Specifically Akron, OH vs. Nashville, TN. I live in Ohio and want to move to Nashville, but before I make up my mind for good, I decided to start this thread to see what people think and if there is any reason I should reconsider? Tallmadge here in Ohio is a great city outside Akron, still in Summit County. Tallmadge is where we want to move if we decide to stay in Ohio. Around Nashville, we're looking at LaVergne and Hendersonville. What are the pros and cons for each location?
So far my own pro and con list is as follows:
For Ohio:
Pros:
-Great schools in Tallmadge/can find good schools in affordable areas
-Snow and snow sports/hobbies like sledding, skiing, snowman making with kids
-Great parks and recreational activities
-Amazone indoor playground for kids
-East of Chicago Pizza
-enjoy seasons
-Award-winning Library system in Summit County, best I've ever seen
-Kalahari resort in Sandusky
-Cedar point
-Wildwater Kingdom
-Cincinnatti Zoo
-Kent State University is a great college and there are more great colleges in the area as well
-affordability
Cons:
-biggest con for me is the lake effect, causing cloudy days majority of the time, this outweighs a lot of the pros for me
-kind of boring sometimes after you've already done everything
-too long and cold winters
-crime is bad in some parts of Akron, although that's expected everywhere you go
I don't know too much yet about Nashville, but from what I've researched and heard from family members is:
Pros:
-a lot more college options than in Akron
-sunnier than Ohio (no more lake effect, yay!)
-Music, music, music city! Music row, I love music need I say more.
-affordability and affordable real estate, I would say judging by what I've seen online, a little bit more affordable than here
Not sure about their libraries, zoos, fun places for kids, parks, colleges etc.
Cons:
-not much snow, if any to play in with the kids. Then again I can always go up north for the holidays to visit family in Illinois and we can get our snow fix then.
-?Schools? Not sure on that. There are bad and good schools no matter where you are.
So overall in your honest opinion what do you think about these locations and which one do you think would be a better place to reside? Thanks!