More Accolades for Nashville

[markhollin]

Nashville chosen as 1 of "5 Spectacular Places to Retire on $6,000 a Month" by Synchronybank.

https://www.synchronybank.com/blog/millie/amazing-places-to-retire-6000-a-month/
 

[markhollin]

Nashville ranked #1 overall real estate market in the U.S. in this year's "Emerging Trends in Real Estate," report by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers.  

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/10/14/pwc-uli-top-cre-markets-2022.html
 

[chris holman]

These Are the Best Cities to Visit in the U.S., According to a New Ranking according to thriller Nashville made 10th

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/here-are-the-best-cities-to-visit-in-the-us-2021-list

[markhollin]

Brentwood chosen #3 in "Best Small Cities in America" list by WalletHub.

More at WKRN here:

https://www.wkrn.com/news/brentwood-earns-spot-on-best-small-cities-in-america-list/

[tragenvol]

8 hours ago, markhollin said:

Brentwood chosen #3 in "Best Small Cities in America" list by WalletHub.

Speaking of Brentwood, how about that HBOMax documentary The Way Down?  Is it true that "all press is good press"?

[markhollin]

From JLL/NBJ "Why Nashville?" Report, Oct., 2021:
 

[markhollin]

Tennessee's home prices soared 21% in July over the previous year, and Nashville is the key metric in that, according to a new study by CoreLogic.  Additional insights into our booming real estate market in this article at The Tennessean:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2021/10/28/nashville-economics-business-sunbelt-markets-growth-development/8543349002/

[markhollin]

Nashville chosen one of "5 Up-and-Coming Cities Perfect for Retirement" by Discoverer:

https://www.thediscoverer.com/blog/5-up-and-coming-cities-perfect-for-retirement/XvHyVpKgiwAG5anq?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1380965179
 

[rolly]

Dang could they find an older picture? Lazy asses! hah!

[smeagolsfree]

They always go with the free stock photo. Someone needs to put a new free photo out there!

[markhollin]

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt will be broadcast live from Nashville this Thursday, Nov. 4th as part of his "Across America" series. 

Holt and NBC plan to put the Opry in the spotlight during Thursday’s broadcast – specifically, Saturday’s historic 5,000th performance of the legendary radio show. They’re also sitting down with Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley to talk about The Store, a nonprofit enabling food-insecure Tennesseans to shop for groceries.

Holt will lead a piece about “how Nashville is managing the fallout that kids and schools have been facing from the pandemic… that's a story we're going to tell through eyes of Nashville, but of course, the whole country has struggled with this particular issue during the pandemic.”

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/10/31/lester-holt-bringing-nbc-nightly-news-and-his-bass-nashville/6194727001/

[markhollin]

Murfreesboro rated #1 "Top Boomtown in  America" with a perfect 100 score by SmartAsset.

"Murfreesboro, Tennessee – our top-ranking boomtown – places in the top 20% of cities for six of the seven metrics we considered. It ranks eighth in its five-year population change (19.62%) and 18th in its five-year change in number of housing units (21.15%). Murfreesboro also has the 52nd-lowest August 2021 unemployment rate (3.4%), the 97th-highest average yearly GDP growth rate (3.71%), the 35th-highest five-year establishment growth (15.95%) and 66th-highest five-year change in household income (38.25%)."

Franklin also landed in the Top 50 at #30

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/11/08/these-cities-earned-a-boomtown-designation.html

[chris holman]

https://www.travelandleisure.com/food-drink/bars-clubs/coolest-hotel-bars?utm_campaign=travelandleisure_travelandleisure&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=61927f29a025390001875fb1

 

21 Coolest rooftop bars in the world.

LA Jackson made this list 

Edited November 16, 2021 by chris holman

[Rick Dalton]

I know it's in the 'trendy' category but LA Jackson is still my favorite bar in the city. Tourist crowd but much more lowkey.

[markhollin]

Bridgestone Arena received its 14th consecutive and 17th overall nomination for Pollstar Magazine's 2021 Arena of the Year.

[markhollin]

A new RE/MAX study shows that the average home price in the Nashville area is now $405,000, the first time it has crossed the $400,000 line.

Jeff Checko, the director of relocation at the Ashton Real Estate Group, the Nashville RE/MAX Advantage office, said the number was a “surprising surge” from just a few years ago.

