Born and raised in this great state of Tennessee grew up on the Cumberland Plateau. Now I live in East Tennessee around the Knoxville area. One thing I will say is I wish people would stop moving here it’s ridiculous. I constantly see people from the north east and California moving here. Just don’t try and change our way of life here.
Really? I live and grew up in Cumberland County. I was born in Indiana moved to Tennessee at 10 yrs old. Left Tennessee at 16 moved back here 21 years ago.
An interesting thing I saw of political influence carried by people moving states, TX, AZ, NV, Idaho, and OH are being moved politically lefter. However certain states are staying 60%+ right from their immigration. Iowa,TN, and to a lesser extend many Midwest/great plains states are not being pulled as hard. I myself am a California immigrant to TN 😂😬😂, and personally I'm pretty sure I'm more freedom loving than at least half the people here. All I want to say is even though California votes 75% for loonies, a disproportionate amount of the people leaving are those people, and even less so for those moving to TN in particular.
Actually there are dozens of small towns in Tenn that are nice (and fit your silly criteria. Glad you missed most of them so they stay small and unpolluted by Yankees and Californians.
I'm am a so called "Yankee", but I respect little towns and the people that live in these small towns. I grew up in a small town back in the 60s and we had farm land, tobacco fields, a drive-in, could ride horses on the road, had horse farms and friendly neighbors. It's called Portland, CT. Not all "Yankees" are bad people
I hate it when people post videos of "beautiful secret place only locals know about" then when the locals go back to visit its been completely destroyed
Good video, however most people who live in Parsons would go to Jackson for hospital care, which is a 45 min drive instead of Nashville which is an 1:30 drive. Jackson has the largest hospital group outside of Memphis and a little piece of history: MD Anderson of the same named Cancer hospital in Houston TX was born in Jackson, but the Kirkland Cancer Center is state of the art.
I live in jackson. I really don’t appreciate how he disrespected Memphis. Without the crime issue Memphis isn’t bad. It sounds like he just googled some stuff
In town (TN), we have Comcast (600 mps= 6 times the world average) which is being upgraded, AT&T twisted pair, AT&T fiber to the premise. And now Ignite (FTTP).
We moved out to Van Buren county from the Nashville area. We grew up in Rutherford county and well if you know the areas then you know how congested they've become. We're within arms reach of Rock island state park. We love it out here.
Rock Island is a beautiful place! We did the Twin Falls loop a few weeks ago and it was really cool - especially the little overhang cave that looks like something out of a Disney movie - looks kinda like a mammoth skull carved out of the rock.
@@supergluedgarlicbutter9589 It’s on the Twin Falls trail - on a little side trail up the hill. Not very far from the parking area. Wish I could explain it better. :-/
I live in NW Tennessee, right in the area by *"8 of the 10" "Picks if Worse Towns in Tennessee" are located.* ... No, really. If I were selecting, Middle Tennessee is a more attractive geography, and then in the Near East, Chattanooga is truly a desirable city. When choosing a preferred location, we tend to think the People, their Attitudes affect the energy of the area, and it certainly can,, *"however, I've mastered the Higher Mind Perspective": What others think, "Not my Business" nor Concern", I realized it is my:* * Thoughts + Feelings X Beliefs that are Creating my Reality."* ... and that means *"Anywhere can be Paradise"* Others are not responsible for my happiness, I am. Just like the Law of Attraction defines. 😘 Get Happy, then ...
We Tennesseans have a saying... if you moved here and are trying to make Tennessee more like where you came from, then move back to where you came from because Tennessee was amazing before you got here... we dont want California or New York influence here. we've seen how bad you've screwed those places up.
Rent prices in Knoxville have gone up 35% in the past two years. I want to be welcoming to people from Out of state coming here but I worry they will bring their horrible social and political beliefs with them. Not to Mention the price hikes.
Don't worry too much about knoxville. Sure a bunch have come in but i think they're seeing that a lot of the ways that people conduct themselves within East Tennessee are welcoming but at the same time in a sort of "right leaning", the people of knoxville and the surrounding areas area mostly "Welcoming but are more aligned to accepting all people and just wanting people to be people in that terms of respect to each other"
Tennessee IS THE BIRTH- PLACE OF THE KKK and its were armed Tenn. police stormed an elementary school and they cuffed and jailed ten six year old first-graders ,Also TENNESSEE was home to walking tall sheriff who beat people with a big stick and after years of being abused and terrified the people in the town finely stooped being afraid and voted his ass out,,TENNESSEE isn't a place for the poor their rights what little they have of them are what the police and THE GOOD OLE BOYS allow them to have,DonT be tricked by these people who come on here and say good- things about the state but the truth is its owned by the police corrupt officials and the GOOD OLE BOYS AND THE STATE MOTTO IS, if the police say shit you had better squat,.
It's really difficult to buy a reasonably priced home, even if you were raised and have family in the area, excellent financing and motivation. Prices are often inflated or show serious foundation repairs after inspection costs. Sadly, some TN home owners encourage the cash 'as is' sales from NY/CA investors. Nice and beautiful begins at home.
@@laurasouders2069 Tennessee is my home. That’s where I don’t want ruined. I’m not talking about a use unkept house. Because so many people have discover our beautiful state housing prices are through the roof. Houses aren’t going up fast enough. Even in my small town houses are practically being built on top of each other. No yard to the property. Crime is up, homelessness is up, more school over crowding. Here in the south we pull over for a funeral out of respect. Here in Tennessee most of us watch traffic, don’t run red lights and don’t blow the horn at the person in front of us at a red light cause they ain’t moving fast enough. Here in Tennessee we wear clothes in public places; not shirtless not a bikini etc. stay in your state and we both get what we want. I could go on and on but I will leave it here. Have a blessed day
@@angiejones968 I have a home in Tennessee. My point is that it's also important for folks in TN to take responsibility for keeping it beautiful and not judge "everyone else" as rude. Sometimes, the person you judge may have more roots to a place than you.
You make it sound like Churches are a bad thing, The religious diet of a rural town/community is very important and if people have a problem with there being "Too many" Churches then I say look someplace else to live.
If you move here, please understand how to be polite and socially decent to your neighbors. Southern hospitality as we call it. Wave high to people at 4 way stops, don’t drive fast, and make small talk at the grocery store. Or, just don’t move here
@@Lyssa0095 I've joked to several of my friends that someone will flip you off and scream at you on the road and the same person, if you happen to be going in to the same place of business will hold the door for you and ask you how your day is going. Dang cars just depersonalize folks.
The cost of housing in east Tennessee is skyrocketing thanks to all the people fleeing liberal cesspools like California, Illinois, New York and most of New England. They show up paying over asking price for a house with cash which is driving our property taxes up. Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are always bumper to bumper traffic with hardly a single car wearing a Tennessee license plate.
The National Park plus Dollywood explains the outlanders in PF & Gatlinburg. Our GA tags were there last week. The park was fabulous, but those towns were way too tacky for our tastes. They make Cherokee look classy. No way would I want to actually live near there.
I know!!!! It pisses me off! Came back from the military and EVERYTHING was different. I blame Dolly Parton for opening that damn park and bringing everyone in. Freakin Yankees and California assholes
People are fleeing liberal places because they want to raise their children in patriotic god loving places. I’ve wanted to move to Tennessee since I visited Bean Station and Knoxville while on a four day pass from Fort Bragg. That was 2002. Loved the hospitality,respect,and pride the good folks of Tennessee showed us California young paratroopers visiting. We are moving there next spring. Wife already got her RN license.
I was born and raised in Tennessee, its a beautiful state with a lot of really nice people. I've been living in new England for 15 years and it still blows my mind how rude people can be.
I lived in Florida for about 12 years (until moving out last year). Always amazed me how rude many of the N.E. people were who either vacationed in Florida or decided to move there.
Tennessee used to be such a beautiful, peaceful state to live in with flat land in the West to gorgeous Rolling Hills in middle Tennessee and then the mountains of East Tennessee. It used to be full of rivers, streams, creeks and beautiful farmland and plenty of Woodlands. There were some larger cities scattered in each direction with many rural towns and communities where people knew neighbors for miles around. Now much of that is being chopped up, divided covered in concrete, Blacktop with subdivision after subdivision replacing all the beautiful landscape and destroying wildlife habitats and Monstrous size Mansions carving out CHUNKS of the previously beautiful, untouched mountains. Not to mention people coming in from other states with pockets so deep that they drive the prices Sky High so people that were born and raised here as Generations before them cannot even afford the American dream. the irony of that is that a good number of the newbies don't even want to integrate with the born and raised here locals viewing them as low class, low life rednecks. Goodbye my BEAUTIFUL Tennessee, so thankful I knew you when you were the REAL DEAL!!
There are still parts of Tennessee that are like that. My county only has a total population of 17k. That would be considered a small town in many places. Tennessee is not the backwards, impoverished state it used to be. We used to be just coal miners & furniture makers, but now we have a multitude of industries that bring higher paying jobs and yes, people from out of state. We have nuclear power plants and modern cities. With this also comes bad things like crime (Memphis) and Liberal city folks( Nashville). We’re still a predominantly Red State, but we are being diluted slowly like many other red states. Fortunately, I don’t see Tennessee turning blue anytime soon. Not all the nicer homes being built and land being bought up are outsiders as many are our children & grandchildren growing up to be more affluent than their ancestors. We love our country roads, rolling hills and mountain views, but so do those that have discovered how beautiful Tennessee is and what a great climate we have. There should be a place here for all walks of life, but if we stay poor and don’t embrace some change, the poor will never have an opportunity to live life outside of poverty.
