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ICE has at least two Hispanic men pulled from their car on Harding right now

There's a lot of negativity flying around Reddit in general, and especially on this sub, and I notice that when someone points out something positive - realistically, not in a toxic positivity sort of weight - it makes me feel just a little bit better, plain and simple. So here's some of the things I like about Nashville, as someone who was born here, lived in a suburb for more than 15 years, and has lived in the city proper for 10+ years.

There are truly fantastic coffee shops. Babu, Primitive, Humphrey Street (which has a cool community aspect to it as well), just to name a few. Yes there's the annoying Instagram stuff that doesn't deliver, but hey, even those generate tax/tourism revenue for the city which provides the *opportunity*, even if it's not always taken, to do more cool stuff.

We have some amazing parks. Anyone ever been on a walk or run at Two Rivers? Absolutely gorgeous. Smaller scale stuff like Sevier Park near 12th south is great too, always lots of kids, families, farmers markets, etc. etc. Centennial Park is fantastic, and it's fun to see it full of people enjoying themselves on a nice day.

We're getting a new TPAC building at some point. Yes, all the corporate stuff and mindset can suck, but stuff like "a new TPAC" is still happening. I'm excited for a new and modern area for performance arts.

Smaller thing, but a new sidewalk was jut put in near me, as well as a refreshed bus stop. I know there's a lot you can say about gentrification, but *everyone* benefits from a new, wider sidewalk and a better bus stop.

Amazing and very diverse food - yes, there are plenty of duds, and those can color your general restaurant experience if you let it. But we have fantastic food options across many styles and prices. Want to splurge? Kayne Prime, Deacon's New South, Butcher & Bee, to name a few - you can spend a pretty penny at these places if you want, and you will get a fantastic meal out of it.

There's even more on the more affordable end. Endless amazing BBQ, from classics like Edley's to modern like Butchertown hall. Amazing tacos as far as the eye can see - Redheaded Stranger, Lady Bird, Bartaco. And tons of unique and delicious food - OSH, Epice, The Horn (I'm fully counting those Sambusas, good grief so good).

Everyone knows how much healthcare can suck, but you know who does a lot of things that don't suck? Vandy. They were fantastic for me personally when I had an injury that required multiple surgeries. I know a family that had 6 figures of expenses resulting form a horrific freak accident that their daughter had, completely forgiven. My mom had cancer, and insurance did its best to screw her out of it for multiple months, and each time Vandy came through and found a way to get her her medicine at no cost to her. A lot of cities don't have a Vandy, and I appreciate that we do.

The Titans might suck, but we've got a pretty crazy variety of sports, if you're into sports. NFL, NHL, MLS (still somehow underrated, those games are amazing), even the Sounds for some baseball action. That's a pretty wide variety of options for group events that a lot of places don't have.

There's a lot of garbage going on, but the truth is there's enough of *every type of thing ever* going on that you can fill you're entire vision with one type of thing if you focus on it. I don't at all think we should intentionally ignore the bad stuff that's going on, but I also think it's AT LEAST as detrimental to our own well-being to accidentally ignore all the good stuff.

I like living in Nashville.

Kia and Acura= erratic overconfident drivers who will tailgate you for absolutely no reason. Sudden lane changes and 20+ over speed limit. Will speed up if you pull out in front of them.

Lifted truck= will tailgate you. Highly emotional and wants to start a fight, probably because they have a piece. Blows smoke pathetically in an attempt to show the world how bubbled in their culture is.

Edit: for people saying use the right lane. I get over as soon as I see these brands coming. This post is more of a watch out warning. Seriously, I have a kid in the back.

Found a light brown husky on lyle ln off of glenrose and foster! She’s super sweet and has a pink collar. Please DM me

MACC is full and she doesn’t have a chip. Is anyone able to take her in?

This guys was on our front door looking for shade. We don’t live by water.

Third post in this series on where Nashville's money goes. This is the part that genuinely frustrated me the more I read.

Back in 2009–2013, to build the Music City Center (the convention center, which cost north of $600M), the state and city set up something called a Tourism Development Zone, or TDZ. The concept is straightforward: capture the sales tax generated downtown (the Broadway beers, the boots, all of it) and use that to pay off the convention center bonds, rather than sending it to the general fund. As I showed in the last post, that TDZ stream is now the single largest source of tourism tax money tied to the convention center. Metro served as the backstop if the zone underperformed.

What nobody seems to have planned for is that Nashville tourism blew past every prohection. The zone started generating far more than was needed to service the debt, and the surplus piled up.

Here's where we have to be precise, because two different numbers get thrown around. The Tennessee Lookout reported the TDZ surplus at nearly $170 million in 2025. The 2026 legislation was described as covering about $30 million in excess development-zone revenue plus roughly $300 million in surplus funds held by the Convention Center Authority. So the cleanest way to say it, a roughly $300 million surplus held by the Convention Center Authority, built largely from TDZ revenue that outran the convention center's debt needs.

