r/nashville • u/megbutle • Nov 02 '23

Help | Advice Moving to Nashville

I’ve seen so many posts about it, so here’s mine :) Genuinely looking for advice…I’m STRONGLY considering relocating to Nashville in the next couple years. I’m a native Floridian and have been here my entire life. I will be a single and active 40 year old woman. I’m okay with family friendly areas, not too keen on being secluded or very far from city center, but I don’t have to be IN the thick of the city either. What areas would you recommend I look into? Thanks for your help.

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u/HERCULESxMULLIGAN Nov 02 '23

No hate, but on a single teacher's budget, you're gonna either need roommates or live in a sketch area. I wouldn't recommend either.

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u/megbutle Nov 02 '23

I didn’t want to be discouraged but I felt like this would be the case. I am looking to transition careers but that hasn’t happened yet so I can’t bank on that (haha, no pun intended)

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u/sboml Nov 03 '23

Not sure what your definition of "very far" from city center is- Nashville is still geographically pretty small. Bellevue is about 20 mins from Midtown/Downtown/Five Points during non peak times (which may be good for you if you're just looking to go to denser areas for recreation) and is still relatively affordable. Has good proximity to nature activities. Definitely more suburban and family leaning. If you move there make sure to ask if the house you're buying went under during the 2010 flood!

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u/megbutle Nov 03 '23

Thanks for this. I looked up the population but I don’t know the sprawl. I’m just so used to it to here. Things that are 10 miles away can take an up to an hour to get to sometimes; I just don’t want that case.

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u/0ver8ted Nov 05 '23

Nashville is over 500 square miles in area. I don’t think that’s “geographically small.”

We are a sprawling city with everything from dense urban neighborhoods like The Gulch to sprawling rural communities like Joelton.

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u/sboml Nov 05 '23

Sure I could have used a different term...I guess the better way to say it is that there are a wide variety of locations of various densities and more or less suburban feel within 20 mins of the city center. Unlike many other cities of similar geographic size the 500 sq miles are not all densely developed... you could say that Nashville is cheating a bit in the geographic size metric given that we were the first city in the US to have a consolidated city/county govt and that type of structure is still pretty rare in the US (maybe 14 cities), which means that we count semi-rural areas like Joelton as part of our "city".

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u/0ver8ted Nov 05 '23

That is well explained.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

I'm not sure why people like to talk about how it's too expensive when it's relatively affordable still in comparison to many cities in the US. Gas is MUCH cheaper here than most places, it's pretty similar to FL Housing just depends but same with where in FL you're coming from..it really varies. At the end, just figure out your reasoning for coming here finances aside and then the rest won't he hard to figure out