If you live in Nashville, then you probably already know how fantastic Music City tends to be. Whether or not you’ve been born and bred in the Tennessee heartland, we’ve got a smokin’ lists of reasons why you should forever sing its praises. Take a look at these reasons to be proud of Nashville, and nod along with us. You know we’re right!

  1. We have epic hot chicken.

Emma Story - Flickr And the whole nation knows, now. We love it, and so does KFC.

  1. We have burgers like THESE.

Daniel Zemans - Flickr You can find this one at Husk!

  1. We have a neat craft brewery community.

John Morrison / Flickr It’s not hard to find a cool craft brew over here. Solid!

  1. There’s three churches a person, you know.

Brent Moore / Flickr We’re nothing if not religious.

  1. Um, HELLO. Have you had our bbq???

Lauren Daveyx - Flickr Have you had heaven in a sandwich…? We have it. Right here.

  1. It’s a buyers market.

Rmaltempo - Flickr For all you millennials that are looking to put down roots, this is the spot!

  1. NashVegas, anyone?

wewon -Flickr B19 We’re the #2 party city in the US, right behind Vegas. Not too shabby!

  1. Our live music scene is SOLID.

Penn’s Peak - Flickr But then again, we are Music City. What would you expect?

  1. Go Preds!

Alison Groves - Flickr Our hockey following is strong, making the games super fun to watch.

  1. Well. We’re the capital city.

Chris Connelly- Flickr Game, set, match.

What are the reasons that you’re proud of Nashville? Please share your thoughts.

Emma Story - Flickr

And the whole nation knows, now. We love it, and so does KFC.

Daniel Zemans - Flickr

You can find this one at Husk!

John Morrison / Flickr

It’s not hard to find a cool craft brew over here. Solid!

Brent Moore / Flickr

We’re nothing if not religious.

Lauren Daveyx - Flickr

Have you had heaven in a sandwich…? We have it. Right here.

Rmaltempo - Flickr

For all you millennials that are looking to put down roots, this is the spot!

wewon -Flickr B19

We’re the #2 party city in the US, right behind Vegas. Not too shabby!

Penn’s Peak - Flickr

But then again, we are Music City. What would you expect?

Alison Groves - Flickr

Our hockey following is strong, making the games super fun to watch.

Chris Connelly- Flickr

Game, set, match.

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