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I moved to East Tennessee in 2018 “Greeneville” just next to Johnson City. I moved from Atlanta Ga. It’s taken me Six years to adjust to the slower pace. But now I wouldn’t trade it for any place else. I simply love it here. And everything y’all mentioned on this video is very true. This was a great pro and con talk about East Tennessee. Spot on, Spot on. 😊
Word of warning, we moved here from Florida and absolutely love it except for one thing, the severely substandard healthcare. I would recommend being closer to Knoxville to access UT medical center, as I was an ICU nurse in FL and the Tri cities area has some of the worst health care I’ve seen in my adult life. The local hospitals were taken over by a monopoly shortly after we arrived, and it has been all downhill from there.
Thank you so much for this video. I have to say, after planning to move to NE Tennessee for the past 10 years, I was almost afraid to watch this video for fear of you bringing up something that I truly couldn’t live with/by. Thankfully, the list provided me with MORE reasons to move instead of less!! 😊 I only have a little over one year left until I get to move to the Tri-City area and trust me when I say that I am literally counting down the days!! Keep your wonderful videos coming, as I look forward to every single one!
This is hilarious, I am exactly at the midpoint of this video and everything they have mentioned as a possible downside so far is some thing that I consider to be a positive. Right now I live in Florida and 7 to 8 months of summer is getting to be…
Just got back from Johnson city Vacation trip, stayed at the Carnegie Hotel, Visited the Shady Valley area all the way down to Loudon, Love the area, best breakfast ever at the Country Diner. We will be looking to move there, once the home prices prices stabilize.
You had me at a slow pace. We are visiting this summer and I can't wait. The more i listen to your podcast, the more i know that this is the area for us . We live in CT, but the area where we live is conservative but alot of the NY snobs are trying to change it , we hope to make it to retirement to get out of CT. Our jobs and personal stuff keeps us here.🙁. We cant wait to visit .
Very interesting video. Shad, I was born, raised and still live in Indiana and an IU grad as well :) My parents are from SWVA and I have family in Kingsport, Johnson City, and Surgoinsville TN. I recall the long drives from the Tri-Cities airport as a kid visiting my grandparents in the 70s. The last time I visited the area was in 2019 and the mountains are beautiful!
I found this video to be very helpful. I enjoyed this fireside chat format and hope to see more like it. The family and I are moving down there next year. Haven’t 100% settled on the tri-cities but it’s very appealing.
Great discussion and information. Thank you! I'm looking into possibly moving to the area next year or so. I understand you not talking politics or religion, but I'm glad you touched on the politics and am interested in what types of churches you have in the area too.
Hi, we have all kinds of churches, mostly Baptist, but there are other denominations. Also, there are quite a few non-denominational churches as well. I live in Kingsport
We are seriously considering moving to NE Tennessee in the near future. We’ve been currently living in SW Florida since 2016. The traffic and population down here have exploded since then and we’re over it. We’re originally from a tiny town in MA that only had one traffic light so FL has been an adjustment for sure. We’re ready for a much slower paced life again and more moderate temps and of course 4 seasons😊 Guess we’ll be half backers haha! I subscribed to your channel yesterday and we’ll be watching your past videos. Thanks for all the great info!
Im thinking about moving to Hawkins county from CT. My mother in law and brother in law moved down 5 years ago. We're all very right leaning and agree with how the majority of people think and live in TN, its beautiful
I'm looking to move to Maryville from Detroit & im still waiting on the bad stuff. I vote red, I have no allergies, I like the slow pace (big fish little pound), I like small government. I don't like the income here. The cost of living is not well adjusted for the pay cut.. even with no state taxes. Nearly 10% sales tax will eat that up.
@@ShepFL002 right on. Keep me posted. I'm in Johnson County. Unicoi might be a dry county, I'm not sure. Good luck! Erwin is a sleepy but beautiful place!
