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Nashville and Atlanta have significant size and demographic differences, but in a national context they have plenty of qualities in common. They are modern, dynamic metro areas with plenty of opportunity and amenities - and to me, the complex reality of both places is much more fascinating than narrow stereotypes.
And whether Nashville likes it or not, many of Atlanta's challenges - and assets - associated with being a major, influential Sunbelt urban center are replicating in Music City as it grows and matures. These metro areas are hardly clones of each other but in so many ways they are on a very similar trajectory.
With Nashville and for all it's Stereo types, I do notice a lot of it's Black History get's over looked big time and a lot of people don't realize it has big time black history!!! From being the first Major City in the South to Desegregate also how it got the nick name "Music City" in the first place. It didn't come from country music but because of the HBCU Fisk Jubilee Singers, their Talent and Queen Elizabeth back in the late 1800s. Another big one would be Nashville's famous dish, Nashville Hot Chicken!!! It's funny that most people don't know Nashville Hot Chicken is Black History and a Major part of Nashville's Black history. The aspects of the situation may not be all good but, lol but it's back history none the less... I could argue Nashville's Black History could be just as strong as Atlanta's in some way's but the Stereo types just won't play out that way in spite of how people in the city really live vs. Millions of Tourist that visit here and what people think. I must even admit living in Nashville is a Totally different experience vs. Visiting, feels like two different places sometimes. I can also see how the County Music Theme and bachelorette's is all about big time money making but i also see how the city really moves living here, so much more to it with the diversity that runs though out it neighborhoods.
Great, information. Another to add for Nashville, Meharry Medical College graduates more black doctors than any other med school in the country. Met a few graduates in ATL.
Great, information. Another to add for Nashville, Meharry Medical College graduates more black doctors than any other med school in the country. Met a few graduates in ATL.
Nashville is building its reputation as a healthcare capital. Belmont opens their medical school in the spring. MTSU and Trevecca already have robust nursing and physican assistant programs as well.
Nashville is building its reputation as a healthcare capital. Belmont opens their medical school in the spring. MTSU and Trevecca already have robust nursing and physican assistant programs as well.
I'm asking as seriously don't know - is it a "capital" or is it growing as the metro grows and most metros of a certain size have medical schools, research hospitals etc?
I think "the ATL" gets stereotyped more, and not in good ways. So many Atlanta haters have this image of it being ghetto and full of crime, and everyone is a thug and/or rapper.
Meanwhile the image of Nashville is everyone looking like Morgan Wallen or Taylor Swift, and wearing cowboy hats and boots.
I'm asking as seriously don't know - is it a "capital" or is it growing as the metro grows and most metros of a certain size have medical schools, research hospitals etc?
Nashville has a particularly large footprint in the healthcare management sector which has served as a catalyst for growth in healthcare more broadly in the region.
I have to say unlike Philly, Boston or Austin Atlanta is never really considered “a college town”
Despite having the most enrolled students of the three. And the universities most clustered around Downtown/the city center of the three
Had Georgia State, with its large student population and centralized location, had Emory's or Tech's academic/research stature or the storied history and prominent alumni of the AUC, that might have been different.
It's even more interesting that the "Athens of the South" isn't really considered a college town either. For both Atlanta and Nashville, their roles as cultural/entertainment hubs dominate.
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