r/nashville • u/Hollypolliwog • Apr 23 '24

What’s a Nashville “life hack” everyone living here should know? Discussion

I saw this same question in r/NewOrleans and the answers were fantastic!

I guess I’ll start (but this one is nearly Universal now):

Take a solid pause and look both ways after the light goes green to avoid folks speeding through the beginnings of red lights!

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u/eliarched Apr 23 '24

The Public Library has a lot more than just books. A few examples: they have a seed exchange, you can borrow passes to some museums, and even rent a BCycle pass for free. They also loan out art work and musical instruments.

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u/Cesia_Barry Apr 23 '24

I checked out the cake pan collection & baked some fun cakes. There’s also a power tool collection—drills, baby!

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

Are you serious? They really have these things?? This is amazing.

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u/Cesia_Barry Apr 24 '24

Oh, & so, so much more. Blood pressure cuffs, sports equipment, so many musical instruments, games, ice cream maker, a record player (!), soooo many tools (studfinder ftw!), bike repair—just pages & pages of gear you can check out. I grew most of the flowers in my garden from the seed exchange.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

I can’t wait to go!

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u/Cesia_Barry Apr 24 '24

Start online—library.Nashville.gov. & search for “library of things.” Not sure you can just roll into a library & pick up a sawzall.

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u/99titan Wilson County Apr 23 '24

And a wonderful outdoor reading space.

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u/ann0yed Apr 23 '24

Board games too. And real board games like the ones you'd find on the BGG hotness / top 100.

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u/ClamsMcOyster Hermitage Apr 23 '24

And it’s tied to the Libby app. Free books and audiobooks.

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u/Bow-Masterpiece-97 Apr 23 '24

And Kindle books!

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u/LoisLaneEl Apr 26 '24

And hoopla which lets you stream movies!!

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u/plorynash Apr 23 '24

I have dropped off seeds multiple times and always take my half used packs if I don’t think I’ll use the rest the next year. Seed saving and donating is such a wonderful easy way to get others into gardening for mental and physical health, and it’s so easy!

On that note Turnip Green Creative Reuse has also been doing plant swaps and those are awesome too.

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u/thevoidinclusive Apr 24 '24

Turnip Green is also amazing for pay-what-you-can art supplies and materials, especially if you do any kind of mixed media stuff.

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u/plorynash Apr 24 '24

I try to save anything they take that I already have to donate. They’re one of my favorite spots in town. Great purpose and the pay what you can is amazing.

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u/Middle_Masterpiece_3 Apr 24 '24

^ This all day. The Nashville Public library here is amazing…free passes to CM hall of fame & cheekwood, plus you can do EVERYTHING on line via app

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u/roth-be-me Apr 24 '24

I absolutely love this answer

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u/MacAttacknChz Apr 23 '24

I love their puppet shows!

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u/mynameisnotshamus Apr 24 '24

That’s most libraries everywhere in my experience.