While the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce is set to host a “Cool School” next month to teach businesses how to attract young employees, there’s an interesting conversation taking place on a Wake Forest fan forum at Scout.com about the following question: Would you move to Atlanta, Charlotte or Nashville? There were pros and cons for each city, and it was mentioned at least once that our downtown could be more of a “hotspot,” but here’s a representative quote:

[The] main problem with atlanta is traffic, and it is MUCH worse than in Charlotte or Nashville. Charlotte and Nashville are very much alike - mid-sized cities, lots of young people, most important city in the state, and a large redneck-focused industry in town (NASCAR and music). Charlotte has the banks, which is nice - lots of good jobs there, and it’s very stable. But Nashville has better “out of town guest” appeal.

Nashville is easily holding its own in the discussion. It wasn’t that long ago, say 10 to 15 years, that Nashville would have been a distant third in this inquiry. I don’t see any need to cancel the Cool School, but at least we know we’re doing something right.