Comparison of Nashville TN and Chattanooga TN

Introduction

This paper is comparing two cities, in terms of their economy, demographics, geography, climate and history. I have chosen Nashville Tennessee and Chattanooga Tennessee to compare in this paper.

Nashville TN

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee, situated in the United States, and is the administrative seat of Davidson County. It is the second most populous city of the state. On the banks of the Cumberland River, is the Davidson County in the north central part of the state. It is also known as the "Music City, USA" as Nashville has a major recording industry. But since very long, it has been called the “Athens of the South", because of its educational institutions and its neoclassical architecture.

There are several other industries that contribute to the economy of the city, including health, publishing, banking and transport. Besides being the county seat, Nashville itself has a consolidated government with Davidson County (A government 'city-county "or city-county.). Some responsibilities are exercised by the municipalities themselves while others are specific to the government of the city-county (Durham, 90).

History

Nashville was founded in 1779 by Colonel John Donelson , under the name Fort Nash borough, in homage to the heroes of the Revolutionary War General Francis Nash (1742 - 1777), killed at the Battle of Germantown . It officially became the city of Nashville in 1806. In 1829, it has only 400 houses and 4000 people, but runs a state of 440,000 inhabitants and hosts three daily. In 1835, she already has about 6,000 inhabitants and saw the cotton trade.

Geography

Nashville lies on the Cumberland River in the northwestern portion of the Nashville Basin. Its Altitude is 182 meters: 36 ° 09'N 86 ° 47'W.

Climate

Nashville has a subtropical humid, with generally mild winters and hot, humid summers. Monthly averages range from 2.7 ° C in January to 26.2 ° C in July, with a diurnal temperature variation of 17-23 ° F (9-13 ° C). In the months of winter, snow occasionally occurs in Nashville.

Demographics

In Nashville the total population is 635,710 inhabitants. The number of people in the city was estimated 626,681 in 2010, according to the Census Bureau of the United States. In the same year, the population of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area which includes 13 counties was estimated at 1,582,264.

Economy

Nashville is the headquarters of Church Street Health Management, the parent company of Small Smiles Dental Centers (Egerton, 56).

Sports

The hockey players of the Nashville Predators are moving in the National Hockey League since 1998, while American football is represented in Nashville by a franchise of the NFL since 1997: the Tennessee Titans. At university level, the Vanderbilt Commodores are the Vanderbilt University while Tennessee State Tigers defend the colors of the University of Tennessee. A bowl of end of season football is held every year since 1998 at LP Field: the Music City Bowl.

Music

Nashville is considered the birthplace of country music. Elvis Presley is recorded music studio. Johnny Cash, the famous singer, emblem of country music, was born in ...