Garden city movement through low taxes, low rents and more space. Despite Howard’s best efforts, the home prices in this garden city could not remain affordable for blue-collar workers to live in. The populations comprised mostly skilled middle class workers. After a decade, the First Garden City became profitable and started paying dividends to its investors. Although many viewed Letchworth as a success, it did not immediately inspire government investment into the next line of garden cities. In reference to the lack of government support for garden cities, Frederic James Osborn, a colleague of Howard and his eventual successor at the Garden City
Maybe It Was Memphis were reluctant to release the song due to its more pop sound, and held off on doing so until Tillis had established herself. The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which the female narrator recalls a former lover whom she met in Memphis, Tennessee. It is composed in the key of A major with a vocal range of A-E. The main chord pattern on the verses is A-D twice, E-D twice, and E-G-A. Michael Anderson wrote the song in 1983. In an article for TAXI, he described the song writing process: On May 24, 2011, Lauren Alaina performed the song