More Accolades for Nashville

[Neigeville2]

On 7/10/2017 at 1:46 PM, Rockatansky said:

FYI: The report doesn't claim that the cost of living here is now higher than Seattle, Austin or Philly. Instead it shows that our increase in the cost of living rose more quickly than those cities.

It says it's higher than Austin:

"You can live comfortably in Austin making less than $55,000 per year...

...It takes a salary of $70,150 to live in Nashville today."

[japan]

11 hours ago, Neigeville2 said:

It says it's higher than Austin:

"You can live comfortably in Austin making less than $55,000 per year...

...It takes a salary of $70,150 to live in Nashville today."

Shocking

[nashwatcher]

15 hours ago, Neigeville2 said:

It says it's higher than Austin:

"You can live comfortably in Austin making less than $55,000 per year...

...It takes a salary of $70,150 to live in Nashville today."

Do you think this is accurate??? That number seems a bit high, as does the difference with Austin

[markhollin]

Yeah, I know many people who make less than $70 K per year in Nashville who are living quite comfortably.

 

[Edgefield D]

The biggest thing that's changed is housing costs (that I can tell). So, for those that already have a house I don't see how there's been a huge increase. Housing has definitely increased....but is an apartment in Nashville really that much more than say Austin?

[japan]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

Yeah, I know many people who make less than $70 K per year in Nashville who are living quite comfortably.

 

Did they already have a home or did they buy or rent recently?

[BnaBreaker]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

Yeah, I know many people who make less than $70 K per year in Nashville who are living quite comfortably.

 

Obviously I don't live in the Nashville area any longer so I really can't say for certain, but although I suppose it depends on what one's definition of "living comfortably" is, I make considerably less than $70K/year and live what I consider to be quite a comfortable life in a good Chicago neighborhood, so I've got to imagine I could do the same in Nashville.

Edited July 12, 2017 by BnaBreaker

[markhollin]

Real estate is topping the charts in Music City:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/homes/2017/07/14/real-estate-topping-charts-music-city/472046001/

[markhollin]

Tennessee jumps from #18 to #9 among "Best States for Business in 2017" according to new CNBC report:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/07/14/tennessee-jumps-as-one-of-the-countrys-best-places.html

[markhollin]

From Nashville Post:

Nashville among nation’s hottest apartment markets

Online apartment marketing and information website RENTcafe.com has described the Nashville for-lease housing scene as “astonishing,” ranking the city among the hottest in the nation.

The Santa Barbara, California-based entity reports that by year’s end, approximately 8,500 new apartment units are scheduled to have hit the overall Nashville market in 2017 (almost twice the number seen in 2016), with 6,670 of those in Davidson County.

With an 4 percent job growth rate (the second highest growth rate of the 100 largest U.S. metros RENTcafe.com analyzed via commercial real estate research and data entity Yardi Matrix) and a 2 percent growth in population, the boost in the rental housing stock is needed, according to Doug Ressler, Yardi Matrix senior analyst.

https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/us-apartment-construction-at-a-20-year-high-in-2017/

[markhollin]

From Nashville Post:

Travel & Leisure readers rank Nashville among Top 10

Travel & Leisure magazine has ranked Nashville No. 5 in its World’s Best Awards 2017 readers’ survey.

The survey also yielded a ranking of the Top 15 urban hotels in the country. Nashville’s Urban Cowboy, a historic bed and breakfast hotel located in an East Nashville Victorian mansion, ranked No. 7 on the hotel list.

The annual survey reveals the top travel destinations and companies in the U.S. and internationally, from cities and islands to cruise lines, airlines and hotels. Cities are rated on sights/landmarks, culture, food, friendliness, shopping and value.

The magazine’s rankings based on the reader surveys are as follows:

Top 10 U.S. cities

1. Charleston, South Carolina

2. Santa Fe, New Mexico

3. Savannah, Georgia

4. New Orleans

5. Nashville

6. Honolulu

7. New York

8. Austin

9. Asheville, North Carolina

10.  San Antonio

 

Top 15 U.S. city hotels

1. The Surrey, New York

2. Alfond Inn, Orlando Area

3. 21C Museum Hotel Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

4. The Chatwal, New York

5. Thompson Seattle

6. Archer New York

7. Urban Cowboy Nashville

8. 21C Museum Hotel Bentonville, Arkansas

9. The Vendue, Charleston, South Carolina

10.  The Roxy Hotel, New York

11.  Hotel Elysee, New York

12.  Zero George, Charleston, South Carolina

13.  The Old 77 Hotel & Chandlery, New Orleans

14.  The Peninsula, Chicago

15.  Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas

[markhollin]

