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Originally Posted by PillowTalk4
Also, I was reading in the Tennessean that residents in Green Hills plan to fight the 22 story tower that's planned. While it seems like their fight might not go anywhere based on the article, I hope it their fight doesn't deter future developers from building similar projects in the Green Hills area. One resident compared building such buildings in Green Hills to the downtown like atmosphere of Buckhead in Atlanta. I'm kinda getting tired of Nashvillians always making reference to Atlanta as something terrible. If past leaders of Nashville had a real vision for the city decades ago, Nashville could have been Atlanta. But so many restrictions on building height and locations kept developers away. Green Hills is a looooooong ways off from being a Buckhead. It took decades to develop Buckhead into what it is today and I don't see Green Hills growing into a downtown like area ever. It would be nice in my opinion, but the city core will probably see the bulk of Nashville's growth along with mid-town and possibly the west end. Quite frankly, I still think Nashville needs to lure developers to start transforming the East Bank inside the loop, between the Cumberland River and the Interstate. That's a stretch of land that is so underdeveloped and should be so much more than what it is.
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There's so much backward thinking in those minds that are opposing the tower in Green Hills its amazing. I actually saw someone comment on a Tennessean article a few months ago in relation to one of Tony G's proposals or one of the hotels "Like we really need more construction downtown, it's already bad enough." smh. People are afraid of change though, especially when it can be seen from their street or if its going to change their daily routine.
Money talks though, let a development come through that can economically make a big impact (or benefit Metro or someone with power) and those nimbys' voices won't be so loud/ won't matter.