Great video -- love you two Shad and Stephanie! Very candid and endearing hosts. I am retiring in 9 months. I am 95% sure I will be moving to East Tennessee. I am a vegetarian. Are there any Chipotle type fast-food places, or Southern Squeeze (like the one in Chattanooga) new restaurants in the area
We have a Chipotle in Johnson City. I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the variety of restaurants in the area. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
We moved to the Bluff City area - roughly 4 miles north of Piney Flats & 11 miles west of Elizabethton) about 7 years ago. Our house is certainly not a mansion, but I would consider it to be a very decent structure - construction of the house being brick and siding. Across the road from us are two houses that are probably worth $600K - $750K. I used to go over and visit with them, visiting with each homeowner maybe a half dozen times. Neither of them have ever taken the time to walk across the road and visit me, so I came to the conclusion that they don't care about me. Maybe they consider me to be a damn Yankee; I don't know. In my extensive travels throughout the area, I have noticed trailers (mobile homes, sorry) situated just about everywhere they can be located. Many look like they should have been scrapped 20 or 30 years ago. I have also noticed that many homeowners (and renters) have all kinds of JUNK sitting around on their properties. I pass by one house on the way to Elizabethton and the front porch has so much junk on it that it looks impossible to get to the front door of the house. The junk is piled up clear to the roof of the porch. Just down the road from me is what I call "the junkyard" - a house on a few acres with 5 or 6 vehicles in various states of disrepair. They have more junk tires laying around than the number of tires that I have purchased during my lifetime (I am 73 years old). Practically the entire yard is filled with junk and I just try to ignore it. My yard is by no means a Men's Garden Club of the Month yard, but I try to keep my yard mowed and the leaves picked up. I guess one just has to take the good with the bad.
I'm originally from S. FL but moved from Central FL to North TX where I've lived for 2 years. I plan to retire in 3 years and my husband and I are considering NE TN. I've watched all of your videos and appreciate the information that you two share. As far as shopping goes, are there plenty of secondhand stores in the Tri-Cities area? I prefer to shop at thrift, consignment and antique stores, and estate sales, garage sales, etc.
People flee blue cities and blue states in the Midwest typically due to several things - the cold weather, high taxes and high cost of living, plus the social disintegration of their city (in the case of large cities, like Chicago), which often can be blamed on a the liberal politics of the place they are fleeing. Then they will move to a wonderful, unspoiled, low tax base, low cost of living area like north East Tennessee, and what do they do? They vote Democratic. I have seen this in my relatives, and it never ceases to amaze me.
I'm a Californian who already owns a home in northeast Tennessee, and we can't wait to get away from California politics! Please don't lump us all into one democratic group because some of us are Republicans.
That is a dumb remark right there! I know plenty up here that came over from Florida & California & they ain't blue in no way shape or form. There's plenty of native blue voters up here to get bothered by which we always overlook and tend to blame them that are moving in. There is liberally nothing here for them type & them blue people who tend to be the much younger generation seem to be moving away to the immoral cities & states
Can I ask why you a transplant are inviting people to move here. We are tired of so many people moving here, it’s changing East TN. We know it’s a beautiful area. We like the rural and the farm land but now farms are being sold to make subdivisions for housing. Housing prices are going up and hard to find. Local people are having a hard time finding homes, outside people don’t mind paying higher prices cause that’s what they are used to, so that knocks local out of being able to afford. Of course people are going to be nice, it’s the way we were raised in a simple Christian ways, have good manners and be respectful to people. But if you talk to locals most are unhappy about the rise of people moving here. Like it or not it changes an area. We want East Tennessee to stay the way it is. Please don’t come here and bring the things you’re running from to our communities and try to change things.
The entire state has been irreversibly damaged and is no longer the state we grew up in and love It’s a real shame but hey a few people got super rich and in America 2024 that’s all that matters …everyone and everything else be damned
I'm happy to know that your views do not represent the vast majority of Tennesseans. The younger generation of Tennesseans are less judgmental of newcomers to the state. Just remember that its the native Tennesseans selling off their farmland to developers. If you don't like that, then you should tell the farmers not to sell their land.
Mais pessoas, maior economia para os seus filhos e netos que vão crescer e sem esse giro precisariam sair do estado. Que bom que as pessoas que estão indo pra aí vão pra somar e compartilhar os mesmo valores conservadores e girar a economia local.
Are there any parts of Tennessee that has the most Turkeys and coyotes? I hope to buy a place with around 25 acres that I can hunt mostly small game and Turkey.
I'm not sure what you folks are getting at, but say what you want, only one thing is keeping me from moving to N.E Tennessee and that is money! I'd have to get a mortgage to be able buy a house and at 70 yo I don't think that would be smart. Really love that area though!
@@DrSweat As wonderful as NE Tennessee is. It’s not for everyone. We wanted to talk about some of the things people mention when they say they don’t like it here. I hope you get to visit and vacation here.
