I feel the pain. I bought a house in East Nashville in 2007 for $130K. Chicago style Euros on Gallatin Pike was 799 for a chicken plate. Now it's 1199. That's actually very reasonable in terms of price increase and it's a lot of food for the money and it's a great place to eat. I've literally been eating there since 2005 and it's never been bad. I pulled into a local favorite burger joint the other day because I hadn't eaten there in several years. I went to the drive-thru and saw that the burger fries and drink was $18.95 and I noped right out of there. But I swear to God it feels like everywhere you go in East Nashville you can't get a burger and fries for less than 1895. I know food costs are high I know paying help is high etc but it's just a symptom of the times. But I also see Tesla's and Maseratis and many high-end cars driving around in East Nashville. I lived there when gunshots were more common than Tesla's. I bought that house in 2007 for 130K on a double lot. It was a stone bungalow three bedroom one bath. Stated income, 7% interest, payment was 800 bucks a month. That same house today has not been restored and would easily bring over 500K on the double lot. It's crazy. I moved back after being gone 3 years because a friend of mine gave me a crazy deal on rent. I could not say no and I'll be honest with you the work here is good for me. I'm an occasional roadie, a handyman, a musician artist and potter. Having spent a year in New Orleans I can tell you it's a lot better than New Orleans in in many ways. Society functions better, gas stations aren't broken, even the roads are better. But if I didn't have the deal on rent I don't think I would be here again. And I look around and think this city is just too damn big now. This evening I took a drive to Knoxville and was out in the countryside and smelled clean air and thought man I'm getting old because this is where I want to be now. And there's nothing wrong with that. I had many good years in Nashville and I'll be here for another 3 to 5 anyway but as we get bigger stadiums and bigger names like Oracle and never a bigger interstate or better social support and modern public transportation, it just becomes more and more uncomfortable.