Holy Chalupas! Nashville's Gone Bananas: From Country Tunes to Tech Titans!

Music City... or Mouse City?

Greetings gentle beings! Ace Ventura Pet Detective reporting LIVE from… well not Miami. I'm knee deep in a new case and it smells suspiciously of… progress? Apparently Nashville Tennessee has undergone a metamorphosis! Yes THAT Nashville home of country music cowboy hats and questionable line dancing skills. But now whispers on the wind are saying it's morphing into a *major* U.S. metro. Can you dig it?

Rapid Growth? Talk About a Hot Potato!

My sources (a particularly chatty parrot named Skippy and a squirrel who owes me a favor) tell me Nashville's population is exploding faster than a can of expired chili at a chili cookoff! All thanks to them there JOBS. Healthcare and tech they say. Sounds boring. Where are all the pet related jobs I ask you? Someone needs to find Fido when he decides to chase a butterfly into the next state. But alas Nashville's riding high on the 'good quality of life' wave. Huh. Must be all the free grits.

Amazon and Oracle? Sounds Like a Bad Superhero Team!

Big kahunas like Amazon and Oracle are planting their flags faster than you can say 'Do NOT go in there!' Oracle's building a $1.4 BILLION campus! That's a lot of kibble! And Amazon's got over a million square feet of office space. One million! Think of all the paperclips! And according to some report thingy tech jobs grew 17% between 2017 and 2022. Seventeen percent people! That's almost as impressive as my ability to talk out of my rear end! Which I might add is a highly specialized skill.

Business Friendly? I Prefer Dolphin Friendly!

Turns out Tennessee and Nashville are throwing out the welcome mat for these corporate behemoths. Apparently it's all about the 'business friendly policies.' Bah! Show me a dolphin friendly policy and then we're talking! But hey whatever floats their boats I guess. More jobs mean more people more people mean more pets and more pets mean… well more business for Ace Ventura Pet Detective! Allllrighty then!

600,000 Jobs? Now That's What I Call a Party!

Since 1990 this 10 year plan thingy has created over 600,000 jobs! And per capita income has gone up like a rocket! 234%! But here's the real kicker: all this growth has led to a real estate BOOM! Commercial residential... you name it it's booming! But BUT there's a snag... Affordable housing. Nashville's having a tougher time providing affordable housing now that their metro has expanded which is a real issue.

Home Prices Gone Wild? Sounds Like a Job for... a Pet Detective?

Turns out Nashville's home prices have gone cuckoo! According to some Construction Coverage report they're among the cities with the biggest increase in home prices. Yikes! Maybe I should switch careers and become a real estate mogul. Imagine the commission on a mansion big enough for a whole zoo! Until then I will continue keeping my focus on the most important tasks! Like finding Snowflake the missing albino ferret of course. Farewell!