White House/Pleasant View/Clarksville area (Hendersonville, Gallatin: how much, transfer, buy)

[cashmannsdq]

Originally Posted by bthunter3

white house is best bet, clarksville is dangerous

What are you basing this on? Obviously you are not a resident of Clarksville. As with any growing City there are places that you tend to avoid but to call Clarksville dangerous is a mis-statement at best.

kaygirl05 - As you know from living here prior, Clarksville has alot to offer. Pleasantville, in my opinion is a great community and quickly growing as a suburb of Nashville.

[kaygirl05]

Originally Posted by cashmannsdq

What are you basing this on? Obviously you are not a resident of Clarksville. As with any growing City there are places that you tend to avoid but to call Clarksville dangerous is a mis-statement at best.

kaygirl05 - As you know from living here prior, Clarksville has alot to offer. Pleasantville, in my opinion is a great community and quickly growing as a suburb of Nashville.

hmm kk, yea i didn't think Clarksville seemed dangerous, thanks for clearing that up. na I've never lived in Clarksville if that's what you mean? I've just visited it twice and liked what I saw. It has a good amount of businesses and from the way the city's laid out, you'd think it's a smaller city than what it is, so I really liked that. When we were there atleast, we never experienced any traffic jams, unlike what you get in Jackson, TN, and Jackson is smaller.

[kaygirl05]

just out of curiousity, White House isn't considered to be a suburb of Nashville is it? I wouldn't think it would be

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by kaygirl05

just out of curiousity, White House isn't considered to be a suburb of Nashville is it? I wouldn't think it would be

No, it isn't. It's closer to Springfield than to Nashville.

[kaygirl05]

kk I like that better that it is it's own town, and not a suburb Does anyone know if there's any kind of factories/plants nearby, and if so, what are they? My dad works at the Goodyear in Union City, and he's worked their for years, so I wondered if there was any jobs nearby that would be a similiar kind of work, or just a factory/plant in general? He's also thought about maybe applying for FedEx or UPS, are there locations nearby for this? preferably anything within a 20-30 min. radius from White House. That'd help alot if anyone knows, cause this is our main worry with moving. =/ Whereas it'd be really easy for my mom, cause she works at our Wal-Mart, so she can just transfer to the one in White House or any other ones close by.

[TNNative]

The OshKosh facility in White House just closed down, and while there are few commercial sites in White House, it is not a big factory town. I'd be willing to say that most White House residents commute south towards Nashville or Goodlettsville to work. There are more factories in Springfield than WH. It's about 20 miles on a two lane road. There are also some places in Portland...another 20 minutes north.

Houses are for sale all over WH. You asked about the two counties...Hwy 31W is the county line. Most of the Sumner side is residential, the Robertson side has most of the commercialism. You might check on the cost of utilities in White House before making a purchase.

[kaygirl05]

Originally Posted by TNNative

The OshKosh facility in White House just closed down, and while there are few commercial sites in White House, it is not a big factory town. I'd be willing to say that most White House residents commute south towards Nashville or Goodlettsville to work. There are more factories in Springfield than WH. It's about 20 miles on a two lane road. There are also some places in Portland...another 20 minutes north.

Houses are for sale all over WH. You asked about the two counties...Hwy 31W is the county line. Most of the Sumner side is residential, the Robertson side has most of the commercialism. You might check on the cost of utilities in White House before making a purchase.

hmm kk, that's fine if their not in White House, but I wanted to know what kind of factory type jobs are within a 20 to 30 minute drive of it? We're use to that commute time, so it'd be fine. oh :S is it expencive?

[leonard]

Originally Posted by kaygirl05

My parents and I live in Union City, in West Tennessee. We're thinking about moving to a different part of Tennessee for a change in life. We've been to Clarksville twice already and liked it there. We haven't been to White House, but read up on it, and seems to be little to no crime, and the people really friendly? Reasons we'd like these areas is so we're in or closer to bigger cities, with more chances for jobs/entertainment, etc., but still want a nice city to live in (low crime.) and also still be close enough to drive to Kentucky sometimes to get cheaper groceries, since we do that now at the Fulton, KY Wal-Mart. White House and Clarksville would take about 20 mins to get to the closest KY Wal-Mart, but Pleasant View would take about 36 mins. Currently we drive 30 mins to Fulton's. Yet Pleasant View is halfway between Clarksville and Nashville so they're both within a 30 min. radius. I liked the idea of being somewhat close to Goodlettsville and Hendersonville so we could easily go there if we wanted, without taking long to commute. It'd be four people moving there, so we need a 3 bedroom house. We're use to 3 acres of land, but willing to downsize to about an acre, but we don't want to feel like we've got neighbors everywhere. If anybody could let me know which one they think best suits my family, it'd be alot of help Thanks

I have visited all three and also prefer White House. Watch out for the water pricing problems. Anyone from there can tell you about it.

Pleasant View was nice and Clarksville was also, but they did not have the charm and the same look. Clarksville is a bit "shabby" by comparison, but that is not to say it is not a nice city. Part of that comes from being a bigger town with all the attendant problems. I would not be afraid to live in any of them, but my wife and I liked White House best.

Mind you will still lean more towards around Knoxville and Chattanooga, but you have picked three nice cities.

[kaygirl05]

Originally Posted by leonard

I have visited all three and also prefer White House. Watch out for the water pricing problems. Anyone from there can tell you about it.

Pleasant View was nice and Clarksville was also, but they did not have the charm and the same look. Clarksville is a bit "shabby" by comparison, but that is not to say it is not a nice city. Part of that comes from being a bigger town with all the attendant problems. I would not be afraid to live in any of them, but my wife and I liked White House best.

Mind you will still lean more towards around Knoxville and Chattanooga, but you have picked three nice cities.

hmm, what water pricing problems and how bad is it? hmm that's good, White House being charming, I'm sure my mom would like that. Even though we're from a city the same size as White House it's definetly not the type where you're gonna know everybody. You don't run into strangers that say "hey" to you, everybody just goes on about their business. Thanks White House sounds really good for us, but if you could let me know what this water problem is? I'd appreciate it

[leonard]

Originally Posted by kaygirl05

hmm, what water pricing problems and how bad is it? hmm that's good, White House being charming, I'm sure my mom would like that. Even though we're from a city the same size as White House it's definetly not the type where you're gonna know everybody. You don't run into strangers that say "hey" to you, everybody just goes on about their business. Thanks White House sounds really good for us, but if you could let me know what this water problem is? I'd appreciate it

If you search a few threads you will get more detail.

However it seems in the city and in one particular county that the city or area straddles (The area is in two counties) you are billed for sewer based on total water usage even though a lot of water does not go in the sewer. That makes your bill MUCH higher You can get it adjusted but it is something to check into.

I was not there long, but everyone I met was friendly and traffic is not a big deal from what I could see. Just far enough away from Nashville to not be in the middle of the traffic coming and going, but close enough for trips when necessary. I am not sure about work however.