One of the worst things Nashville did after 9/11 was co-op it for themselves. It made me really angry. The whole "we were all New Yorkers on that Day" BS.

That really hurt after taking in on the chin from southern people ignorant of NYC. I had been commuting back and forth for years, since 1998.
Then suddenly everyone wanted to move to NYC and Willamsberg, Brooklyn became popular as an alternative. Rents doubled within three years, it was insanity.

It had become a city for outsiders and the wealthy. One day I just couldn't take the dog poo and the blight at every turn anymore. It seemed like everyone had a dog and nobody wanted to clean up after them. I finally couldn't take anymore of the filth and left for good.