The Big Question: Did you pick up on the change in tone?

We have moved on from the days of “Can you believe this?” giddiness.

Nashville’s rapid growth over the last decade — a boom that helped the city enter the national and global consciousness — has delivered shiny towers, ballparks and amphitheaters, created fashionably updated urban districts and poured mountains of investment dollars in downtown’s entertainment hub. To wit: Tourist spending in 2017 rose 8.5 percent from the year before to $6.5 billion — more than triple the number from 1993 — and climbs higher still with every new star-sponsored Lower Broadway honky tonk.