I know two great towns in Tennessee, but I'm not telling. Don't want it to get too crowded. Question = What is the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee. A Damn Yankee comes to visit and Stays!
I come from a small town in the friendliest province in Canada: hearts delight, Newfoundland. Retired 5 years ago at age 45 in Loretto, TN (2 hr south of Nashville) and married an awesome country boy from Pulaski. The people here are just like home: kind and happy. Great vid!
As much as I enjoy the Smokies and the TN/NC border region, the plateau region between Nashville and Chattanooga is absolutely stunning. I love crossing Nickajack Lake and crossing the plateau at Monteagle on I-24 on the way to Nashville.
@Brad Wright look at Google Maps right now and check again. I-24 literally goes through town before declining back down the plateau. Johnny Cash even wrote a song about trucking down "Monteagle Mountain"
I cross Monteagle and Nickajack lake every time i travel from my city in TN to Atlanta for a concert. the Nickajack is gorgeous, but Monteagle can be a little harrowing depending on the weather and who's driving around you lol
Monteagle on old US 41 (one leg of the Dixie Highway) was the halfway point for Al Capone when he went from Chicago to Florida for vacation. Rather than stay at a hotel, he built a stone house for he and his boys to stay in. I can imagine the place bristling with tommy guns. It is now a fine dinning restaurant I think called The Summit. Good food and really cool house. I would have put Monteagle on the list.
Born and raised here in East Tennessee. Im a town over from Blaine. I absolutely love my small town. I wouldnt trade the view of the mountains and farms for anything!
I think i'm in the same town as you, but I agree wholeheartedly. Plus blaine is right in the gateway to the Grainger county tomato festival and all those tomatoes which are actually known nationwide! Grainger Co. Tomatoes! There's also a lot of parks and DAM lakes and fishing spots not too far from Blaine as well.
Well if people like this guy keeps marketing our state to others the main view you will get is just more people and crap little subdivisions that barely have a blade of grass but will certainly bring in traffic, noise, and the stench of people who think southerner's need to learn how we're all scum.
Grainger County is a truly beautiful county with Norris Lake on one side and Cherokee Lake and the Holston River on the other and Clinch Mountain running down the middle.
You're insane and helping destroy the real estate market. Your lists are always ridiculous. But, hey! What do you care? You're making the big bucks exploiting towns that don't want new people, right?
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A couple of years back, I wanted to get away from it all, I found a cabin to rent in Coker Creek, Tenn. Nice place to visit but not much to do. No complaints here, though!
STOP MOVING TO TN!! WE HAVE A SEVER HOUSING SHORTAGE AND PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED HERE OUR WHOLE LIVES CANT EVEN FIND ANYWHERE TO MOVE TO BECAUSE PEOPLE WON'T STOP MOVING HERE!
Born and raised here … do you know what ruins a small town ?… more people , just saying , most of the cities infrastructure can’t handle the influx of people …
From what I hear a lot of people run from "the People's Republic of California".. I've lived in East Tennessee all my life. Wouldn't want to go anywhere else.
I moved out of Sweetwater two years ago and I think the people that moved into my old house were from California lol. I love Sweetwater for all the nice people and the community, but it can often be toxic. Sweetwater is full of a lot of small town drama.
Moved to Greenback from MI in 91. I was excepted very well and can say that I have never met anyone in TN that is from TN that I didn't like! So....yep, I'm dug in like a Tick and ain't never leaving!
Surprised my town of Crossville wasnt on here: right off of I40, lots of outdoor things to do between Cumberland Mountain State Park and the Catoosa Wildlife Reserve, not too far away from a more major city (Cookeville), it has a hospital just outside of downtown, and it will have a Buc ee's! The only negative is the internet but it is getting better, we are getting Ben Lomond fiber at our house by the end of the year.
Cookeville here as well. Not officially just yet though. Purchased a house as a 2nd home in late 2021, hoping my NYC employer would allow my function to go fully remote since we had been that way for 18 months. Didn't happen, so I am still wearing the "golden handcuffs" for one more bonus cycle. Visiting in October, hoping to make the full time move in early 2023. Love the area.
Mountain City is very nice. It's also only 30 minutes or so from Boone, in NC. Home of Appalachian State U. and a fabulous little college town. (2 of my kids went there.) Gorgeous area.
We love it up here on the top northeast portion of the state. Mountain City has developed in strides in my 40 plus years of living here. The advantage is the great outdoors and proximity to Boone, North Carolina and Abingdon, Virginia! We can literally step into 3 states. The Tri-Cities also has Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport nearby!
The state is only going to stay beautiful if people stop flocking to our small towns. Mine is completely unrecognizable after ten years of people moving here. They took out our beautiful forests and built sub divisions, retails stores and gas stations. It looks like garbage now, and we don't even get to have our annual festival and parade this year because not enough people will volunteer. No one knows the history, or their neighbors. Stay out of our state before you ruin it.
Videos like this especially during the pandemic is why the people that have lived and worked here all their lives can't afford it any more. All the people from Cali New York etc buying up everything and want cali prices. Now these towns have huge homeless rate because of that
You mentioned smallmouth fishing. Even as a kid in the 60's I read about Tennessee's great smallie lakes and rivers. Getting down to Dale Hollow is on my bucket list. Last I heard, that's still the home of the world's record.
Damn right! Lol yet we're pulling up some nice pike, Muskies, n stuff here in WV... ...N of course,, bluegill/sunfish makes for mini fish sammies! Lol Can't wait for trout this Spring!!!!
Fish have been caught that were much bigger in Washington state and Alaska than any ever caught here in Tennessee. I'm from Washington, I've seen 120 lb sturgeon and 80 lb Chinook
Us, raised here in TN, we don't want you coming here from the north, northeast or the west or the pacific northwest... Midwesterners appreciate gun ownership, the rest of you have too much nonsense to argue about. Don't move here. We don't appreciate it. It's why we are raising rent in these areas, so the outsiders don't think they are getting some jackpot deal and maybe you'll just stick to Chattanooga, or Knoxville and respect the distance of us folks on these outskirt county roads.... Keep your city paradigms, in the city. Yall move here because of political reasons and stuff being cheaper.... Yet yall move here and vote the exact same way... Paradigm.... Move from that first..
American hospitals no longer offer Healthcare, let alone exceptional. They don't even teach wellness in medical school. Haven't for years. They are drug traffickers and butcher shops, pushing meds and surgery.
I think one reason crime rates are listed as higher in rural Tennessee is because unlike many places the law is still enforced here. We respect law enforcement here unlike many places. Most of us anyway. And we’re not restricted as much with gun ownership. Crime here doesn’t go unpunished.
And I do believe the kind of people living in these towns has a lot to do with it too, cannot speak more precisely about the issue without being called a racist though, so I'll keep it to myself.
We lived in NE TN and absolutely loved it!! We would still be there if the place where my husband worked did not close. Now retired would love to go back. Miss it terribly and consider it home. I am from IN but that area spoke to me.
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I know the majority will disagree, but I prefer visiting Memphis. I’ve lived in Memphis and Nashville and I would never live in either one again, but I prefer visiting Memphis out of the two. Give me some Blues, BBQ, and Shelby Farms and I’m happy. But only for a visit.
Overall, Memphis has a high violent crime rate, but it DOES have some authentic culture. Good music, BBQ, art, and museums. I plan on going back there to visit, seeing that I live only about 75 miles away in Mississippi.
To each his own. I prefer Nashville because the violent crime rate is a fraction of Memphis. There's plenty of culture in Nashville, too. However, I take where I live now over the other 2. Knoxville. University of Tennessee, the Smoky Mountains, Big South Fork, incredible lakes and rivers. Knoxville is ideal.
Come on Briggs do your homework. Half of those town are crap. I live in the Tri-Cities area no Tennessee very well and there's so much nicer places than those little towns with about the same population. Check out Blountville or Elizabethton so much nicer
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Parsons is 40 mins from Jackson Tn. Great hospitals and restaurants. Also buffalo river is really close to Parsons. Lots of Canoers and kayakers.Also good smallmouth fishing as well as the Tn river.
I'm from Memphis, grew up there. Is it dangerous? Sure.. if you don't know how to act right. If you act like you're a pushover, you'll find problems. If you act out like you're looking for problems, you'll find them. That said, there is amazing food (better than Nashville) and culture to be had there. Don't turn down the wrong road, and definitely don't panic or look like a target if you do and you'll be fine.
Couldn’t pay me to live in Memphis. Check the crime rate . I live just north of memphis know all about that shit hole . It’s sad cause it could be a great place if someone cleaned it up .
@@billapperson2257 I heard that. It's my birthplace and I don't even think about it anymore. Went to college there in the 90s (and it was already going downhill, like my dad predicted, and why we moved out in the 70s) then I was done with it. Haven't been back. Iron bars on my birth home windows. And this is near Graceland..smh....the golden age is over.
