I grew up in midtown (near Rhodes College) and have spent most of my life around here - it has its issues, as any city its size does, but it's home. Don't know when you were here last, but downtown's seen some remarkable improvements in the last ten years or so. Best of luck with the amp search. If you do decide to track down some M200's, they'll serve you well (they're what I'm using to drive my mains currently), but I suspect that any of the options I mentioned in my PM would work for you.