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On 12/16/2021 at 11:30 AM, Nathan_in_DC said:
I was kind of thinking the same thing. A $200,000 investment in a house that is getting $1,800 a month in rent still requires nearly 10 years of rental income just to balance out the initial investment, though you might be able to bring that down to 8 or so years by increasing rents by a few percentage points every year. But, that's not even counting the few-thousand-dollars-a-year in maintenance, property tax payments, refurbishments every 2-3 years when a tenant leaves, and remodels every 5-10 years. And even considering that, $200,000 is the lower end of some of the purchases. This all just screams of an inflated market and a scheme where the top investors that got in early will get out when the company valuation peaks.
Don't forget that in the current environment that $200k house will soon be $250k, then $300k. That's a lot of equity the owners can borrow against.
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21 hours ago, nashville born said:Widen it now.
Are you familiar with induced demand? I'd much rather the money that would be spent on widening be used on time-competitive, high capacity mass transit operating in dedicated ROW.
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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.
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On 11/18/2021 at 6:45 AM, Flatrock said:
From Channel 5 News, yesterday.
"TDOT explores possibility of converting HOV lanes to toll lanes" Sorry if this was posted earlier:
I was under the impression that conversion to HOT was disallowed on our HOV lanes because of the specifics of the deal to get them built in the first place.
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On 9/1/2021 at 10:20 PM, smeagolsfree said:
Metro can however raise taxes even more
The current property tax rate is the 2nd lowest in the last 20 years.
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On 11/3/2021 at 4:05 PM, MLBrumby said:
The Nashville MSA is expected to grow by close to 150,000 over the next five years, according to the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, reaching 2.2 million people by 2026.
If these are the same as the State Data Center estimates they are due to be updated early next year a will include data from the 2020 Census.
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On 10/19/2021 at 5:01 PM, UrbanWes03 said:
*Photo Bomb Incoming*
This was a photo dump. A photo bomb is when someone or something appears unexpectedly in the background of a photograph.
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12 hours ago, dragonfly said:
what is the actual current rankings of the two states
The latest official data for TN and MA are from the 2020 Census.
TN: 6,910,840MA: 7,029,917
I poked around that webpage's sources and couldn't find any applicable 2021 data. The TN SDC has 2021 data, but its out of date and doesn't account for the 2020 Redistricting data.
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19 hours ago, AronG said:
gaining population
Granted that in the later stages of gentrification the depopulation trend typically reverses due to increased housing density (MF along corridors for example). But it is true that if an area is base zoned for SF only, those density increases are less likely to occur.
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On 8/17/2021 at 7:17 PM, FrankNash said:
Why would we want to move the railyard? It's ugly but needed.
So that the rail lines through town could be used for transit. It would also significantly reduce the conflict between surface streets and rail lines. There are neighborhoods that can be cut off from the rest of Nashville by a stopped train. A suburban/exurban site could also be larger are more modern and allow for future expansion if needed.
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On 7/29/2021 at 5:44 PM, andywildman said:
In 2016, only 5.9% of Nashville households had no cars
6.5% in 2019 according to the American Community Survey.
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On 10/20/2019 at 4:41 PM, BnaBreaker said:
Thrilled to hear that the new owner highly values the existing businesses and the structure in which they reside!
Or maybe not given today's announcement.
2 hours ago, Mr_Bond said:I hope these operations can return to their historical locations after construction is complete.
That's not happening. The Mercy complex will be relocating.
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On 9/10/2021 at 4:56 PM, AronG said:
"Gentrification" doesn't lead to larger houses with fewer occupants.
No necessarily larger homes, but few persons per dwelling unit - and that results in population remaining flat or slightly decreasing in the early stages of gentrification. See: CD5 2010-2020. Later, as land values increase, we see densification via MF and slight increases in total population.
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On 8/18/2021 at 8:31 PM, grilled_cheese said:
not inhabited by any natives
What does that matter? I'm not a native and I'm guessing a good portion of the members here aren't either. It certainly doesn't imply that we don't care about how Nashville develops.
On 8/19/2021 at 8:27 AM, Nashville Cliff said:It will make the expansion of that part of the interstate impossible
Good. We need to stop widening the interstates and invest in transit instead.
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On 8/13/2021 at 6:28 AM, markhollin said:
Lighthouse Residential (3 stories? 97 units) update: Fencing up.
Looking SE from Gallatin Pike at Dozier Place:
I was under the impression the fencing was put up to keep people from dumping on the site or using it for black market retail.
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On 9/21/2021 at 10:41 AM, Armacing said:
So you must not be that worried about Carbon Dioxide then, right? Because if you fail to speak up about the largest source of Carbon Dioxide because you have limited influence, then to me it is obvious you don't really see a threat in CO2. To me it just looks like you're promoting your political/economic agenda. If you really thought the fate of the world hinged on limiting CO2 emissions, then you would be coming up with ways to stop China even without their cooperation - for the sake of the world (from your perspective).
I find you rhetoric both unnecessarily aggressive and unconvincing. Your constant and purposeful misrepresentation leads me to believe you are inflexible in thought and looking for a fight. I choose to no longer participate. Bye.
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On 9/13/2021 at 4:54 PM, Armacing said:
CO2 is not a pollutant:
Since CO2 in excess can have a significant harmful effect on the environment it is, by definition, a pollutant.
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On 8/29/2021 at 4:37 PM, Armacing said:
but they consistently fail to call out China's disproportional share of global emissions. Why??
Because we in the West can't do anything about it other than encourage them to change their ways. Those of us who support low carbon electricity generation have a hard enough fight here at home moving us away from fossil fuels - so we focus on what we can influence, and shy away from what we cannot. Clean up our own house first etc...
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On 7/2/2021 at 8:04 PM, Nashvillain said:
council strong and executive weak
I've often heard the opposite?
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On 6/23/2021 at 9:47 PM, MLBrumby said:
We're heading for another bubble.
Maybe in Chattanooga, but not here in Nashville. Our underlying population, economic and income growth are strong enough to support current pricing IMO.
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On 6/8/2021 at 9:14 PM, titanhog said:
Really hoping Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford and Wilson start working closely together to come up with a 50 year growth plan that enables these 4 counties to almost look past the “county lines” and come up with transportation solutions…HQ relocation areas in each county (maybe like a tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, tier 4)…and like you suggest, a synergy that allows a “loss” in one area to be a gain in another.
The problem with this is that Metro (rightfully) wants to invest in transit while the suburban counties want nothing to do with it and will only support new roads and widenings.
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On 6/19/2021 at 4:41 AM, titanhog said:
This is a mural in Reno, NV. Someone PLEASE do a mural like this in Nashville.
I'd rather they were CDs, but the general concept is pretty neat.
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On 6/28/2021 at 9:32 AM, PruneTracy said:
only MacDougal's is loca
They are also right-wing, if that matters to you.
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On 6/22/2021 at 6:32 PM, downtownresident said:
Eventually whomever is behind this will stop throwing good money after bad.
Unfortunately, it sounds like that time has not yet come.
Davidson East: East Nashville, Inglewood, Madison, Donelson, Hermitage, Old Hickory
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So if a product doesn't suit you, do away with it entirely? I'll never buy a boat (I get motion sick) but that doesn't mean they shouldn't exist. I haven't been to a mall in years, but they certainly have their place (in the suburbs).
I will agree that in the 80's & 90's we went overboard with malls, but that seems very much less the case today.