BRIDGESTONE ARENA RANKS FIFTH IN U.S., 19TH IN WORLD TICKET SALES IN POLLSTAR’S

2017 MID-YEAR REPORT 

Nashville, Tenn. (July 17, 2017) – Bridgestone Arena ranks fifth in the United States and 19th in the world for concert ticket sales, according to international trade publication Pollstar’s Mid-Year Ticket Sales report. Pollstar announced Bridgestone Arena ticket sales as 284,896, inclusive of solely show and concert tickets. When including the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament and Nashville Predators home hockey games, Bridgestone Arena has hosted nearly 1 million people in the building year to date.

Pollstar’s Top-10 U.S. Venues (Show & Concert Ticket Sales):

1.) Barclays Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

2.) Madison Square Garden (New York)

3.) Amalie Arena (Tampa Bay, Fla.)

4.) Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.)

5.) Bridgestone Arena

6.) Philips Arena (Atlanta)

7.) Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.)

8.) Forum (Inglewood, Calif.)

9.) American Airlines Center (Dallas)

10.) SAP Center at San Jose (San Jose, Calif.) 

“This ranking is indicative of the world-class support we receive from all the fans who attend world-class events here at Bridgestone Arena, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the entire community, as evidenced during the Predators recent run to the Stanley Cup Final,” Senior Vice President of Booking David Kells said.  “As we continue to strive toward our ONE GOAL of becoming the No. 1 sports and entertainment venue in the United States, we would like to thank everyone who supports the quality entertainment at Bridgestone Arena and those who work hard to create an amazing environment for fans. We also thank the artists, managers, agents, promoters and everyone in the entertainment community who has brought their tour to our venue.”

Serving as the home for numerous national and international events, Bridgestone Arena has the distinction of being one of the busiest venues in the United States over the past decade and a half. In addition to being named nominated for Pollstar’s 2015 and 2016 Arena of the Year, Bridgestone Arena continued to rack up the awards in the first seven months of 2017, including the 2017 Academy of Country Music Venue of the Year and the 2017 Facility of Merit Award by the National Hockey League.

[markhollin]

Tennessee unemployment rate hits record low of 3.6% in June:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/07/20/tennessees-unemployment-rate-last-month-lowest-state-history-gov-bill-haslam-announced-thursday/496383001/

[markhollin]

3 Nashville eateries make Bon Appetite's 50 Best New Restaurants in America list:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/08/01/these-nashville-eateries-are-among-bon-app-tits.html

[BnaBreaker]

5 hours ago, markhollin said:

3 Nashville eateries make Bon Appetite's 50 Best New Restaurants in America list:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/08/01/these-nashville-eateries-are-among-bon-app-tits.html

Ya know, among all of the dynamic changes that have taken place in Nashville since I lived there about seventeen long years ago, perhaps the most astounding change is the one that the local culinary scene has undergone.  When I lived there back in the day there were a few select high end restaurants around town, but the only thing Nashville was really known for was meat n threes and, to a lesser degree, barbecue.  For the most part though, the culinary scene was dominated mostly by run-of-the-mill formulaic chain restaurants and country cooking.  

Nowadays though, to say that Nashville's culinary scene is absolutely booming would be a dramatic understatement.  We've got great versions of practically every type of ethnic food you could possibly want (although I can still think of a few I'd like to see...Morocco I'm looking at you!), innovative one-of-a-kind restaurants opening up all over the city, celebrity chefs clamoring for the opportunity to get into the market, locally owned and operated artisan food businesses abound, a huge food truck scene, a reignited passion for rediscovering local cuisine and all of the regional flora and fauna that made it happen, a major nationally known food festival, our own internationally known signature local food in Hot Chicken which we've had for awhile but was only discovered by non-locals very recently... and of course, the good old classics of meat n threes and barbecue are not only still alive and kicking, but truly better than ever without a doubt.  