@@LivinginJohnsonCityTennessee I frequently come down to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg from Oscoda Michigan! We're planning on a visit on the 4th of next month. I did understand the purpose of your conversation, I just don't feel like any of those people do. All that said, I would never move to either of those communities , but rather somewhere about an hour away. I spent a few years living in Newport Ri! I know what living in a tourist town is like!
Everyone on this thread thinking of moving here needs to think twice as the healthcare here is the worst Ive ever dealt with. I was an ICU nurse in Florida and this is the worst Ive seen in the US. We are thinking of moving closer to Knox county for the UT medical center which would break my heart because everything else up here is perfect, but you can’t play with your health.
On the side of politics it’s good to hear people aren’t very vocal. Republicans where I live in Florida, it’s their whole personality. Vote for who you want, don’t try to convince me who to vote for.
@@conniedlawson as someone who lives here now, and has lived other places that are much more humid, it can be humid here but as a whole it’s much lower in humidity as compared to places that are near larger bodies of water. 80’s is comfortable here, where other places 80 can feel like 100 with really heavy humidity.
@@jamesreese4170 of course you being from somewhere else you have to right, I’ve lived here most of my life, and when you step outside and start sweating I’d call that humidity. It’s been in the 90s most of the summer, so I would call that hot.
I moved from California after living there my entire life. We came to Bristol for the lifestyle. I’ve made some wonderful friends here. My only challenge is that I obviously have a different political perspective and prefer to not discuss it. Unfortunately, the extremely conservative friends that I have do like to discuss and share their opinions, which has caused some stress in our friendships. Other than that, the bugs! I think every bug created lives in northeast Tennessee. 😢
Em resumo: você saiu de um lugar onde os democratas destruíram o Estado para um lugar onde os conservadores fizeram você querer passar seus dias. Então não discuta com eles. Apenas aprenda que eles estão certos, senão você estaria no lugar que está se autodestruindo.
I think the biggest difference is the lack of good restaurants and fresh, organic produce. This area definitely lacks good customer service in retail stores and professional services too. Not sure why people are assuming people coming to this area are democrats when majority are republicans.
There is definitely less culture, less options in restaurants, stores, salons, and surprisingly bars. Im not a drinker and my party days are long since passed but there is no nightlife here. Sidewalks prertty much roll up at 8 or 9 PM. You will not find wine bar, a cosmo bar, a dance club, jazz club, college bar, although there are numerous brew pubs. Food is good but limited. If BBQ or southern style dining is not your thing then your options are cut in half. Lots Mexican, a decent amount of asian cousine. 1 greek, a few italian, only chain steakhouses, zero fine dining, very little innovative restaurants. If your looking for trendy, innovative, creative dining like you find in bigger cities you wont find it here. Vegan....good luck. Its mostky fast food, BBQ, and Southern Style dining and chain restaurants. If your a fashionista. I hope your comfortable with shopping online. Or willing to drive a few hours. Belk is about as good as it gets aside from a few overpriced small shops that tend to be specialized. I like it here but growing up in midwest surburbia the lack of ootions here can be very frustrating.
Not less culture Different culture Our culture thinks the things you are complaining about being absent are silly So Sounds like you would be happier going home
@@robertwomack1411 Cultural options. I grew up in NE Ohio. We had Italian neighborhoods, Greek neighborhoods, even a good smattering of Lebanese. 20 minutes out of town were the Amish and places nicknamed little Switzerland, Dutch Valley, Swiss Village, Holland Chalet complete with artisan cheese shops. None of this was pretentious it was just a lot of diversity settled there and it remains to this day. As I said I like it here and don’t care much about many of the things I mentioned but someone moving here used to all the things I listed should know they just aren’t going to find it. They may prefer that, but still felt like it should be mentioned.
I don’t agree with this comment- how can you be depressed when the area is so beautiful? To quote my sister, “ It’s like living in a Thomas Kincaid postcard.” Transplants usually tell me they like the fact that people are so friendly here….never had anyone mention “meanness”
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@@LivinginJohnsonCityTennessee I have watched a few of your videos!
I moved to East Tennessee in 2018 “Greeneville” just next to Johnson City. I moved from Atlanta Ga. It’s taken me Six years to adjust to the slower pace. But now I wouldn’t trade it for any place else. I simply love it here. And everything y’all mentioned on this video is very true. This was a great pro and con talk about East Tennessee. Spot on, Spot on. 😊
I was born and raised in Michigan but moved to Florida 41 years ago and want out! Tennessee is in our sights!