I live in Tennessee, Mountain city should be the last place you ever want to move or retire! Conveniently located 50 miles from the nearest Walmart. Very few places to eat besides fast food and only a few of those. Mountain city hospital can only do so much consider that golden hour and you are 50 miles from the hospital. Even if "Wings" flies you they have to come and get you from the hospital then returned. The clock is ticking! There is nothing to do, nowhere to go, I lived there 4 years.
Warning! Be careful moving into eastern Tennessee, Don’t go to Tennessee you thinking you’re going to change political standings! You might end up bear food!
There's only three towns in Tennessee that are basically liberal. The most obvious Memphis and then one close to Memphis. Chattanooga is about half and half
I was born and raised in East Tennessee and I'm very familiar with Mountain City, TN. There is quite a lot of crime in Mountain City that does not get reported because it and the surrounding towns are very corrupt in the political districts. Carter County Tennessee is especially wrought with crime, corruption, and more. Yes, the internet is good. Charter and it used to be Comcast dominated the areas and they brought in pretty good internet about 15 years ago. Most of Tennessee is also tourism based, so when it comes to the locals, they could care less. The state and local governments want what they can get out of taxes, that's why they have the highest sales tax in the nation. Property taxes in relation to the cost of living are relatively high as well. My Mother pays more than $1k yearly on 3.6 acres of land with only a mobile home on it and no one actually living on the property currently. Much of East Tennessee is in flooding zones and there have been some very nasty flooding events that have happened there. Just pull up the flooding that occurred in 1998. Watauga Lake sits very close to Mountain City, so you do have that as an option for entertainment, but be prepared to pay at every location that you can get to at the lake on top of the taxes already established. Local government also likes to take it upon themselves to block off lake access everywhere except the places that you have to pay to access. Now, lets talk about cost of living...it is high in relation to the pay. When I left Tennessee in 2015, you could barely get more than minimum wage at most jobs, but the rent and housing prices had increased so much that most people could not afford anything on that rate of pay. Of course, as with everything else that is being highly influenced by leftists, the rate of pay has increased, but the jobs have not. The only real work in these areas is restaurants, hotels, and healthcare. If you planned on trying to get work in the government there, forget it, there's nepotism abounding, so if you're not related to someone already in the government jobs, you're not going to get a government job. Just for example, I applied for a government job in Carter County, TN. I have certificates, went to college, did several training programs, worked in Washington DC before for the CWLA, and was with AT&T for over 7 years. I applied for a County Clerk position, took the Civil test requirement, and I hold a government clearance. They hired the current police Chief's 18 year old, straight out of high school, 0 training niece over me and a number of other qualified candidates. One of the County Clerk's held position for well over 50 years and it has been a notable, reported upon issue of County Clerk's using each others signatures even when they are not present on documents. There has been embezzlement issues, bribery, and the recent prior police Chief impregnated an underage girl. So, if you think you can handle all of these things, and you can Google them, it's all right there, then go for it.
Thanks for the reality check. I'm very familiar with small town corruption and you described it perfectly. It's kept out of the news, which is also corrupt.
@@pugsymalone6539 You are right. There is so much swept under the rug there. I did not even get into the prescription and illegal drug abuse or the higher rate of incest and violent sex offenses that occur there. I am very much about realism. Tennessee is gorgeous, that is true, but the level of corruption is astounding. Is everyone like that? No. However, it is such a significant issue, that it is quite noticable. The state of Tennessee tried to force my daughter to continue paying Tennessee car insurance for 3 years after she had moved in with me in Wyoming. The car insurance companies here and in Tennessee were confused to the point they were calling the state about it and were directed to Homeland Security in TN because they are the ones you have to contact now if an issue goes beyond the local government and DMV. We ended up having to pay for Tennessee insurance for years after we had already moved. These are the crappy things that Tennessee does to people. NC is even worse and their laws are horrendous. It is like those 2 states pulled their laws and directions out of a Cracker Jack box.
@@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead Well, if anything else, your diatribe here might dissuade someone from considering coming here - so I thank you for that much, anyways.
True on the oldest part (we're close by to the 2nd oldest up here). That said, y'all are a tad expensive down there and a bit more blue in your politics, too.
Please stop telling people about the places in Tennessee. We've had 96,000 people moving here EVERY MONTH for the last 8 years. It has driven up the property tax for every native Tennessean, increased the amount of traffic and noise, and they've brought their own sh*tty attitudes from their home states and are negatively impacting our culture, and IT IS NO LONGER INEXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE! Subdivisions of people living damn near on top of each other are like cancers growing in these "rural" areas which unfortunately are homes that only people from out of state can afford because of the historically low wages of NATIVE TENNESSEANS who can't afford the same home. Look at Arkansas for God's sake!
Dude you are completely wrong about mountain city Tennessee. I know I lived there and you left out the huge drug problem. You left out there is a max prison just south of mountain city and a lot of the convicts family members move to Johnson county where mountain city is. The city and county is mostly full of snobby hateful people who treat newcomers like they are unwanted the meth and opioid crisis is really bad. Also, Boone NC is only 16 miles from mountain city and is easier access to Appalachian health care hospitals and specialist.
I’m really wondering why Tennessee is starting to become such a hotspot. Our real estate prices have tripled in the last year. Not to mention my town of 600 has doubled since covid.
I can speak for myself as to why we just purchased property there. It’s a gorgeous state, lower cost of living, no state income tax, very friendly people, and most importantly to us….it’s a red state. Born and raised in CA and this state has been ruined, it’s so sad.
@@thebestseason5034 well my county just raised its property tax 5.5% and many others are going to follow. I know I’m complaining, but our industry isn’t willing to keep up with the cost of living. If this keeps up it won’t have the small town laid back feel
Look at all the plates and you will notice a pattern: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, Illinois they are all blue states and most of those people who have those plates are Republicans fleeing from their blue states. Tennessee is especially popular with NE Republicans because the eastern part of the state is extremely similar to the NE in terms of landscape and climate
When you mention Spectrum as the primary internet carrier, I automatically strike that city off the list. Poor customer service, and their constant rate hikes are unreasonable.
I enjoy these videos! I live in a nice town in California. My sisters live in southern Kentucky around Franklin, just north of Portland , Tennessee. The fire seasons have been vicious and I have been going out Tennessee and Kentucky for a month or two around September. Given how dry and hot it is becoming in CA I especially enjoyed the beautiful green and the moist weather. I am grateful for what CA has provided for me so I will hang in there and see if I can help out, so don’t worry, I am not moving to Tennessee.
We live in a small Central Valley town. We can’t wait to leave California. This place has just gone to hell. Bad politics has ruined the state. From water rights, immigration, civil rights, medical freedom, taxes. The only thing I like about California is the weather isn’t cold here.
I really wish videos like this weren't made. Those of us that choose to live the rural life don't appreciate all the people fleeing their cesspool of a state, moving to these rural towns, not liking their way of life and then trying to change it! Stay away! We don't want your way of life!
MARYVILLE TN #1 You have a small Pleasantville town of all cultures and 30 mins to1 hr away from everything Cades Cove, Dollywood, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, UT Hospital, UT College. No homeless no crime. Cheap good food and Major airport 15 mins away. Amazon building and ALOT of jobs in Alcoa and Knoxville right next to Maryville. YOu over looked this gem. If you want the country they have that in Blount County next to Maryville also
I haven't watched the video talking about Thompson Station as a rural town, but while that may be technically true, it's really a sub-burb of Nashville, and housing prices are probably not what most folks are looking for. Interstate 840 is pretty much East/West and Interstate 65 is North/South. I have lived in both Spring Hill and Franklin TN with Thompson Station in the middle. In fact, Spring Hill and Thompson Station have much overlap, (Franklin too) with subdivisions and shopping right next to each other in one or the other. Unless you know exactly where the line is, it's easy to get confused. As an added insight. People are flooding to Tennessee from all over, but many from what some would call the Blue States, so prices are a bit out of control. Thompson Station is affected by this. I personally know of folks putting a bid on a house but needed financing, then someone from California comes in goes 50K over asking, and pays cash. Others have gone 100K over to get stuff. Albeit 4000+ Sq/Ft newer home. Even before Covid, it was starting to get out of control.
I live in Thompsons Station. I've had my property tax that took 25+ years to get to the point it was at DOUBLE in one year. Instead of living in the country like I wanted I'm surrounded by a bunch of subdivisions and assholes that take their dogs INTO THE GROCERY STORE sitting in a grocery cart EVEN THOUGH THAT IS NOT ALLOWED!! People have moved here who APPRECIATE how courteous the south is because it makes it easier for them to BULLDOZE OVER US! What used to require a 5 acre minimum to build a home has been replaced with subdivisions of homes that a native Tennessean can't afford on LESS than even a 1/4 acre because somehow subdivisions can bypass that 5 acre requirement. So now it's too much traffic, a bunch of noisy f*ckers with their g'damn thumping radio in what used to be a peaceful and refreshing area. Oh, and crime. It's not like the cream of the crop is moving here. It's trash from other states who can purchase more in ours, so what used to be upscale neighborhoods are being brought down too. Need MORE competition for jobs? Well, you have it and the hardest hit are the older workers.
