thinking of moving!! (Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Franklin: condos, townhomes, neighborhood)

[bigoledodge4x4]

My wife and I have been talking about moving up to the Nashville area. She is in Nursing school and I am a ASE mechanic.

What I'm wanting to know is, is it safe?how are the schools?(we have a 1yr old)cost's of living? and jobs?

We live in central Florida now and we are tired of 90 degree temps in Oct. and the lack of things to do for young people..Their are 40+ 55 and up retirement comminties within 30 miles of us and it sucks Plus an acre of land is about 10k+

a lil about us, we are in our 20's love country music,hunting,fishing,and camping. we also enjoy good live music and dancing. we would like to be in a area where we can have a little bit of land for some horses.

thanks for any advice

[bigoledodge4x4]

does anyone have any insight for us?

[lala27poodles]

Have her check out St. Thomas's website, there is an area that explains to prospective Nashvillians the cost of living, and is pretty accurate, depending on what area of town you live in.

Now as for schools, we have some of the best schools in the South, and your daughter will be more than taken care of. If you have a religious preference, we have many Catholic or Christian based private schools that range from moderate to pricey. We have pretty nice public schools, depending on what area of town you live in. Let's be honest, public school is not going to be super safe no matter where you go, nor is private....but ours are safe enough. No more dangerous than any other metropolitan city.

That being said, however, your daughter has a chance to accelerate here, because we have wonderful montessori and magnet and special schools for our gifted students that are paid for by the state. Whether she receives a normal education or advanced one, you'll find we have good schools.

As for nursing school, we also have Vanderbilt, which will pay for you graduate nursing education on a work based scholarship program, definitely something worth looking into. Vandy is, as I;m sure you know, one of the most top notch med schools in the country, and we also have Belmont, TSU, MTSU, and Aquinas (college mainly for nursing).

Houses range from 85 - 100 k for condos, townhomes, duplexes, and about 125k - 9.5 million for houses, depending on the neighborhood.

[oakland2nashville]

well if horses are a must then you are stretching it

because young people in their 20's usually live inn the city's hip areas where there are no horses


if you can do without horses or land- hillsboro/belmont/vanderbelt areas/edgehill,east nash/germantown/salemtown/west end

- are all great areas for young couples

[bigoledodge4x4]

we dont want to live right in nashville more like a 30 min to a 1 hr drive.. thats about what we do now where we live.

[oakland2nashville]

Murfreesboro/Franklin/Bellview/Nolesnville/Smyra/Brentwood

all good choices

[yank283]

I would look into Murfreesboro. You would be close to all the amenities of a city, not too far from Nashville, lot's of couples in their 20's live there, and you would be closer to Chattanooga area which would provide any type of outdoor activities you could think of. Good luck.

[denawilliams]

You mentioned an acre of land costing 10k. Land can be expensive here depending on where you look. What is a reasonable price for an acre of land to you? That will most definitely tell us which areas you should look.

[bigoledodge4x4]

its not so much the cost that bothers me its what you for the cost..10k for 1 acre here in a area wheres its mostly mobile homes and the lot is uncleared that you have to pay another 10k in impact fees than have a well and septic put in, you end up spending 35k for 1 acre before a house is put on

[vivelafrance]

Originally Posted by bigoledodge4x4

its not so much the cost that bothers me its what you for the cost..10k for 1 acre here in a area wheres its mostly mobile homes and the lot is uncleared that you have to pay another 10k in impact fees than have a well and septic put in, you end up spending 35k for 1 acre before a house is put on

I would check out Robertson County. It's retained a lot of it's rural character but is as close of a commute to Nashville as the more popular counties.

Greenbrier is a very nice area. It's convenient to shopping in Goodlettsville and Hendersonville in neighboring Sumner County.