Busta2003 said:
Company is expanding to Nashville and I'd like to know more about pro's and con's of living there before exploring any opportunities. Anyone on the board live there? Travel there frequently? How has it compared to Texas? I grew up in a smaller town south of Dallas and have lived in Houston for the last 12 years. Married with 4 kids. Love outdoors, but need city for customer base (banking/investments). Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences.
I LOVE Nashville, and echo a lot of others here in that if I had to leave Texas, Nashville would be my first choice. HUGE upgrade from Houston to be sure.
As others have mentioned, it is growing fast. It's also like Austin in the sense that Nashville is a very liberal, blue island in a sea of red if that matters to you. Beautiful city, very clean but the traffic is awful. Unlike Austin, Nashville actually does have a loop and better infrastructure but the traffic is still very bad, so be aware. The roads in Tennessee are actually quite bad too from a maintenance standpoint so be aware of the wear and tear it'll put on your vehicle (I got a flat tire there on the first day from a damn pothole on the interstate).
Housing is also very expensive within the city, again like Austin. East Nashville is the old ghetto, and now the "up and coming" part of town that is being gentrified. Small homes going for insanely high amounts of dough.
Can't speak to the schools or the suburbs for family raising, though. My first inclination would be it can't be any worse than Houston, that's for sure.
So long story short if I were you I'd move there from Houston in a heart beat.
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.