Local Tourist

A few years ago, when there was terrible flooding in Nashville, the coverage by the major networks was nearly absent. You don’t suppose it had anything to do with Nashville being a progressive city in the South? Nah….they wouldn’t practically ignore flooding because of it goes against their owners’ worldview, would they…? /just a little snarky

Glenn Simmons's avatarLiving In The Spiral

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With a few stops along the way, I have lived in three places in my life. All tourist towns. I grew up in and my home is Pensacola Florida. I lived for a few years during high school in Saratoga Springs, NY and for the past 16 years I’ve lived in Nashville TN. So I have always hoped to never be a tourist and still don’t. I’ve always been drawn to being a traveler but never a tourist.
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Recently my wife and I went out to eat and decided to ride downtown just to see first hand the explosion of Nashville. We see the growth in other ways and my job reminds me often how many folks are moving to Nashville, but to see downtown was amazing. A friend is a pedi cab driver and he toured us around to places we’d heard of but hadn’t seen. The new Hatch…

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