Homes are selling very quickly. If you have acreage along with your home. My son had 5 acres in Greenback,Tn. He purchased it 7 years ago for 125,000. They listed it for 325,000. A retired couple from a northern state bought it two days after visiting for 450,000 cash with a option of complete occupation in 3 weeks. They sold their cattle and farm equipment very quickly and moved. They were getting a divorce and was already beginning the process of moving out. Real estate is selling very quickly quickly here. Very expensive and many townhouses also. My neighbor sold his the day after they put his sign up. I live in Calhoun , Tn. Very rural in 1986 but seems like was a dream. Great place to live.
Yes indeed. These are as important as medical facilities (barring emergencies) in the sense that exercise and consumption of healthy food will help to keep you out of the medical facilities. Buying meat and vegetables directly from local farmers is an even better choice. Pay the farmer or pay the pharmacist. I'll opt for the former.
Fun Fact: Blaine does NOT have any "GYMS" that you can go to but do have close-by hiking tails up in the "House mountain national park" but they do have a nearby chain grocery store called "Food City" which does have a good selection of food products that you would NOT be remise about diversity of foodstuffs
What about Sparta Tn??? Nice place. 5-6k. Growing town. McMinnville cave near by. Lots to do within 40 miles. 100 miles from Nashville. About 100 miles to Knoxville. 60 miles or so to Chattanooga
@@Katskinstudios you can find problems anywhere if u look hard enough. I still have family living there. One area is questionable but overall I would retire there. Coming from where I am that is close to paradise.
Crossville too IDK why that wasn't on here its arguably better than many of these towns because it has an interstate connection that most of these towns don't have
OK I live in Byrdstown TN. And there is a hospital only 12 minutes away in Albany Ky. Now a Walmart on the other hand is 45 minutes to 3 different ones and there are jobs here your just not going to be a millionaire
Al, I rode my motorcycle from Hendersonville last week to check out Byrdstown and the surrounding area. Neat little town, friendly folks...the Bobcat Den was a nice surprise - great food! I'm an old SCUBA diver and have been known to do a bit of fishing, too. Looks like a great place.
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS CHANNEL FOR RESEARCH!!!Briggs failed to disclose one major thing about Mountain City, it's the home of a almost 2000 male prisoners at Northest Correctional Complex a place that's always hiring!😅😂🤣
Its a 12 minute video. How much of the information YOU think is important should he include. Maybe your opinion is so important that he should call you? Dummy
I go to dickson from Clarksville now and then and enjoy stopping at the Amish country store in Charlotte when we pass thru. Just moved here from Los Angeles 8 months ago and love it. My sisters family lives in Cunningham
@@semicountryliving3095 yup...I grew up in Charlotte...I remember when the big department store in Dickson was Elmore's five and dime...lol...but the growth rate now is out of control...forced us 10yrs ago to move to a neighboring County that's very small and I love it....but folks from California and New York are starting to move out here...I'm like how the heck did you even find this place? Lol...
My wife and I just moved to Charlotte, TN from Las Vegas,NV about 6 months ago. The lady at Sweet Charlottes told us they have new people from CA coming in all the time. I guess Charlotte is getting popular for Newsom refugees.
I live within a 40-50 mile radius of Mtn City TN … what you forgot to mention, or maybe you just missed seeing it .. & might be very important to some folks.. it is also home to a minimum security prison in Mtn City … never really heard any problems arising from it tho & was raised in this area for the last 53 years & O yes it is a beautiful place to live with access to many outdoor activities & not an extreme drive to the gorgeous Mountains of North Carolina
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Born and raised in this great state of Tennessee grew up on the Cumberland Plateau. Now I live in East Tennessee around the Knoxville area. One thing I will say is I wish people would stop moving here it’s ridiculous. I constantly see people from the north east and California moving here. Just don’t try and change our way of life here.
Really? I live and grew up in Cumberland County. I was born in Indiana moved to Tennessee at 10 yrs old. Left Tennessee at 16 moved back here 21 years ago.
I live in AZ, and I need me some running outdoors water. Don't worry though, no Cali politics here.
I wish people would stop moving here
An interesting thing I saw of political influence carried by people moving states, TX, AZ, NV, Idaho, and OH are being moved politically lefter. However certain states are staying 60%+ right from their immigration. Iowa,TN, and to a lesser extend many Midwest/great plains states are not being pulled as hard.
I myself am a California immigrant to TN 😂😬😂, and personally I'm pretty sure I'm more freedom loving than at least half the people here.
All I want to say is even though California votes 75% for loonies, a disproportionate amount of the people leaving are those people, and even less so for those moving to TN in particular.
@@EmmaHopman Most of them loonies are moving to Memphis, Nashville and Jackson the rest of the state doesn’t claim those 3 counties.
PLEASE! STOP! Tennessee is FULL!!! Too many have moved here already! Leave us alone, Briggs!
I'm with you! People from here can't even afford the rent here anymore or find an affordable home to buy.
Same goes for Kentucky.
About around 15% natives now. Ugh
Agreed! Stay away! And we don’t want you’re b.s. politics either...
Lol That doesn’t make any sense.
Actually there are dozens of small towns in Tenn that are nice (and fit your silly criteria. Glad you missed most of them so they stay small and unpolluted by Yankees and Californians.
Unfortunately a lot of them did make it onto that list.
I'm am a so called "Yankee", but I respect little towns and the people that live in these small towns. I grew up in a small town back in the 60s and we had farm land, tobacco fields, a drive-in, could ride horses on the road, had horse farms and friendly neighbors. It's called Portland, CT. Not all "Yankees" are bad people
Not all Yankees and Californians are bad people.
I hate it when people post videos of "beautiful secret place only locals know about" then when the locals go back to visit its been completely destroyed
What about country folk from wyoming
Good video, however most people who live in Parsons would go to Jackson for hospital care, which is a 45 min drive instead of Nashville which is an 1:30 drive. Jackson has the largest hospital group outside of Memphis and a little piece of history: MD Anderson of the same named Cancer hospital in Houston TX was born in Jackson, but the Kirkland Cancer Center is state of the art.
True, having my baby in Jackson this week. JMCGH is a great hospital, with helicopter abilities if your needs are higher than they can give.
Maybe those of us in the Memphis area should go to Jackson
@@cariemorgangraff4829 jksn use to have a lot to offer back in early 2000 now it’s slowly drying up
I'm in Houston near MD Anderson, my father died of colon cancer under care of MD Anderson, it's not that great imo.
I live in jackson. I really don’t appreciate how he disrespected Memphis. Without the crime issue Memphis isn’t bad. It sounds like he just googled some stuff
In town (TN), we have Comcast (600 mps= 6 times the world average) which is being upgraded, AT&T twisted pair, AT&T fiber to the premise. And now Ignite (FTTP).
We moved out to Van Buren county from the Nashville area. We grew up in Rutherford county and well if you know the areas then you know how congested they've become. We're within arms reach of Rock island state park. We love it out here.
Rock Island is a beautiful place! We did the Twin Falls loop a few weeks ago and it was really cool - especially the little overhang cave that looks like something out of a Disney movie - looks kinda like a mammoth skull carved out of the rock.
@@WilliamBryanTucker nice I haven't heard about that overhang cave. Where is it?
@@supergluedgarlicbutter9589 It’s on the Twin Falls trail - on a little side trail up the hill. Not very far from the parking area. Wish I could explain it better. :-/
I live in NW Tennessee, right in the area by *"8 of the 10" "Picks if Worse Towns in Tennessee" are located.* ... No, really.
If I were selecting, Middle Tennessee is a more attractive geography, and then in the Near East, Chattanooga is truly a desirable city.
When choosing a preferred location, we tend to think the People, their Attitudes affect the energy of the area, and it certainly can,, *"however, I've mastered the Higher Mind Perspective": What others think, "Not my Business" nor Concern", I realized it is my:*
* Thoughts + Feelings X Beliefs that are Creating my Reality."*
... and that means *"Anywhere can be Paradise"*
Others are not responsible for my happiness, I am.
Just like the Law of Attraction defines.
😘
Get Happy, then ...
We Tennesseans have a saying... if you moved here and are trying to make Tennessee more like where you came from, then move back to where you came from because Tennessee was amazing before you got here... we dont want California or New York influence here. we've seen how bad you've screwed those places up.
Rent prices in Knoxville have gone up 35% in the past two years. I want to be welcoming to people from
Out of state coming here but I worry they will bring their horrible social and political beliefs with them. Not to
Mention the price hikes.
Don't worry too much about knoxville. Sure a bunch have come in but i think they're seeing that a lot of the ways that people conduct themselves within East Tennessee are welcoming but at the same time in a sort of "right leaning", the people of knoxville and the surrounding areas area mostly "Welcoming but are more aligned to accepting all people and just wanting people to be people in that terms of respect to each other"
Loved videos but can you add if these places have flooding or prone to toronados?
All of Tennessee is prone to tornadoes.
Videos like this are why TN is getting flooded with out-of-staters.
I lived in TN for about 6 months and I will say that the state is beautiful no matter where you are in the state.
And the people are great
Not in Memphis.
The only success here is the
crime.
@@lyndawilliams7630
Lol!!
You funny.
