I have to agree with that, Nashville is a wonderful city. You are close to Murphreesboro, where the craziness about the mosque went down recently.
Knoxville is nice too, and the rest of the state is not as bad as the reputation either. Even some of the small towns do some pretty cool stuff - check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Clips_Project
My cousin MICHELE got stuck with having to go to court for child support because they had her as the father of some. She explained she's a woman and isn't a father but they were like nope and she was being sued. I was like what the fuck.