Paris TN (renamed from can we talk?) (Clarksville, Murfreesboro: find a job, place to live)

[mommd]

Does anyone know about the Paris Tn area? It has come up on our search as a great place to live...we are a young family moving from Maryland and have three small children. My husband is a constr. superintendent and I stay home, we just want to start over somewhere new, and any suggestions are welcome!!! (I already read Murfreesboro maybe a good place) Thanks

[alleycat]

I know a little about Paris. I grew up in Clarksville, which is the nearest larger town near Paris (it's about an hours drive between the two), and spend a lot of time when I was younger at the lakes in the Paris area.

Paris is a great place if you like outdoor stuff (Kentucky Lake, Barkley Lake, Land Between the Lakes--which is about as big as a National Park, and Paris Landing State Park are all in the area). It might not be as great a place to move to if employment and a relatively short commute is a prime consideration. I don't really know what the employment situation is in Paris at the moment, but I would guess that with the economy the way it is, and Paris being somewhat off the beaten path (except to sportsmen and tourists), that it could be tough to find a job there. Someone would probably have to go to Clarksville to find a good job if they don't have any connections in the Paris or Dover area.

Beside Murfreesboro, you might put Hendersonville on your short list of places to look at. Both Murfreesboro and Hendersonville, with their closeness to Nashville, offer better job prospects.

[mommd]

thank you for the heads up...we will definately look into the other areas as well. My husband is a hunter and we love the outdoors but love to eat and live more! haha so employment is important. WE now live in a small colonial town on the eastern shore of MD and want to find a small safe town like it in Tn.