Fairview, TN

[sigmaphi01]

I agree TNtime, the Dickson "armpit" comment was out of line. I live in Dickson and it's far from being an "armpit." I'm sick and tired of all the Williamson County elitist attitudes. Williamson County isn't all it's cracked up to be, there are plenty of other areas around Nashville that are great to live in as well.

[tntime]

My family is from Williamson County, and many of my folks still live around Arno and Franklin with roots going as far back as the 1850's or earlier, so needless to say all the property is paid for but the tax burden is through the roof (probably nothing compared to California's). And Dickson is still not as bad as Williamson County, but in the past 20 years the percentages have nearly doubled on all city and county-imposed taxes. The people here, on the whole, are NOT wealthy and wages here are low so a high tax burden is not in the recipe for financial success. Yet all the folks moving in here can't stand the lack of 'progress', even though it's that very lack of progress (a.k.a. quaintness) that lured them in the first place. Hence the population boom, urban sprawl and congestion AND higher taxes that result from those things.
I am not anti-progress, but I do take note (and offense) when somebody calls my community an 'armpit', be it out of ignorance or arrogance. If it is such an armpit, why do so many folks come here to live? (Dickson grew roughly 20% in 20 years, well above the national average).