If you had a magic wand, what would you bring to Nashville? (Central: home, salary)

[septimus]

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot1

Didnt read the whole thread, but here are A few things:

1) Better mass transit - light rail, better buses, AMTRAK (it's insane that AMTRAK doesn't service Nashville).
2) Major League Baseball. I know, FTP just opened, but it's still just MiLB. I'm a baseball nut and I've dreamed of MLB in Nashville my whole life.
3) More direct international flights in and out of BNA. It sucks that to fly anywhere internationally not named Cancun or Toronto that you have to connect through another city. Hoping that we can get a direct from BNA to Heathrow. One day, I hope.

These are just a fEw. I'd also like for a retractable roof stadium for the Titans in 20 yearS. I want a Super Bowl in Nashville. Its the only way it'll happen.

An AMTRAK line from Atlanta to Memphis with stops in Chattanooga and Nashville would be awesome.

BNA to Heathrow would be awesome the British consulate has been doing more events the last couple years here in Nashville which i great. The flights to London lately have been cheaper out of BNA than Chicago or NY.

[ChesterCopperpot1]

Originally Posted by septimus

An AMTRAK line from Atlanta to Memphis with stops in Chattanooga and Nashville would be awesome.

BNA to Heathrow would be awesome the British consulate has been doing more events the last couple years here in Nashville which i great. The flights to London lately have been cheaper out of BNA than Chicago or NY.

I'm flying to Venice, IT in 3 weeks but I live out west. I thought it'd be cheaper if I just flew to Nashville, spent a couple days visiting family and friends, then headed out of BNA to VCE. Wrong. Even though flying out of Vegas and Nashville both require multiple connections to get to Venice, my flight was going to be 1400 instead of the 1125 I paid. I didn't get it.

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot1

I'm flying to Venice, IT in 3 weeks but I live out west. I thought it'd be cheaper if I just flew to Nashville, spent a couple days visiting family and friends, then headed out of BNA to VCE. Wrong. Even though flying out of Vegas and Nashville both require multiple connections to get to Venice, my flight was going to be 1400 instead of the 1125 I paid. I didn't get it.

Airline fares rarely make sense.

[12buttons]

connecticut

[shinestx]

I realize this is an old thread, but Whataburger was listed by many here as what people would bring to Nashville. It looks like that may be happening soon.

Could Whataburger be coming to Nashville?

[Kluch]

Portillos, from chicago... portillos food is phenomenal.

[jmecklenborg]

Originally Posted by Greenciti

I agree with your statement about light rail being a trophy. As a Nashville transplant living in Boston I believe the whole light rail thing may be cultural. Us southerners are so use to the convenience of our cars and not having to plan activities around public transportation that we do not take advantage of it. Frankly, public trans can hinder spontaneity aka freedom. In fact, we even learn at a young age that once you are old enough to drive you are "free." This makes us less likely to jump on the light rail or city bus to go into town because it was never habitual for most of us, and even taboo for some. Besides, we do not have the same parking congestion and high parking costs as Boston, NYC, Chi, etc so there is not much of an incentive for southerners to utilize public transportation. Once it starts to take two hours to drive from downtown to Goodletsville, Antioch or Old Hickory or you spend an hour driving around looking for ANYWHERE to park when you drive downtown then public transportation will start to be a real option and not so taboo.

This statement is utterly ridiculous. Boston has three massive infrastructure advantages over Nashville -- Logan is right next to downtown, over a dozen Amtrak trains to NYC each day, and the T. Two of those aren't possible in Nashville but the third -- a real transit system -- is and is essential to Nashville functioning as the population grows.

Other cities the same size as Nashville don't have the same traffic problems. There is hardly such thing as a traffic jam in either Indianapolis or Columbus, OH. A lot of that is dumb luck with the flatness of each and the layouts that didn't anticipate metros of 2 million but adapted pretty well. Nashville's layout is very annoying at 2 million and simply won't function at 3.

The only way the city can keep growing is by an intensive, multi-billion remake of several of the major arterials so as to concentrate population growth in walkable areas with rail transit. For example, Gallatin Pike should be rebuilt as a wider street from the stadium out to Briley Parkway with rail in a center landscaped reservation, real sidewalks, and rezoned so that the fast food and tire places and strip malls can be replaced with midrise residential and office. That can be replicated on part of Charlotte and a few of the other arterials.

