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In reply to the discussion: What's Nashville like? [View all]

yellowdogintexas

(22,250 posts)
6. I lived there for 16 years from 1971 to 1983
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 03:02 PM
Aug 2020

Blue county; last non Democrat from the 5th Congressional District was sent to Congress around 1850s. State Capitol.

Several of the neighborhoods have gentrified since I left. I lived in East Nashville near the river and in Madison.

Great barbecue, lots of little Meat and 3 cafes and Nashville Hot Chicken.

One school system for the entire county. There are 7 universities, 2 medical schools and a school of dentistry.

It's a metropolitan combined city - county government.

I would say the Bo-Ho neighborhoods are East Nashville and the university areas. Fine arts abound thanks to so many colleges/universities.

Not sure about public transportation; it was declining when I lived there.

The entire Mid-South is humid; because of the Cumberland River Nashville is very humid.

It is about 35 miles south of the frost line and when conditions are right it will snow, sometimes heavily. There is a joke that snow removal is two guys in a flatbed with salt shakers ... because it is so hilly, snow days are at home days for many; ice storms are fairly bad there as well. However, there are definitely 4 seasons.

Metro Nashville is so diverse that over 100 languages are represented in the public schools

Largest concentration of Kurds in US - something like 10,000

Pro football team; pro hockey team; AAA baseball team.

Very green and lush. Lots of lakes nearby for water recreation.

Four hours to the Great Smoky Mountains. 1 1/2 hours to Mammoth Cave National Park; 3 hours to Louisville. 3 1/2 (roughly) to Memphis. Jack Daniels distillery maybe an hour, which you can tour but you can't buy the whiskey because it is a dry county. NASA in Huntsville about 90 minutes south.

What's Nashville like? [View all] XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 OP
I've only driven past it recently... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #1
Thanks! XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #14
Very expensive to live there SheltieLover Aug 2020 #2
There is a thriving alternative music scene in East Nashville redstateblues Aug 2020 #5
Thanks! XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #12
Thank you XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #13
Yw! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #15
It is really pretty there SheltieLover Aug 2020 #16
It's beautiful--hilly and green. Laelth Aug 2020 #3
Thank you XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #11
Nashville is a blue city in a red state redstateblues Aug 2020 #4
Thanks! XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #10
I lived there for 16 years from 1971 to 1983 yellowdogintexas Aug 2020 #6
Thank you XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #9
We live in the Nashville burbs Docreed2003 Aug 2020 #7
Thank you XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #8
We moved to Nashville from New England over 30 years ago. 70sEraVet Aug 2020 #17
Thanks! XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #19
Since no one else has mentioned it...allergies! Lars39 Aug 2020 #18
Good to know, thanks! XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #20
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