Tag Archives: crime rate
Happy Hour: Probably Worth Celebrating
Yay for us! Nashville’s crime rate was down for the 5th year straight and is actually at its lowest point in 18 years. Guess we’re doing something right! [WKRN] The latest estimate says we’ll be getting $4.28B from the economic stimulus package, which includes that $600M for highway projects that we talked about a few [...]
Bright & Early: Highs And Lows Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve gotta admit, we’re feeling pretty demoralized after Saturday’s Game Which Shall Not Be Named (the ‘Stache blames that missed delay of game call, but we’re not even sure that could have salvaged it) so we’re trying to look at the bright side–the Preds won and Steve Sullivan skated for the first [...]
The Economic Blues [Mixed Reviews]
The Mixed Reviews From People Who Don’t Live Here have been few and far between in the past couple months. And, we hate to say, they’re mostly bad, with a little bit of cheery news (for Murfreesboro, at least) mixed in there. Ah, such is life. Murfreesboro came in as the 5th Best Place To [...]
Bright & Early: Novel Ideas Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The city’s homeless population is on the rise, and along with it the downtown crime rate. Metro reports that 60% of the aggravated assaults in the downtown area involve the homeless either as perpetrators or victims, and oddly enough, shipping them out to other cities doesn’t seem to be helping. One Metro [...]
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