I mean, it honestly blows my mind.  People the  world over come to Nashville FOR THE RESTAURANTS.  I truly never would have predicted it.  I won't say Nashville has the best restaurant scene in the south, as what is "best" is obviously highly subjective (plus our friends in places like Charleston and New Orleans I'm sure would understandably differ.)  But I do think it's fairly safe to say that right now, Nashville probably has the most famous, dynamic, energized, recognized, and talked about restaurant/culinary scene in all the south, and I think that includes the big boys of Atlanta, Miami etc.  

Edited August 2, 2017 by BnaBreaker

[Rockatansky]

14 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

practically every type of ethnic food

Our Chinese restaurants are still a bit lacking, especially those that deliver. China Cottage in Madison isn't bad, and Lucky Bamboo on the West side is pretty good, but not much else.

[LA_TN]

Authentic Chinese food:
- Lucky Bamboo (dim sum Sat/Sun)
- Sichuan Hot Pot & Asian Cuisine
- Golden Coast (authentic buffet Sat/Sun)
- Corner Asian Cafe (**must request Chinese menu)

**Lucky Bamboo is owned by Chinatown Cafe, where you can get Peking duck and few other authentic items. Authentic dinners for special occasions can be arranged upon request

Best advice is go to STL or ATL, both have large enough Chinese populations to support a wide array of authentic restaurants

[markhollin]

U.S. News and World Report has named Vanderbilt University Medical Center the top hospital in Tennessee for the sixth consecutive year. In the newly released 2017-18 edition of “America’s Best Hospitals,” VUMC had 11 out of a possible 16 specialties either nationally ranked or designated as nationally high performing.

 

[Guest]

A nice article from back in the spring. Details the U.K. Country talent making music in Nashville.

British Nashville

[markhollin]

Slim and Husky's Pizza in North Nashville gets tremendous coverage on the CBS Evening News:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nashville-pizza-joint-slim-and-huskys-delivering-for-its-struggling-neighborhood/

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2017/08/11/nashville-pizzeria-slim-huskys-gains-national-attention/559049001/

[markhollin]

Middle Tennessee's headcount of employed residents grew by 4 percent from 2015 to 2016. By percentage points, that's the biggest leap in the nation and more than double the city with the next-best gain.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/08/14/study-nashville-leads-thenation-when-it-comes-to.html

The story is behind the NBJ paywall, but I was able to get a partial screenshot of this chart:

[claya91]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

Middle Tennessee's headcount of employed residents grew by 4 percent from 2015 to 2016. By percentage points, that's the biggest leap in the nation and more than double the city with the next-best gain.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/08/14/study-nashville-leads-thenation-when-it-comes-to.html

The story is behind the NBJ paywall, but I was able to get a partial screenshot of this chart:

Surprised to see some of those cities in the bottom 10. Oil prices taking their toll on OKC & Houston. Makes you wonder if Devon Energy sweated building that behemoth tower right before the bottom fell out of the market.

[MidTenn1]

16 hours ago, markhollin said:

Middle Tennessee's headcount of employed residents grew by 4 percent from 2015 to 2016. By percentage points, that's the biggest leap in the nation and more than double the city with the next-best gain.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/08/14/study-nashville-leads-thenation-when-it-comes-to.html

The story is behind the NBJ paywall, but I was able to get a partial screenshot of this chart:

....and six times faster than the 5th fastest growing City economy.  I'll repeat; Nashville's economy is growing six times faster than the nation's 5th fastest growing city economy.

[Griz83]

4 minutes ago, PHofKS said:

....and six times faster than the 5th fastest growing City economy.  I'll repeat; Nashville's economy is growing six times faster than the nation's 5th fastest growing city economy.

Great news - and good on Memphis for showing up number 8!  As a native Nashvillian (the elusive unicorn), I didn't used to feel that way toward Memphis.  But, I'm glad to see our in-state neighbor no longer appears to be in complete decline.  Also glad to see Detroit rebounding.

[jmtunafish]

3 hours ago, Griz83 said:

Great news - and good on Memphis for showing up number 8!  As a native Nashvillian (the elusive unicorn), I didn't used to feel that way toward Memphis.  But, I'm glad to see our in-state neighbor no longer appears to be in complete decline.  Also glad to see Detroit rebounding.

On the other hand, both Knoxville and Chattanooga were listed among the medium-sized metros whose economies shrank.

For small metros, nearby Bowling Green was the 5th fastest growing in the nation, and Chattanooga's neighbor Dalton GA was the 2nd fastest growing.

Edited August 15, 2017 by jmtunafish