Kingsport Tennessee - Is it a Good Place to Live?
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- - Is Kingsport Tennessee a good place to live? Lots of people are moving to middle TN from out of state, but we're seeing a swing in the popularity of northeast TN, partially due to the runup in prices in the Nashville and surrounding areas.
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Scott & Kim Henninger with The Home Team
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0:00 - Intro
00:15 - The Tri-Cities
1:24 - Background on Kingsport
1:50 - Regional Airport
2:16 - Kingsport's Goals
2:44 - Family-style Festivals
3:08 - Family Friendly Activities
3:29 - City festivals
3:55 - Walking Community
4:41 - Enjoying the Scenery
5:42 - Employers
6:17 - Cost of Living
6:50 - Summary
Moved to Kingsport two years ago from another state out West....will never go back! Love it here.
Yay!!
Can you tell me a little bit about Kingport? Moving this year to TN from CA. Thank you
I like California better hate to break it to you for all of you leaving home thinking you'll find utopia in TN.
@@transdiycigarandfoodreview7910 we have. But, we are retired. I don't have to look for a job and I have a good pension.
Ok any bus cabs
This place has changed so much in the past 10 years. I left for work in eastern Europe at the end of 2013 and have pretty much been gone since. Hopefully, me and my wife can come back for good in a few months.
Visited my daughter last year in Kingsport. This video helps me to make a choice on weather I wanna move from New Mexico. Thank you!
Parts of it are really nice and it's an up and coming area. I really enjoy it. Warriors Path State Park is beautiful. Just subbed, looking forward to more vieos.
Great presentation. Makes me want to move from Lynchburg, VA.
I certainly hope no lawyers were harmed during this presentation.😂😂😂
Man ive never heard no one talk about they town like you have thanks
Kingsport Tennessee is a nice place I had to drive through there and I stopped at a hotel and I ended up at the mouses ear. What a beautiful beautiful city.
I've been to Kingsport one time. It looked pretty nice, plus there's a lot of beautiful scenery surrounding the area. It reminded me a lot of the Appalachian towns in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia that I've been to and lived in.
Growing up we had family who moved from PA to Bristol (they lived on the TN side), but we never made the trip down to that area to visit them.
It's not nice. The energy is toxic full of rednecks.
Thank you Scott. Great video. We are looking to move to Tennesse from Bend Oregon, where do I find your relocation guide?
There's a link to it in the 3rd paragraph of this video's description. We helped another Oregon couple this year also.
Real estate agents always telling everyone how great it is there until it gets too crowded and then they move somewhere else and start all over. Home prices in east Tennessee have increased like crazy in the last 5 years because of people from other areas use to higher home prices moving in. Our home has doubled in value in the last 10 years and it wasn't a cheap house to begin with. BTW Kingsport is a better place than any other east of Knoxville, great place to move to.
How about lakes, white water rafting and water activities?
I'd like to know about the farm in the middle of town. Gate at corner of Avalon & Pierce. Did they just refuse to sell out as the city grew?
That big place on the right at the end of Pierce, where it meets Avalon backs up to the flood zone of Reedy Creek (as do most of the homes on Pierce.) That probably kept some of the development down. Not sure what else happened, but that 4 acre parcel never was subdivided. House was built in 1940 and the surrounding homes were built in the 1930's it looks like. Never noticed it before!
@@TNVAHomeTeam Thank you for the info 😊
How many RSO s live there ?
180K median for a home? When I looked online I didn't find any single family homes under 250K. I didn't bother to look at any attached homes (condo, townhome) since having noise from neighbors doesn't appeal to me at all having lived in apartments for a long time.
The prices have gone up maybe 6% - 8% in the 7 months since I did the video. Here's a link to what's active in the Kingsport area priced b/t $150k and $215k just to give you an idea. www.flexmls.com/share/7pvPv/208-Adrian-Drive-Kingsport-TN-37664
@@TNVAHomeTeam Thanks for the link, i hope things level out and get back to reality or i just might stay put in Florida for a while longer.
@@TommyboyGTP It usually winds up being a wash. If it goes up here, fairly good chance it'll be going up in FL also. You guys always bring in a lot of relocating buyers.
@@TNVAHomeTeam Those relocaters are usually northerners that move down here and can't handle the humidity lol
@@TommyboyGTPtrue. I tell friends all the time not to vacation here in FL and dwcide to move here based on that. Those who don't listen, have moved here and left after 2 yrs. The beach and heat may be mice to visit but having that intense heat 11 months a year, sucks. I am hoping to leave Broward in the next 2 years. TN or NC is gonna be it. Are you looking to move soon?
Very interested in moving to Kingsport TN. Retiring in 8 months and like this area. What are home insurance cost typically? Thanks.
Home insurance rates are tied to things like credit scores now, so they're different for each person. A good guess on a maybe $200k home would be $900/year.
@@TNVAHomeTeam Wow, appreciate the quick reply. My credit score is 820, so not worried there. We here in N. MI. just had our first "real" tornado that tore up a small town near here and reminded me of potential issues in TN. Hence my home ins. question. Thanks again.
