Nashville

matt — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:14:58 +0000

Inspired by jen and julia’s blogs…. seems like a good idea.
Good things about Nashville
Mountains
Large State Parks right next to my apartment
Lower property values (compared to Chicago)
My job
My window at my job
Some tasty eats – Loveless Cafe, Logans Roadhouse
My college friends Ian, Mandy, and Seth that moved down here
Seth playing drums on my tunes
Ian playing bass on my tunes
Free parking most places
Fewer crowds
The Nashville Zoo. kristin and I are zoo geeks.
The Weather – mild winters = awesome.
No state income tax
Things I miss about Chicago
Cities that are aligned in grids.
Cities that are well-planned and have managed their growth better than certain *cough* other cities I know of…
Cities with cool museums and lots of green space downtown.
Other friends, social groups I’ve already fit myself into, a church where people knew me, a certain feeling of belonging or ownership of certain places.
Not being intimidated (as badly) by the musicians I’m surrounded with.
Drivers who are not absolute morons.
People who can drive in snow.
People who do not close the schools on “threat of snow”
People who do not cause a run on the downtown grocery store on the very same “threat”
Family – esp. when things got rough with the cars, I felt the downside to being “on my own.”
Tong’s Tiki Hut. Never found a place to replace it.
Portillos
A statewide sales tax that was NOT nearly 10%.
the “studio” in my basement where I could haul in a whole band to record if i wanted to.
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Its pretty out here and I like it. feels good to summarize the good and bad about the new and old places, because then its not rattling around in your brain anymore… And maybe you can start being more “at home” in the new place.

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