Profile: Nashville, Tennessee

By Nicki Pendleton Wood, FrontDoor.com | Published: 2/17/2009

Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Major Airport: Nashville International Airport

Companies with a Major Presence: Gaylord Entertainment Company, Gibson Guitars, Sun Records, Bridgestone, Nissan North America, Country Music Television, Great American Country, Griffin Technology

Leave the flashy attractions to other cities: Nashville knows that true quality of life is found in a balance of neon lights and hushed chapels, busy streets and quiet wooded paths, high-rise offices and quirky boutiques.

A Nashville welcome is so warm, the culture so diverse, and the living so easy that it's hard to leave her embrace. Our 615,000 city residents are spread over beautiful neighborhoods and employed by a wide (and sometimes glamorous) economic base that includes universities, the music industry, and health care.

Some come for the jobs but stay for the weather -- Nashville's position in USDA Hardiness zone 7 means eight months a year of pleasant weather. Others are drawn by the music culture, either as a fan or employee. All find a rich market of old neighborhoods and new in-town high-rises, mini farms and friendly suburbs with solid public schools and good private school options.

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