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byprimebase ( 9535 ) writes:
Setting aside the lack of remote work problem, which is internal to Oracle itself, Nashville has issues which IMO could make it unattractive to move to:
- It's already a tourist magnet, so any of the music or other "entertainment venues" are often swarmed with clueless out-of-town tourists and the inevitable roving gangs of drunken Woo-Girls.
- Housing prices in the city itself are outrageous, and not getting better. Recent reappraisals are going to end up driving people out of their now super-expensive homes
byalta ( 1263 ) writes:
- Which is why I'm in Columbia. I don't go downtown to save my life.
- again, many areas outside of town are still affordable (Murfreesboro is too damn busy now)
- yup, but believe it or not, there are still affordable areas in williamson County (I was in nolensville before columbia)
- Mass transit, yeah I can see your point of view is living IN Nashville. I'll try to quit harping on living outside of town.
- That tunnel will only be for people who want to stay drunk between the airport and downtown, not for anyone local.
- Meh, they can be high, but it's not impossible to find some towns that are safe, clean and cheap.
Roads...
Anyway, I don't really agree with anything you say. I think the solution for most is find one of the areas within an hour driving distance. The problem is oracle made that pretty hard with where they put it. Don't put it right smack downtown where it's hard to get to. Not sure if that side of the river is any easier or not. But it's further away from most of the population. The growth is all East and South of nashville. They put it somewhere that would be great for the opposite.
On the other hand, I don't want any of you people moving here. Stay away. Don't add to my traffic and housing prices. This place sucks!
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byprimebase ( 9535 ) writes:
The problem is oracle made that pretty hard with where they put it. Don't put it right smack downtown where it's hard to get to. Not sure if that side of the river is any easier or not. But it's further away from most of the population. The growth is all East and South of nashville. They put it somewhere that would be great for the opposite.
On the other hand, I don't want any of you people moving here. Stay away. Don't add to my traffic and housing prices. This place sucks!
I was somewhat oversimplifying the situation here for the civilians out there who haven't lived in MidTN forever. For those of us who've watched all this unfold there's a lot more nuance, obviously, but I'm not here to publish the Comprehensive History of Becoming an It-Town, so to speak.
So your answer about their HQ location is...quantum: It both SHOULD be south or east of town, closer to population growth and easier for folks there to get to, yet also SHOULD NOT be anywhere south (or east) but instead s
byalta ( 1263 ) writes:
Good Response, nice to meet you neighbor!
And being oracle, I don't think I'd want to work there if they put it right in columbia. But I WOULD be thankful that it would drive up competition and increase IT salaries along with it. And drive up my house value as well. I'm not an oracle hater, but I'm not interested in working in a highly competitive environment any longer. I hear horror stories about amazon and google dumping their bottom 10% each year. No thank you! I do good work, but I don't want to li
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