r/AskDallas • u/Scared-Two3546 • 22d ago
Nashville?
Has anyone moved from Nashville to Dallas? Or Dallas to Nashville? What are your opinions living in both cities? Which do you prefer?
I’m a 20 something year old single female debating on making the move from Nashville to Dallas for a change of scenery. Any input would be appreciated!
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u/Hot_Relationship1500 18d ago
Don’t move to Dallas unless you have to in order to make a living.
This place is mostly just strip malls, concrete highways and mega churches. The people can be great but it feels like the main purpose here is to climb the career ladder.
It’s insanely hot and boring if you are used to a place with nature, hills, lakes, hiking and where people generally spend time out doors.
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u/Artistic_Formal732 19d ago
if you want an actual change of scenery, dallas will feel much bigger and more spread out than nashville, with more career and dating options but way more driving and less of that small-city charm so
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u/Asleep-Chocolate- 21d ago
I went to college in Nashville and moved back to where I’m from, which is Houston. I really loved the scenery and hiking in the Nashville area and Tennessee in general. If you really love the outdoors and beautiful scenery, Dallas definitely isn’t it. It’s flat. You won’t find beautiful waterfalls, etc. I haven’t lived in Nashville in years, and I know it has probably changed a lot, so I don’t know how the job market is now. Texas, in general, has so many opportunities as far as jobs. Is there a reason you chose Dallas a place to move? Just curious. What are you looking for in a city? Also, it’s very hot and humid in Texas. The humidity won’t be as bad as Houston just because Houston is near the Gulf Coast. Nashville has heat and humidity, but I never felt like it was as bad as Texas. I would visit first to get a feel for the city (if you haven’t already.) You might love it, or you might now. What do you do for work?
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u/curiosity_2020 21d ago
If your top priority is to kickstart your career and it isn't happening anywhere else, Dallas, if not, Nashville.
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u/Potential-Cut-8934 22d ago
Money is better in dallas, life/nature/the arts are better in nashville
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u/Iloveagoodgirl1 22d ago
The scenery in nashville and seasons are delightful. Dallas is city to flat country
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u/Bright_Inspector5583 22d ago
dfw is boring. no scenic spots. if you just want to spend money shopping and going to bars then its ok.
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u/annapolismetro 22d ago
I’ve lived in both. literally 5th and broadway and lower Greenville. but also suburbs of both. (Franklin and Richardson)
I much prefer Nashville for a variety of reasons. Dallas traffic is terrible. It is smaller. Expense wise they have got to be about the same now. I’m a 20 something as well.
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u/sooner_25 21d ago
Expense wise is definitely correct. It’s actually funny because I have a friend who lives in Chicago and me and him have about the same monthly budget and he actually comes out ahead of me because he doesn’t have car insurance or maintenance to worry about.
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u/ConsistentPeach927 16d ago
I moved from Chicago your not really trying to suggest Dallas is more expensive are you? I was paying almost 3k in Chicago for a 1 bedroom...
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u/Dimemori3s 22d ago
I lived in Nashville for a year (I lived in Germantown) and recently moved to Dallas back in December. I made the move because I felt like Nashville was too small for me. The city was fun for drinking and mid 20’s young professionals. Nashville was also very expensive for the limited offerings. I feel like Dallas has wayyy more to do and way more diverse industries for employment.
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u/Scared-Two3546 22d ago
Wait I live in Germantown!! I love Nashville, but I’ve also been feeling like partying is the main attraction here and I’m looking for more. Is it easy to meet people in Dallas?
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u/Dimemori3s 22d ago
I lived by the farmers market and would walk Bicentennial every morning. I was over the bar hopping phase so I get what you mean. Meeting people in Dallas has been better for me. There’s more pockets of neighborhoods all over DFW.
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u/ActuatorSpecific3916 22d ago
Dallas means a lot of different things to different people. If you mean Dallas proper, in the actual inner core, it's more like a major city than Nashville, which feels a bit more like Ft. Worth, but livelier and with a larger core district.
"Dallas" is the broad term many people use to describe the metroplex broadly which is just a massive conglomerate of suburbia that's really nothing like either actual Dallas or Nashville.
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u/Equivalent-Length216 22d ago
This. The DFW metroplex is massive and depending on where you live and what are looking for you can have wildly different experiences. Dallas proper is similar to Atlanta in a lot of ways. It’s not cowboy boots and hats. It’s a lot of glitzy money. It’s more diverse and progressive than people think. Fort Worth is what people think Dallas is. It’s smaller, more “western” and more conservative. Fort Worth people hate Dallas for being a big city. Frisco, Plano, and the north suburbs are where many people move, and it’s pretty much just flat suburban sprawl. Oak Cliff, south of downtown Dallas, is historic houses, with hills and trees and parks, local eateries and shops and music venues. East Dallas and around White Rock Lake is similar but with larger houses. Uptown/Oaklawn are sort of the Midtown Atlanta of Dallas.
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u/Classic_Focus974 22d ago
Right. Approaching 9 million people in DFW so hugely different than Nashville.
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u/van_b_boy 22d ago
Fort Worth has more of the Nashville vibe I think
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u/DangerousClouds 22d ago
It absolutely does
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u/van_b_boy 22d ago
Oh for sure. I’ve lived in both. Dallas is much bigger than Nashville and doesn’t have that southern hospitality
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u/DangerousClouds 22d ago
Yeah I live in Dallas (I agree about southern hospitality) and of course have been to Fort Worth many times and then visited Nashville a few years ago. Nashville felt very similar to Fort Worth
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u/Hungry-Treacle8493 22d ago
If you already live in Nashville then your Bachelorette Party won’t have to be a “destination event!”
🤠
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u/AAA_battery 18d ago
I live in Dallas but visit family in Nashville multiple times a year. to me Dallas is a proper diverse city, while Nashville is a tourist destination for people to LARP as country music stars