from michigan to tennessee (Memphis, Chattanooga: low crime, unemployed, theater)

[terrie07]

hi yall i just love it when paula deen says that anyway i live in the metro

detroit area and i would like to know what is the difference between

nashville-memphis-knoxville-and chattanooga

i am an afro american early 30's with a child so i would like an area that has low crime-lots of jobs-kid friendly- arts, museums, diversity(GAY-STRAIGHT), parks things of that sort thing

i wont have a job when i arrive i'm leaving my job here as a health inspector so ideas on where i can relocate to would be nice i will take all help and opinions as i have no knowledge of tennessee at all

thanks in advance

[JMT]

Originally Posted by terrie07

hi yall i just love it when paula deen says that anyway i live in the metro

detroit area and i would like to know what is the difference between

nashville-memphis-knoxville-and chattanooga

i am an afro american early 30's with a child so i would like an area that has low crime-lots of jobs-kid friendly- arts, museums, diversity(GAY-STRAIGHT), parks things of that sort thing

i wont have a job when i arrive i'm leaving my job here as a health inspector so ideas on where i can relocate to would be nice i will take all help and opinions as i have no knowledge of tennessee at all

thanks in advance

Nashville is the largest city in Tennessee, it's growing the fastest and has the most jobs. It's also a pretty diverse city. Memphis has the largest African American population, but Nashville has a larger variety of ethnic groups. Nashville has the country's largest Kurdish community, for example. Nashville also has arguably the largest gay population in the state (certainly the most gay clubs in the state).

Downtown Chattanooga is probably more kid-friendly than the other cities you mentioned, however. It's got a large children's museum downtown, a neat baseball park, lots of waterfront parks, an IMAX theater, and one of the largest aquariums in the country. Chattanooga is also hard to beat as far as beauty; its downtown is surrounded by mountains.

I hope that helps.

[tsimmu]

Actually, I thought Memphis was the largest city in TN -- did Nashville surpass it? Nevertheless, Memphis DID just get identified as the most violent city in the US.

[Brian]

Memphis is still the largest city in Tennessee. JMT probably meant to say that Nashville is the largest metropolitan area in Tennessee.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by tsimmu

Actually, I thought Memphis was the largest city in TN -- did Nashville surpass it? Nevertheless, Memphis DID just get identified as the most violent city in the US.

You're right, the city of Memphis is larger than the city of Nashville. But the Nashville metro area is larger than the Memphis metro area.

Memphis
670,902 (city)
1,274,704 (metro area)
592,350 employed (4.6% unemployed)

Nashville
552,120 (city)
1,455,097 (metro area)
764,560 employed (3.5% unemployed)

[ariesjow]

Terrie07, I sent you a direct message.

[terrie07]

thank u ariesjow all the info was so helpful and thank u to everyone else is seems from my research nashville is the place to go i just need to decide between nashville or raliegh nc