Moving from Los Angeles to Nashville area (Franklin, Brentwood: buying a house, neighborhood)

[ThirdCoaster]

Originally Posted by BlueyedCat

I understand completely. We also moved from California to Nashville and have dreaded it ever since and we ARE moving out of Nashville as soon as possible. Good luck.
I would give anything to be back on the 91 Freeway instead of with the drivers and traffic here.

I have to agree. It is VERY humid here (mold is a major problem) and it is not as inexpensive as people think it is because the salaries are also lower here and there are a lot of people chasing the same jobs.

There is a lot of natural beauty here and the people are polite but you will go into culture shock and probably miss a lot of things you once took for granted.

[Vascodagama]

Originally Posted by ThirdCoaster

I have to agree. It is VERY humid here (mold is a major problem) and it is not as inexpensive as people think it is because the salaries are also lower here and there are a lot of people chasing the same jobs.

There is a lot of natural beauty here and the people are polite but you will go into culture shock and probably miss a lot of things you once took for granted.

I think culture shock would be the other way around, a person from TN moving to SoCal.

[groovamos]

Originally Posted by Don9

I think culture shock would be the other way around, a person from TN moving to SoCal.

I moved from Austin to L.A. and you are correct, however, this state of affairs was short lived for me as I began to relish the smorgasbord of things to do and experience in that mind-boggling metropolis. Then after a couple of years of that, I began to think of living in Austin again and I eventually moved back, having gotten a little jaded about CA. You begin to realize that there are a lot of things you can do in a smaller metro that you can't do out there.

[Vascodagama]

Originally Posted by groovamos

I moved from Austin to L.A. and you are correct, however, this state of affairs was short lived for me as I began to relish the smorgasbord of things to do and experience in that mind-boggling metropolis. Then after a couple of years of that, I began to think of living in Austin again and I eventually moved back, having gotten a little jaded about CA. You begin to realize that there are a lot of things you can do in a smaller metro that you can't do out there.

I'm born and raised in SoCal and except for military duty I have lived here all my 50+ years. I even lived and currently work in Redondo. My plans are to leave as soon as I retire. SoCal is not for me anymore. Paradise gone bad. We have the weather but that's where the good stops.

[CantWait2Leave]

Originally Posted by Don9

I'm born and raised in SoCal and except for military duty I have lived here all my 50+ years. I even lived and currently work in Redondo. My plans are to leave as soon as I retire. SoCal is not for me anymore. Paradise gone bad. We have the weather but that's where the good stops.

Yep, this is true. I live in L.A. and my husband and I are moving to Nashville in January. We are so excited.

[CantWait2Leave]

Originally Posted by SKYSEA

Hey Folks, I just saw this thread. This Thursday, I am fulfilling a 5 year dream and moving out of So Cal to Cookeville, TN. Everyone who was complaining about the summer, we had the hottest day in history in Oct. It was 213 degrees in downtown L.A. That's right, not the desert or the Valley, but downtown. Try to remember all those idiot drivers in L.A. that would cut you off and then give you the middle finger salute. Remember when it took you an hour to go 20 miles instead of 70. Try to remember people that showed no consideration or courtesy towards you as they do in the South.

Well the house is sold here and the movers are coming. We'll be in Cookeville seven days after that. My house in White Plains is calling to me and I can't wait to get there and experience all the good things in Tennessee and I'm sorry, but I won't be looking for things to complain about. Cookeville, here we come!!!!!!!!!!

How exciting! I'm very jealous of you We aren't moving until January. I've born and raised in L.A. and it's so overrated. I agree with everything you said. I most definitely won't be looking for things to complain about either!!

[devonrenee571]

My husband (who is British), myself and our 8 month old daughter are considering a move to Nashville. We both have successful careers in the movie business, however I have decided to be a stay at home mom for the time being and my husband works all over the world, so we can relocate where we please. My brother lives in Nashville and loves it. We are hoping Nashville ticks our boxes of:
1. affordable housing (we own a shoebox 721 sq ft house in LA)
2. good schools
3. a strong community

My biggest concern is that we are not church goers and are liberal (not to the extreme, but hate listening to right rhetoric). We like the downtown and countryside of Franklin. Are there enough transplants and like minded locals in the area that we will be able to make friends and feel at home.

We have a love hate relationship with Los Angeles, love the weather, culture, and access to creative employment, hate the traffic, cost of living, schools, earthquakes, and lack of community.

[BirdieBelle]

I am a native Tennessean who has lived in Williamson County for over 20 years. I can attest that there are tons of California transplants here. There have been several corporate relocations over the past decade that have brought many executives from CA, most notably Mars Petcare and the US HQ of Nissan.
I remember very distinctly that when Nissan was considering moving here from Glendale, message boards and forums all over SoCal were full of people criticizing the decision, full of misperceptions that Middle TN would be a creative wasteland.
To the contrary, it is a very creative area. We are known as Music City, and it's not just for country music. Graphic design and other types of marketing production companies are growing here as well.
As for the other stuff - housing, schools, strong community - you will be pleasantly surprised.

[akm4]

Devonrenee- We are liberal NorCal transplants who loved to Franklin 10 years ago and LOVE it. Don't worry about making friends. Trust me- you won't have any problem.

[septimus]

I'm a liberal northeastern transplant married to a Brit. There are actually quite a few Brits in Franklin. for being in the middle of the country Nashville has quite a few international families. In my son's class there is french family, japanese family, canadian, and new zealand.

I know people from the area think Franklin/Brentwood is expensive but we bought a house that was twice as large as our house in the northeast for signifiantly less than what we sold our house in the norteast.