John Wayne's granddaughter left California for Nashville, TN

And, all those places are the most expensive areas, outside Nashville proper.

 

New Bedford is where life started for me

 

Nashville just isn't the same anymore, I don't see myself ever moving back to the area.

When we moved to Hendersonville, it had a population of about 28,000 (late 80s) and 3 stoplights. Today, its effectively part of Metro Nashville and has over 62,000 people living there. Gallatin was to the east and a decent drive up 31E with a population of 19,000, but its now connected to the east side of Hendersonville with 47,000 people.

There are just too many people in the area now... so I moved to the rural Midwest, back in a town with 26,000 people so my kid could grow up the same way I did. For reference, it only grew to 26,000 from 22,500 in the same time frame, so I don't think I have to worry about urban creep. The closest "big" city is 40 miles away with 121,000 people and the Twin Cities are 100 miles away.