re: Is the "housing shortage" overblown?

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Nashville and East TN are the exception, not the norm. Very high population and economic growth in areas that were ready for it. Of course that has still come at a price - the cost of housing has exploded, traffic has gotten terrible and the crappy public school systems still push people into expensive private schools.

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Cost of housing has exploded - correct

Traffic has gotten terrible - in Nashville, yes. Knoxville’s has gotten worse, but it’s manageable.

Crappy public schools - lol not really. I’ve got two small kids. From Knoxville, lived in Nashville. For almost a decade, and recently moved back. We know a lot of families with school-aged kids and we know exactly one family that sends their kids to private school. My oldest goes to a public elementary school and I’m very happy with his school/education.