Any Feedback on Clarksville.... (Springfield, Ashland City: sales, house, job transfer)

[MomsTn]

from someone who has actually lived there... and not, just heard or read about it.

My husband may be working there....
It really depends on what's available...

I do know that he won't have the traffic from Nashville, because he'll be going North and not South of where we will be living...

[alleycat]

I grew up in Clarksville and my mother still lives there.

I'll try to answer any questions I can. If I can't, I know people there who can.

[MomsTn]

Great, what can you tell me about it?
Family friendly?
How are the schools?
I know it's a military town, that's ok, I'm an Air Force brat.
We probably won't be living in town, but, my husband might be working there.
We have a choice of three cities, Clarksville will be our third choice.
If there is an opening there first, then, that will be where he is working.... that's just how it works.

I'm hoping that we will get our first choice, which is Springfield... that's much closer to my Dad.

Originally Posted by alleycat

I grew up in Clarksville and my mother still lives there.

I'll try to answer any questions I can. If I can't, I know people there who can.

[alleycat]

Here's some broad strokes to get started.

Yeah, I'd say Clarksville is family friendly. I think it's a nice town for its size. It's far enough away from Nashville to have developed it's own personality and interests. It's grown quite a bit in the last few years; it used to be that Clarksville was "in town" and the county was rural. Now, they've built subdivisions all the way to the county line in most directions. However, there is still a lot of farmland, woods, and countryside.

As for Ft. Campbell, that it on the northern part of the county. It tends to be it's own separate area to a certain extent. You can live in other parts of Montgomery County all your life and hardly know it's there except for the helicopters flying over. Ft. Campbell Blvd. tends to be a very dangerous road, by the way.

I'm not sure about the schools anymore. They used to be good, but it's been a long time since I went. Off the top of my head I would still guess they're good, but they probably have the same problems that most public school systems have these days. One thing that helps is that Clarksville is a relatively properous county. And they have enough retail sales tax and property tax that the city and county governments can afford some of the things that smaller, less populated counties can not. Clarksville is also home to Austin Peay State University.

I guess I don't think of Clarksville and Springfield as being that far apart. It's a fairly quick drive up I-24 to the Springfield exit (then you have to take a state route into Springfield). If closeness to Springfield is important, you can look at the Sango, East Montgomery County (my mother lives there) or Port Royal areas.

An interesting tidbit, at one time, Clarksville had one of the lowest ratios in the nation for doctors to patients in the country (meaning, there were a lot of doctors). I'm not sure whether it still does or not. And why that was, I don't know, other than people seemed to like living there.

[MomsTn]

Thanks Alleycat,
You have been very helpful.

Originally Posted by alleycat

Here's some broad strokes to get started.

Yeah, I'd say Clarksville is family friendly. I think it's a nice town for its size. It's far enough away from Nashville to have developed it's own personality and interests. It's grown quite a bit in the last few years; it used to be that Clarksville was "in town" and the county was rural. Now, they've built subdivisions all the way to the county line in most directions. However, there is still a lot of farmland, woods, and countryside.

As for Ft. Campbell, that it on the northern part of the county. It tends to be it's own separate area to a certain extent. You can live in other parts of Montgomery County all your life and hardly know it's there except for the helicopters flying over. Ft. Campbell Blvd. tends to be a very dangerous road, by the way.

I'm not sure about the schools anymore. They used to be good, but it's been a long time since I went. Off the top of my head I would still guess they're good, but they probably have the same problems that most public school systems have these days. One thing that helps is that Clarksville is a relatively properous county. And they have enough retail sales tax and property tax that the city and county governments can afford some of the things that smaller, less populated counties can not. Clarksville is also home to Austin Peay State University.

I guess I don't think of Clarksville and Springfield as being that far apart. It's a fairly quick drive up I-24 to the Springfield exit (then you have to take a state route into Springfield). If closeness to Springfield is important, you can look at the Sango, East Montgomery County (my mother lives there) or Port Royal areas.

An interesting tidbit, at one time, Clarksville had one of the lowest ratios in the nation for doctors to patients in the country (meaning, there were a lot of doctors). I'm not sure whether it still does or not. And why that was, I don't know, other than people seemed to like living there.

[alleycat]

Here's a link to the city's website:

http://www.clarksville.tn.us/

[MomsTn]

Beat ya to it.... but, thanks.
Just got off the phone with my husband.
He's thinking if he gets the job in Clarksville, that we might as well start looking at housing there.
We'll be a little farther from my Dad but, it's still doable...
I'm starting to get a little excited now.
It's not that I wasn't before, but, I'm trying to be patient here, waiting on what my husband wants to do, and I'm almost ready to start pulling out my hair.
I could hardly contain myself.
I had already told him that if he got his job transfer first, before the house sells, that he could go and stay with my Dad.
My Dad has already suggested it. They have a little travel trailor and it would be perfect for him.
Of course, we don't want to be separated from each other, but, like I just told my husband on the phone.... "sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."
His Mother had just told him the same thing on the phone, right before he called me.

So, now, I am switching gears a little and finding out info about Clarksville.
Contacted the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, and they'll be sending out some information.
Also, this morning alone... I've gotten four emails from Realtors from Clarksville.

We don't have our house on the market yet, but, my husband will be calling the Realtor to come out within the next week.
We were going to wait until we got back from Tennessee at the end of the month, but, have realized that we need to get the house ready and possibly on the market before the end of April.

Originally Posted by alleycat

Here's a link to the city's website:

http://www.clarksville.tn.us/

[alleycat]

Well, if there's anything I can get for you, just let me know. Mostly when I go to Clarksville I just go to visit my mom. We have a place out in the country with about 60 acres.

And when you're doing your house search, you might want to stay on the east side of the county. From what you've said that would suit you better.

[MomsTn]

What can you tell my about Cheatham County?
I'm trying to find a middle ground between Robertson County and Montgomery County.
I've been looking at housing prices in Cheatham County and they look very reasonable.
We do want some acreage.... not much, just enough that if I want to raise chickens they'll have some room to run.

Originally Posted by alleycat

Well, if there's anything I can get for you, just let me know. Mostly when I go to Clarksville I just go to visit my mom. We have a place out in the country with about 60 acres.

And when you're doing your house search, you might want to stay on the east side of the county. From what you've said that would suit you better.

[alleycat]

I made several posts in the threads started by "music composer". We discussed Cheatham County quite a bit. You might want to read those.

There are two communites in Robertson County you might want to consider in that case: Pleasant View and Cooperstown. They are located about half-way between Ashland City and Springfield. Both have close access to I-24 and US41A, which would take you into either Clarksville or Nashville.