I am a Floridian and want out of FL now, FL is ruined , I am considering my options of where to move . Considering AZ or NV as well
We are full
@@Mary-kw5wh Oh well, I’m still coming! 😉
Living in Oscoda currently, beautiful area, but I could see myself moving to TN.
Word of warning, we moved here from Florida and absolutely love it except for one thing, the severely substandard healthcare. I would recommend being closer to Knoxville to access UT medical center, as I was an ICU nurse in FL and the Tri cities area has some of the worst health care I’ve seen in my adult life. The local hospitals were taken over by a monopoly shortly after we arrived, and it has been all downhill from there.
Thank you so much for this video. I have to say, after planning to move to NE Tennessee for the past 10 years, I was almost afraid to watch this video for fear of you bringing up something that I truly couldn’t live with/by. Thankfully, the list provided me with MORE reasons to move instead of less!! 😊 I only have a little over one year left until I get to move to the Tri-City area and trust me when I say that I am literally counting down the days!! Keep your wonderful videos coming, as I look forward to every single one!
This is hilarious, I am exactly at the midpoint of this video and everything they have mentioned as a possible downside so far is some thing that I consider to be a positive. Right now I live in Florida and 7 to 8 months of summer is getting to be…
Just got back from Johnson city Vacation trip, stayed at the Carnegie Hotel, Visited the Shady Valley area all the way down to Loudon, Love the area, best breakfast ever at the Country Diner. We will be looking to move there, once the home prices prices stabilize.
I live in Shady Valley!
As soon as the interest rates go down, the housing prices will increase.
You gave us such a great perspective of what's going on in Johnson City, TN. One of the cities in TN that we're considering as a new home!
You had me at a slow pace. We are visiting this summer and I can't wait. The more i listen to your podcast, the more i know that this is the area for us . We live in CT, but the area where we live is conservative but alot of the NY snobs are trying to change it , we hope to make it to retirement to get out of CT. Our jobs and personal stuff keeps us here.🙁. We cant wait to visit .
Very interesting video. Shad, I was born, raised and still live in Indiana and an IU grad as well :) My parents are from SWVA and I have family in Kingsport, Johnson City, and Surgoinsville TN. I recall the long drives from the Tri-Cities airport as a kid visiting my grandparents in the 70s. The last time I visited the area was in 2019 and the mountains are beautiful!
Coming to visit and check out the area in late June. Can't wait.
I found this video to be very helpful. I enjoyed this fireside chat format and hope to see more like it. The family and I are moving down there next year. Haven’t 100% settled on the tri-cities but it’s very appealing.
Thank you. We plan to do more of these and still continue to create content that shows the area too.
We have lived in Aroostook County Maine our whole life's and are seriously considering moving to Northeast Tennessee in the next year or two.
Great discussion and information. Thank you!
I'm looking into possibly moving to the area next year or so. I understand you not talking politics or religion, but I'm glad you touched on the politics and am interested in what types of churches you have in the area too.
Hi, we have all kinds of churches, mostly Baptist, but there are other denominations. Also, there are quite a few non-denominational churches as well. I live in Kingsport
We are seriously considering moving to NE Tennessee in the near future. We’ve been currently living in SW Florida since 2016. The traffic and population down here have exploded since then and we’re over it. We’re originally from a tiny town in MA that only had one traffic light so FL has been an adjustment for sure. We’re ready for a much slower paced life again and more moderate temps and of course 4 seasons😊 Guess we’ll be half backers haha! I subscribed to your channel yesterday and we’ll be watching your past videos. Thanks for all the great info!
Thank you for subscribing taking the time to comment.
Im thinking about moving to Hawkins county from CT. My mother in law and brother in law moved down 5 years ago. We're all very right leaning and agree with how the majority of people think and live in TN, its beautiful
Middle TN 30 years. Only thing don’t like is the humidity in summer. Beautiful springs early and beautiful weather in fall. Manchester no dirt roads.
Grew up in Florida and saw snakes all the time lol. We had training in the girl scouts on how to handle snakes.
It sounds like you're very well prepared!
Boiler Up! I'm looking around the Johnson City area, but inventory on the lakes is very low... patiently waiting.