Tennessee IS THE BIRTH- PLACE OF THE KKK and its were armed Tenn. police stormed an elementary school and they cuffed and jailed ten six year old first-graders ,Also TENNESSEE was home to walking tall sheriff who beat people with a big stick and after years of being abused and terrified the people in the town finely stooped being afraid and voted his ass out,,TENNESSEE isn't a place for the poor their rights what little they have of them are what the police and THE GOOD OLE BOYS allow them to have,DonT be tricked by these people who come on here and say good- things about the state but the truth is its owned by the police corrupt officials and the GOOD OLE BOYS AND THE STATE MOTTO IS, if the police say shit you had better squat,.
Sunstar Burst yes but that’s true of Houston, Tulsa and other great red states!
We don’t want more rude people here in Tennessee. We want to keep it beautiful.
It's really difficult to buy a reasonably priced home, even if you were raised and have family in the area, excellent financing and motivation. Prices are often inflated or show serious foundation repairs after inspection costs. Sadly, some TN home owners encourage the cash 'as is' sales from NY/CA investors. Nice and beautiful begins at home.
@@laurasouders2069 Tennessee is my home. That’s where I don’t want ruined. I’m not talking about a use unkept house. Because so many people have discover our beautiful state housing prices are through the roof. Houses aren’t going up fast enough. Even in my small town houses are practically being built on top of each other. No yard to the property. Crime is up, homelessness is up, more school over crowding. Here in the south we pull over for a funeral out of respect. Here in Tennessee most of us watch traffic, don’t run red lights and don’t blow the horn at the person in front of us at a red light cause they ain’t moving fast enough. Here in Tennessee we wear clothes in public places; not shirtless not a bikini etc. stay in your state and we both get what we want. I could go on and on but I will leave it here. Have a blessed day
@@angiejones968 I have a home in Tennessee. My point is that it's also important for folks in TN to take responsibility for keeping it beautiful and not judge "everyone else" as rude. Sometimes, the person you judge may have more roots to a place than you.
How about you, as well as those that gave you up votes, can leave instead?
@@angiejones968 I live in Tennessee and I disagree with you.
You make it sound like Churches are a bad thing, The religious diet of a rural town/community is very important and if people have a problem with there being "Too many" Churches then I say look someplace else to live.
💯 stay away!
The lack of Christian morals are why the U.S. is turning into a degenerate-filled dump.
Except for the churches that prescribe hate for everyone not in their fold. And there are a lot of them
i live in east Tennessee all my life we dont need any more people from bad places that bring their crap with them if you do hope you like guns
They just don’t need to move here period
Hey, don't send people to our state.
You are are a real jerk. You don't own the whole State. How unchristian of you.
Right!?
All these people are going to ruin it like everywhere else
Yeah, don’t need no Yankees.
Thank you.. keep those assholes where they are.. sure af don't need.. leave Thompson station alone to, way to close to me
Born in TN live in TN and will be laid to rest in TN. Been many places seen many things but nothing compares to my beloved Tennessee.
You are so right
You are so very blessed!
If you move here, please understand how to be polite and socially decent to your neighbors. Southern hospitality as we call it. Wave high to people at 4 way stops, don’t drive fast, and make small talk at the grocery store.
Or, just don’t move here
I live in Tennessee and literally everyone drives mad crazy, trucks will tailgate. However my neighborhood still waves hello
@@Lyssa0095 I've joked to several of my friends that someone will flip you off and scream at you on the road and the same person, if you happen to be going in to the same place of business will hold the door for you and ask you how your day is going. Dang cars just depersonalize folks.
@@WilliamBryanTucker lol yes! your comment is hilarious 🤣❤
And get your ass onto the shoulder of the road if you meet a funeral procession.
REVEREND!!
Tennessee is completely full if you are a Democrat but if you happen to have common sense and you are a Republican come on in
Are you kidding. Nashville area is more liberal than Chicago
Biden 88% of the vote in Nashville
@@petery559 and you believe that number?
Bless your heart
You can keep your nonsense crap hole.
The cost of housing in east Tennessee is skyrocketing thanks to all the people fleeing liberal cesspools like California, Illinois, New York and most of New England. They show up paying over asking price for a house with cash which is driving our property taxes up. Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are always bumper to bumper traffic with hardly a single car wearing a Tennessee license plate.
The National Park plus Dollywood explains the outlanders in PF & Gatlinburg. Our GA tags were there last week. The park was fabulous, but those towns were way too tacky for our tastes. They make Cherokee look classy. No way would I want to actually live near there.
@@chipbrown433 good please stay away
I know!!!! It pisses me off! Came back from the military and EVERYTHING was different. I blame Dolly Parton for opening that damn park and bringing everyone in. Freakin Yankees and California assholes
People are fleeing liberal places because they want to raise their children in patriotic god loving places. I’ve wanted to move to Tennessee since I visited Bean Station and Knoxville while on a four day pass from Fort Bragg. That was 2002. Loved the hospitality,respect,and pride the good folks of Tennessee showed us California young paratroopers visiting. We are moving there next spring. Wife already got her RN license.
They're worse in NC but politics have nothing to do with it.
I was born and raised in Tennessee, its a beautiful state with a lot of really nice people. I've been living in new England for 15 years and it still blows my mind how rude people can be.
I lived in Florida for about 12 years (until moving out last year). Always amazed me how rude many of the N.E. people were who either vacationed in Florida or decided to move there.
They're not called yankees for nothin'
Yep and a lot of them are moving to Tennessee which is making it rude as well.
TN people will smile at you whilst stabbing you in the back. New England people will let you know how they feel.
Come back to Tennessee. It’s a great place to be from and to live.
PLEASE STOP MOVING TO TENNESSEE WE ARE HAVING A HOUSING SHORTAGE
Tennessee used to be such a beautiful, peaceful state to live in with flat land in the West to gorgeous Rolling Hills in middle Tennessee and then the mountains of East Tennessee. It used to be full of rivers, streams, creeks and beautiful farmland and plenty of Woodlands. There were some larger cities scattered in each direction with many rural towns and communities where people knew neighbors for miles around. Now much of that is being chopped up, divided covered in concrete, Blacktop with subdivision after subdivision replacing all the beautiful landscape and destroying wildlife habitats and Monstrous size Mansions carving out CHUNKS of the previously beautiful, untouched mountains. Not to mention people coming in from other states with pockets so deep that they drive the prices Sky High so people that were born and raised here as Generations before them cannot even afford the American dream. the irony of that is that a good number of the newbies don't even want to integrate with the born and raised here locals viewing them as low class, low life rednecks. Goodbye my BEAUTIFUL Tennessee, so thankful I knew you when you were the REAL DEAL!!
Where is the new Tennessee? Seems like this is happening all over the nation.
thats everywhere now. Hasnt happened yet where im at very much yet but its slowly happening
Lol how fucking old are you? You’re describing Tennessee in the early 20th century and much of Tennessee is still rural so stop whining
@@RockDude84 it’s already HAPPENED it’s not “happening” now
There are still parts of Tennessee that are like that. My county only has a total population of 17k. That would be considered a small town in many places. Tennessee is not the backwards, impoverished state it used to be. We used to be just coal miners & furniture makers, but now we have a multitude of industries that bring higher paying jobs and yes, people from out of state. We have nuclear power plants and modern cities. With this also comes bad things like crime (Memphis) and Liberal city folks( Nashville). We’re still a predominantly Red State, but we are being diluted slowly like many other red states. Fortunately, I don’t see Tennessee turning blue anytime soon. Not all the nicer homes being built and land being bought up are outsiders as many are our children & grandchildren growing up to be more affluent than their ancestors. We love our country roads, rolling hills and mountain views, but so do those that have discovered how beautiful Tennessee is and what a great climate we have. There should be a place here for all walks of life, but if we stay poor and don’t embrace some change, the poor will never have an opportunity to live life outside of poverty.
I know two great towns in Tennessee, but I'm not telling. Don't want it to get too crowded.
Question = What is the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee.
A Damn Yankee comes to visit and Stays!
😅🥺
Be nice, we're all Americans!
I'm not thinking of moving to Tenn. but I would like to visit.🎶📖 🎨🖌️🌿
I come from a small town in the friendliest province in Canada: hearts delight, Newfoundland. Retired 5 years ago at age 45 in Loretto, TN (2 hr south of Nashville) and married an awesome country boy from Pulaski. The people here are just like home: kind and happy. Great vid!
I went to Loretto High School and grew up in Leoma/Center Point! I live in Morristown between Johnson City and Knoxville now.
How did you retire by 45?
@@fackeyutub-emael6545 I worked in health care long hours (self-employed) and invested when I was young. 🤗
Born and raised in loretto and still here
You definitely don’t look your age 😉
As much as I enjoy the Smokies and the TN/NC border region, the plateau region between Nashville and Chattanooga is absolutely stunning. I love crossing Nickajack Lake and crossing the plateau at Monteagle on I-24 on the way to Nashville.
