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Originally Posted by tdawg
I spent the afternoon in Nashville yesterday and was really blown away by the changes in the city since I was there last (5 years maybe). Not only the high rises going up downtown but the quality of the infill I saw on our way into downtown. Ironically I was in Austin for three days before Nashville and the two cities really remind me of each other. Austin has done a better job with their riverfront and has a more laid-back, chill vibe, while Nashville has a more biz/corporate feel, and also a stronger sense of history. One thing I did not see on weekday afternoons in Austin was bars and honkeytonks with live music and people drinking in the afternoon like I saw on Broadway in Nashville, which was a cool surprise since we were in the mood to spend our last day of vacation the right way, with beer and live music! My partner even commented that Nashville felt bigger than Austin, more like a real city.
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Nashville was called (as I recall) a
cosmopolitan metropolis on a small scale, by the New York Times. The building growth, while not so tall, is loaded with considerable 10 to 20 story infill. And it goes 30+ blocks to the west through midtown and 10+ blocks north and south.
It is developing a top flight class of entertainment, art and food venues. There is a good mix of old and new scattered around small and large public parks making the City an enjoyable, entertaining place to walk around. And it is developing distinct urban neighborhoods such as The Gulch, Music Row, West End that could be small cities in their own right.
Midtown..
Downtown, The Gulch, SoBro, Music Row, Vanderbilt..
The next five years?? 
Yeah, sure I'm a homer,
but I have traveled extensively, and yes, Nashville, culturally and developmentally, is a unique and special place.
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