Retirees to Nashville (Franklin, Brentwood: condo, townhouse, price)

[nashville maybes]

Thanks for all the great information and encouragement to "go for it."

[urbanlemur]

if i may ask a question regarding moving to the area. my wife and i live in the Bronx, NY and we're both 66 and tired of the noise, pollution, traffic, generally bad attitudes and high taxes. family and good grocery prices area about all that are keeping us here. a friend of our told us that a lot of folks from NY, CT, NJ are moving to Tennessee and areas like Knoxville, Nashville, etc., and bringing their habits and way of life with them, thereby "polluting" the cities and towns. (their words). any truth to that? they also mentioned that gang activities are increasing in some cities too which is another reminder of home here. we visited Nashville in 2008 and we loved it but stayed here since we became grandparents. the boys are getting older and so are we but we are walking a fine line between staying for the family and moving for our physical and mental health. so please pass on some information if you please....would be much appreciated. (btw, we wouldn't be bringing our NY attitude because we have a more southern, laid back style) thanks!

[bab123]

HI I live in Franklin, TN.
Yes there are many people moving here from Northeast US and California. We do like to discuss how we hope they aren't bringing their habits, etc with them. I'm not sure I see a big difference really but you might hear differently from other people. We moved here from PA five years ago and we love it so I am from Northeast US as well

Definitely you need to visit and stay at least a week before making a decision. Visit Nashville and surrounding "suburbs" in all directions. I have not heard anything about gangs.

[N.Cal]

we visited Nashville in 2008 and we loved it

2008 Nashvillle and 2020 Nashville (and suburbs) are two very different places.

[urbanlemur]

2008 Nashvillle and 2020 Nashville (and suburbs) are two very different places.

yeah, you're right. i'm originally from the Bay Area (SF) and have lived in SLC and now i'm in the Bronx. very different styles of life and every time i go back to either city, i can see the changes there and not all of them are good. so please elaborate on your comment so i can understand what has changed there. thanks!

[BirdieBelle]

Originally Posted by urbanlemur

2008 Nashvillle and 2020 Nashville (and suburbs) are two very different places.

yeah, you're right. i'm originally from the Bay Area (SF) and have lived in SLC and now i'm in the Bronx. very different styles of life and every time i go back to either city, i can see the changes there and not all of them are good. so please elaborate on your comment so i can understand what has changed there. thanks!

You can do a search of this forum, as this has been discussed so many times in multiple threads. Some samples:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/nash...es-now-gq.html

https://www.city-data.com/forum/nash...nashville.html

See post #6 in this thread for more links:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/nash...al-estate.html

And you might find this relevant:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/nash...nashville.html

Note the dates of all the threads.

This Oct. 2019 blog post talks a bit about "why."

https://www.nashvillesmls.com/blog/d...every-day.html

According to CNN, over 30,000 people moved to Nashville last year [2018]. That breaks down to just over 82 people per day. The [metro] population is now at about 1.8 million people and the city grew by nearly 2% last year [2018].

[gooz71]

I would look at Brentwood and Franklin. So many retirement communities and easy to get downtown by car to see your kids.

[urbanlemur]

Originally Posted by gooz71

I would look at Brentwood and Franklin. So many retirement communities and easy to get downtown by car to see your kids.

but aren't both Brentwood and Franklin rather expensive? we're on a somewhat modest budget so we might have to consider something less costly.

[N.Cal]

Originally Posted by urbanlemur

but aren't both Brentwood and Franklin rather expensive? we're on a somewhat modest budget so we might have to consider something less costly.

You need to define "somewhat modest budget".

[urbanlemur]

Originally Posted by N.Cal

You need to define "somewhat modest budget".

between $175,000 and $250,000. depends on what we could sell our house here in the Bronx for. we might possibly get $350,000 if were fortunate but probably not more than that. then you have to tack on moving expenses, etc.