've never felt remotely unsafe. It wouldn't be the area where I'd want to live, but not for reasons of safety. I think some people are afraid of their own shadow.

South of 385 is still mostly undeveloped past Shelby. There's a golf course and a really good nursery back there. eventually you cross into Mississippi and there's a lot of DC's and an air field. There's a mix of some newer subdivisions and older estate homes on large lots on the Tennessee side. There's also a big cemetery.

I don't think that area will ever really develop beyond what it is today. That's probably a good thing.

The public schools in that area aren't great, but at least most of it is unincorporated and are not subject to Memphis taxes, which are incredibly high (but that also means limited street lights and very little development control). Crime isn't really an issue unless you head west into Hickory Hill.

The problem with Hacks is that it is a cut through between 385 and Olive Branch, so there is a lot of rush hour traffic. That's probably why those retailers built up the area around Costco so much.

South of 385 is still mostly undeveloped past Shelby. There's a golf course and a really good nursery back there. eventually you cross into Mississippi and there's a lot of DC's and an air field. There's a mix of some newer subdivisions and older estate homes on large lots on the Tennessee side. There's also a big cemetery.

I don't think that area will ever really develop beyond what it is today. That's probably a good thing.

The public schools in that area aren't great, but at least most of it is unincorporated and are not subject to Memphis taxes, which are incredibly high (but that also means limited street lights and very little development control). Crime isn't really an issue unless you head west into Hickory Hill.

The problem with Hacks is that it is a cut through between 385 and Olive Branch, so there is a lot of rush hour traffic. That's probably why those retailers built up the area around Costco so much.

Ahh, true. I should've said don't venture too far SOUTHWEST of Hacks; but even then it's not as bad as other parts of Memphis. My apologies

There are a couple of single unit housing developments there south of 385 on either side of Hacks Cross. When I moved here I drove around house-hunting over there and noticed that all houses seemed unkempt, lawns and landscaping were overgrown, and there were dozens of kids wandering about unsupervised. About 6 months later I was over there eating at Cracker Barrel when some sort of riot broke out at the gas station near there.

I think that the area is well on its way to becoming yet another blighted Memphis neighborhood. It's kinda like a slow-moving cancer whose borders have now reached Hacks Cross and bit further east. I would avoid it like the plague. Keep in mind that saying it's not as bad as some parts of Memphis is setting a very low bar.

The Hacks Cross area is not in decline. Businesses are opening and infill developments are in action. That's a fact. Crime isn't a issue either. Really what is it that makes you feel like this area is in decline? If the opposite was happening here then I would totally agree.

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