15 miles from Virginia state line huh? Weber City, Virginia can’t be more that 1 mile from Kingsport City Limits.
Is there a Chemical Smell? I read this on Best Places?
I’ve smelt it in the neighborhoods close to the Eastman plant for sure. Once you get away from that section you are good.
Also stay away from Hawkins county and certain parts of downtown there’s a lot of drug activity going on in those areas
Stinksport.😜😜😜
@@chase7286 Drugs and property crime are everywhere in the area, not just in Hawkins County. I wish Hawkins County would pay their Sheriffs Office Deputies more...
How is Johnson county compared to Sullivan?
More rural overall, more mountainous, and home prices overall I think are a bit less, however it depends greatly on which part of each you're looking at.
Fifteen miles from Virginia? You know you can get to Weber City and Gate City in about five minutes from downtown, right?
Google Maps says 6 miles and 10 min. If I said 15 miles that was a mistake.
Does Kingsport or anywhere in the Tri city area have Natural Gas?
Yes, but it isn't everywhere in town. Some parts of Bristol and Johnson City have it also.
kingsport is a factory town that’s basically owned by eastman and domtar. it smells awful, and there are times where you can literally hear eastman letting out steams and gasses when they have problems. a few years ago one of the eastman buildings exploded.
On a sad note, Kingsport has the highest sales tax in Tennessee. Really like living there though.
Go shop on the VA side. And the sales tax is still less than what we pay out west.
My husband and I are veterans and are thinking about relocating there but are worried because we are a biracial couple. Are the people there open and friendly to other races of people we found a rental property
I think its like anywhere; you'll find a few haters here and there, but I largely find most people very open & friendly.
Kingsport - gonna need a freggin SUV! roads SUK! very very hilly
Looking for a new construction home…. Can you help me? I found out the High School is very good rated
Looking for homes zoned for Dobyns Bennett?
@@TNVAHomeTeam yes. But new homes ( new construction)
@@sandraparra98 I don't know specifics of what you're looking for, but here's everything active that's listed for Dobyns Bennett that is new construction. Let me know if you need more info! www.flexmls.com/share/7zhKm/Selected
What are the churches like?
Big selection, from contemporary to traditional. I think there's only maybe 1 or 2 catholic churches there. Mostly protestant.
Kingsport TN is not what he’s making it out to be. Just google the crime and how the mayor and police treat homeless. The news articles will speak for the town.
Im afraid of Police there but looking for a home nearby.
Yes police here are really really baad Sullivan county jail stays almost double it's max capacity because Sullivan county which Kingsport and Bristol are in has the 3rd highest conviction rate in the state despite not even being one of the more populated counties.
Don't drink the water
why
In short answer NO
I've heard it has a chemical smell
It does but you get used to it and the place makes up for it with a lot of the things he mentioned
Yes on occasion it depends on how Eastman chemical Co is doing sometimes it stinks sometimes it doesn't.
Have never smelled it where I live. Im in West Kingsport just about into Mount Carmel.
I've been to Kingsport once in my life. I don't recall ever smelling a chemical smell when I was there. Then again, I think I spent a grand total of 8 hours there, so I couldn't tell you. Lol.
@@gavinmoody5678 What chemicals are are being produced up in that area???
Yeah just remember why you had to move from that liberal blue state cause the policies and political party turned it into a policy Waist Land .
No. It's horrible. Don't move here. Go to N. Carolina or Virginia.
Walk friendly? PLEASE. There's barely any sidewalks in this place!!
Is it predominantly white? Nothing against anyone, it's just a requirement coming from out west.
Basically you're a racist you just don't like admitting that you're a racist. Got it
I live in KPT and love this area. Everything he says is the truth. This is a great place for a person that is retired. Everything a person could want and need within close distance.
Great video how much will a nice house 🏠 buy 3br 2 1 garage about 10 years old thanks much
Give me an approximate square footage and I can give you a range.
Approximate square footage 1500 1800 sq ft must be all brick and very close to the downtown thanks
@@djordjec3668 a good range would be $225k to $250k right now.
I can do one better! I live in KPT and live near downtown and my house is 3200 sq feet with 2 1/2 baths 2 car garage a workshop private driveway a 6ft chain linked security fence in the back yard. It also has central heat and air and 2 large working stone fireplaces and a large den all on 1 acre and is a 2 level ranch brick and stone but its older then 10 years and if I would put it on the market to sell I would be getting 250K if not more with the way the housing market is now. Homes in this price range are selling fast.
Honestly I’m sold. Looking to relocate from Florida.
Same, i live in the pinellas county area and there are so many damn people here i am tired of it. Looking for some peace and quiet
Very informative. I appreciate your relocation guide. I am curious about land in the area.
You’re very welcome. Glad it was helpful. There’s quite a bit of land available right now in comparison to homes. Let us know if we can help.
Still not smiling Scott