anyone familiar with Tennessee?

[michael b]

Still looking for relocation options & am wondering if anyone is familiar with Tennesee. What is the scenery like? The weather? Cost of living etc. We had seen some info about Kingsport (just for an example) but would be interested in other areas as well. Thanks.

 

[R 2]

Nashville's cool...(my bro-in-law's from Tullahoma.......)

 

[Don Edwards]

Knoxville has a lot of gold.



Memphis has the king



Lots of hills and forests



Thats all I know.



Here is the Government website for that State.



Don Monkeyboy

 

[Johnny O]

I go to Memphis a couple times a year on business. Green, flat, milder winters but you get some occasional snow, hotter than hell and humid in the summer. Ain't no beach, ain't no breeze.

Golf courses have a lot of sand traps and water because there aren't any hills. Good BBQ and entertainment. That's the western corner. My bro-in-law's sons live in central TN which I guess is a good place for hunting and fishing. From the sounds of it, they only hold jobs in order to buy arrows, ammo, bait, and gas for the quads. Depends what you're into. Cost of living is reasonable in most of it.

No state income tax but there is a sales tax, I forget what %, on everything.

 

[Fred]

Johnson City is nice. Well kept.

 

[Bill V]

Arrested Development (the band, not the TV show) said it was a pretty good place.

 

[Robert Cuenca]

I have almost 20 acres for sale in wartburg, inside a gated deed restricted community, am selling for $180k or will do 10 acres for $90k.



5 acres minimum to build, no trailers or otherwise allowed. robc at fusemail dot com

 

[Michael Cacioppo]

Isn't that the long state which is rectangular in the West and Swiggly in the East?

 

[Robert Stanton]

I've been in Memphis for just over four years now, a transplant from So. Cal. I got a lot of strange looks from people around here for that for a while... "You moved to Memphis from Southern California? Why?"



Anyway, I can't compare Memphis to Kansas, but I can say that the cost of living is way cheaper here than in CA. As mentioned, there's no state tax but sales tax is in the 9.25-9.5% range across the state.



Relatively flat & green as mentioned, and hot in the summer. Usually only one or two days of snow in the winter. The heat does suck, but strangely I'm starting to get used to it. Mostly I just stay indoors when it's really humid though.



Some say that Memphis should be part of Mississippi, as it's different from the rest of the state. I suppose that's so. Speaking of, we're only about 40 minutes from Tunica MS, with its casinos. Food & entertainment here is good, but not as many options as I was used to in So. Cal. (yeah, I know, I was spoiled).



I don't have children, but there seems to be issues with the public schools in Memphis. The school board and the mayor regularly have screaming matches with one another, which of course makes the news. Many people I know have their kids in private school, or live just out of Shelby county and put their kids in other school systems.



As I said, the cost of living here is pretty good. Housing is far, far cheaper here than on the west coast, and gas prices seem to usually be just below the national average.

 

[Greg Grimes01]

KNOXVILLE IS GREAT!!! MY BROTHER HAS HIS BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND KNOXVILLE..... BEAUTIFUL....

 

[Jim Burch]

Live 40 miles east of Knoxville .Have two large lakes. Mountains and Dollywood.What else could you want. Highway 81 intersects with Highway 40 leading to western North Carolina and more mountains.Lived in California ;Texas :Virginia and Maryland .Tn. is second to Southwest Virginiain favorite places to live in my opinion.



Snoop

 

[Nelson Atwell]

Of all the places in the US I have ever been, Colorado is my favorite place. If you live along the Front Range (Denver and Colorado Springs -- basically anywhere along I-25) the weather is awesome with over 300 days of sunshine. Low humidity and mostly moderate temperatures, with an occasional snow storm which typically melts within a day or two.



I've visited Tennesee several times, since I grew up in Kentucky. The winters in that region suck with the cold, wet and gloomy days. The Summers are hot and sticky.



[Broken External Image]:

View of Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak

 

[Matt Day]

I'm in the Nashville area. As someone pointed out, the sales tax is kind of steep, but there is no income tax, I just renewed the tags on my car...$49. Geography varies greatly. West TN is pretty flat, Mid TN is mostly rolling hills and E TN is mountainous. Weather is pretty good, mild winters (we had about 1/2 of snow this year), spring and fall seem to last forever and are very nice. July and Aug...ummmmm, wont go there. It's hot and humid.

 

[Gavin Allan]

People talk funny down there!

 

[Chet 02]

I was born and raised here in Chattanooga. The scenery can't be beat if you like mountains and lakes, but that's true of most of east Tennessee. The cost of living from what I've seen of most of the country is very low, although housing prices here have gone through the roof in the last few years. There still cheaper than most areas. Weather could be described as moderate I guess. Very little very cold during the winter (hit 70 here this week). generally the only complaint I hear about the weather is the humidity if you are not used to it. Chattanooga is well-located for other cities being about 2 hours away from Nashville, Knoxville, and Atlanta. If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me and I'll see if I can get you an answer. And yes.....we talk funny down here!!!

 

[Don DeShasier]

Texas is also a good option. Divided into east and west, east has the humidity and west is dry (including water restictions) from the looks of your truck you probabpy prefer the west as there is plenty of four wheeling especially in Big Bend National park. Cost of living goes from one extreme to the other as far as housing and property taxes. No state tax but they have sales tax at around 8.5% Don

 

[TomT]

I know they haven't had any hurricanes in years. Tornado's though are another story. I had relatives in Clarksville. Went to see them right after a tornado almost devastated their downtown a few years ago. Still a very pretty area.

 

[Chet 02]

That's true Tom...the further west in Tennessee you go the chances increase for tornados,middle and west Tenn being the greatest chance, but TonkaTrac is coming from Kansas and we don't come close by comparison.

 

[Dale Carter]

My mother is from Reliance in east Tenn, which is near Ocoee where the whitewater events were held during the 96 Olympic games. Beautiful scenery and Ashevill, NC is close with Nantahala for the outdoors people and arts communities for the more sophisticated types.



I was born in Chattanooga and it has become a very progressive city. Outside magazine rated it a Top-10 most liveable city. Tennessee River and Lookout Mountain, great for outdoorsy types, plus the aquarium and a growing urban center with shops, lofts, etc etc.



My brother played college football in Memphis and we spent a lot of time there. True Deep South city, good food (not just the BBQ), GREAT music (not just blues) and the Mississsippi River. I agree with the previous post about the heat. Memphis is more gritty than Nashville and Chattanooga.



Nashville is a great town (Go Titans!) with great music (not just country) and a growing economy with a more sophisticated urban feel than the rest of the state.



Knoxville is the typical small town with a big state university plopped down in the middle of it.



Tennessee is a great state for an outdoorsman, people who don't like getting their butts taxed off and aren't too concerend with art and sophistication. I am NOT saying it isn't there, but it is harder to find than in major urban centers. I would move to Nashville (from Atlanta) with no problem at all).

 

[Ben Poche]

every time i go t tennessee it is in he summer and the people from their all complain on how hot it is i am from new orleans and it is a nice change to be up their not as hot and humid as down here . if i could get a job making as much money as i make now i would move in a split second ( i am presently looking) i need to get out of hear !!!