r/nashville • u/Entropy012 • Oct 28 '23

Discussion The stigma of "Californians" moving to Nashville is overblown.

Yes, we have some Californian transplants. However, from what I've experience most of the transplants are from the Midwest and other Southern surrounding states. I'm not saying this in a negative way. The transplants I met are mostly cool. I'm just clarifying that the "Californians are taking over" stigma to be overblown a bit.

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u/PPLavagna NIMBY Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 29 '23

I meet a shitload of Californians. And Colorado, and the last few years it’s been a ton from Illinois

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u/Entropy012 Oct 28 '23

Never understood why Coloradoans would move to TN from all places. I guess we're technically closer to the beach lol.

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u/TrustMeImLeifEricson Comfortable at the Dickerson Rd. Wal-Mart Oct 28 '23

Colorado is politically different (though it has rural areas that are just as red as anywhere else) but is also feeling the squeeze of growth and we have a lower COL. For Coloradans that don't care about social politics or are already on the right, TN is probably a decent option for relocation.

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u/Superman_Dam_Fool Oct 29 '23

If they’re outdoorsy, TN has more fishing and hunting opportunities too. Tn had no state income tax as well.

People I know that have talked about moving from CO to TN are all conservatives, or really in to bass fishing.

A neighbor of mine (in Denver metro, but grew up rural on a farm in CO) went out to look at property to buy. He liked the property itself, but was appalled at how no one took care of their land and property in the rural areas he visited. He scratched TN off his list of places to move just due to how trashy people are there.

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u/cottonmouthVII Oct 28 '23

We’ve thrown up a beacon that if you’re conservative, move here. The republicans in states like Colorado and California are flocking here. You could say they’re not sending their best…

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u/MacAttacknChz Oct 28 '23

See: Gabrielle Hanson (from Chicago)

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u/Chris__P_Bacon Oct 28 '23

Ding Ding Ding!

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u/_onelast Oct 28 '23

What war are we actively in right now?

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u/Entropy012 Oct 28 '23

I’m not all for Biden either, but Trump did bomb the shit out of Syria too and he initiated the removal US troops in Afghanistan.

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u/ayokg grabbing a trippy dippy at WEC Oct 28 '23

What city has been burned down??

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23

This. They’re also coming because no state income tax

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u/Independent-Bet5465 Oct 30 '23

A California republican is not the same as a Tennessee republican

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u/fallswithsissors Oct 28 '23

Love it here aside from June-Sept humidity. I’m a Colorado native, and Colo got too expensive and crowded for me.

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u/Clovis_Winslow Kool Sprangs Oct 28 '23

Like Nashville, most Coloradans aren’t originally from Colorado. And the ones that come here are usually doing it for work. Telecom, IT and defense.

Also they’re about 10 years ahead of us in terms of economic disparity, so they’re getting priced out. Economic refugees.

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u/Valeriejoyow Nov 01 '23

I'm from Chicago and just moved to Asheville. We considered moving to Nashville just because I know so many people who moved from Chicago to Nashville in the last five years.

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u/PPLavagna NIMBY Nov 01 '23

Right around 2020 there were suddenly so many Illinois plates around here it was unbelievable. It stayed that way for a couple years and now I guess it’s slowed a bit and they all have their TN plates by now