information on moving here (Knoxville, Murfreesboro: apartment complexes, rent, daycare)

[baby_firefly]

hey all
was wondering if anybody could help me find a place
looking for not very metropolitan or a college town has rent for less than $650 a month (and thats pushing it) in a small town that has stuff to do for kids like public pool/ lake for swimming fairs-festivals some holiday stuff has daycare or babysitters , diners bars stores that would be hiring
and where church is a big part of life
thanks in advance

also has tennesee had alot of people relocating ... looking for a place thats not yankified

[JMT]

Originally Posted by baby_firefly

hey all
was wondering if anybody could help me find a place
looking for not very metropolitan or a college town has rent for less than $650 a month (and thats pushing it) in a small town that has stuff to do for kids like public pool/ lake for swimming fairs-festivals some holiday stuff has daycare or babysitters , diners bars stores that would be hiring
and where church is a big part of life
thanks in advance

also has tennesee had alot of people relocating ... looking for a place thats not yankified

Hey, you'll probably get several responses, and there are probably several places in Tennessee that would fit what you want.

My personal favorite is Cookeville. (People who know me in this forum have probably already stopped reading by now--they know what I'm going to say.) It's a small college town of just under 30,000. There are about 10,000 college students in Cookeville (the university and the new branch of Nashville State community college). It's definitely got rent for less than $650, its public schools are outstanding, it's got cafes, bookstores, art galleries, things you'd expect in a college town. It's also the hub of a 14-county area, so it's got gazillions of restaurants that are always hiring.

There are dozens of churches in Cookeville, it really is a church-going kind of town with everything from very traditional Southern Baptist congregations, Pentecostal churches, a huge Catholic church, a couple of Mormon congregations, a Seventh-Day Adventist church and school, a Christian Science meeting room, a Unitarian group, and so on. I think there are over 80 churches in Cookeville. And that's pretty typical of just about any small town in Tennessee.

It's also got the public fairs and festivals you mentioned; they just had one a few weeks ago in the West Side district of downtown of various stages set up with different kinds of live music and dancing outdoors. They have a larger version in the summer. Lots of towns around here have similar summer festivals, and some people spend their summers traveling across the region going from one festival to another. (On a side note: the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree is definitely not to be missed, particularly if you like clogging.)

And Cookeville is only an hour from the Nashville airport for those occasional urges you might have to take a flight back up north to visit family and friends. Or when your Yankee friends want to come South and visit you!

Good luck!

[baby_firefly]

thankyou jmt
i just dont know about the whole college town thing since i have a young child i know college students can get pretty rowdy and i wouldnt want her to be around that
but thanks again any feedback is good feedback i guess

[JMT]

Originally Posted by baby_firefly

thankyou jmt
i just dont know about the whole college town thing since i have a young child i know college students can get pretty rowdy and i wouldnt want her to be around that
but thanks again any feedback is good feedback i guess

Ooops, sorry, I misread your original post.

But if you want a job working in diners, bars, or stores, you'll find more of those type of things in college towns. And not all college kids are rowdy. ETSU in Johnson City and Tennessee Tech in Cookeville are definitely NOT party schools. I wouldn't say the same thing about MTSU in Murfreesboro or U.T. in Knoxville. But if you don't live in the same part of town as the universities, at least in Knoxville, you wouldn't even be aware that there was a university in town. Well, except for all the orange flags.

[insanesmooch]

I lived in Murfreesboro- which has MTSU- mostly while as a college student. I lived in a couple of different apartment complexes within walking distance of the university and the main trouble I had in that area was it being noisy at times. I don't 'party' or anything myself. I didn't seek the parties and they never found me. Where my now husband lived in Nashville was even noisier with some young punks (not college kids) that would play music so loud they have to be deaf. They had little kids around too. Those poor kids had to be deaf.
Murfreesboro has grown so much and many families move there. Once you get away from the general vicinity of the campus you will find more families and less areas of just college kids. There are lots of things to do there. I'm not sure what rent is away from the campus area. When I was in a two bedroom with a roommate, we paid like $450.


I also lived most of my life in Knoxville and unless you go to the area of Cumberland Ave, especially, you aren't really aware that it is a "college" town. There's not like extra partying going on all over town just because UT is there.

[baby_firefly]

thank you both for all the help
i'll definitly have to look into both

[s06er]

Originally Posted by insanesmooch

I lived in Murfreesboro- which has MTSU- mostly while as a college student. I lived in a couple of different apartment complexes within walking distance of the university and the main trouble I had in that area was it being noisy at times. I don't 'party' or anything myself. I didn't seek the parties and they never found me.

Are there any apartments that you'd recommend?