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Nashville, TN cityscape

if you left las vegas

Nashville

tn · metro 2.1M

a dispatch from

nashville

TN

36.16°N

86.78°W

Nashville is honky-tonk neon on Broadway, hot chicken so spicy it counts as a personality test, and a music scene that includes way more than country (though country is the headliner). The Ryman Auditorium is still the most acoustically beloved room in American music. Bachelorette parties on pedal taverns are now a recognized weather pattern. Pack stretchy pants for the biscuits.

metro2.1M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$59

more each month than Las Vegas ran you

Barely costlier than Las Vegas. If Nashville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the nashville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,790/mo

3% more expensive than Las Vegas(vs $1,731/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Las Vegas

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$59 less than Las Vegas

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$461k

2% more expensive than Las Vegas

vs $451k in Las Vegas

05metro size

2.1M

vs 2.3M in Las Vegas

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

173

pleasant days a year, in nashville.

Las Vegas gets 210 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

Noticeably quieter than Las Vegas. About 92% fewer events on a typical month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

56/100

30% lower than Las Vegas

vs 80/100 in Las Vegas

Closest outdoor draw: Long Hunter, 14.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

17% higher than Las Vegas

vs 82/100 in Las Vegas

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

47

65% fewer than Las Vegas

vs 133 nonstops in Las Vegas

04 · see also

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