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MSME Vol said:
I'm sure it has its appeal, but that is too close to Nashville, Franklin, and general chaos for me.
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Do you live in the area? I live in Hermitage.
Daughter and SIL line in Brentwood. She says it is snooty. Nothing really special except for people with money.
 
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Cool, I live in Madison which is the only habitable place in Alabama.........................................
 
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I wonder how they are coming up with these grades. Obviously the grades are relative and value-based, which is ultimately subjective.

For example, they give Brentwood a B- in cost of living and the median home price is $555,800, median rent $1,922. 50% of the houses in Brentwood are more than $555,800.

If you click one arrow to the right Bozeman, MT is next. It's median home value of $278,700, median rent $901 (much more affordable, obviously) but the cost of living grade is a C. If that's a value-based grade, I suppose you can believe you get more for your money in Brentwood than Bozeman, but on some level just the price itself matters when you're talking cost of living. Chattanooga, TN has a much better cost of living situation than NYC for example, even if you are somehow getting more for your money in NYC.
 
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05_never_again said:
I wonder how they are coming up with these grades. Obviously the grades are relative and value-based, which is ultimately subjective.

For example, they give Brentwood a B- in cost of living and the median home price is $555,800, median rent $1,922. 50% of the houses in Brentwood are more than $555,800.

If you click one arrow to the right Bozeman, MT is next. It's median home value of $278,700, median rent $901 (much more affordable, obviously) but the cost of living grade is a C. If that's a value-based grade, I suppose you can believe you get more for your money in Brentwood than Bozeman, but on some level just the price itself matters when you're talking cost of living. Chattanooga, TN has a much better cost of living situation than NYC for example, even if you are somehow getting more for your money in NYC.
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I thought the same thing. No way Brentwood is the best value/cost of living in the state for a family. I have family that fled that area to go to Knoxville due to the cost of living. And what is the basis for a Diversity grade? LOL
 
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chavisut said:
What’s wrong with Franklin? I get why Nashville wouldn’t appeal to everyone.
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Franklin seems like a litttle Gatlinburg to me. They don't need the tourism, but want it. The residents are there for the schools. Average home price is probably 400k. Not the Franklin of 30, 20 years ago.
OTOH, if you have kids and you want them to get a good education, not a bad place.
 
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Go aeiou said:
Do you live in the area? I live in Hermitage.
Daughter and SIL line in Brentwood. She says it is snooty. Nothing really special except for people with money.
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I originally come from Tullahoma with much of my extended family in the more Nashville area. If you like the suburb vibe then Franklin or Brentwood are great, but for me if I'm not living in Knoxville, stick me in one of Tennessee's smaller towns.

Granted this is hilarious to me as I now live in an area that holds roughly 1.2 million.
 
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Go aeiou said:
Franklin seems like a litttle Gatlinburg to me. They don't need the tourism, but want it. The residents are there for the schools. Average home price is probably 400k. Not the Franklin of 30, 20 years ago.
OTOH, if you have kids and you want them to get a good education, not a bad place.
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I don’t get the Gatlingburg feel but each their own.
 
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chavisut said:
I don’t get the Gatlingburg feel but each their own.
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You're right. Not Gatlinburg. Just several large festival during the rear, and almost non stop entertainment of some sort. They bring in a lot of out-of-towners, and it seems very congested. It is the place we thought about moving to though, mainly to be closer to family.
 
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05_never_again said:
I wonder how they are coming up with these grades. Obviously the grades are relative and value-based, which is ultimately subjective.

For example, they give Brentwood a B- in cost of living and the median home price is $555,800, median rent $1,922. 50% of the houses in Brentwood are more than $555,800.

If you click one arrow to the right Bozeman, MT is next. It's median home value of $278,700, median rent $901 (much more affordable, obviously) but the cost of living grade is a C. If that's a value-based grade, I suppose you can believe you get more for your money in Brentwood than Bozeman, but on some level just the price itself matters when you're talking cost of living. Chattanooga, TN has a much better cost of living situation than NYC for example, even if you are somehow getting more for your money in NYC.
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I'm guessing cost of living includes more than just housing. Taxes in Brentwood are low because Williamson County does not have to provide a lot of social services.

Also, I can understand why raising a family would have Brentwood up there. Outside a handful magnet schools that cherry pick the best students in the urban counties, there are no better public high schools in this state than BHS and Ravenwood, and it's been that way a long while. You would have to pay for Baylor or McCallie to get the same quality education in Chattanooga as every kid in Brentwood has access to by going to zoned public schools.
 
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Go aeiou said:
Do you live in the area? I live in Hermitage.
Daughter and SIL line in Brentwood. She says it is snooty. Nothing really special except for people with money.
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Hermitage was my old stomping grounds back in the day. Grew up in Old Hickory and went to DuPont High School.... now DuPont Tyler Middle
 
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MSME Vol said:
I originally come from Tullahoma with much of my extended family in the more Nashville area. If you like the suburb vibe then Franklin or Brentwood are great, but for me if I'm not living in Knoxville, stick me in one of Tennessee's smaller towns.

Granted this is hilarious to me as I now live in an area that holds roughly 1.2 million.
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I spent a lot of time as a kid in Normandy. My grandparents lived in Cascade Hollow down the street from Dickel. I loved that place
 
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