Wanting to Move to TN, but need some help :)

[stevenD66]

HI everybody! my name steve. I am a new member and this is my first post. I am 56 and will be retiring from the US Postal Service soon. I currently live in Florida and am looking for a laid back state to retire in. I am familiar with TN because my mother used to live in Chattanooga. I will have a good income and am not seeking employment. My children are grown, but I have a 3yr old grandaughter. I am looking to build a retirement home in TN, as I like the state's location and other factors such as lower cost of living and retiree friendly. Can anyone recommend an area, as I have seen and read about some really affordable home and land values. I might be old, but not dead. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!...........Thanks

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by stevenD66

HI everybody! my name steve. I am a new member and this is my first post. I am 56 and will be retiring from the US Postal Service soon. I currently live in Florida and am looking for a laid back state to retire in. I am familiar with TN because my mother used to live in Chattanooga. I will have a good income and am not seeking employment. My children are grown, but I have a 3yr old grandaughter. I am looking to build a retirement home in TN, as I like the state's location and other factors such as lower cost of living and retiree friendly. Can anyone recommend an area, as I have seen and read about some really affordable home and land values. I might be old, but not dead. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!...........Thanks

Do you want to be out in the middle of nowhere? In a town of 50,000? Like the mountains? How much do you consider "really affordable?"

We are happy to help but would probably need some more info.

[FLORIDA TO NIOTA 2010]

Originally Posted by stevenD66

HI everybody! my name steve. I am a new member and this is my first post. I am 56 and will be retiring from the US Postal Service soon. I currently live in Florida and am looking for a laid back state to retire in. I am familiar with TN because my mother used to live in Chattanooga. I will have a good income and am not seeking employment. My children are grown, but I have a 3yr old grandaughter. I am looking to build a retirement home in TN, as I like the state's location and other factors such as lower cost of living and retiree friendly. Can anyone recommend an area, as I have seen and read about some really affordable home and land values. I might be old, but not dead. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!...........Thanks

Sounds like us. We currently live in FL, have found TN to be the state for us to retire in. We found our retirement spot in Niota, TN (Northwest of Athens, TN) less than an hour from Chattanooga. Westside of I75. We have grown children as well and we have our 6yr grandaughter. The area we have our property is rolling and doesn't really snow there, but we are close enough to go see it if we want. We are only about 15 mins from town. We are looking to move in June, if all goes as planned.
Good luck in your search. It took us a little while to find what we wanted. After looking at a lot of property and almost giving up. We had picked up some TN papers in each town we went through ( little ones with the ads ).
I had forgetten that we had picked up the town papers until 2-3 weeks later. I almost threw them away and then thought ok I'll look at them. There were 3 ads for 5acre tracks, the first one was sold and the second one didn't answer or call back and the third one is the one we looked at 2 weeks later and bought. It was just what we wanted.
So don't give up, you will find out you are looking for.

[Hoptik]

Originally Posted by LissieAnn

Hi all,
My fiancé and I want to move out of California by next Oct and are thinking about TN. We are in our mid twenties and we don't have any children. We are planning a visit to TN this March and are hoping some of you natives could give us some suggestions. We would like to find an older more historic town with a small population preferably around 20,000 or less. The real important factor is that we are within 30 mins of a large city (100,000+ people) such as Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis ect., so we can easily find good jobs. We like the green country setting, more of the slower paced lifestyle and we are not concerned about schools since we don't have any children, however we would like to live in an older community, that has the small southern town feel to it. Please if anyone can please give us any advice, it would be greatly appreciated!!

Big key factors-
*Must be within 30 mins to major metropolitan city, however can be off the beaten path*
*Older, historic community with small southern charm*
*Low cost of living, we are young college students*
*Relatively low crime*
Thanks for the help guys!

Check out the Cleveland TN. It meets almost all of your requirements. I lived there for some time. It is not a town for a single guy but it can be nice to town to raise your family. It is a college town, close to beautiful Occoee river, it is almost between major cities like Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Nashville.

[stevenD66]

What is Johnson City like?

[shinestx]

LissieAnn, check out Lebanon Lebanon, Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and even Mt. Juliet Mt. Juliet, Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on the east side of Nashville. Theyre both in Wilson County Wilson County, Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia along I-40 and still only about 45 min. from Cookeville if you're drawn to that town. Mt. Juliet is only about 8 miles from the Nashville airport... Lebanon is about ten miles further out. I'd suggest renting first, then exploring the area to see your preferences.

Lebanon has about 25K residents and contains a good mix of housing options. Mt. Juliet has seen a lot of growth this decade and has more new and bigger style houses, and lakefront options on Old Hickory Lake, Old Hickory Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . With no kids, you may not be as interested to know that Wilson is known for having among the best schools in the state. Plus, there is a state park nearby, Cedars of Lebanon State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

You'll find that the suburban and exurban areas of Nashville are conservative Repubican and conservative Democrat. Certain counties lean toward one party more than another (Davidson, Rutherford to Democrat, and Wilson, Williamson to Republican... Sumner is split evenly depending on where you live). I don't know about Robertson, Dickson, Cheatham, but I'd guess also a mix. I would expect that the more easterly you move from Lebanon, you get into Al Gore (Democrat) country with Carthage and Smith County.

Good luck on your research.