Welcome To Nashville!
Published on Feb 05, 2016
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NASHVILLE
Music City, USA
Nashville, Tennessee was originally Fort Nashborough. Later, it was called French Lick, was settled, and became the capitol of a state carved out of western North Carolina. Today, it is Music City USA.
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BECAUSE OF ITS RELATIVELY LOW COST OF LIVING AND LARGE JOB MARKET, NASHVILLE HAS BECOME A POPULAR CITY FOR IMMIGRANTS. IN FACT, ONE IN SIX RESIDENTS IS FOREIGN-BORN. NASHVILLE'S FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION MORE THAN TRIPLED IN SIZE BETWEEN 1990 AND 2000, INCREASING FROM 12,662 TO 39,596. THE CITY'S LARGEST IMMIGRANT GROUPS INCLUDE MEXICANS, KURDS, VIETNAMESE, LAOTIANS, ARABS, AND SOMALIS . THERE ARE ALSO SMALLER COMMUNITIES OF PASHTUNS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN CONCENTRATED PRIMARILY IN ANTIOCH.
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NASHVILLE HAS THE LARGEST KURDISH COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES, NUMBERING APPROXIMATELY 11,000. IN 2009, ABOUT 60,000 BHUTANESE REFUGEES WERE BEING ADMITTED TO THE U.S., AND SOME WERE EXPECTED TO RESETTLE IN NASHVILLE. DURING THE IRAQI ELECTION OF 2005, NASHVILLE WAS ONE OF THE FEW INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS WHERE IRAQI EXPATRIATES COULD VOTE. THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY IN NASHVILLE DATES BACK OVER 150 YEARS, AND NUMBERED ABOUT 7,800 IN 2002.
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Nashville, though it is a large, important, and wealthy city, ,faces many problems. One is public transportation. Others include a need for more middle schools, education, and public waste management.
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Nashville has many features. One Is a 1:1 scale replica of the Athenian Parthenon. Others include the Country Music Hall of Fame, Music Row, and Bridgestone Arena.
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A very popular hangout spot in Nasville is Loveless Cafe, with its large dance floor and traditional Southern food. Other hangout spots, such as cafes, parks, and coffee shops, are peppered all throughout Nashville.
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