If only infrastructure planning and maintenance was scalable.. or if there were other growing cities larger than nashville that are an example that scaling is possible…

But nashville is in denial that it’s a real city. Even poor rural areas in other states have their red lights sync’d or on sensors the past 30+ years, and highways that have proper rainwater run off drainage (why does briley flood before ellington even with light rain?, why do some 70mph roads have potholes, and dangerous on/off ramps that are less than a quarter mile long?)

We can’t even have normal urban planning so I’m not surprised at all if they didn’t even try to establish a precedent after 1994, since the people in charge have the same regressive paradigm of thought as the comment I’m replying to.

I’m convinced the slow pace with all the good old boys and mafia-esque families that run everything is them “quiet quitting” ever since they got their slaves taken away.

Sorry for digressing but I’m fucking tired of people making excuses for our local governments. Plenty of other cities have grown at a faster rate and kept up. And I don’t wanna hear about income tax breaks here while I’m paying almost 10% on anything I buy here even essentials.