“The median home price just 10 years ago was $155,000, and in 2016 was only $250,000. Despite being among the most trendy and sought-after places to live, Greater Nashville is still considered affordable compared to America’s largest cities,” Checko said in a press release.

He said part of the cause is the city’s lack of housing inventory, which is down 30% from last year. The same study concluded Nashville has less than two month’s worth of housing inventory.

More at NBJ here:
https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/11/19/nashville-home-prices-reach-record-high.html

[CenterHill]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

A new RE/MAX study shows that the average home price in the Nashville area is now $405,000, the first time it has crossed the $400,000 line.

Jeff Checko, the director of relocation at the Ashton Real Estate Group, the Nashville RE/MAX Advantage office, said the number was a “surprising surge” from just a few years ago.

“The median home price just 10 years ago was $155,000, and in 2016 was only $250,000. Despite being among the most trendy and sought-after places to live, Greater Nashville is still considered affordable compared to America’s largest cities,” Checko said in a press release.

He said part of the cause is the city’s lack of housing inventory, which is down 30% from last year. The same study concluded Nashville has less than two month’s worth of housing inventory.

More at NBJ here:
https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/11/19/nashville-home-prices-reach-record-high.html

The author does realize that "average" and "median" are not the same thing, right?   

[smeagolsfree]

I was shocked even in my neighborhood as last year the homes were selling in the high two hundreds and now a home was just listed in the very high 300's. The last home in this subdivision sold for around 315 in July and now this is sort of shocking.

Some person will move in from California and not even bat an eye and buy it.

[Rockatansky]

On 11/20/2021 at 10:17 AM, smeagolsfree said:

 move in from California

I don't understand this obsession among some for blaming former Californians for the increase in housing costs here in Nashville. Most of our growth is the product of natural increase or people moving here from other places in TN. Even among those moving from out of state, more move here from AR or GA (and several other states) than CA. 

[smeagolsfree]

This is a bargain if you move from Cali. , besides there are a number of Cali plates in my neighborhood now, not to mention Texas.

My neighborhoods not that big.

[Bos2Nash]

I think we have to understand that TN (Nashville specifically, but the state overall) is VERY affordable compared to many other states. California is an easy scapegoat, but also a valid example of transplants moving here. It is just a product of the free market and the current market conditions. Hell, I'm one of those bloody transplants. I'm just a damn yankee (but really a red sox because f*** the yankees) haha

[markhollin]

Brentwood selected #8 in "The Best U.S. Suburbs for City-Like Living." by Storage Cafe:

https://www.storagecafe.com/blog/best-suburbs-for-city-amenities/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021.12.14 NASH&utm_term=NASHtoday Subscribers - MASTER

[Nashville Cliff]

18 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Brentwood selected #8 in "The Best U.S. Suburbs for City-Like Living." by Storage Cafe:

https://www.storagecafe.com/blog/best-suburbs-for-city-amenities/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021.12.14 NASH&utm_term=NASHtoday Subscribers - MASTER

Well, I guess they have "city-like" traffic.

[markhollin]

Bridgestone Arena ranks first in both the United States and the world for concert ticket sales with 336,227; same for Ryman Auditorium in the Theater Category with 185,821according to the international trade publication Pollstar's End of Year Sales Report.

Pollstar's Top-10 World Venues (Show & Concert Ticket Sales):
1.   Bridgestone Arena (SMASHVILLE, TN)
2.   Madison Square Garden (New York, NY)
3.   Forum (Inglewood, CA)
4.   MGM Grand Arena (Los Vegas, NV)
5.   State Farm Arena (Atlanta, GA) 
6.   Golden 1 Center (Sacramento, CA)
7.   Toyota Center (Houston, TX)
8.   Spark Arena (Auckland, New Zealand)
9.   Staples Center (Los Angeles, CA)
10.   American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX)

https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/bridgestone-arena-ranks-first-for-world-ticket-sales-in-pollstars-2021-end-of-year-report/c-328971122?fbclid=IwAR2NsB4BqYlTnStRSnYQmph5D7qXS1DG3eJtetkysKFrS5F-_m2ZwXFx0pc
 

[markhollin]

Nashville chosen one of "The Best U.S. Cities to Visit at Christmas" by Conde Nast Traveler:

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/the-best-places-to-spend-christmas-in-the-us?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021.12.16 NASH&utm_term=NASHtoday Subscribers - MASTER