WHAT'S GOING ON, NASHVILLE?

In case you have missed it and are not one of the bazillion people who have already moved or who are now moving into what used to be the quaint little town of #Nashville aka "#guitar town," Nashville is bursting at the seams!  I mean that quite literally too.

As people from all over the world pour into what has now become a crowded living situation in Nashville, houses in neighborhoods that have been historically lower income are being torn down in order to build bigger, more lavish homes and to #gentrify those areas.  Again, I want to say, at what cost?

A local university, #Belmont,  has torn down the long standing Wheeler Building, where I took a great number of my undergrad courses.  Look --

The Old Wheeler Building at Belmont

One area of town that has been one of the sleeper areas, or what some might refer to as a bedroom neighborhood, has recently become so full that within approximately a 4 mile radius about 3 serious wrecks occurred within 2 or 3 days, and one of those accidents had fatalities in both vehicles which were involved.

It is now unheard of to turn on your television in the mornings and not hear the bad news that occurred while you thought the city slept.  Everyday there is someone who is being assaulted in a public setting, or someone is knocking on a stranger's door, only to shoot the occupant of the house whose door they just knocked on.

Nashville has recently installed its first female mayor into office, and it is left with the mounting debt which the last mayor helped to increase.  Country music has evolved to the point that it's almost unrecognizable from what it once was.

Yes, #progress is inevitable; however, if the long time residents are being driven out of their homes due to the increase in property taxes, and residents no longer feel safe to venture out of their own neighborhoods or even out of their own homes, is that REALLY progress?