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Yeah Tennessee is in a very central location (borders 8 states I think) and this makes it convenient/easy to travel to a significant number of other states/cities.
I have family in the Nashville area and visited a few times:
Pros: The music scene, entertainment, shopping, and better restaurants, fastest growing city for millennials to live, always something to do downtown. Surprised me last winter Tennessee have a little snow and bone chilling cold so it does have 4 seasons. Very diverse (probably the most diverse city in Tennessee) and the people there are cool.
Cons: Rent/Home prices is outrageous!!!, Traffic congestion's coming into the city on I-65 and I-24, It's getting overcrowded like other southern cities, lack of affordable parking downtown, and the main CON is salaries have not kept pace with the cost of living in the metro area.
If you decide to move to Nashville from the East Coast don't forget that part of Tennessee is in central time zone lol. Me being from Michigan, I've always forget Nashville area is central time.
Thanks for the info. I like your pros. I'm not huge on music, but I like the energy it brings. Yeah the central time was odd lol. Outside of DC, I'm not too concerned about rents as that's going to be a problem wherever I go. DC's is just off this planet, but Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Charleston all currently have the rising rent problem.
Yeah the parking was annoying. Not the biggest fan of having to pay a meter or garage everywhere just to grab a bite to eat at many places.
The salary to living is definitely something I'm going to be keeping an eye on.
Yeah Tennessee is in a very central location (borders 8 states I think) and this makes it convenient/easy to travel to a significant number of other states/cities.
I have family in the Nashville area and visited a few times:
Pros: The music scene, entertainment, shopping, and better restaurants, fastest growing city for millennials to live, always something to do downtown. Surprised me last winter Tennessee have a little snow and bone chilling cold so it does have 4 seasons. Very diverse (probably the most diverse city in Tennessee) and the people there are cool.
Cons: Rent/Home prices is outrageous!!!, Traffic congestion's coming into the city on I-65 and I-24, It's getting overcrowded like other southern cities, lack of affordable parking downtown, and the main CON is salaries have not kept pace with the cost of living in the metro area.
If you decide to move to Nashville from the East Coast don't forget that part of Tennessee is in central time zone lol. Me being from Michigan, I've always forget Nashville area is central time.
Really????? Nashville seems dirt cheap compared to D.C
Really????? Nashville seems dirt cheap compared to D.C
It definitely is cheap by D.C. standards. It is way overpriced compared to similarly sized cities, especially for what you get. Some of the homes downtown and in East and West Nashville are in crime ridden run down areas with homeless and vagrants walking the streets. Nashville also lacks sidewalks and simple amenities such as grocery stores and everyday retail in the trendy neighborhoods. This is changing very soon, however.
I would love to see more college educated minorities move to Nashville but I believe you would like Atlanta the best based on what you typed, Atlanta is the capital of South and the cost of living is not that much more than Nashville and you would must likely have better job prospects.
I would love to see more college educated minorities move to Nashville but I believe you would like Atlanta the best based on what you typed, Atlanta is the capital of South and the cost of living is not that much more than Nashville and you would must likely have better job prospects.
So Nashville doesnt have much communications and marketing? I know comparing 1.8 million Nashville with 5.7 million Atlanta is tough.
Im not necessarily seeking the city thatll give me more, but the city thatll give me the best new experience as I start my adult life.
So Nashville doesnt have much communications and marketing? I know comparing 1.8 million Nashville with 5.7 million Atlanta is tough.
Im not necessarily seeking the city thatll give me more, but the city thatll give me the best new experience as I start my adult life.
Atlanta has often been called the D.C of the south. To some degree I think this is true particularly when examining the metro as a whole. I haven't been to Nashville since I was 10 but plan on going this fall. Hopefully I can get a better idea on how it compares with Atlanta. I know for Communications and Marketing careers Atlanta might seem like the better choice but if you like Nashville better go for it. I know their economy is booming to.
So Nashville doesnt have much communications and marketing? I know comparing 1.8 million Nashville with 5.7 million Atlanta is tough.
Im not necessarily seeking the city thatll give me more, but the city thatll give me the best new experience as I start my adult life.
Have you actually done an online search for jobs in Nashville? Nashville is booming, and it's not all service jobs, either. I just did a search for marketing jobs in Nashville on indeed.com, and a bunch of openings came up. Many national and international corporations have a major presence in Nashville and, as such, have needs for people to work in marketing and communications:
Dollar General
HCA
Nissan North America
Bridgestone Americas
Asurion
Hankook North America
Caterpillar
Lyft
Gibson
Warby Parker
UBS
Cracker Barrel
Nissan North America, in particular, has been a boon to Nashville when it moved its HQ from California to Nashville a few years ago. Today it has over 10,000 employees in Nashville on 800 acres and 6.5 million square feet.
In the health care field, there's HCA, the largest health care company in the nation, which just finished a new HQ tower downtown and employs over 10,000 in Nashville. There's also Vanderbilt University Medical Center with over 20,000 employees in Nashville, and Community Health Systems which is another Fortune 500 company with its HQ in Nashville. Gaylord is a major hospitality company with its own, gigantic hotel (Opryland, the largest non casino hotel in the country) and convention center with obvious needs for marketing and communications specialists.
Nashville seems like the way you should go. You want to get out of your comfort zone, and that pretty much disqualifies all the other cities here. Live your life with edge and go for the one that is beckoning you!
Now, personally, I have experience in all of these cities besides Charleston. I partially grew up about 25-30 miles south of DC in Nova; I lived in South Charlotte; and I lived about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta. Never lived in Nashville but have been several times. Not impressed, but I'm not impressed with Atlanta either...
Personally, I'd only take Nashville over Charleston and maybe Atlanta....but that's based on my criteria which is different from yours. I'd never choose Nashville over DC or Charlotte, ever---but for you, I think Nashville is your best option!
Thanks for that. Yeah Im not dead set on getting away from home, just feeling the experience. Coincidentally, Nashville honestly isnt that far either.
DC is obvious, but could I ask why you wouldnt choose it over Charlotte?
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