Boiler Up!! That made me smile. Shad went to IU. Lol
@@LivinginJohnsonCityTennessee Purdue Alum here, but Chad seems like a nice guy for a Hoosier : )
I'm looking to move to Maryville from Detroit & im still waiting on the bad stuff. I vote red, I have no allergies, I like the slow pace (big fish little pound), I like small government. I don't like the income here. The cost of living is not well adjusted for the pay cut.. even with no state taxes. Nearly 10% sales tax will eat that up.
Looking to relocate soon. Moving from small town in NE Florida to small town in NE Tennessee. Hoping to reopen my brewery around Erwin.
What will be the name? I'll look for ya!
@@MrTwinkieeater not sure yet. Old place was named Crooked Rooster
@@ShepFL002 right on. Keep me posted. I'm in Johnson County. Unicoi might be a dry county, I'm not sure. Good luck! Erwin is a sleepy but beautiful place!
@@MrTwinkieeater Will be coming up this Friday for a week to look at options.
Can you tell me what areas to look for that are close to the lakes with mountains views? Thanks for this video 🙏☺️
Possibly near Boone Lake in Piney Flats, North Johnson City or Gray.
Great video -- love you two Shad and Stephanie! Very candid and endearing hosts. I am retiring in 9 months. I am 95% sure I will be moving to East Tennessee. I am a vegetarian. Are there any Chipotle type fast-food places, or Southern Squeeze (like the one in Chattanooga) new restaurants in the area
We have a Chipotle in Johnson City. I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the variety of restaurants in the area. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
We moved to the Bluff City area - roughly 4 miles north of Piney Flats & 11 miles west of Elizabethton) about 7 years ago. Our house is certainly not a mansion, but I would consider it to be a very decent structure - construction of the house being brick and siding. Across the road from us are two houses that are probably worth $600K - $750K. I used to go over and visit with them, visiting with each homeowner maybe a half dozen times. Neither of them have ever taken the time to walk across the road and visit me, so I came to the conclusion that they don't care about me. Maybe they consider me to be a damn Yankee; I don't know.
In my extensive travels throughout the area, I have noticed trailers (mobile homes, sorry) situated just about everywhere they can be located. Many look like they should have been scrapped 20 or 30 years ago. I have also noticed that many homeowners (and renters) have all kinds of JUNK sitting around on their properties. I pass by one house on the way to Elizabethton and the front porch has so much junk on it that it looks impossible to get to the front door of the house. The junk is piled up clear to the roof of the porch.
Just down the road from me is what I call "the junkyard" - a house on a few acres with 5 or 6 vehicles in various states of disrepair. They have more junk tires laying around than the number of tires that I have purchased during my lifetime (I am 73 years old). Practically the entire yard is filled with junk and I just try to ignore it. My yard is by no means a Men's Garden Club of the Month yard, but I try to keep my yard mowed and the leaves picked up.
I guess one just has to take the good with the bad.
Great video. Thanks for all the information. Question: what would you say is the biggest difference between NE Tennessee and East Tennessee?
Less population, more conservative, more mountainous terrain.
@@LivinginJohnsonCityTennessee Thank you!
Also, more laid back, slower paced….very patriotic!
@@cassieruecroft That all sounds good to me. Thank you!
I'm originally from S. FL but moved from Central FL to North TX where I've lived for 2 years. I plan to retire in 3 years and my husband and I are considering NE TN. I've watched all of your videos and appreciate the information that you two share. As far as shopping goes, are there plenty of secondhand stores in the Tri-Cities area? I prefer to shop at thrift, consignment and antique stores, and estate sales, garage sales, etc.
People flee blue cities and blue states in the Midwest typically due to several things - the cold weather, high taxes and high cost of living, plus the social disintegration of their city (in the case of large cities, like Chicago), which often can be blamed on a the liberal politics of the place they are fleeing. Then they will move to a wonderful, unspoiled, low tax base, low cost of living area like north East Tennessee, and what do they do? They vote Democratic. I have seen this in my relatives, and it never ceases to amaze me.
Don’t California TN! We left GA because it had turned Blue where we lived. Ready to retire to Red TN and vote Red! 👍🏻🇺🇸
That is a steamy load & you know it. Ain't no wing nut Democrat or liberal would put themselves into a red state where they ain't appreciated.
I'm a Californian who already owns a home in northeast Tennessee, and we can't wait to get away from California politics! Please don't lump us all into one democratic group because some of us are Republicans.
