Growing Towns and Cities - Good or Bad? (yard, areas)

[oldguy1]

Hi all- I have a few job offers as an EM doc..Anyone out there have a feel for these two areas..?? Pros/ Cons...Hospital/ Medical perspectives esp. appreciated...TENN CARE salvation or catastrophe for Tenn?? Thanks a lot!THe OldGuy....

[JMT]

Originally Posted by oldguy1

Hi all- I have a few job offers as an EM doc..Anyone out there have a feel for these two areas..?? Pros/ Cons...Hospital/ Medical perspectives esp. appreciated...TENN CARE salvation or catastrophe for Tenn?? Thanks a lot!THe OldGuy....

While I love Nashville, I'd much rather live in the Tri Cities vs. Columbia/Spring Hill any day. I think Johnson City is a great place: it's a university town with a gigantic hospital and an excellent medical school. It's also got a VA hospital.

Spring Hill is just suburban sprawl: cookie cutter subdivisions, strip malls. It's 15 miles from the nearest hospital, although HCA is building a hospital in Spring Hill.

Columbia, in my opinion, has seen better days. It's a nice enough place, but I don't think it offers nearly as much as Johnson City.

About the only advantage to living in Columbia or Spring Hill is that you're closer to Nashville and the big airport. The Tri Cities is pretty isolated.

Still, I'd much rather live in the Tri Cities, particularly Johnson City.

[eaglecall]

Population growth and relocation is unstoppable. What the people should be concerned about, is the type and quality of people relocating. In my case, I'm relocating from FL to TN in 1 year, in search of that classic good quality American lifestyle and not the cheap third world system that has been imposed in FL. So I would be very worried if the same people start moving to places like middle cities in TN; I don't wanna see that at all. I don't have any problem with people living with their own culture but I prefer to keep them in their own space and protect my own space. What yall think.

[mbmouse]

My vote is Johnson City....but I am biased..I live here and love it, only driven to Spring Hill once to visit, wasn't to impressed, but I didn't do much looking around either, so my opinion of Spring Hill should hold no value hahahhahaa.
Good luck to you know mater which you choose!
As for Tenn Care, I think they are on the right track but think it will take many years to be fixed properly.

[Annlee]

I own land that borders the county line in the county I live in. Our property line is litterally the county line. We would prefer that our land was in the county that borders us for many reasons ( Better schools, lower taxes, better county services, etc.). I've heard that sometimes you can petition that your land be annexed by another county, when it borders that other county. Does anyone know if this is possible and if so, how you start the process?

Annlee

[JMT]

Originally Posted by Annlee

I own land that borders the county line in the county I live in. Our property line is litterally the county line. We would prefer that our land was in the county that borders us for many reasons ( Better schools, lower taxes, better county services, etc.). I've heard that sometimes you can petition that your land be annexed by another county, when it borders that other county. Does anyone know if this is possible and if so, how you start the process?

Annlee

Yes, this is possible. I've seen it happen in Overton/Putnam counties. Contact the county commissioner where you live, s/he should be able to tell you what you need to do (as well as probably try to talk you out of it). Or contact the county commissioner in the county you want to be in.

Good luck!

[Savannah1942]

Which of these surrounding areas would be the better place to live and be within 15-20 minutes of a good hospital, shopping, restaurants etc.
Would it be Nashville and surrounding towns or Chattanooga and surrounding towns.

[quakeroats]

Well, I live in m'boro, and I can honestly say that growth can definitely be a bad thing. According to those numbers, we've grown by almost 20,000 in five years. For a big city that might not be anything, but to a town that doubled in population from 1990-2000, it's a little hard to handle. In the past 5 years, I cannot even count how many neighborhoods have popped up. I live on the north side of town, and since Siegel High built it seems they are turning every empty field into a neighborhood. The roads are not ready for the growth either. On Memorial blvd(hwy 231), it can take 10 minutes to go maybe about 10 miles down the road during lunch and rush hour. The light will be green and you still can't go anywhere. Also with population growth comes crime. That may be more true here since it is a college town, but crime has also increased along with the population.Officials: Crime Up 10 Percent In Murfreesboro - News - MSNBC.com (broken link).

Don't get me wrong, it isn't a bad place to live, but it is just growing a too fast and can't keep up. The traffic isn't bad on all roads, and most are congested just in certain stretches of road. The public schools have pretty good reputations, and all focus heavily on both academics and athletics. While the crime has gone up, it is still not a dangerous place to live but drugs are pretty prevalent here, but where in America aren't they?

The growth has brought some positive changes though. There is a new mall being built and our current mall is being renovated. There is a lot more upscale restaurants here now and new stores being built.

[williboy]

Since I moved to TN from FL, I think that growth has been a good thing, but now that I'm here, it should taper off.

[TnHilltopper]

Not sure it matters if folks believe growth is good or bad as it is like trying to say dying is good or bad, as the truth is it is inevitable.

While I am an anti-growth person, I sought a place that was not inclined to grow as fast as other areas. Even still, in such a rural area, a little growth seems much more pronounced than in metro areas.

Considering sites such as City-Data, it makes finding places that suit your desires and needs much easier if you are so inclined to take the time doing the research.

While none of us are capable of stopping growth anymore than we can stop the sun from shining, I am at least hoping that we manage our growth better than other places have in the past. One only has to look to Florida for instance to see what happens to a place that has nearly unrestricted growth and often growth for the sake of it. It starts out wonderful but in time becomes the sprawling nightmare than in turn leads to an exodus of a population.

Paradise doesn't exist elsewhere, it is where you create it.