Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Lyrics

Lyric discussion by chrisb1 

Cover art for Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again lyrics by Bob Dylan

Is Dylan's impression of Mobile similar to John Fogerty's of Lodi ie. a dull place where you would not want to be stranded ?

Or a frightening weird ugly boring mind-numbing place which you'd gladly pay the price to find out how to keep reapeating all the lessons we have to learn... often, twice (or more). Similar metaphor, I'd agree.