Lauren Thomas

“The Future of Nashville: Considerations for Gentrification and Impacting Factors”

Started Mar. 20, 2024

Abstract or project description

Once referred to as the humble “Volunteer State”, Tennessee has seen undeniable changes in recent and non-recent years: Crippling housing prices, a blurry political stance, and an almost unrecognizable visual landscape. Whether it be by natural state-driven expansion and change, classic gentrification, or a combination or contradiction of the two, Tennessee's temperament has seen catalytic change in recent years. While it's easy to recognize evident trends and estimations that span in the last decade to answer the question of Tennessee's dynamic changing, its roots as a conservatively rural state may hold the key to understanding the extend and reasoning of such a shift.

In “The Future of Nashville: Considerations for Gentrification and Impacting Factors”, I explore the causations and effectual nature of Tennessee land and estate. I also include closer examinations into historical occurrences of its district and city constituents- hoping to predict the near future of the state my family has called home for at least 5 generations.