This is, unfortunately, a widely-held viewpoint here: that only the coasts count, and the "flyover states" exist only to serve the needs of their coastal master

This is, unfortunately, a widely-held viewpoint here: that only the coasts count, and the "flyover states" exist only to serve the needs of their coastal masters. Most such people have never seen inland states from ground level. I'm a CA native looking to leave, and Nashville is one possible landing zone that is getting better and better press (outside of conventional media, which here retains the coastal bias).