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Old 11-04-2007, 06:05 PM
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Whoever suggested Rogersville is right on the money!! I live about 30 minutes away and it is one lovely town!! It has the feel of going back in time, it is so historic. There is beautiful land out all directions from Rogersville, toward Grainger County and the lakes, the "wilds" of Hancock County, even the more citified area of Kingsport!! Be sure and consider it!

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Old 11-04-2007, 06:48 PM
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Read between the lines..... LandandFarmdotcom,,,,,,,,
hehehehe cute but I can read too LOL! No worries, that link is fine. So is Realtor.com.

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Old 11-04-2007, 07:20 PM
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Hello!

My wife and I are also empty nesters and we live here in McMinn County, TN. It's the next county down toward Chattanooga from Monroe County and the county seat is Athens - which has a population of around 18,000 (more if you count the dogs and cats).

We have lived here 11 years and before that, we lived in Bradly County for another 9 years. That is closer yet to Chattanooga and the county seat there is Cleveland - with a population of around 48,000.

My wife works to the South, in the Chattanooga area, and I work to the North, very near Knoxville.

McMinn County is very popular with folks coming to settle into the country life and we have met a number of empty-nester couples from Florida as well as from the North Eastern part of the country. Most everyone loves it here, as we do!

We have about 7 acres of land, with several out buildings. We own one of the oldest homes in the county - built in 1838 - and we have just recently finished a complete restoration. It has been featured in the local paper twice and will be included in a new book being published by the McMinn County Historical Society of important historical buildings in the county. Also, 2 of our neighbors have horses.

The interesting part of this is that we have decided to sell our home - probably next Spring.

Meanwhile, I would be more than happy to try and answer any questions you may have.

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Old 11-04-2007, 07:40 PM
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Wink Hawkins County website is a great ad for that area!

Hawkins County looks just beautiful on their website. Lovely countryside. Small and a long way to travel to the "big" city, but many folks want it just that way.

I do have to visit in any case.

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Old 11-04-2007, 09:21 PM
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hehehehe cute but I can read too LOL! No worries, that link is fine. So is Realtor.com.
Like Johny Cash said..... just walking the line.....

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Old 11-05-2007, 10:02 AM
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What is a "gentleman's farm?"

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Old 11-05-2007, 10:13 AM
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What is a "gentleman's farm?"
It's a farm that's not really in business to make money as a regular farm is. If it makes a little money, or provides food for the family, that's all well and good, but the person running it isn't depending on it for his livelihood. It's also sometimes called a hobby farm. Some of these kinds of farms raise fainting goats, or horses, or a couple of beef cattle.

For example, the original poster wants to raise horses. If he buys a place, he might do a little horse trading, maybe have a mare or two with colts he can sell, lease out some of his pasture land, or sell some hay. He might make enough to pay the property taxes on the property (or he might not) or a few thousand extra in spending money, but it's not really the way he would make a living.

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Old 11-05-2007, 02:54 PM
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What is a "gentleman's farm?"
Also theirs a number of people getting into raising Alpaca's both for the joy and also their hair is very expensive depending on color.They shear them like sheep.........
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:22 AM
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KPBrady,

I've been living in Monroe County for about 3 years (Vonore). I'd look closer to Sweetwater/Madisonville/Athens. Tellico Plaines is pretty remote while the others are rural, but offer access to I75 (Chattanooga/Knoxville) and at least have the basics like Walmart, health care, etc.

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Old 11-06-2007, 12:55 PM
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It's a farm that's not really in business to make money as a regular farm is. If it makes a little money, or provides food for the family, that's all well and good, but the person running it isn't depending on it for his livelihood. It's also sometimes called a hobby farm. Some of these kinds of farms raise fainting goats, or horses, or a couple of beef cattle.

For example, the original poster wants to raise horses. If he buys a place, he might do a little horse trading, maybe have a mare or two with colts he can sell, lease out some of his pasture land, or sell some hay. He might make enough to pay the property taxes on the property (or he might not) or a few thousand extra in spending money, but it's not really the way he would make a living.
Thanks for this explanation. I was thinking a gentleman's farm owner holds the barn door open for the horses, tips his hat to his cows after he milks 'em and says "Thank you, ma'm," to his hen that lays the eggs. Now, I find out a gentleman farmer can be just as impolite as any other farmer...another American icon shattered <sigh>.

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