Thinking of moving to TN 🤔

[angiebaby]

My wife’s family are all near E Town Ky. Before her parents passed we spent a lot of time up there. Really liked it at first but a few winter and early spring trips did me in. I don’t know why but I don’t mind the cold out west but it wore me out in KY. Nice place but I like to be near mountains or big water. But yeah I get the wife/grandkids angle.

Cold coupled with humidity? IDK, I've only been to eastern TN in October and April. The weather was pleasant.

 

[PDQH2O]

I looked at Tennessee but ended up in Texas, check how state income taxes will affect you

I love TN, have many friends in mid stateareas. When it came down to the numbers, TN lost out to other, more tax friendly states.

 

[Ducksquasher]

I love TN, have many friends in mid stateareas. When it came down to the numbers, TN lost out to other, more tax friendly states.

Where...Tennessee is pretty tax friendly?

 

[River918]

What about the slips in the Marina, are they deeded, or leased, or first come first serve?? Looks pretty cool there.....

What about the slips in the Marina, are they deeded, or leased, or first come first serve?? Looks pretty cool there.......

slips are rented monthly, not deeded.

slips Are rented monthly.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Cold coupled with humidity? IDK, I've only been to eastern TN in October and April. The weather was pleasant.

Just like humidity and heat, humidity amplifies the effects. Cold and humidity is absolutely miserable. Don’t know how people in cold country deal with it.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Just like humidity and heat, humidity amplifies the effects. Cold and humidity is absolutely miserable. Don’t know how people in cold country deal with it.

Isn't cold + humidity how you get ice? They get some serious ice storms where everything just gets coated, and you'd need a Zamboni to drive on a road.

 

[RichL]

Isn't cold + humidity how you get ice? They get some serious ice storms where everything just gets coated, and you'd need a Zamboni to drive on a road.

Ahhh. A Zamboni. That's what I'm missing. Maybe I can park it in the driveway next to my plow truck.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Isn't cold + humidity how you get ice? They get some serious ice storms where everything just gets coated, and you'd need a Zamboni to drive on a road.

Yes and no, freezing rain is different. But it can be bitterly cold with humidity and no precipitation, although freezing fog and dew can happen.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Yes and no, freezing rain is different. But it can be bitterly cold with humidity and no precipitation, although freezing fog and dew can happen.

That just seems really odd to me. All my experience with cold is also with low humitidy for that dry and light powder for skiing.

I've never been in below freezing temps east of the Rockies so maybe I'm lucky.

 

[DRYHEAT]

That just seems really odd to me. All my experience with cold is also with low humitidy for that dry and light powder for skiing.

I've never been in below freezing temps east of the Rockies so maybe I'm lucky.

The Intermountain west is usually either dry cold or snowing cold.

 

[angiebaby]

The Intermountain west is usually either dry cold or snowing cold.

Yes. Thankfully. We usually have low humidity here in the middle of the Rockies. Mountain ranges on both sides. It's difficult to pack the snow into decent snowballs. Many times it's easier to remove it with a yard blower than a shovel. But when it's really cold, it will take your breath away and make your lungs hurt.

 

[DILLIGAF]

We are moving, it’s just a matter of when. We have looked all over but it seems like NC is where we are going to end up. I keep sending my wife other places but NC puts us close to her best friend, our oldest daughter. Lol

I liked the Hayesville NC area personally

 

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I liked the Hayesville NC area personally

I will have to take a look. We started looking in Alabama, Northern GA over the last few years but being close to family, is more important. We have family in NC but want to be close to a decent sized lake.

We are headed back in February and will be looking at Lake Hickory, Norman and Tillery. We have already spent some time at Norman and Tillery and like both…I really like Lake Tillery for the boating but it might be a little too remote.

We are not in a hurry and want to move one more time. These threads are really helpful.

 

[DILLIGAF]

I will have to take a look. We started looking in Alabama, Northern GA over the last few years but being close to family, is more important. We have family in NC but want to be close to a decent sized lake.

We are headed back in February and will be looking at Lake Hickory, Norman and Tillery. We have already spent some time at Norman and Tillery and like both…I really like Lake Tillery for the boating but it might be a little too remote.

We are not in a hurry and want to move one more time. These threads are really helpful.

Big lake right there close by, southern Appalachians, etc

 

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Big lake right there close by, southern Appalachians, etc

I will check it out.

Thanks!!

 

[j21black]

FWIW………… The movie “Deliverance” was filmed in Tennessee. (Polk County)

Every time I go there………. I see reminders of the movie.

Those boiled Peanuts that are sold on the roadside are just awful. How people like these is a mystery to me.

On the upside……… Tennessee is where I had my first taste of Moonshine. It was Peach flavored and strong as hell, served from a mason jar. It wasn’t bad.

Gatlinberg is the “Whitest” town I have ever set foot in. LOL

I have no experience with Mt Juliet whatsoever, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the unofficial Tennessee state flag was the Confederate Flag. I know my BIL has the largest flag on his block. It’s as big as his house. He lives in rural Chattanooga.

Just so I actually contribute to this thread………. 10 years ago my BIL paid 160k for a new 2100sf home on a half acre. It’s actually a very nice house with a massive garage. The only problem……. You can hardly see the garage since he has approx 15 cars in some sort of disrepair all over the property. Along with abandoned boats and miscellaneous trailers. I am guessing the neighbors are fed up with the eye sore. He doesn’t care. He calls it Freedom. (He has had many knocks on his door about the flag, but he refuses to take it down) I am just glad he is not my neighbor. I think he has also skewed my thoughts on Tennessee. I mention the above because it seems that there will always be that neighbor that brings the property values down. My BIL is a perfect example. If it weren’t for inheritance, he’d be in a single wide trailer. My wife has enabled him by addressing “legally” all the complaints he has received.

Let’s just hope he doesn’t move to Mt Juliet. lol

Out in the rural areas you are never going to get away from a single wide. I paid 330K where I am at in Alabama now in 2016 - I now have relator friends telling me I can get 700K out if it if I were to sell now - Guess what is on the property next to me? Not only a single wide but also a "Shed House" Granted I am on 10 acres and they are on 8, with some trees in between so we aren't exactly staring at each other. Within a 5 mile radius there are probably 100+ single wides.

Having spent all of my life living in Indiana/North Carolina, and Alabama, and seeing pretty much everywhere else with work travel over the years, TN would be on my short list if I move again. I would not hesitate to move there.

 

[j21black]

I will have to take a look. We started looking in Alabama, Northern GA over the last few years but being close to family, is more important. We have family in NC but want to be close to a decent sized lake.

We are headed back in February and will be looking at Lake Hickory, Norman and Tillery. We have already spent some time at Norman and Tillery and like both…I really like Lake Tillery for the boating but it might be a little too remote.

We are not in a hurry and want to move one more time. These threads are really helpful.

Lived off Lake Norman for 8 years - Beautiful, but Mooresville continues to grow and the roads are not keeping up with the spike. I still have a bunch of freinds there and they all say it has gotten worse since we moved away.

Also I think I saw an article in the NY Post stating Mooresville was the fastest growing community in the US.

 

[DILLIGAF]

I will check it out.

Thanks!!

Here ya go. Lots of info about the area on line

Lake Chatuge Appalachian Mountains Hayesville, NC

Lake Chatuge is nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina where visitors can enjoy spectacular views of the lake and surrounding mountains.

www.visitnc.com