Wondering about Pleasant View area (crime, houses, live)

[lostresistance]

I'm relocating to Nashville next year in October, but we're currently looking for houses and found one in the Pleasant View area, just outside of Nashville. I've been looking around the internet to try and found out how safe this area is, and if it's in a generally nice location. We're planning to take a trip out there very soon to look at the places we're interested in, but the houses we've seen in this area are number one on our list and I wanted to know if anyone knew anything about it.

Thank you so much for helping me out.

[Nomad123]

I too am doing some research on different locations around Nashville and hope to relocate there in the coming years. From what I can find on city-data.com the crime index in 2003 was 139 and in 2004 was 145. Both of these scores are well below the US average of 321 (higher score = more crime). Pretty much every other city I looked up around Nashville had scores in the 400's or above.

It seems that Pleasant View is the best choice.

[Turtle]

My husband and I recently bought 7 acres in Pleasant view. We went for a visit (after he had already gone to look at the land we went back together) and we both fell in love with the place. We both come from small towns and are longing to get back to that feeling. We like that Pleasant View has things like banks, grocery stores etc. but that we're a good 25-30 min from the bigger cities. We drove around a bit and the drive from Nashville as well as some of the other surrounding cities with more amenities were not bad at all. Traffic was a breeze (especially compared to what we deal with right now).

As far as safety etc....the guy we bought our land from doesn't know where the key is for his house because it's never locked and leaves the keys in his car outside over night. Obviously as the area grows, with more people there's more potential for crime, but I don't think it will ever be a booming metropolis with a big crime problem.

I will attempt to learn how to post pictures if anyone is interested.

Hope this helps. Good luck with your search.

[Turtle]

The attachment to the above post is a picture overlooking our pond and the airstrip (we bought in a fly in community). I love the fall colors and can't wait to get building!

[Nomad123]

Great picture; looks like utopia to me.

[lovinTN]

I've lived in Pleasant View for almost 3 years. It is by far the easiest commute into Nashville (should you be working there). It's close enough that you can go into the city without making it a whole-day trip, but far enough away that you don't even know it exists if you don't want to. Nice, quite, and peaceful.

I seldom lock the house up unless I'm going out of town for a few days. Sleep with the windows open when the weather is nice, too. No worries.