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re: Would you rather go to Tulane or Vanderbilt?
Posted on 10/15/16 at 9:43 am to SuperSaint
Posted on 10/15/16 at 9:43 am to SuperSaint
It's very dependent on your experience - where you go, what you do. Broadway is pretty much solely a tourist destination so avoid that area, but 12 South, The Gulch, Midtown, even East Nash are all awesome areas and you can avoid the dbags that think they run the town.
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Posted on 10/15/16 at 9:45 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
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The Gulch, Midtown
Plus Demonbreun and 21st are areas I avoid like the plague. Hell, 12 South is getting that way.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 9:51 am to 12Pence
Still all better than broadway 
I'll give you gulch and midtown fri/sat nights but otherwise still cool places. Maf's in 12S on Tuesday's will forever be my jam
I'll give you gulch and midtown fri/sat nights but otherwise still cool places. Maf's in 12S on Tuesday's will forever be my jam
Posted on 10/15/16 at 9:52 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
Well traveling for work I always made sure to google the hip neighborhoods where locals congregate. Considering I end with a bunch of down time I usually avg 2 (try to make them unique type) museums per city. So I'll usually do dive bars, museums, hot restaurants. I'll study over google maps and get a good lay of the land and utilize a city's public transportation along with uber.
And for the most part in a week i get a good idea of the feeling of a city considering I'm actually interested in urban centers, the demography and anthropology and why the place is even set where it is.
Over all I found Nashville to be lacking. There is some neat neighborhoods but they don't have as much flavor as they would like
to think they do and some aren't as accessible a and walkable as they would like to think. I also found a lot of the people I met repping Nash didn't even live in Nash.
I don't know. I will agree with the other thread that Nashville may be a lot like Austin but in one way, it's overrated. Not that they aren't cool places, it's just that many people put them way too high on a pedestal making them overrated by definition.
And for the most part in a week i get a good idea of the feeling of a city considering I'm actually interested in urban centers, the demography and anthropology and why the place is even set where it is.
Over all I found Nashville to be lacking. There is some neat neighborhoods but they don't have as much flavor as they would like
to think they do and some aren't as accessible a and walkable as they would like to think. I also found a lot of the people I met repping Nash didn't even live in Nash.
I don't know. I will agree with the other thread that Nashville may be a lot like Austin but in one way, it's overrated. Not that they aren't cool places, it's just that many people put them way too high on a pedestal making them overrated by definition.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 9:57 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
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Still all better than broadway
I work downtown and head the frick out when I get the chance.
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Maf's in 12S on Tuesday's will forever be my jam
I'm a big fan of the Filling Station. Brian and Brandy are great people and they've got some cool shops. Being that it's nestled off 12 South behind Edleys, it's a little more low key. Mafiaoza's and Taproom are both good spots. 12 South just kinda lost its appeal to me though.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:00 am to SuperSaint
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Over all I found Nashville to be lacking. There is some neat neighborhoods but they don't have as much flavor as they would like
to think they do and some aren't as accessible a and walkable as they would like to think.
They really aren't. It certainly isn't a walkable city. It's tons of little "pockets" of neighborhoods and bars, restaurants, and shopping. A lot of the neighborhoods are brand new or are newly transforming. They lack a certain authenticity that you find in a lot of other cities imo.
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I also found a lot of the people I met repping Nash didn't even live in Nash.
Man, that's the truth. A lot of people live in Brentwood, Franklin, Old Hickory, Madison, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Mt. Juliet, Antioch, etc... Typically, I just "drop" Nashville and refer to it as Middle Tennessee.
This post was edited on 10/15/16 at 10:02 am
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:00 am to SuperSaint
I respect that you put that much work into your visit instead of hitting broadway and calling it overrated (it is) like many do. You're definitely right on about walkability and public transpo. Severely lacking. I run into the same things you did and I live here - you meet all these people but NONE of them seem to actually live here. And if they do, they are transient. People in town trying to make it in the business and fizzle out and leave. It's hard to meet people actually rooted here. I don't tout Nashville as the end all be all, even when it comes to culture, but the town itself is great. I work in Brentwood and live in South Nash so the only times I ever need that aspect is the weekends and I can typically find something to do in an area I enjoy and that's enough for me. Coupled with the fact I'm the biggest country music fan I know - Nash is a great place for me
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:01 am to Boo Krewe
Vandy and it's not even close ,
Assuming I'm rich to pay for all of it.
Assuming I'm rich to pay for all of it.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:02 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
10-4 
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:02 am to Boo Krewe
Vanderbilt
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:02 am to 12Pence
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It's tons of little "pockets" of neighborhoods and bars, restaurants, and shopping. A lot of the neighborhoods are brand new or are newly transforming.
Nailed it. If that's not your thing then you probably won't enjoy Nashville but I think this is due to how much it's growing. Not authentic because it's new, that's just the nature of it, but I don't think that's a bad thing
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:03 am to Boo Krewe
Vandy has much better libraries
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:05 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
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broadway and calling it overrated (it is)
Broadway does have some good spots sprinkled in through the muck. Certainly places like Robert's, Acme (as long as it isn't at night), Broadway Brewhouse, Rock Bottom, Merchant's, Ernest Tubb's, Pub 5 area all good spots.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:05 am to TN Bhoy
Hey, Tulane been putting in work redoing Howard tilton past few years Son
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:15 am to Boo Krewe
Short of a free ride scholarship or a trust fund- neither.
No reason to put yourself in that much debt for a name on a piece of paper.
No reason to put yourself in that much debt for a name on a piece of paper.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 10:27 am to MusclesofBrussels
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fwiw, I would love to go to go to college in nola. Just not tulane
What college then?
SUNO
Posted on 10/15/16 at 11:14 am to RemouladeSawce
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Emory
I live basically on campus and it's the lamest school next to DeVry.
As a Tulane Law grad, I can say Vandy for undergrad and most grad programs. But Tulane Law was an awesome experience. I think we happened to have the best craziest class of all time, and I MUCH prefer New Orleans to Nashville (aka mini-Atlanta w country instead of rap).
Posted on 10/15/16 at 11:51 am to Boo Krewe
Vanderbilt and it's not close. Nashville >>>> NOLA.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 12:02 pm to I B Freeman
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Nashville is booming like no other city I know of.
You should make it up to Seattle.
I bet the investments up there are a few hundred million more than Nashville.
Posted on 10/15/16 at 12:05 pm to Boo Krewe
Vandy no question
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