That is a dumb remark right there! I know plenty up here that came over from Florida & California & they ain't blue in no way shape or form. There's plenty of native blue voters up here to get bothered by which we always overlook and tend to blame them that are moving in. There is liberally nothing here for them type & them blue people who tend to be the much younger generation seem to be moving away to the immoral cities & states
@@traceystanphill725 Well, welcome then! 👐🏻
I'm with you on a Costco! ❤
Can I ask why you a transplant are inviting people to move here. We are tired of so many people moving here, it’s changing East TN. We know it’s a beautiful area. We like the rural and the farm land but now farms are being sold to make subdivisions for housing. Housing prices are going up and hard to find. Local people are having a hard time finding homes, outside people don’t mind paying higher prices cause that’s what they are used to, so that knocks local out of being able to afford. Of course people are going to be nice, it’s the way we were raised in a simple Christian ways, have good manners and be respectful to people. But if you talk to locals most are unhappy about the rise of people moving here. Like it or not it changes an area. We want East Tennessee to stay the way it is. Please don’t come here and bring the things you’re running from to our communities and try to change things.
The entire state has been irreversibly damaged and is no longer the state we grew up in and love
It’s a real shame but hey a few people got super rich and in America 2024 that’s all that matters …everyone and everything else be damned
I'm happy to know that your views do not represent the vast majority of Tennesseans. The younger generation of Tennesseans are less judgmental of newcomers to the state. Just remember that its the native Tennesseans selling off their farmland to developers. If you don't like that, then you should tell the farmers not to sell their land.
Then maybe the farmer should stop selling their land to the developers. Maybe they should start farming their land again
Mais pessoas, maior economia para os seus filhos e netos que vão crescer e sem esse giro precisariam sair do estado. Que bom que as pessoas que estão indo pra aí vão pra somar e compartilhar os mesmo valores conservadores e girar a economia local.
Looking to retire in the next 6 yrs or so. TN is on our short list of places to retire.
I know a LOT of people have already moved to TN, is it worth my time to even think of settling there too?
How far are you from Atlanta?
Approx 270 miles. 4.5 hours
How is the job market my son and his wife just moved there in the spring
Are there any parts of Tennessee that has the most Turkeys and coyotes? I hope to buy a place with around 25 acres that I can hunt mostly small game and Turkey.
No
Allergies - is that natural honey and other attributes?
I'm not sure what you folks are getting at, but say what you want, only one thing is keeping me from moving to N.E Tennessee and that is money! I'd have to get a mortgage to be able buy a house and at 70 yo I don't think that would be smart. Really love that area though!
@@DrSweat As wonderful as NE Tennessee is. It’s not for everyone. We wanted to talk about some of the things people mention when they say they don’t like it here. I hope you get to visit and vacation here.
@@LivinginJohnsonCityTennessee I frequently come down to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg from Oscoda Michigan! We're planning on a visit on the 4th of next month. I did understand the purpose of your conversation, I just don't feel like any of those people do. All that said, I would never move to either of those communities , but rather somewhere about an hour away. I spent a few years living in Newport Ri! I know what living in a tourist town is like!
try renting! I'm thinking about doing that just to try living there. if we don't like it, we move back to the city
Why would you want to change the essence of where you move?
What about bringing personal firearms from TX into TN and are there any restrictions?
I would suggest looking online at tn.gov regarding handgun restrictions
@@LivinginJohnsonCityTennesseethanks
Bring watch you got. Open & concealed carry.
You do NOT want direct flights to Chicago. The easier it is for big city folks to get to your area, the faster it will be ruined😢👎!!
Do you have ice storms?
@@pjlee2053 Very few. Our winters are quite moderate.
Yes
What about tornadoes? Nobody on RUclips seems to want to mention the tornadoes.
We have over 80 videos. We talk about tornadoes on several videos. Check out, 5 Things you need to know. I discuss tornadoes on that video.
Everyone on this thread thinking of moving here needs to think twice as the healthcare here is the worst Ive ever dealt with. I was an ICU nurse in Florida and this is the worst Ive seen in the US. We are thinking of moving closer to Knox county for the UT medical center which would break my heart because everything else up here is perfect, but you can’t play with your health.
Thank you for commenting. I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had such a bad experience.
Ballad has ruined the health care in northeast Tn. Just a fact.
