[RosanaAnaDana]

This probably gonna get me killed but I've got to put it out there.

I was so disappointed by the food and music scene in Nashville. Literally every restaurant was some trendy clone of some vaguely hipster cracker barrel (one exception). The music I could find (with one exception) was just sad cover bands doing the same Counting Crows covers over and over again.

Redeeming restaurant: Princes hot chicken. Got that shit at a XXX and it melted my face. Wonderful.

Redeeming venue: High Watt/ Mercy lounge. I don't remember who I saw but it was great.

If you know better places to eat/ find good up-and-coming music in Nashville, please let me know. I want it to live up to what I think it could be.

[Eric_WVGG]

Culture counts.

This is probably gonna get me killed, but I would have qualms with starting or moving a business to a city where reproductive rights are under continual attack. The situation is inhumane.

[moate]

Part of the problem with places like Alabama getting left in the dust is opinions voiced by elected officials in Alabama.

There's literally nothing that would motivate me to move to a place like that despite extremely low cost of living.

[mud_dauber]

I second this opinion.

[jofer]

Spend some time in Birmingham sometime. It's a fun city. As a whole, AL isn't what you probably think it is.

[jofer]

I'm guessing you were on the Broadway strip? Avoid Broadway/etc at all costs (that's always been the case). There aren't any actual music venues on Broadway. Those don't count.

First off, a caveat... I haven't lived in that area in about 15 years.

If you're downtown, and want a good music venue, The Station Inn is always a good choice. It's crazy to me that it's now a very swank, brand new neighborhood. Used to be a bunch of grimy old warehouses that had been converted into music venues. However, the Station Inn remains and is unchanged. Go there.

Similarly, the Exit/In is still the icon it's always been. If you're not into bluegrass (station inn) go to the Exit/In.

Those are just the famous places. There's plenty of good music if you just move away from Broadway. The area around Vanderbilt used to actually have a lot of neat little dives (The End was always fun, but I haven't been there in years). East Nashville has somehow become both expensive and pretentious (I can't describe how crazy that statement is to me...), but there are a lot of good bars to see local bands at there.

Prince's is really great, but try the random gas station hot chicken as well. Plenty of good places other than Prince's and Hattie B's. They won't be on Google Maps, though. Look for signs on storefronts. Expect cash only, to go only, leg quarters in styrofoam containers. Eat slowly.

A lot of the places I'd point you to for food are gone now... However, Nashville Biscuit House is still there and assuming it's still what it used to be, I'd highly recommended it.

[porknubbins]

Having lived there 3 years I don’t think I’d go back. There is some good food in East Nashville and I enjoyed the country music at Roberts (more often real country instead of the commercial Nashville sound most places). But you are essentially paying 2x everywhere else in TN to be in bad traffic with faux Southern/ faux hipster transplants, like some kind of big city “lite” version.

[RosanaAnaDana]

The 'diet'-south. Half the racism with all the calories.

[Touche]

Midtown.