@Brad Wright look at Google Maps right now and check again. I-24 literally goes through town before declining back down the plateau. Johnny Cash even wrote a song about trucking down "Monteagle Mountain"
I cross Monteagle and Nickajack lake every time i travel from my city in TN to Atlanta for a concert. the Nickajack is gorgeous, but Monteagle can be a little harrowing depending on the weather and who's driving around you lol
Monteagle on old US 41 (one leg of the Dixie Highway) was the halfway point for Al Capone when he went from Chicago to Florida for vacation. Rather than stay at a hotel, he built a stone house for he and his boys to stay in. I can imagine the place bristling with tommy guns. It is now a fine dinning restaurant I think called The Summit. Good food and really cool house. I would have put Monteagle on the list.
Thank you. That’s my town. Cumberland plateau is abs😢beautiful
@Brad Wright I beg your pardon. I live right next to I24.
I live in Middle Tennessee, but East Tennessee is especially nice.
Born and raised here in East Tennessee. Im a town over from Blaine. I absolutely love my small town. I wouldnt trade the view of the mountains and farms for anything!
I think i'm in the same town as you, but I agree wholeheartedly. Plus blaine is right in the gateway to the Grainger county tomato festival and all those tomatoes which are actually known nationwide! Grainger Co. Tomatoes! There's also a lot of parks and DAM lakes and fishing spots not too far from Blaine as well.
Well if people like this guy keeps marketing our state to others the main view you will get is just more people and crap little subdivisions that barely have a blade of grass but will certainly bring in traffic, noise, and the stench of people who think southerner's need to learn how we're all scum.
Washburn?
Grainger County is a truly beautiful county with Norris Lake on one side and Cherokee Lake and the Holston River on the other and Clinch Mountain running down the middle.
Next time I’m in town I’ll look you up 😉
Stop telling people to come here plz.
You're insane and helping destroy the real estate market. Your lists are always ridiculous. But, hey! What do you care? You're making the big bucks exploiting towns that don't want new people, right?
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A couple of years back, I wanted to get away from it all, I found a cabin to rent in Coker Creek, Tenn. Nice place to visit but not much to do. No complaints here, though!
Coker creek is one of the few places in Tennessee you can find gold.
I love Tellico Plains and Coker Creek
STOP MOVING TO TN!! WE HAVE A SEVER HOUSING SHORTAGE AND PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED HERE OUR WHOLE LIVES CANT EVEN FIND ANYWHERE TO MOVE TO BECAUSE PEOPLE WON'T STOP MOVING HERE!
Same happened to idaho because of the Californian influx, why I now live in Tennessee...and it's happening here now....maybe mexico🤔
Truth
So true - well said. This fact has really got me in the jam.
Your funny
Ha ha, try Florida 🤣. Welcome to my world. Talk about population growth.
We are full no vacancies
Born and raised here … do you know what ruins a small town ?… more people , just saying , most of the cities infrastructure can’t handle the influx of people …
I fled the peoples republic of california and landed in what in all my 66 years is the best place I ever lived I proudly say "SWEETWATER,TN is my home
I’m glad you found a great home. One day soon I’d like to move to Tennessee from Florida. I guess I just prefer the mountains to the beach.
Sweetwater is a great place, I am not from there but have visited there a few times and always enjoyed it. Welcome to Tennessee!
From what I hear a lot of people run from "the People's Republic of California".. I've lived in East Tennessee all my life. Wouldn't want to go anywhere else.
I moved out of Sweetwater two years ago and I think the people that moved into my old house were from California lol. I love Sweetwater for all the nice people and the community, but it can often be toxic. Sweetwater is full of a lot of small town drama.
I’m right up the road from you in Greenback!
Moved to Greenback from MI in 91. I was excepted very well and can say that I have never met anyone in TN that is from TN that I didn't like! So....yep, I'm dug in like a Tick and ain't never leaving!
Surprised my town of Crossville wasnt on here: right off of I40, lots of outdoor things to do between Cumberland Mountain State Park and the Catoosa Wildlife Reserve, not too far away from a more major city (Cookeville), it has a hospital just outside of downtown, and it will have a Buc ee's! The only negative is the internet but it is getting better, we are getting Ben Lomond fiber at our house by the end of the year.
Cookeville here. Hiya Neighbor.
@@heatherjohnson5659 Been there many times, Cookeville is a nice town
We moved to Crossville from Oak Ridge TN. Love the area
@@joyallen1851 Just moved here from New York actually. Like Oak Ridge as well, nice town with alot of history
Cookeville here as well. Not officially just yet though. Purchased a house as a 2nd home in late 2021, hoping my NYC employer would allow my function to go fully remote since we had been that way for 18 months. Didn't happen, so I am still wearing the "golden handcuffs" for one more bonus cycle. Visiting in October, hoping to make the full time move in early 2023. Love the area.
Mountain City is very nice. It's also only 30 minutes or so from Boone, in NC. Home of Appalachian State U. and a fabulous little college town. (2 of my kids went there.) Gorgeous area.
We love it up here on the top northeast portion of the state. Mountain City has developed in strides in my 40 plus years of living here. The advantage is the great outdoors and proximity to Boone, North Carolina and Abingdon, Virginia! We can literally step into 3 states. The Tri-Cities also has Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport nearby!
@@randallringwald5059 Yes, it's a beautiful area for sure. Abingdon is great as well!
@Armed UAV No kidding. We are already flooded with transplants from blue states.
Not sure why Briggs said it was near West Virginia. It's not even considered western Virginia just north of Mountain City is it?
@@thatsonebadhatharry8610 An hour to Bristol, which is definitely Western Va.
The state is only going to stay beautiful if people stop flocking to our small towns. Mine is completely unrecognizable after ten years of people moving here. They took out our beautiful forests and built sub divisions, retails stores and gas stations. It looks like garbage now, and we don't even get to have our annual festival and parade this year because not enough people will volunteer. No one knows the history, or their neighbors. Stay out of our state before you ruin it.
Videos like this especially during the pandemic is why the people that have lived and worked here all their lives can't afford it any more. All the people from Cali New York etc buying up everything and want cali prices. Now these towns have huge homeless rate because of that
You mentioned smallmouth fishing. Even as a kid in the 60's I read about Tennessee's great smallie lakes and rivers. Getting down to Dale Hollow is on my bucket list. Last I heard, that's still the home of the world's record.
Damn right! Lol yet we're pulling up some nice pike, Muskies, n stuff here in WV... ...N of course,, bluegill/sunfish makes for mini fish sammies! Lol Can't wait for trout this Spring!!!!
That’s not a typical Tn lake. Much deeper, clearer and colder . Love Tennessee
I'm 15 minutes away from Dale Hollow love it
Fish have been caught that were much bigger in Washington state and Alaska than any ever caught here in Tennessee. I'm from Washington, I've seen 120 lb sturgeon and 80 lb Chinook
@@stevenlovell6150 That's nice, but the comment was about smallmouth bass.
Oliver Springs Tennessee hasn't changed a bit in 100 years and a great place to live
right near Harrimon also
Us, raised here in TN, we don't want you coming here from the north, northeast or the west or the pacific northwest... Midwesterners appreciate gun ownership, the rest of you have too much nonsense to argue about. Don't move here. We don't appreciate it. It's why we are raising rent in these areas, so the outsiders don't think they are getting some jackpot deal and maybe you'll just stick to Chattanooga, or Knoxville and respect the distance of us folks on these outskirt county roads.... Keep your city paradigms, in the city. Yall move here because of political reasons and stuff being cheaper.... Yet yall move here and vote the exact same way... Paradigm.... Move from that first..
Please don’t move to TN. There’s to mean people here who don’t respect this place and no nothing about it, stay away.
Just keep in mind a town can have a hospital, but that doesn't mean they have exceptional Healthcare. 😉
American hospitals no longer offer Healthcare, let alone exceptional. They don't even teach wellness in medical school. Haven't for years. They are drug traffickers and butcher shops, pushing meds and surgery.
I think one reason crime rates are listed as higher in rural Tennessee is because unlike many places the law is still enforced here. We respect law enforcement here unlike many places. Most of us anyway. And we’re not restricted as much with gun ownership. Crime here doesn’t go unpunished.
And I do believe the kind of people living in these towns has a lot to do with it too, cannot speak more precisely about the issue without being called a racist though, so I'll keep it to myself.
Yeah thanks, Tennessee housing has more than doubled in the last 2yrs thanks to videos like this.
I live in Boone. I felt this.
Tennessee native here. We're full, thanks.
We lived in NE TN and absolutely loved it!! We would still be there if the place where my husband worked did not close. Now retired would love to go back. Miss it terribly and consider it home. I am from IN but that area spoke to me.
hello, i'm Jorge, a pilot from Lima peru, working with LATAM airline. i came across your page here through the utube suggestion for me so i thought to write to you. where are you from?
Write me when you can and do have a nice day and may God bless you^
Grew up in Tullahoma, now live in Murfreesboro. Tennessee is great for outdoor activity, better east of I-24 because of terrain.
I know the majority will disagree, but I prefer visiting Memphis. I’ve lived in Memphis and Nashville and I would never live in either one again, but I prefer visiting Memphis out of the two. Give me some Blues, BBQ, and Shelby Farms and I’m happy. But only for a visit.
I agree with you. I wasn’t impressed with Nashville at all but love the culture of Memphis.
Overall, Memphis has a high violent crime rate, but it DOES have some authentic culture. Good music, BBQ, art, and museums. I plan on going back there to visit, seeing that I live only about 75 miles away in Mississippi.
