{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Circling The Drain ","title":"Californians, Old Nashville, and the Death of Class :: Ep 38 Circling The Drain Podcast ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2983,"description":"Johnny B, Jay Harper, and Jim McCarthy dive into how Nashville and Middle Tennessee have changed under the wave of California and out-of-state transplants. From McMansions and roaming dogs to the death of “old” Music Row, they unpack what’s been gained, what’s been lost, and why some newcomers bring their problems with them.  \n\nThey also hit on the impact of the Telecommunications Act on radio, the shift in the music and movie industries, old money vs new money, the immigrant work ethic, and how social media turned everyone into a political pundit.  \n\nIf you love Nashville, radio, music history, and a good rant about culture, money, and manners, this one’s for you.  \n\nTimed Highlights:  \n \n01:17 California and LA “refugees” landing in Tennessee  \n03:20 From farmland to McMansions: Johnny’s neighborhood transforms  \n05:13 “The Duttons” move in: roaming dogs, dune buggies, and entitlement  \n08:05 No-income-tax migration: Texas, Florida, Tennessee and beyond  \n10:11 Wichita, Montana, Idaho and the new playgrounds for the wealthy  \n13:13 Voiceover, LA unions, and movie work leaving California  \n15:27 How unions strangled opportunity in Hollywood  \n15:53 Remembering “old Nashville” and Music Row’s golden era  \n17:32 Urban Cowboy, arenas, Predators, Titans and a new city identity  \n19:02 When Elvis played Murfreesboro and Nashville had no big venue  \n19:36 The 2010 flood and Nashville’s turning point  \n21:00 Insurance, healthcare and the real business of Nashville  \n23:02 “Bringing California food” to Tennessee and why it failed  \n24:39 Sticker shock: $26 California pizza in Vegas  \n25:22 Tiny portions, big prices and Southern “meat and three” culture  \n27:18 Sylvan Park, Monell’s and eating with total strangers  \n28:55 Nashville gets cosmopolitan – real restaurants arrive  \n29:18 Bell Meade money, radio paychecks and brutal honesty  \n32:22 Old money snobbery in New Orleans and Charleston  \n33:29 Generational wealth: who earns it, who blows it  \n34:39 Trust fund kids,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jbzYKmJ73FZVZuxNcZj5UcgwQO6RpVkbuouo8pAnG9E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZDgz/NDgxODNlYjBlNzky/MzU1NWY1YmZjM2Jj/NDlkNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}