Middle TN (Selmer, Ardmore: transplants, travel, rent)

[Back Again]

Originally Posted by JoAnn5

Wasn't Selmer where Buford Pusser lived, of Walking Tall fame?

Yes it is, after checking Selmer out on line, I did find this out too!

[Tinman313]

Here's the real story...... Sheriff Buford Hayse Pusser, A Real American Hero!

[Mike in TN]

That Bufford Pusser guy was pretty crooked, no?

[fragments38]

Can I tell you about Middle TN? Certainly... I am a resident of Middle Tennessee.

In Middle Tennessee you will find a mixture of different types of areas. You will find small, quaint yet charming towns. You will find some of the nicest areas in the world. You will find parks and recreation. You will find year-round tolerable weather. And you will find down-to-earth, kind southern people. And lots of puppies.

Northern middle Tennessee is near the line of Kentucky, where you find the city of Clarksville. A nice, simple community for living, raising children, and being a part of the community. You can also find smaller and well known towns up there such as Joelton, Hendersonville, etc.

Just below the northern area, still in north central Tennessee, you find the state's capital, Nashville. Not only is Nashville the capital of the state and a city rich in history and lifestyle, it is the home of the country music business. It is also the home of the Christian music industry. It is a songwriting community. If it were not for the music industry of Nashville, the world would not be the same.

Nashville also is home to several other industries and lines of business. It is a great major city to live in.

Just below Nashville, you find the wealthiest county in Tennessee... Williamson County. This county contains the cities of Brentwood and Franklin, and is one of the nation's nicest places to live. Franklin in a historic city that contains and enchanting historic downtown area, as well as the exciting city community of Cool Springs... which it shares with Brentwood.

Below Williamson county is Maury County, where you'll find the more rural but very nice towns of Spring Hill, and Thompson Station. You'll also find Columbia.

To the East is the city of Murfreesboro, which contains one of the state's most popular colleges.

Practically in the dead center of Tennessee, you find the line of Maury county and Marshall county. This is where the state becomes more rural as you move South toward Alabama. You find rural but yet existing cities such as Lewisburg, Shelbyville, Tullahoma, Manchester, etc. These cities are more country than the more north middle TN cities, but none the less are still active communities. There are also charming small towns, like Lynnville, who's Soda Pop Junction has one of the best burgers in the state, supposedly.

To the east of Lynnville on the line of Marshall and Giles county is Cornersville, a small town that borders Lewisburg. And just the south east of there is the popular city of Lynchburg, where you find the famous Jack Daniels Distillery, and nearby is Tim Ford Lake.

Now, we're getting into Southern Middle Tennessee. This part of the state is more rural, but is very pretty, especially in the Summer. There are beautiful hills, some tree covered. There are farm towns, and there are the South-Central TN cities, such as Lawrenceburg, which contains David Crockett State Park. Or Fayetteville, which contains the Lincoln County movie theatre in its historic district.

You also have the charm of small, simple southern Tennessee towns. Elkton is just above the state line of Alabama, as is Ardmore - which is actually shared with Alabama. You can also find the notorious Iron City, which I don't recommend visiting.

Overall, Middle Tennessee is a great place to live. It offers something for everyone. Whether you like the city or the country, woods or fields, farms or plantations, small towns or big towns, you will find it here. Even in this entry I have not covered all the places in Middle Tennessee, but hopefully have at least given you some perspective about what you'll find here, and what cities exist here.

[JoAnn5]

Murfreesboro is in the exact center of Tennessee .... does that count? lol

[jsherman9901]

Originally Posted by fragments38

You can also find the notorious Iron City, which I don't recommend visiting.

Why is Iron City notorious, and why do you not recommend visiting it?

[Buckelew]

I grew upon the Alabama/Tennessee state line, probably 35 miles ESE of Iron City. It's always had a reputation as a village of ruffians. I'm not sure how true it is, but I've actually felt a little intimidated when I stopped there. It's definitely rural and out of the way.

That said, you may get to see how things were in that region many generations ago. Some of the old hotels/boarding houses are still standing where communities once stood. The old highways are still in place. The forests and field have not been developed into a modern spectacle.

There are some things to be missed about the way things once were. My "home" town, Ardmore, has always been a little rough: Now we give thanks to modern entertainment TV (GAC, CMT, Toby Keith, etc) for giving rednecks something to emulate. It's so ugly.

[RS-1080]

Originally Posted by Buckelew

I grew upon the Alabama/Tennessee state line, probably 35 miles ESE of Iron City. It's always had a reputation as a village of ruffians. I'm not sure how true it is, but I've actually felt a little intimidated when I stopped there. It's definitely rural and out of the way.

That said, you may get to see how things were in that region many generations ago. Some of the old hotels/boarding houses are still standing where communities once stood. The old highways are still in place. The forests and field have not been developed into a modern spectacle.

There are some things to be missed about the way things once were. My "home" town, Ardmore, has always been a little rough: Now we give thanks to modern entertainment TV (GAC, CMT, Toby Keith, etc) for giving rednecks something to emulate. It's so ugly.

Well, it's home to many that love it, thats why it don't ''change''. Folks stick around to raise their families same as they were raised,and fight change.

Our neck of the woods here where I live, they have a full time cop that walks the highschool floors a full shift during school hours. The local kids are kinda hard on transplants, even though they are white also.Sometimes transplants move here and agree with the redneck ways, and they do pretty well here, but are not really trusted fully.Sounds like a bad place to be,but really it ain't, we get along real well, long as folks don't bring in new idea's. Folks rather have less money and live happy than see change move in and change the only life they've ever known and love dearly. We've seen folks move here and try to stop kids ( 12-17 years old ) from riding atv's, or running a chainsaw cause they don't think it's safe,, but the kids still hop on them and take off,and still fire up a chainsaw and cut wood if they want as these kinda folks soon learn their idea's and complaints are not welcome,and they either shut up the fussing and get used to it,,or they pack up and move on. Thats how it should be, if one don't like an area or what kids are allowed to do there, then don't move there.

[JoAnn5]

Ahhh Ardmore has a great flea- market!!!

[Mike in TN]

I'm going to be honest...

Selmer is one of the most backwards places I've ever been. No way I'd buy land there! If if it did manage to appreciate, it wouldn't be much.

Stay away from McNairy County.