On the side of politics it’s good to hear people aren’t very vocal. Republicans where I live in Florida, it’s their whole personality. Vote for who you want, don’t try to convince me who to vote for.
No mosquitos?????? I AM MOVING THERE!!!
There are mosquitos here, but maybe less than more humid places. It's usually not that humid here.
@@jamesreese4170 thank you!
It’s very humid here and lots of mosquitoes
@@conniedlawson as someone who lives here now, and has lived other places that are much more humid, it can be humid here but as a whole it’s much lower in humidity as compared to places that are near larger bodies of water. 80’s is comfortable here, where other places 80 can feel like 100 with really heavy humidity.
@@jamesreese4170 of course you being from somewhere else you have to right, I’ve lived here most of my life, and when you step outside and start sweating I’d call that humidity. It’s been in the 90s most of the summer, so I would call that hot.
I moved from California after living there my entire life. We came to Bristol for the lifestyle. I’ve made some wonderful friends here. My only challenge is that I obviously have a different political perspective and prefer to not discuss it. Unfortunately, the extremely conservative friends that I have do like to discuss and share their opinions, which has caused some stress in our friendships.
Other than that, the bugs! I think every bug created lives in northeast Tennessee. 😢
You might prefer western NC (Asheville area) more then. I'm independent and enjoy both areas but they are different vibes.
Em resumo: você saiu de um lugar onde os democratas destruíram o Estado para um lugar onde os conservadores fizeram você querer passar seus dias. Então não discuta com eles. Apenas aprenda que eles estão certos, senão você estaria no lugar que está se autodestruindo.
You didn't talk about crime in JC.
I think the biggest difference is the lack of good restaurants and fresh, organic produce. This area definitely lacks good customer service in retail stores and professional services too. Not sure why people are assuming people coming to this area are democrats when majority are republicans.
How about just don’t move here
100%
Stay home where ever you are is better for you trust me
Leave us alone
What about hill billys? Lol, sorry had to
We had Elvis, Davy Crockett and Peyton Manning.
Yes there are hillbilly people, you are in the mountains
There is definitely less culture, less options in restaurants, stores, salons, and surprisingly bars. Im not a drinker and my party days are long since passed but there is no nightlife here. Sidewalks prertty much roll up at 8 or 9 PM. You will not find wine bar, a cosmo bar, a dance club, jazz club, college bar, although there are numerous brew pubs. Food is good but limited. If BBQ or southern style dining is not your thing then your options are cut in half. Lots Mexican, a decent amount of asian cousine. 1 greek, a few italian, only chain steakhouses, zero fine dining, very little innovative restaurants. If your looking for trendy, innovative, creative dining like you find in bigger cities you wont find it here. Vegan....good luck. Its mostky fast food, BBQ, and Southern Style dining and chain restaurants. If your a fashionista. I hope your comfortable with shopping online. Or willing to drive a few hours. Belk is about as good as it gets aside from a few overpriced small shops that tend to be specialized. I like it here but growing up in midwest surburbia the lack of ootions here can be very frustrating.
If you live to eat, don't move here.
Not less culture
Different culture
Our culture thinks the things you are complaining about being absent are silly
So
Sounds like you would be happier going home
@@robertwomack1411 Cultural options. I grew up in NE Ohio. We had Italian neighborhoods, Greek neighborhoods, even a good smattering of Lebanese. 20 minutes out of town were the Amish and places nicknamed little Switzerland, Dutch Valley, Swiss Village, Holland Chalet complete with artisan cheese shops. None of this was pretentious it was just a lot of diversity settled there and it remains to this day. As I said I like it here and don’t care much about many of the things I mentioned but someone moving here used to all the things I listed should know they just aren’t going to find it. They may prefer that, but still felt like it should be mentioned.
Dull, depressing with a little underlying meanness. On the other hand there is also bland suburbia which a lot of people like.
I don’t agree with this comment- how can you be depressed when the area is so beautiful? To quote my sister, “ It’s like living in a Thomas Kincaid postcard.” Transplants usually tell me they like the fact that people are so friendly here….never had anyone mention “meanness”
I could see people being mean to someone that has your attitude
Bland... yes! That's exactly the right description of suburbia, no matter where it is! Can't stand the suburbs!
Lots of ticks, and lots of snakes. Rat snakes, timber rattlers, copperheads, you name it, east Tennesse has it.