[floridaboy92]

Originally Posted by jmecklenborg

This statement is utterly ridiculous. Boston has three massive infrastructure advantages over Nashville -- Logan is right next to downtown, over a dozen Amtrak trains to NYC each day, and the T. Two of those aren't possible in Nashville but the third -- a real transit system -- is and is essential to Nashville functioning as the population grows.

Other cities the same size as Nashville don't have the same traffic problems. There is hardly such thing as a traffic jam in either Indianapolis or Columbus, OH. A lot of that is dumb luck with the flatness of each and the layouts that didn't anticipate metros of 2 million but adapted pretty well. Nashville's layout is very annoying at 2 million and simply won't function at 3.

The only way the city can keep growing is by an intensive, multi-billion remake of several of the major arterials so as to concentrate population growth in walkable areas with rail transit. For example, Gallatin Pike should be rebuilt as a wider street from the stadium out to Briley Parkway with rail in a center landscaped reservation, real sidewalks, and rezoned so that the fast food and tire places and strip malls can be replaced with midrise residential and office. That can be replicated on part of Charlotte and a few of the other arterials.

Uhm, I'm going to have to step in here and get this off my chest. There are many metros similar to the size of Nashville that are currently growing right now here in the South that face traffic issues like Nashville. Orlando, where I'm from, is one city where traffic is a HUGE issue. The major highway Interstate 4 is currently being revamped from Daytona across to Tampa. Every major roadway in the city is being expanded or is in talks of being expanded because the city has grown so fast. And guess what? Orlando has a metro population of 2 million+ (just like Nashville.)

There are slightly just a couple of walkable, dense areas in the entire Orlando metro region (most of the city is suburban sprawl with tons of cars, strip malls and freeways) and Orlando has been growing for a VERY long time now and was discovered as a popular place long before Nashville was.

Orlando also just put in light rail a couple years ago (mind you, it is barely used). Also, all of Florida is FLAT, just like Indianapolis and Columbus. The major metros Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando etc. all suffer from traffic issues, poor infrastructure and rapid population growth. Go visit the forums on here and you will see similar complaints.

Nashville is FAR from being alone in this case of crazy traffic and rapid population growth.

It all trickles down to comprehensive city planning, the brains of politicians and money that will get these metros to support better infrastructure and thus, create a better living environment for their citizens.

[Mopac1980]

I would rather have Nashville be on the western edge of the Eastern Time Zone instead of the eastern edge of the Central Time Zone so it'll be daylight out longer, I just love the long summer days and felt the summer days are too short in Nashville compared to many other cities.

[Shakeesha]

Originally Posted by floridaboy92

Uhm, I'm going to have to step in here and get this off my chest. There are many metros similar to the size of Nashville that are currently growing right now here in the South that face traffic issues like Nashville. Orlando, where I'm from, is one city where traffic is a HUGE issue. The major highway Interstate 4 is currently being revamped from Daytona across to Tampa. Every major roadway in the city is being expanded or is in talks of being expanded because the city has grown so fast. And guess what? Orlando has a metro population of 2 million+ (just like Nashville.)

There are slightly just a couple of walkable, dense areas in the entire Orlando metro region (most of the city is suburban sprawl with tons of cars, strip malls and freeways) and Orlando has been growing for a VERY long time now and was discovered as a popular place long before Nashville was.

Orlando also just put in light rail a couple years ago (mind you, it is barely used). Also, all of Florida is FLAT, just like Indianapolis and Columbus. The major metros Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando etc. all suffer from traffic issues, poor infrastructure and rapid population growth. Go visit the forums on here and you will see similar complaints.

Nashville is FAR from being alone in this case of crazy traffic and rapid population growth.

It all trickles down to comprehensive city planning, the brains of politicians and money that will get these metros to support better infrastructure and thus, create a better living environment for their citizens.

Naww, Nashville's traffic is definitely worse. I have been to Orlando countless times and never just sat for hours on the interstate for no apparent reason other than a bottleneck or fender bender blocking movement for several miles. Orlando is moving forward with interstate expansions, investment in sidewalks, greenways, and light rail in which Nashville is doing none. Florida may have tolls, but their roads are in much better shape, particularly within the city of Orlando....Tampa could use a major revamp...Jacksonville is not bad...and well Miami is Miami. I understand Nashville is not alone, but none of the peer cities often mentioned (Columbus, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Charlotte) come close to being as bad as Nashville.