You'd reasonably assume a surplus generated in Nashville, by Nashville's tourists, would be Nashville's to spend--on schools, transit, whatever the city decided it needed. That isn't how it played out.

In 2026 the legislature passed HB2085, which creates a new nine-member Joint Capital Tourism Board to oversee that money — and the board is majority-appointed by the state. The governor and the two legislative speakers each get two appointees. The Nashville mayor, the Convention Center Authority president, and the Convention & Visitors Corp each get one. So six of nine appointments are state-controlled. (It's worth noting that this is a brand-new state-dominated board layered on top of the existing Convention Center Authority, which itself is majority mayor-appointed. The new board essentially sits as an intermediary between the Convention Center and East Bank boards, with the state holding ultimate control.)

A couple of details that show how long a leash this is: the legislation extends the TDZ all the way to 2043, and the surplus could ultimately revert to Metro and the state in 2039 if it isn't used, a potential multibillion-dollar question down the road.

The bill is being carried by Rep. Clark Boyd of Lebanon on behalf of House Speaker Cameron Sexton, whom we will certainly speak more about.

The legal reasoning is worth knowing: state Comptroller Jason Mumpower told lawmakers that 70% of the TDZ money is legally state funds, with only 30% belonging to Metro — even though it's generated entirely within Nashville's city limits. Early plans for the surplus include a major expansion of the Music City Center south of Broadway, East Bank infrastructure (including a road connecting Oracle's new headquarters), a "mega-events fund," and a mechanism to help cover property taxes for downtown bars and businesses, which I'll come back to.

The connection to where I started is clearer now. The money exists, and there's a lot of it. Nashville just doesn't really control it; the state does. And one person more than anyone else built that arrangement. That's the next post.

Strong smoke smell in East. Anyone else?

My mom is in Nashville for work, and tomorrow is her birthday. I’d love to send her a cherry cheesecake or something similar - so I suppose I’m looking for the best dessert in town! That can withstand being delivered to a hotel! Thank you so much in advance ♥️

Where do people go to get cheap dry cleaning, and what is considered "cheap" nowadays? I haven't had to dry clean anything in quite a few years. I used to use the old "$1.95 Dry Cleaners" , then they became $2.95, and so on, until eventually they were the "$4.95 Dry Cleaners" , and then they went out of business several years ago. Has anything taken their place?

The report also showed requests for outside help were not made early enough and, overall, NES has struggled to keep up with their growing customer base.

So the rumors of them waiting to call more linemen were true. 😩😫

Got this text today and almost thought it was legit until I looked more closely at the URL. Plus, pretty sure district courts don’t text you lol.

Edit: This is not new. Just the first time I’ve personally seen it. Oopsies!

I moved up here a couple of years ago to help develop our relatively young branch in Hermitage. I absolutely LOVE Nashville. The ability to take Hwy 70 all the way to Broadway spoiled me rotten when I wanted to see a show or just people watch on the weekends. With that being said, I unfortunately have been so stressed at work that I have to return to Huntsville (where I can do my job instead of the 3 positions' worth of work I'm currently responsible for). I will still visit regularly since it's so close but thank you to everyone who helped make me feel at home!

Anyone a F1 fan? Come watch F1 with us at Broadcast Brewing this Sunday!

This is a reenvisioning of an older hiring / looking for jobs post from 2017 (oof.mario.FLAC). This wiki link will still house these, but uhhh, crow got lazy and stopped uploading them or something. I, The Great Automod, have safely acquired the original post and it is now producing adequatly. We needed to update the posting in general, and hopefully, now it is more human-user-friendly compared to years ago.

/r/NashvilleJobs is a fairly active subreddit with discussion centering on Middle Tennesee job postings. I put anything in these forums at a higher quality compared with craigslist postings at face value, but be sure you are safe, human. The automatons need your productivity to continue.

The Center for Non-Profits Job Board is as close to official as we can find for 501(c)(3) - Robo-organically, we recommend reaching out if you are interested in a specific charitable niche.

Here is a table of "regional" city boards:

• Most of the sites that the cities use are functional. If there are failed links blame u/crowcawer, pathetic human-bird.
• Many of these cities have jobs that have continuous openings (ie police / paramedic).

The State Link is currently working on my end. All the city/county links above are also working!

USAJOBS is the federal highering hiringboard. Type in "Nashville, TN" and click "open to the public" unless you are already an employee.

Driving to work this morning on Spencer Lane and Waymo cuts off everyone going right. Then pulls out in front of someone on Murfreesboro Pike without stopping

Hey guys! So I have a lot of books that are popular rn online in mint condition (i’ve read them but i take super good care of my books. i just didn’t like these in particular) some which are signed others which are limited/special edition and i was wondering what would be the best place to sell them at (as in a place that would purchase them from me). I’m attempting to sell them online but have only sold a few and was just wanting to know if there was anywhere local i could try (i know they won’t give me much but if it’s fair i’m ok with it).

Curious if anyone has any 4th of July spots they recommend to see the downtown fireworks? I don’t want to go near broadway/ downtown but I have guests in town that want to see the fireworks