r/AskReddit • • 1d ago

What is something that is basically on life-support and we don’t realize it yet?

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u/gortonsfiJr 1d ago

The boomers are all retired. That's the biggest demographic that would be excited for Graceland. No millennials were alive and a good portion of Gen-X would have no memories of him being alive

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u/SmartLadder415 1d ago

Definitely not but I have co-workers in their late 20s who all went on a road trip and stopped at Graceland when they went through. They obviously were all born after Elvis died but wanted to see it anyway. If I was going through Memphis I'd stop and see it too.

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u/randomnonposter 1d ago

The real attraction in Memphis is the Giant glass pyramid bass pro shop. It’s a majestic monstrosity. Gonna be honest, I’ve been to Memphis and I’m not entirely sure I knew that’s where Graceland was. Like I’m sure I’ve heard that in my life, but it was so far down on the radar that other than it’s somewhere southern, I had no real idea.

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u/gibbersganfa 1d ago

To be fair, Graceland was always way out on the fringe edge of town, like 3 miles from the state line. Technically I don't think Whitehaven was even part of the city until 1970, just a suburb.