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/deev718 Sep 17 '24
I was a transplant, moved in 2014 for grad school and left in late 2019 to move to New York. NYC was never the goal for me, I got really lucky with a good job offer. But after spending 3 years trying to stay afloat in Nashville, making $30K with a masters working in children’s mental health which required me to use my own car & gas to see clients with a cap on reimbursement, I had to make a move somewhere I could make money.
With all that time spent driving for my job, I started to get anxious behind the wheel, and I couldn’t afford major maintenance on my car. My last straw was driving behind a pedal tavern downtown and then my cooling fan went out right outside of the Ryman, which is where I was heading to on a Friday Night. It was that moment when I knew I was done 😂. $700 in repairs by the way. I had to take it out of my retirement.
I tried my best but it never felt like home to me. I don’t think I’d be here in NYC without my time in Nashville, so I can feel appreciation for my time there for that.