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Jul 9, 2013 · Nashville is the No. 13 snobbiest city in the U.S., according to Travel + Leisure magazine.
2 days ago · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Every single country music star that has a bar downtown gets their name in lights. Whether it's Garth Brooks or Miranda Lambert, they have a big neon hanging sign ...
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Nashville is named after Francis Nash, one of the few Patriot generals who were killed during the American Revolution.
President Theodore Roosevelt coined the phrase “good to the last drop” after drinking a cup of local Nashville coffee at the Maxwell House Hotel.
Nashville was the first city nationwide to be granted an FM-broadcasting license. The original WSM and radio announcer David Cobb called Nashville “Music City” for the first time in the 1950s.
The park is home to the only real replica of the Greek Parthenon. Sometimes referred to as the Athens of the South, the city of Nashville built it for the World Exposition in 1897. It is the Western Hemisphere’s tallest enclosed sculpture and houses a full-scale replica of the statue.
This iconic local candy is made of caramel, marshmallow, milk chocolate and peanuts. The name is believed to stand for “Grand Ole Opry.”
Elvis recorded well over 200 of his songs at RCA’s historic Studio B on Music Row. A string of Christmas lights put up by Elvis to get into the holiday spirit while working on an album still hangs in the studio to this day.
The daughter of John Donelson, one of the city’s founders, married Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
This was Andrew Jackson’s local residence, which he constructed in 1835. The driveway was made in the shape of a guitar. Many believe this was some sort of magical foreshadowing of the city’s future as an influential center of music.
Morris Frank first brainstormed the idea of using seeing-eye dogs in 1928 after reading a magazine article about guide dogs in Switzerland. The blind Vanderbilt University student first brought them back to the country after traveling to Europe in order to train with a German Shepherd. He returned less than a year later and founded The Seeing Eye, ...
Two well-known thoroughbreds, Seabiscuit and War Admiral come from Nashville. The novel and movie Seabiscuittold the story of a horse that traces its lineage to Iroquois who was the first thoroughbred to win the English Derby.
- Belle Meade. Population: 2,912. Median household income: $194,293. Median home price: $1,412,454. If anyone in Tennessee dares to argue that Belle Meade residents aren’t snobs, well then, you ain’t from Tennessee then, ya’ll.
- Franklin. Population: 63,117. Median household income: $79,894. Median home price: $309,400. Okay, Franklin residents, you’re allowed to be snobby. Why? Because this place is just so cute, I could eat it!
- Brentwood. Population: 37,288. Median household income: $133,304. Median home price: $489,700. Where Franklin has character and celebrity power, Brentwood has.
- Arlington. Population: 11,108. Median household income: $93,208. Median home price: $225,900. Fun fact! Arlington is the second-fastest growing place in Tennessee!
Oct 10, 2015 · 21. Nashville has the largest Kurdish community in North America, with more than 13,000 Kurds living and working in the city. Drawn by the low cost of living and available jobs, many arrived in ...
Jul 3, 2013 · Here are the top 10 cities to make the T+L “America’s snobbiest cities” list. 1. San Francisco. 2. New York City. 3. Boston. 4.
Feb 7, 2013 · 1989: Country’s “Class of ’89,” led by Vince Gill, Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks, flexes historic commercial clout and makes country (and Nashville) a big fat blip on the national radar ...
