Leaving Nashville

[u/Impossible-Pomelo-85]

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?

[u/HitMeUpGranny]

I’ve lived here my whole life - born and raised. I’m 39 and planning on moving. Never married and have no children, and very much wishing both of those change soon.

I’m looking for a fresh start. I’ve morphed out of my own social groups for a number of reasons - some are still parting like 20 year olds, some are parents, etc - and I’m just not where I want to be.

I don’t mind the growth Nashville has experienced. You take the good with the bad. In a way I wish I wasn’t from here so that I could move to Nashville for my fresh start bc this city has so much to offer. There’s just too much gravity here for me to try to reinvent myself without getting sucked back into my old ways.

Any tips? I’d like to stay in the south. Austin TX, St Pete Florida and Charlotte NC are possible destinations.

[u/Ok-Toe1445 → u/HitMeUpGranny]

Tampa is a really cool spot. Ton of transplants your age starting over.

The humidity gets old, but I will say the traffic/drivers are a lot better. Traffic enforcement is very present in Florida.

[u/Neat-Palpitation7325 → u/Ok-Toe1445]

Currently in Tampa after we left Nashville in 2019. In my opinion Tampa is not a cool spot. We thought it was, until we lived here. The crime is horrendous. The traffic is absolutely awful, and don’t even get me started on all the wrecks down here. I hate being on the road down here. The cops aren’t shit down here either. If they were I wouldn’t see a god awful wreck every time I leave my house. The humidity is also awful, and I tend to prefer warmer weather which is why we came here in the first place and now it’s at the top of my list of reasons I want to leave. We are getting out of here in the next 2 years.

[u/Ok-Toe1445 → u/Neat-Palpitation7325]

Yeah, seems like people either love it or hate it. What part of town do you live in?

[u/Neat-Palpitation7325 → u/Ok-Toe1445]

Riverview and it’s hellish here. We bought in a “nice” neighborhood that has now gone to absolute shit. Stabbings, break ins, vandalism, it’s unreal. Not safe to be outside with my toddler here. Cannot wait to get the hell out of here. Our neighbors are native Floridians and they’re hating here now too. It’s so bad. Fatal crashes in our neighborhood on occasion as well, so yeah the traffic and driving scene here is unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed elsewhere

[u/Ok-Toe1445 → u/Neat-Palpitation7325]

Yeah, Riverview is like the equivalent to Antioch here in Nashville, so I’m not that surprised.

St Pete, and other areas of Tampa are a lot nicer.

[u/Neat-Palpitation7325 → u/Ok-Toe1445]

St Pete has its perks but not enough to keep us in this area. The traffic is so bad. It can easily take over 2 hours to get places in Tampa. The crime in this county is double the crime rate where we were in the Nashville area. Tampa sucks in every way, the food scene here is embarrassing

[u/Ok-Toe1445 → u/Neat-Palpitation7325]

Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of the food scene as well. But Nashville food scene is lacking as well. I also experienced car break ins here in Nashville where I had not issues in Tampa.

Anyways, to the OP, I would visit the Tampa area, and judge it for yourself. I enjoyed my time there, but I also enjoy Nashville. Everything is what you make of it.

[u/HitMeUpGranny → u/Ok-Toe1445]

Nashville food scene is anything but lacking. That’s a shocking statement.

[u/Ok-Toe1445 → u/HitMeUpGranny]

Shocking? Lol. To each their own.

I’m not going do down this exhausting rabbit hole that has been discussed a thousand times here, but Nashville does lack in variety.

[u/HitMeUpGranny → u/Ok-Toe1445]

If you compare it to Paris or New York or London sure. But compared to most American cities it’s way above average.

[u/Neat-Palpitation7325 → u/Ok-Toe1445]

i definitely disagrees about the nashville food scene LOL the food there does circles around tampa food in quality. There are daily (yes daily) break ins in both homes and cars in our neighborhood. Yes riverview isn't that great, but to be fair when we moved here it was pretty nice neighborhood. Covid tanked this area in a bad way. my neighbors that have been here their whole lives hate it just as much as i do and they also hope to move out of the area. Its not just my opinion on the area, everyone i talk to mentions how much tampa sucks now. Sure there are "nicer" areas to live, but at the end of the day there are some things about tampa that are not going to change no matter where your house is. The food scene here is one of the worst i've ever seen.

[u/Ok-Toe1445 → u/Neat-Palpitation7325]

🤣😆 it’s not just your opinion? Ok, but it really is. Plenty of folks I know love Tampa, and the food scene is fine.