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/IDwannabe Nipper's Corner Apr 23 '24

Ain't that the truth. It seems like every day of the week there is traffic from north of the Zoo (Allied or McNally Drive) all the way to Harding place. Which is about a solid mile of just sitting, moving like 100 ft and then sitting again. I've not tried taking NPk north into town yet. I'm coming from Nippers Corner and the fight down OHB to I65 is blood boiling some mornings.

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u/oliveslove Apr 23 '24

If you’re in Nippers Corner, take Edmondson to Blackman, then Trousdale to get on 65 at Harding. Saves me SO much time

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u/IDwannabe Nipper's Corner Apr 24 '24

that bottleneck from Edmondson onto Blackman though... I used to commute that way when I lived closer to that intersection, and depending on the time of morning it might take like 3 light cycles to make that left turn! Plus some people drive past it and do an illegal u-turn so they can turn right onto Blackman....

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u/oliveslove Apr 24 '24

True…I’m usually there around 8:45 so I guess I miss the true rush hour!

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u/IDwannabe Nipper's Corner Apr 24 '24

Oh, well yeah, If I was driving at 8:45 I'd probably drive out to the airport and back for the hell of it!!! 🤣

But, fr, with the school traffic heading that way before 8am, it's rough and there really isn't a side way to take through there, maybe cutting through Ellington Ag. I honestly just need to leave early a few days and try out a few routes.