young hispanic family looking to get out of california thinking about tennessee primarily around nashville (Murfreesboro: rent, to buy)

[Spikett]

Originally Posted by brc8238

i was thinking about the outskirts of nashville i was thinking somewhere in the franklin area. thats why i think nashville will work for.us you can have your big nice property and still be close to the city. we love to go out still but want that country feeling. at first we were thinking of the suburbs of san francisco but prices are outrageous. we also love the style home in tennessee

I see you are in Palmdale. Get ready for a huge climate difference in TN. It is VERY humid here.

[brc8238]

that is what i have heard. i was thinking of visiting in the summer so we could get the feel of it

[Spikett]

Originally Posted by brc8238

that is what i have heard. i was thinking of visiting in the summer so we could get the feel of it

Yes, summer when it is hot and humid. It takes some getting used to...

[brc8238]

im use to the heat . i live in the desert and it get close to 110 sometimes in the summer. certainly will have to get useto the humidity. how hot does it get

[Spikett]

Originally Posted by brc8238

im use to the heat . i live in the desert and it get close to 110 sometimes in the summer. certainly will have to get useto the humidity. how hot does it get

I was in Los Angeles for 18 years - so I know the climate out there (my mom lived in Riverside). The dry heat is a lot easier to take. The high temps + humidity literally kill people every year. It's what is called the "heat index" meaning how hot it feels if you factor the temp and humidity. It was 107 in July here + humidity. And because it is so humid, it doesn't cool down at night like it does in drier climates. I've seen steam rise from the street at 1 am as the asphalt cools down.

I know it can get cold in Palmdale as it is high desert. I've even heard of snow out by Pearblossom. It does snow here but not every year. Last year was mild and only snow flurries. But the year before they had several snow storms. You just never know. The weather does change during the winter. It can be really cold for a week, then warm up in the 50s for a few days. Then back down.

A lot of people here have allergies, hayfever, and/or sinus trouble. A lot of pollen or something. It may bother you but it may not. I've had trouble here and in LA (you know, in LA something is always in bloom). I have a friend who has lived here all of his life and only started having sinus trouble last winter...

[brc8238]

thanks good to know

[brc8238]

in what area around nashville does it get the coldest in the winter

[Spikett]

Originally Posted by brc8238

in what area around nashville does it get the coldest in the winter

Nashville is in a basin, kind of like LA. Many times it will snow quite a bit just to the north - but Nashville won't get so much. Sometimes even the area south of us gets more snow. The Nashville basin in all pretty much the same though. I wouldn't go north, toward the Kentucky state line - that area does tend to get more snow than Nashville.

[BirdieBelle]

The area east of Nashville known as the Cumberland Plateau gets all our snow.

Cumberland Plateau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[TVofM]

There lots of nice new houses close to the new Stewarts Creek High School near Smyrna just off I-24. When SCHS opens in August, it will have the most and best of everything a public school can have.