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Happy Hour: How To Train Your Dragon
The Daily Beast ranked Nashville as the soberest city in the United States, followed by Bristol, TN and Memphis, TN. We’re calling shenanigans. Have they seen Five Points at 1am? [WSMV] The former TSU student who was arrested in Texas for killing an Army Private first became caught up in Islamic extremism in Nashville, according [...]
Bright & Early: This Is Our Friday Face Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In the past year, local law enforcement reports that home burglaries have increased 18-20% all over Nashville. Though police haven’t quite identified a reason for that, Nashvillians are being urged to take more precautions against break-ins like getting an alarm system, joining a local Neighborhood Watch, getting to know our neighbors and [...]
Bright & Early: Watch Where You Roll Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Local cyclists are complaining that Metro isn’t responding quickly enough to the need to replace non-bike-friendly storm drains that have caused serious accidents around the city. Grates whose openings are parallel to the streets can swallow up bike tires and cause cyclists to flip over their handlebars, as has happened in the [...]
Happy Hour: It’s On
The second gubernatorial debate is going down in Knoxville tonight between Mike McWherter and Bill Haslam. Our favorite write-in candidate Basil Marceaux will not be participating, but you can still watch it on News Channel 5. [WTVF] A mental health facility at Meharry caught on fire today, leading to the evacuation of about 40-60 folks. [...]
Happy Hour: Up Up And Away
The Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau reports that CMA fans dropped a whopping $24 million into the city’s economy while they were here last weekend, breaking last year’s record by $2 million. [Tennessean] According to Forbes, Nashville is getting most of its new folks from Florida, Chicago and the northeast. [Nashville Post] Mosquitoes and chiggers [...]
Bright & Early: Wine Whine Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After a vicious fight for wine in grocery stores last year, the debate is back on the table for the upcoming legislative session. This time, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle will take up the issue in a Joint Study Committee and they hope to have a full recommendation in about [...]
Forbes Says Retire Here, Nashville Not For Singles [Mixed Reviews]
Things have slowed down on the Mixed Reviews By People Who Don’t Live Here front, but we can always count on having a couple on hand (we just can’t promise that they’re interesting). This week, we find that Forbes has ranked Nashville the 10th best place to retire. Not to let the retirees get all [...]
More Mixed Reviews By People Who Don’t Live Here
They just keep rolling in, folks. We really find it fascinating that there are so many aspects of our city to pit against the rest of the universe, but hey. It gives us something to talk about. This week, Nashville has been ranked the 4th friendliest city, 2nd highest incarceration rate,and 6th worst for carbon [...]
Nashville Gets Mixed Reviews From People Who Don’t Live Here
Our fair city has been making headlines this week, as everyone from Forbes to Newsweek have started ranking various aspects of cities, and we’ve come out on top more often than not. Our very own Nashville International Airport (BNA) ranked 6th in its size class for customer satisfaction, and Forbes rated Nashville 18 out of [...]
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