So Many Moving to Tennessee WHATS THE EFFECT? (buy, movies)

[Shenandoah]

Originally Posted by LauraC

I'm thinking of taking a vacation in Florida next year wearing a tee shirt that says "OAK RIDGE - HOME OF NUKES!" Every once and awhile I'll twitch for the desired effect.

I say we keep talking about snakes, spiders, coyotes, bats...have to think about some previous threads...tornadoes, earthquakes, icy curvy mountain roads, traffic, air quality in Knoxville, not enough sunny days...still thinking...people who invite you to church against your will and/or people that are tooooo nice so you suspect ulterior motives, people who socialize with their church meaning you are left out, "stupid" dry counties, corporal punishment in schools, jailing bad parents with absentee kids, schools that don't take your parental "helpful suggestions"...no gun control, smoking all over the place so you might have to take your business elsewhere, watermelon seed spitting contests, square/buck dancing, rampant Yankee baiting/teasing/ignoring even though you're so wonderful/smarter/tolerant than them, predominantly Republican registered East Tennessee, hunting, no Meagers or whatever the name of that store was that started with an M...still thinking...I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S A TAX ON FOOD! even though I don't pay state income tax, some places with no broadband, "good old boys" only get hired and they passed up my sterling "I'm a highly educated professional" 20 different jobs resume to hire a guy who has lived here all of his life, not enough high-end retail stores, lower wage jobs, polite men that treat you like a lady and you don't know how to handle that, non diet conscious people who offend your eyesight, people with missing teeth that offend your eyesight, people with southern accents that offend your ears, men who sit in pick up trucks and, you know, sit there, too many country music stations...and HORRORS, poor people that have lived there all the years of their life who might be living in the general vicinity of where you want to build a house.

Have I missed anything?

Sounds like the area I'm living in, already - except for no state income tax, and tax on food. Gee, I feel right at home already! Thanks for making me feel more comfortable, Laura!

blessings, Shen

[hiknapster]

I still like LauraC's idea of putting a mobile home at the Tennessee line. The people that don't care about such things will keep coming. The other's will turn back!

[Shenandoah]

Heck, that won't stop us. I used to live in a mobile home. When I said that all of that sounds like home, it really is! People helping neighbors, looking out for one another, church activities ruling our social life, hunting, fishing (both girls and boys, with photo's in the paper), - heck, that's just plain country! Only in TN, the weather's milder and there's no state income tax, so besides the fact that I only have a slight southern accent from living on the PA / WV line and visiting relatives in WV, we should fit right in. Well, except for me being a petite brown-eyed brunette, tho. Gee, think I'll get shunned for that?? sniff.... Well, that's something for diversity - I'll put up a sign in my front yard saying 'Brunette Power!' or 'Brunette's Really Are Smarter!' We brunettes just gotta stick together and bring brunette power into Tennessee!! LOL!

Truthfully, the area we live in, 40+ miles north of Pittsburgh, it's lower cost of living, lower wages, and as I said, pure country folk - missing teeth, beat up pick up truck, and all of the previous vehicles you've owned your entire life sitting in your front yard - yep, we're used to it.

blessings, Shen

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by shenandoah

Heck, that won't stop us. I used to live in a mobile home. When I said that all of that sounds like home, it really is! People helping neighbors, looking out for one another, church activities ruling our social life, hunting, fishing (both girls and boys, with photo's in the paper), - heck, that's just plain country! Only in TN, the weather's milder and there's no state income tax, so besides the fact that I only have a slight southern accent from living on the PA / WV line and visiting relatives in WV, we should fit right in. Well, except for me being a petite brown-eyed brunette, tho. Gee, think I'll get shunned for that?? sniff.... Well, that's something for diversity - I'll put up a sign in my front yard saying 'Brunette Power!' or 'Brunette's Really Are Smarter!' We brunettes just gotta stick together and bring brunette power into Tennessee!! LOL!

Truthfully, the area we live in, 40+ miles north of Pittsburgh, it's lower cost of living, lower wages, and as I said, pure country folk - missing teeth, beat up pick up truck, and all of the previous vehicles you've owned your entire life sitting in your front yard - yep, we're used to it.

blessings, Shen

Yep, that's why we're welcoming you! We're hoping the mobile homes will deter the snobs. Of course, there are some that will want to MOVE the mobile home! Bleah!

[Shenandoah]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

Of course, there are some that will want to MOVE the mobile home! Bleah!

We'll just set it in concrete, put a few junkers in the front yard up on concrete blocks. That and don't forget the stench of ramps - that's sure to turn the snobs away!

blessings, Shen

[northcountrygirl]

Originally Posted by shenandoah

Heck, that won't stop us. I used to live in a mobile home. When I said that all of that sounds like home, it really is! People helping neighbors, looking out for one another, church activities ruling our social life, hunting, fishing (both girls and boys, with photo's in the paper), - heck, that's just plain country! Only in TN, the weather's milder and there's no state income tax, so besides the fact that I only have a slight southern accent from living on the PA / WV line and visiting relatives in WV, we should fit right in. Well, except for me being a petite brown-eyed brunette, tho. Gee, think I'll get shunned for that?? sniff.... Well, that's something for diversity - I'll put up a sign in my front yard saying 'Brunette Power!' or 'Brunette's Really Are Smarter!' We brunettes just gotta stick together and bring brunette power into Tennessee!! LOL!

Truthfully, the area we live in, 40+ miles north of Pittsburgh, it's lower cost of living, lower wages, and as I said, pure country folk - missing teeth, beat up pick up truck, and all of the previous vehicles you've owned your entire life sitting in your front yard - yep, we're used to it.

blessings, Shen

That's right Shen! Power to the Dark Haired ones. Now if they just don't start singing "Short People Got No Reason To Live". We'll be alright

[northcountrygirl]

I wonder if they ever considered that we might be the best way to bring down property values in Tennessee!!!!!!!!!!

[Shenandoah]

Originally Posted by northcountrygirl

That's right Shen! Power to the Dark Haired ones. Now if they just don't start singing "Short People Got No Reason To Live". We'll be alright

LOL!! We'll just have to start a campaign for short people then.

The pro's of being vertically challanged:

1. You don't have to reach far when something drops.
2. Don't make me mad, your 'sensitive areas' are well within my reach.
3. We can crawl into areas you can't even see.

blessings, Shen

[Shenandoah]

Originally Posted by northcountrygirl

I wonder if they ever considered that we might be the best way to bring down property values in Tennessee!!!!!!!!!!

Well, that's yet another way to keep the snobs away! We'll have hiknapster dying her hair brunette yet!

blessings, Shen

[Shenandoah]

Whoohoooooo!!! I made Senior Member!! Must be 100 posts that does it. Time to celebrate ...

Hey, wait a minute here.... does that mean I gotta join AARP too, now??

blessings, Shen