r/nashville • u/Impossible-Pomelo-85 • Sep 16 '24

Leaving Nashville Discussion

Have you been living here for a while now and are you wanting to move either because of the traffic, politics, home prices, jobs, culture or religion etc ? Please share your opinions because I have plenty and want to hear other's! Thank you!

Oh and where are you moving to?

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u/Alert-Check-5234 Sep 16 '24

What place is "good"? These same problems exist anywhere where there is opportunity. No geographic cure to enjoying your life.

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u/Bill_Sandwich Sep 16 '24

Ding ding ding

Also, y’all. Nashville does not have bad traffic. Outside of rush hour it’s nothing.

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u/Yondu_the_Ravager Sep 16 '24

Yep. Nashville traffic isn’t shit compared to Philadelphia or even Atlanta traffic. I would gladly drive here in rush hour over either of those other two cities.

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u/Correct_Background_2 Sep 16 '24

I've lived in LA, NorCal, Twin Cities, Raleigh, Philadelphia and drove a box truck delivering to NYC, and Boston was the closest city to me for more than a decade. I've driven extensively in those places and elsewhere. This place has BY FAR the most unhinged driving I've EVER experienced. I'm no angel either but holy moly.....it's hilarious to me that Nashville is only the 13th highest in fatalities. At least it's not Memphis which is #1.

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u/britchop Sep 17 '24

I am not a shy driver at all, but after being here a few months, the people here are the absolute worst drivers I’ve encountered; I’ll take NYC drivers over these crazies 😂

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u/Yondu_the_Ravager Sep 16 '24

No shit? That’s crazy lol I feel like Nashville driving is sooooo tame compared to Philadelphia. Nashville has some slow/overly polite drivers which I expected coming back to the south, but Philly drivers were genuinely unsafe imo and gave no fucks about anyone else’s safety. Legit it felt lawless on the roads there, and it didn’t help that the police never would pull anyone over for traffic violations.

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u/Correct_Background_2 Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

I grew up in Philadelphia. At least there (and NYC and Boston) everyone knows that everyone else is out to END YOU. That is predictable and one adjusts. Nashville (and the Twin Cities tbh) suffer from that lack of predictability...some are sane and drive in a predictable manner and others like Mad Max. It's like a box of chocolates. You never know what you might get.

edit: #flyeaglesfly

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u/Manablitzer Sep 17 '24

This is the most dangerous part.  When everyone drives the same it's much easier to follow the traffic flow safely.

Having some go 55 and others 90 coming across each other is when you get big problems.

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u/Deuce_213 Sep 17 '24

You've clearly never driven Milwaukee , ATL, or Michigan. Yes, the entire state of Michigan. Terrible drivers. Nashville definitely does not have bad driving compared to other larger cities. Could be alot worse