offer in Nashville (Murfreesboro, Franklin, Hendersonville: house, safe neighborhood, buy)

[panacasummit]

I am considering an offer in Nashville. I guess I should say I'm going to take it because the perks are such only a fool would pass them up. Other then an night at the Opry passing through town we know nothing about the area and know nobody there.

It is a tele-commute position. I will work from an office in my home and travel around the state completing my assignments but must live within the Nashville Metropolitan-statistical area in order to have access to the main office when required. I don't want to be any farther than 50 miles form downtown.

We have raised 7 children but are now down to one 12 year old boy. He is into just about anything. He and I both are outdoorsmen but he of course loves X-box. Straight A student. Your stereo-typical all american boy. Mom is more sedate. Scrap booking and painting. Expends all her energy at work as an office manager. One of those incredably organized and bubbly people so when she gets home it's time to relax.

We are not into keeping up with the Jones in our housing choices. Safe neighborhood first priority, most sq ft for our buck second. If we can afford $200,000 but $100,000 meets our needs we buy $100,000. We spend our money playing.

We have lived in cities from 600 people to 2,000,000. The 600 really suits mom and I better but as our son gets older and no longer has all the brothers and sisters I see the benefits of having him in a city where he and friends can at least get to a Wal-Mart, a movie theater, and all the things a teenager loves.

All that said, I'm looking for opinions on cities / neighborhoods to examine. Someplace where we can raise the oops baby in a comfortable environment yet won't feel like we want to move to the country the second he leaves home.

[alleycat]

Off the top of my head, I would suggest looking at Franklin, Hendersonville, Kingston Springs and Mt. Juliet. A little further out and a little more rural would be Pleasant View.

[Diane Giam]

Smyrna may work also because of affordable housing. Buy on the Rutherford County part of Smyrna because it has better schools.
Also, Nolensville is up and coming and schools are in Williamson County, which are excellent.

Diane G

[Pimpy]

Originally Posted by Diane Giam

Smyrna may work also because of affordable housing. Buy on the Rutherford County part of Smyrna because it has better schools.
Also, Nolensville is up and coming and schools are in Williamson County, which are excellent.

Diane G

Isn't all of Smyrna in Rutherford County?

I second the nominations for Franklin, Hendersonville, Kingston Springs, and Nolensville and would throw in White House and Portland as more non-suburban, quite, country choices.

[panacasummit]

Thank you. Exactly the kind of answers I'm looking for.

[Mike in TN]

Originally Posted by Pimpy

Isn't all of Smyrna in Rutherford County?

I can't think of another county that Smyrna is in.

[alleycat]

By the way, you mentioned you and your son were outdoorsmen. There's a lot of good state parks and natural areas in the region, as well as a number of TVA lakes. All good for camping and hiking and fishing. Hunting is a harder to arrange these days. As more and more areas get built up, there is less and less places to hunt and people become even more protective of their lands (I know, I have a place in the country in Montgomery County). There are a few public hunting lands but it's not the best. The TWRA does sponsor some youths hunts that seem to be well done. I don't know know whether you or your son even hunt but I thought I'd mention it.

[panacasummit]

We've been told the same by several people. If everything works out we are going to keep some acreage here in Missouri so we can get landowner tags here. Plenty of tags if you have acces to land. Just the opposite of NV where we came from. Plenty of land but nearly impossible to get a tag and expensive if you could. Either way, we enjoy getting out camping and hiking and ORV. Probably going to have to switch to a boat if we go out there though based on looking at the terrain.

Originally Posted by alleycat

By the way, you mentioned you and your son were outdoorsmen. There's a lot of good state parks and natural areas in the region, as well as a number of TVA lakes. All good for camping and hiking and fishing. Hunting is a harder to arrange these days. As more and more areas get built up, there is less and less places to hunt and people become even more protective of their lands (I know, I have a place in the country in Montgomery County). There are a few public hunting lands but it's not the best. The TWRA does sponsor some youths hunts that seem to be well done. I don't know know whether you or your son even hunt but I thought I'd mention it.

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by Mike in TN

I can't think of another county that Smyrna is in.

Parts of Smyrna are in Davidson County.

Diane G

[Mike in TN]

Which parts are in Davidson County?

To the north is Lavergne - Rutherford County. To the south is Murfreesboro - Rutherford County. To the west is Nolensville - Rutherford County. And to the east is rural Rutherford County. I still say it's entirely in Rutherford County unless someone shows me otherwise.