To each his own. I prefer Nashville because the violent crime rate is a fraction of Memphis. There's plenty of culture in Nashville, too. However, I take where I live now over the other 2. Knoxville. University of Tennessee, the Smoky Mountains, Big South Fork, incredible lakes and rivers. Knoxville is ideal.
Memphis is the Real Music City and I’m originally from Nashville. I hate Nashville especially of today!
@@snakemanmike I wish all the Memphis Brothas and Sistas Flocked to Nashville and Clean Up House.
Come on Briggs do your homework. Half of those town are crap. I live in the Tri-Cities area no Tennessee very well and there's so much nicer places than those little towns with about the same population. Check out Blountville or Elizabethton so much nicer
We're full. Stay out
Don't come here 👍
Nothing to see here. Move Along. Move along.
I was hoping your list would include Paris, Tn. Twenty plus years ago I thought that would be the place to live. Keep doing the great Vlogs.
We moved from Chicago to Buchanan a mile from Paris Landing (20 miles east of Paris) back in June. Love it here
Yeah, please don't tell people to come to rural tn!! So many here already and they WILL change the landscape of our small towns.
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Write me when you can and do have a nice day and may God bless you°
Why don't you try other states and leave Tennessee alone we don't want any Yankees or California Yankees and we need more churches.
Parsons is 40 mins from Jackson Tn. Great hospitals and restaurants. Also buffalo river is really close to Parsons. Lots of Canoers and kayakers.Also good smallmouth fishing as well as the Tn river.
Nobody asked you about churches! So don't give your op on it, K?
I'm from Memphis, grew up there. Is it dangerous? Sure.. if you don't know how to act right. If you act like you're a pushover, you'll find problems. If you act out like you're looking for problems, you'll find them. That said, there is amazing food (better than Nashville) and culture to be had there. Don't turn down the wrong road, and definitely don't panic or look like a target if you do and you'll be fine.
Couldn’t pay me to live in Memphis. Check the crime rate . I live just north of memphis know all about that shit hole . It’s sad cause it could be a great place if someone cleaned it up .
@@billapperson2257 I heard that. It's my birthplace and I don't even think about it anymore. Went to college there in the 90s (and it was already going downhill, like my dad predicted, and why we moved out in the 70s) then I was done with it. Haven't been back. Iron bars on my birth home windows. And this is near Graceland..smh....the golden age is over.
We stayed in Memphis for a week and had no problems at all. Rocky Mount NC is waaaay scarier.
I live in Tennessee, Mountain city should be the last place you ever want to move or retire! Conveniently located 50 miles from the nearest Walmart. Very few places to eat besides fast food and only a few of those. Mountain city hospital can only do so much consider that golden hour and you are 50 miles from the hospital. Even if "Wings" flies you they have to come and get you from the hospital then returned. The clock is ticking! There is nothing to do, nowhere to go, I lived there 4 years.
Halfway between Chattanooga and Memphis? You call that a location description?
STOP MOVING HERE YOU ARE CLUELESS OF OUR WAY OF LIFE ,GO TO THE BORDER !
Warning! Be careful moving into eastern Tennessee, Don’t go to Tennessee you thinking you’re going to change political standings! You might end up bear food!
East of Chattanooga is all Republican country. Probably close to 90%.
There's only three towns in Tennessee that are basically liberal. The most obvious Memphis and then one close to Memphis. Chattanooga is about half and half
@@caseycloer6453 sounds great!
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. We will be there in September lol hope we are neighbors 😂❤
I was born and raised in East Tennessee and I'm very familiar with Mountain City, TN. There is quite a lot of crime in Mountain City that does not get reported because it and the surrounding towns are very corrupt in the political districts. Carter County Tennessee is especially wrought with crime, corruption, and more. Yes, the internet is good. Charter and it used to be Comcast dominated the areas and they brought in pretty good internet about 15 years ago. Most of Tennessee is also tourism based, so when it comes to the locals, they could care less. The state and local governments want what they can get out of taxes, that's why they have the highest sales tax in the nation. Property taxes in relation to the cost of living are relatively high as well. My Mother pays more than $1k yearly on 3.6 acres of land with only a mobile home on it and no one actually living on the property currently. Much of East Tennessee is in flooding zones and there have been some very nasty flooding events that have happened there. Just pull up the flooding that occurred in 1998. Watauga Lake sits very close to Mountain City, so you do have that as an option for entertainment, but be prepared to pay at every location that you can get to at the lake on top of the taxes already established. Local government also likes to take it upon themselves to block off lake access everywhere except the places that you have to pay to access. Now, lets talk about cost of living...it is high in relation to the pay. When I left Tennessee in 2015, you could barely get more than minimum wage at most jobs, but the rent and housing prices had increased so much that most people could not afford anything on that rate of pay. Of course, as with everything else that is being highly influenced by leftists, the rate of pay has increased, but the jobs have not. The only real work in these areas is restaurants, hotels, and healthcare. If you planned on trying to get work in the government there, forget it, there's nepotism abounding, so if you're not related to someone already in the government jobs, you're not going to get a government job. Just for example, I applied for a government job in Carter County, TN. I have certificates, went to college, did several training programs, worked in Washington DC before for the CWLA, and was with AT&T for over 7 years. I applied for a County Clerk position, took the Civil test requirement, and I hold a government clearance. They hired the current police Chief's 18 year old, straight out of high school, 0 training niece over me and a number of other qualified candidates. One of the County Clerk's held position for well over 50 years and it has been a notable, reported upon issue of County Clerk's using each others signatures even when they are not present on documents. There has been embezzlement issues, bribery, and the recent prior police Chief impregnated an underage girl. So, if you think you can handle all of these things, and you can Google them, it's all right there, then go for it.
Thanks for the reality check. I'm very familiar with small town corruption and you described it perfectly. It's kept out of the news, which is also corrupt.
@@pugsymalone6539 You are right. There is so much swept under the rug there. I did not even get into the prescription and illegal drug abuse or the higher rate of incest and violent sex offenses that occur there. I am very much about realism. Tennessee is gorgeous, that is true, but the level of corruption is astounding. Is everyone like that? No. However, it is such a significant issue, that it is quite noticable. The state of Tennessee tried to force my daughter to continue paying Tennessee car insurance for 3 years after she had moved in with me in Wyoming. The car insurance companies here and in Tennessee were confused to the point they were calling the state about it and were directed to Homeland Security in TN because they are the ones you have to contact now if an issue goes beyond the local government and DMV. We ended up having to pay for Tennessee insurance for years after we had already moved. These are the crappy things that Tennessee does to people. NC is even worse and their laws are horrendous. It is like those 2 states pulled their laws and directions out of a Cracker Jack box.
Don't move to mountain city tn, huge drug and crime problems
@@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead Well, if anything else, your diatribe here might dissuade someone from considering
coming here - so I thank you for that much, anyways.
@@moparedtn I was dead honest.
Should have included Jonesborough as the oldest town in the state it’s a great place
True on the oldest part (we're close by to the 2nd oldest up here).
That said, y'all are a tad expensive down there and a bit more blue in your politics, too.
@@moparedtn Jonesborough is as red as they come but neighboring Johnson city being a college town not so much but still is red on Election Day
Don’t tell them our secrets send them to NC or somewhere else….
Excellent description of the difference between Memphis and Nashville. “Hug versus a punch in the face.”
Please stop telling people about the places in Tennessee. We've had 96,000 people moving here EVERY MONTH for the last 8 years. It has driven up the property tax for every native Tennessean, increased the amount of traffic and noise, and they've brought their own sh*tty attitudes from their home states and are negatively impacting our culture, and IT IS NO LONGER INEXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE! Subdivisions of people living damn near on top of each other are like cancers growing in these "rural" areas which unfortunately are homes that only people from out of state can afford because of the historically low wages of NATIVE TENNESSEANS who can't afford the same home. Look at Arkansas for God's sake!
Dude you are completely wrong about mountain city Tennessee. I know I lived there and you left out the huge drug problem. You left out there is a max prison just south of mountain city and a lot of the convicts family members move to Johnson county where mountain city is. The city and county is mostly full of snobby hateful people who treat newcomers like they are unwanted the meth and opioid crisis is really bad. Also, Boone NC is only 16 miles from mountain city and is easier access to Appalachian health care hospitals and specialist.
That's a shame, I hate when anyone gets treated that way that moves into a new area
wait another year and buy a house for half what they are now
I’m really wondering why Tennessee is starting to become such a hotspot. Our real estate prices have tripled in the last year. Not to mention my town of 600 has doubled since covid.
I can speak for myself as to why we just purchased property there. It’s a gorgeous state, lower cost of living, no state income tax, very friendly people, and most importantly to us….it’s a red state. Born and raised in CA and this state has been ruined, it’s so sad.
@@thebestseason5034 well my county just raised its property tax 5.5% and many others are going to follow. I know I’m complaining, but our industry isn’t willing to keep up with the cost of living. If this keeps up it won’t have the small town laid back feel
@@tanneradams20 I live in Bradley County next to Chattanooga and it is the same way
Look at all the plates and you will notice a pattern: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, Illinois they are all blue states and most of those people who have those plates are Republicans fleeing from their blue states. Tennessee is especially popular with NE Republicans because the eastern part of the state is extremely similar to the NE in terms of landscape and climate
No state income tax and low cost of living.
