Moving to Nashville advice requested. *12/6 update

October 28, 2020, 05:08 AM

P210

Moving to Nashville advice requested. *12/6 update - Spring Hill won out.

My daughter and son in law have decided to get away from the DC area and he’s been approved to relocate from DC to Nashville as of February.

A safe area to raise their children with good schools and a place to comfortably call home is what they’re looking for. Any help from members in the vicinity as far as neighborhoods and trusted real estate agents is much appreciated. I’ll probably end up there at some point so I want it to be nice.

Thanks in advance.

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October 28, 2020, 05:17 AM

irreverent

Stay away from Morgan County!

October 28, 2020, 05:35 AM

P210

Thanks. I won’t even ask why. You haven’t steered anyone wrong here yet.

October 28, 2020, 05:58 AM

Oz_Shadow

A lot commute from Murfreesboro and Franklin. Very nice places. Lived in the Boro many years and made the drive myself.

October 28, 2020, 06:16 AM

Tejas421

Where in Nashville will he work?

October 28, 2020, 06:48 AM

ChuckFinley

quote:
Originally posted by Tejas421:
Where in Nashville will he work?

^This. And check the maps of flood damage from the last couple major floods, both for housing as well as driving routes.

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October 28, 2020, 08:00 AM

ZSMICHAEL

Belle Meade area

October 28, 2020, 08:07 AM

x0225095

quote:
Originally posted by irreverent:
Stay away from Morgan County!

LOL...

October 28, 2020, 08:19 AM

Perception

What area of Nashville will he be working in, and is he willing to commute? There are a ton of great, safe communities all around Middle Tennessee at various price points depending on his specifics and what kind of community they are looking for.

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October 28, 2020, 08:22 AM

YellowJacket

Franklin/Cool Springs or out on the west side, Belle Meade or Green Hills if he wants to be a little closer in. Brentwood has pretty good schools, I believe. It's halfway in between Nashville and Franklin.

October 28, 2020, 09:40 AM

whododat

Email sent with info.

Good luck

October 28, 2020, 11:25 AM

Lord Vaalic

Just say no to Antioch....

As others have asked, where in Nashville will he be working and how much of a commute is he willing to deal with?

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October 28, 2020, 11:35 AM

SBrooks

Live outside of the city and in the direction you will be going to work. Traffic can be bad. Lots of cool things to do and see and eat. Plenty of recreation opportunities in any direction from Nashville. Some awesome state parks southeast of there. Rivers and Lakes.

October 28, 2020, 11:36 AM

WaterburyBob

A coworker of mine moved to Nolensville last year. She and her husband really like the area.

October 28, 2020, 02:00 PM

snoris

If they’re into hockey, they’ll have to throw out all of their Alex Ovechkin stuff, down to the last jersey and bobblehead. Gold, Navy, and White are the uniform of the day.

October 28, 2020, 02:14 PM

cslinger

Just keep in mind commuting in and around Nashville can be a nightmare. It’s not podunk back roads and few people like many folks seem to think. Pretty much budget an hour to get damn near anything done. The big difference I found in Nashville vs say Balt. Washington is the variability. In the mid Atlantic you know it’s gonna take X + or minus 10 or 15 minutes to get somewhere. Nashville is more like playing roulette.

Be aware of the flood zones and it wouldn’t hurt to build a weather safe room as the area can see quite a bit of severe weather.

As for areas. Belle Meade, Green Hills, Franklin, Mount Juliet are all wonderful areas. Public school system is better outside of Davidson county. Wilson county has good schools. There are several good private schools in the area as well.

Be prepared to converse with people everywhere. The bank, the grocery store, the water company etc. etc. etc. It’s annoying as all get out for those of from the mid Atlantic/North East regions at first but pretty soon you will find it’s kinda nice and you will miss it when you don’t have it. That said be prepared to talk about somebody’s cheerleader daughter before getting your electricity turned on.

College sports are a BIG THING. Hell high school sports are a BIG THING.

Go to a predators game. They are awesome.

Try all the little mom and pop meat and threes etc. lots of little hole in the wall food gems.

Hattie B’s makes killer hot chicken. Princes does as well but you might get shot there.

. Pepper fire is good too

Printers Ally isn’t the best place to be on weekend nights.

Publix is the best grocery store....... EVER.

Whether you drink or not take the Jack Daniels tour

Go see the corvette museum.

Go see the Lane motor museum.

Those are just some off the cuff observations.