Nashville, America’s music capital, has become more popular due to destination concerts and bachelorette parties. NBC News’ Kathy Park spoke to locals about how the cost of living has skyrocketed as the city’s popularity has grown.
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A little late to move to Nashville. I moved to Nashville in 2020 and left in January 2024. One of the apartments I lived in for $1700 in Midtown is now $2400. Nashville is alright but Im good. Back on the coast where I belong. Its gotten too expensive to live landlocked. Plus the Food is mediocre, the roads bad, too much traffic, and litter scattered everywhere. But the job market is good though.
We moved here almost 6 years ago and live 12 miles outside of Nashville due to a job relocation. So lucky we moved when we did because the cost of homes went through the roof over these years. We're happy here and Tennesseans are great but, plan to retire some place else potentially in the future.
It's quite amusing because Nashville locals who are being priced out are relocating to Huntsville, AL, and as a result, they are driving up prices for those locals. And essentially repeating the same cycle.
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I have gotten the greatest music lessons living in the Nashville area. Working with some of the best musicians in the world !! Today im a far better songwriter, guitar player and drummer thanks to music city u.s.a !!
Same in Colorado
Interesting you only interviewed white people as if Black folks have no history nor commentary regarding these developments. @NBC News
Who’s the fake country music for if not attracting tourists
Asked for it by role playing the parts of “country music” for performances/tourists. There are no real cowboys in TN.
As soon as they got rid of state income taxes everyone wants in
They bring liberal ideology with them to Nashville 😂
Hang in there, Tennessee.
With love,
A Texan
When condos start overtking areas once known for vibes, it's the beginning of the end.
Nashville too honky tonky….I'll pass
It happened in the Phoenix metropolitan area. All the affordable housing is gone. Sad to see.
Maybe they will move to Memphis
we been saying this….
Gee, like this is only unique to Nashville. Every tourist city in the world is this way. Welcome to the club, Nashville. What took you so long to get here?
Californian transplants are coming and putting up offers on houses that are $200k to $300k above the asking price. That’s why.
It’s so popular that Patriot Front, aka White Nationalists are drawn there too by walking around downtown, with their face masks on, of course.
By country music you mean pop right?
darn Californians
Groom and Gloom housing is unaffordable😮😅😊
This has been happening for years!
This is happening to a lot of cities across the South. Out of state transplants moving in due to cheaper cost of living compared to where they came from; but the sheer influx ends up making the city they move to as or almost as expensive as where they came from.
So thankful everyone is leaving California to go elsewhere like Nashville and Vegas. This will reset California back to old Hollywood.
I grew up near Nashville but moved to the NE over 20 years ago. I agree, it's too populated now and too many people. Please keep moving there and other southern states and leave the NE with less population =peace/heaven!
What ever goes up Must Come down
Build something people can live in and raise a family instead of evertime you flip television on some big rich country singers have bought this or that so they cam make money off getting people 🥴. Drunk.Shame on Nashville as a whole…Yeah it getting more expensive ,nashvilliams have more pay for at every turn..Not just housing.👍⏳️
Use be a time back in late,late 80',the only place on broadway that was not a peep show,escort service ,or pawnshop was tootsies….talk about corruption….not mentioning printers alley…what you see today is a bandaid over a oozing festering sore,like trying paint over a wall to greasy to take it..Look real hard when hear,youll notice a few things commercials wont tell ya…ever..🙄👍⏳️
Hmmmmm….
Sounds like florida?
Real Nashville is dying. It's just becoming another L.A. now. Sucks.
Why CA not trying to be like Tenn then?
If Tenn is good for business why other states not copy? The population can be spread out. There be no RE bubble in Nashville. This makes no sense.
Thanks California, New York , DMV, Washington, and Oregon.