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With that being said, personally speaking, I do believe New Orleans neighborhoods are more appealing than those you'll see in Birmingham and Nashville, especially pertaining to architecture and aesthetically pleasing neighborhoods. As someone else mentioned, Birmingham and Nashville has a collection of more significant suburbs. (Homewood, Hoover, Mountain Brook, etc.)
This is so sad Nashville is beating New Orleans. There is not a chance in the world that Nashville is a more urban, refined, and cosmopolitan (and fun) city than New Orleans. I mean really?
Americans love shiny new places, that's for sure.
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Originally Posted by Peter1948
Nasvhille's neighborhoods cannot hold a candle to any in New Orleans. But Nashville has the growth, the hype, country music, and a bunch of shiny new 20 story apartments in its quest to be the next ATL. I will take New Orleans, charm, history, music, and urbanity any day.
But you see, most people will choose Main Street in Disney World over main street in small town USA .
Don;t get me wrong. I really like Nashville. And I think realistically, this could be a close race between Nashville and NO, but Nashville will take 100 years to build the kind of urban nabes that NO has had for centuries.
It's very understandable why Nashville is winning. NOLA is of course older, more urban, has a very unique local culture, etc. but it also has deep-seated issues when it comes to crime, race relations, political corruption, etc., plus it's obviously more vulnerable to natural disasters. Nashville is a growing, prosperous city that doesn't have most of NOLA's issues, is more family-friendly and, more importantly, is creating more quality jobs. At the end of the day, people would rather choose a place where they have a better chance of getting ahead in life and providing for their families.
It's very understandable why Nashville is winning. NOLA is of course older, more urban, has a very unique local culture, etc. but it also has deep-seated issues when it comes to crime, race relations, political corruption, etc., plus it's obviously more vulnerable to natural disasters. Nashville is a growing, prosperous city that doesn't have most of NOLA's issues, is more family-friendly and, more importantly, is creating more quality jobs. At the end of the day, people would rather choose a place where they have a better chance of getting ahead in life and providing for their families.
This.
New Orleans is one of my favorite cities in the states but I think Nashville is way more livable for the average person. New Orleans has a beauty that is incredibly unique but that comes with the price of unique challenges.
It's very understandable why Nashville is winning. NOLA is of course older, more urban, has a very unique local culture, etc. but it also has deep-seated issues when it comes to crime, race relations, political corruption, etc., plus it's obviously more vulnerable to natural disasters. Nashville is a growing, prosperous city that doesn't have most of NOLA's issues, is more family-friendly and, more importantly, is creating more quality jobs. At the end of the day, people would rather choose a place where they have a better chance of getting ahead in life and providing for their families.
New Orleans is fun to visit. But there's no way in hell I'd live there.
Memphis has massive city limits (larger than NYC). Comparing it to cities that cover a fraction of the overall MSA makes no sense.
How so? The comparison is murder RATES, not raw numbers.
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