re: Moving from DFW to Nashville

ive dreamed of dating a high class louisana girl, but i cna only dream of a tenesee belle. probabaly much more active outdoors.

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Heck we walk up to pot belly and sit out and watch the girls get their wings.

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spring and summer pot belly bar facing the street is my go-to for lunch.

and that almost everyone reading this thread will think you're talking about chicken wings.

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what is the gulch? sounds like a canyon

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wings

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I was working at my friend’s studio right across the street last week. I didn’t know this was a thing. There was a full line of people out there the entire day.

Been here for 2 years. There's a lot happening. I'm not in love with the place but it's a good spot to be and I understand the draw to it for both corporate types and creative types. It is getting pretty expensive to live here though. Also, for as much as it's grown, it still feels like a small city, especially compared to a DFW or Atlanta.

For nice suburban life, you've got Williamson Co (Brentwood/Franklin) to the south, Bellevue to the west, and Hendersonville to the north.

For the next ring of more affordable neighborhoods closer to the city, Crieve Hall and Donelson seem to be the places young families are filling in. Madison is becoming an extension of East Nashville. Hermitage is farther out but affordable.

In town, you've got a a variety of neighborhoods to choose from:

West Nashville
- Belle Meade - old money mansions
- Green Hills - shopping, Whole Foods, nice homes, old and new
- Sylvan Park - Lovely neighborhood with some walkability
- The Nations - More affordable than above for young families but getting pricey. Industrial area that's been gentrified with tear down rebuilds + cool bars and retail. Some walkability.

In Town
- Midtown/West End - Condos, apts, bars, vandy
- 12 South/Hillsboro - Belmont, renovated bungalow$$$, high end commercial district for basic white women
- The Gulch - High rise condos and apartments with new bars and restaurants opening every month it seems
- Germantown - mix of historic homes, tall skinnies, and low-rise condos and apts. Just north of downtown, expensive, walkable to high end restaurants, sounds games, coffee shops, etc... Lots of development still happening.

East Nashville
- Lockeland Springs - Historic bungalows in area gentrified by more creative/left leaning types. Personal favorite hood.
- Everywhere else in East - Transitional neighborhoods, mix of small mid century ranches and cottages, new tall skinnies, and townhomes/apts. tight knit community, musicians and hipsters, a little quirky, dirty... More affordable than West but still seems overpriced.

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West Nashville

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how many cities in this country can boast they have their own freaking waterfall right in the middle of the subdivision?

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Could I buy a house in the metro for 350-400k? Out in the burbs would be fine with me.

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Absolutely in the burbs

In the hottest in-town neighborhoods, you'd be limited to mostly townhomes and condos. In transitional areas, you'd find some decent mid century ranches and renovated cottages or bungalows, no bigger than 2.5k sq ft, likely under 2k.

Where is that CAD?

West meade subdivision, Jocelyn hollow road.

ETA owned by metro city parks so free for anyone to park next to it and go exploring.

with all the rain this week it's going to be roaring.

Also there's a cave nearby too but you have to ask metro in advance if your want to go watch the bats come out.