Rural Tennessee looks beautiful. Thanks, Briggs.
Is that around that river in Deliverance ?
@@jojowhite9296Sueeeeee!
@@tennesseetexan1957 wow, I forgot about this video. Anyway, I'll bet there are really nice rural town in Tennessee.
When you mention Spectrum as the primary internet carrier, I automatically strike that city off the list. Poor customer service, and their constant rate hikes are unreasonable.
I have co-op fiber optic it's pretty good 👍
Nobody asked you if you think there are too many churches because what you think about that doesn't matter
Gotta include Dover,TN sometime, we're talking about the most anti- woke town in the country,a paradise if you want to be around normal human beings.
Good God why would you post this. Tennessee is bulging and groaning with new people. It's so bad natives like me can't get a house.
I enjoy these videos! I live in a nice town in California. My sisters live in southern Kentucky around Franklin, just north of Portland , Tennessee. The fire seasons have been vicious and I have been going out Tennessee and Kentucky for a month or two around September. Given how dry and hot it is becoming in CA I especially enjoyed the beautiful green and the moist weather. I am grateful for what CA has provided for me so I will hang in there and see if I can help out, so don’t worry, I am not moving to Tennessee.
We live in a small Central Valley town. We can’t wait to leave California. This place has just gone to hell. Bad politics has ruined the state. From water rights, immigration, civil rights, medical freedom, taxes. The only thing I like about California is the weather isn’t cold here.
I really wish videos like this weren't made. Those of us that choose to live the rural life don't appreciate all the people fleeing their cesspool of a state, moving to these rural towns, not liking their way of life and then trying to change it! Stay away! We don't want your way of life!
Stop advertising my state
MARYVILLE TN #1 You have a small Pleasantville town of all cultures and 30 mins to1 hr away from everything Cades Cove, Dollywood, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, UT Hospital, UT College. No homeless no crime. Cheap good food and Major airport 15 mins away. Amazon building and ALOT of jobs in Alcoa and Knoxville right next to Maryville. YOu over looked this gem. If you want the country they have that in Blount County next to Maryville also
Tennessee is a layed back kind of town the people are great love my home town Tennessee
Not sure about the other two, but if you have any significant melanin, you don't want to move to Collinwood, Mountain City or Byrdstown.
I haven't watched the video talking about Thompson Station as a rural town, but while that may be technically true, it's really a sub-burb of Nashville, and housing prices are probably not what most folks are looking for. Interstate 840 is pretty much East/West and Interstate 65 is North/South. I have lived in both Spring Hill and Franklin TN with Thompson Station in the middle. In fact, Spring Hill and Thompson Station have much overlap, (Franklin too) with subdivisions and shopping right next to each other in one or the other. Unless you know exactly where the line is, it's easy to get confused.
As an added insight. People are flooding to Tennessee from all over, but many from what some would call the Blue States, so prices are a bit out of control. Thompson Station is affected by this. I personally know of folks putting a bid on a house but needed financing, then someone from California comes in goes 50K over asking, and pays cash. Others have gone 100K over to get stuff. Albeit 4000+ Sq/Ft newer home. Even before Covid, it was starting to get out of control.
I live in Thompsons Station. I've had my property tax that took 25+ years to get to the point it was at DOUBLE in one year. Instead of living in the country like I wanted I'm surrounded by a bunch of subdivisions and assholes that take their dogs INTO THE GROCERY STORE sitting in a grocery cart EVEN THOUGH THAT IS NOT ALLOWED!! People have moved here who APPRECIATE how courteous the south is because it makes it easier for them to BULLDOZE OVER US! What used to require a 5 acre minimum to build a home has been replaced with subdivisions of homes that a native Tennessean can't afford on LESS than even a 1/4 acre because somehow subdivisions can bypass that 5 acre requirement. So now it's too much traffic, a bunch of noisy f*ckers with their g'damn thumping radio in what used to be a peaceful and refreshing area. Oh, and crime. It's not like the cream of the crop is moving here. It's trash from other states who can purchase more in ours, so what used to be upscale neighborhoods are being brought down too. Need MORE competition for jobs? Well, you have it and the hardest hit are the older workers.
Homes are selling very quickly. If you have acreage along with your home. My son had 5 acres in Greenback,Tn. He purchased it 7 years ago for 125,000. They listed it for 325,000. A retired couple from a northern state bought it two days after visiting for 450,000 cash with a option of complete occupation in 3 weeks. They sold their cattle and farm equipment very quickly and moved. They were getting a divorce and was already beginning the process of moving out. Real estate is selling very quickly quickly here. Very expensive and many townhouses also. My neighbor sold his the day after they put his sign up. I live in Calhoun , Tn. Very rural in 1986 but seems like was a dream. Great place to live.
Yeah Thompson Station is basically half Franklin and half Spring Hill. There really isn’t a downtown TS
Don’t come here
Don't bring your liberalism with you to Tennessee....We dont want it
Fun fact about Byrdstown: the county it's located in (Pickett) has the smallest population of any county in Tennessee.
I'm omw, then. Im from WV , so it's ok lol
BUG- TUSSLE POPULATION IN 2015 WAS 9 PEOPLE,
Don’t forget it sucks
Briggs, how about including if these towns have gyms and grocery stores? Thanks! 😉
Yes! Good question
Yes indeed. These are as important as medical facilities (barring emergencies) in the sense that exercise and consumption of healthy food will help to keep you out of the medical facilities. Buying meat and vegetables directly from local farmers is an even better choice. Pay the farmer or pay the pharmacist. I'll opt for the former.
Byrdstown has gym's, an IGA grocery store anything else you want to know
You don't need a gym. Climbing hills in the woods, biking, lifting at home, great exercise and outdoors is free.
Fun Fact: Blaine does NOT have any "GYMS" that you can go to but do have close-by hiking tails up in the "House mountain national park" but they do have a nearby chain grocery store called "Food City" which does have a good selection of food products that you would NOT be remise about diversity of foodstuffs
Obvious you don't know what you are talking about. .get a real job.
What about Sparta Tn??? Nice place. 5-6k. Growing town. McMinnville cave near by. Lots to do within 40 miles. 100 miles from Nashville. About 100 miles to Knoxville. 60 miles or so to Chattanooga
meth mountain sparta, tn? lol where they get more missing people than Chicago sometimes I don't think so
@@Katskinstudios you can find problems anywhere if u look hard enough. I still have family living there. One area is questionable but overall I would retire there. Coming from where I am that is close to paradise.
@@Katskinstudios That's a general rural America problem, all these towns will have it to some degree
Crossville too IDK why that wasn't on here its arguably better than many of these towns because it has an interstate connection that most of these towns don't have
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv yeah but crossville isn't affordable anymore
OK I live in Byrdstown TN. And there is a hospital only 12 minutes away in Albany Ky. Now a Walmart on the other hand is 45 minutes to 3 different ones and there are jobs here your just not going to be a millionaire
Al, I rode my motorcycle from Hendersonville last week to check out Byrdstown and the surrounding area. Neat little town, friendly folks...the Bobcat Den was a nice surprise - great food! I'm an old SCUBA diver and have been known to do a bit of fishing, too. Looks like a great place.
Don't liberal city the small towns for everyone's sake.
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS CHANNEL FOR RESEARCH!!!Briggs failed to disclose one major thing about Mountain City, it's the home of a almost 2000 male prisoners at Northest Correctional Complex a place that's always hiring!😅😂🤣
Its a 12 minute video. How much of the information YOU think is important should he include. Maybe your opinion is so important that he should call you? Dummy
I'm surprised you didn't mention Dickson, TN - or the surrounding small communities like Bon Aqua or Charlotte.
I go to dickson from Clarksville now and then and enjoy stopping at the Amish country store in Charlotte when we pass thru. Just moved here from Los Angeles 8 months ago and love it. My sisters family lives in Cunningham
Please don't californiacate TN. You moved to a conservative state for a reason.
@@semicountryliving3095 yup...I grew up in Charlotte...I remember when the big department store in Dickson was Elmore's five and dime...lol...but the growth rate now is out of control...forced us 10yrs ago to move to a neighboring County that's very small and I love it....but folks from California and New York are starting to move out here...I'm like how the heck did you even find this place? Lol...
My wife and I just moved to Charlotte, TN from Las Vegas,NV about 6 months ago. The lady at Sweet Charlottes told us they have new people from CA coming in all the time. I guess Charlotte is getting popular for Newsom refugees.
@@Lorthos Hi neighbor. Jump on Next Door! We're having a get together at Laredos on the 19th at 11am. Join us!
136,000 people watched this video. OMG good luck at finding anything rual
I live within a 40-50 mile radius of Mtn City TN … what you forgot to mention, or maybe you just missed seeing it .. & might be very important to some folks.. it is also home to a minimum security prison in Mtn City … never really heard any problems arising from it tho & was raised in this area for the last 53 years & O yes it is a beautiful place to live with access to many outdoor activities & not an extreme drive to the gorgeous Mountains of North Carolina
noooooooooooo. no more. we're full. stop moving here.
Nothing to see here. Stay in cali.