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11-02-2009, 10:37 AM
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Congratulations Annie! I had read about Freed-Hardeman and put it in the back of my mind. I will have to check out your new neck of the woods, so to speak. All the places you listed I think are beautiful too.
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11-02-2009, 11:20 AM
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Several small liberal arts colleges in and around Jackson.
Lambuth University (United Methodist college in Jackson)
Union University (Southern Baptist college in Jackson)
Lane College (historically Black college in Jackson)
Freed-Hardeman University (Church of Christ college in Henderson)
Bethel College (Cumberland Presbyterian college in McKenzie)
Community colleges include Jackson State and Dyersburg State. UT-Martin is a small state college in northwest TN.
Memphis has several colleges as well.
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11-02-2009, 11:53 AM
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Sally's Mom, if you take the job, keep in touch and we can meet when we finally move down. First 3 months we'll be busy building a deck, pool, and outdoor kitchen, but I always have a pot of coffee going. I'm gonna have to find out what the locals drink, too.
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11-02-2009, 02:45 PM
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Annie,
Thanks for the invite, although I'm not a coffee drinker. I can use all the friends I can get since I will be leaving a great group of them behind. They have all promised to visit and I won't be that far away, I live in Kentucky now. I'd love to see your pool and outdoor kitchen. I'm an excellent cook, but must admit not much of a grill person.
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11-02-2009, 09:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sally'smom
Thank you vivelafrance for the suggestion I will check it out. Actually a college town might be the right fit for me. I don't know that I would call Paducah a "bigger town" though.
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Have you been to Paducah? While not large in population, it serves as a regional center for the area. The downtown area absolutely blows Jackson out of the water and the city just feels much safer. When I was at school at UTM, my friends and I usually chose Paducah over Jackson for weekend shopping trips. I can't think of much that Jackson had and Paducah didn't. |
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11-03-2009, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by sally'smom
Annie,
Thanks for the invite, although I'm not a coffee drinker. I can use all the friends I can get since I will be leaving a great group of them behind. They have all promised to visit and I won't be that far away, I live in Kentucky now. I'd love to see your pool and outdoor kitchen. I'm an excellent cook, but must admit not much of a grill person.
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It's not just for grilling - it's the whole kitchen - just outdoors. It's where I'll be doing most of my canning and bread baking - you know, whatever you do indoors, can be done outdoors without heating up the house that you turn around and cool off with air conditioners! Besides, what's the point of being indoors if you have as wonderful an outdoors as we have!?
Yes, we'll have a grill, and a rotisserie and an oven and burners, mixer and blender, and - well, a KITCHEN; and comfy chairs (outdoor living room furniture). We bought our property for the land - the house was of secondary importance. In fact, it's not very close to my ideal house - but it is simply a place to store clothes and to hang out during bad (rain or cold) weather.
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11-03-2009, 03:41 PM
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Annie, what the locals drink is sweet tea. It's not iced tea, it's sweet tea, and it actually tastes better. Sweeter.
Sweet tea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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11-04-2009, 11:51 AM
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sally'smom,
Sorry everyone seems to dislike West TN. There is so much offered in Jackson and surrounding areas. I lived in Orlando for 16 years. Moved back to W. TN over 20 yrs. ago. Feel free to e mail me when you plan on being in this area and I will be happy to put you in contact with someone that can "fill you in" on the area.
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11-04-2009, 12:27 PM
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West TN isn't ugly, it's just a lot different than middle or east TN.
West TN gets most of its bad rep because of Memphis, but it would be kind of silly to let the problems of one city to scare you away from a whole region.
I'm going to second the suggestions of Milan and Henderson.
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11-04-2009, 05:27 PM
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks again for all the help. I did know that Sweet tea was the "official drink" and although I love tea, Sweet tea is a too sugary for me. I have been to Paducah, but it's been a while, sorry I guess I'll have to check it out. I was asked today if I would consider taking the job today based out of Nashville, not Memphis. I said I would consider, so I may be moving there not to west TN. Annie I'd still love to come visit if the offer is good. Nothing is a done deal yet, so west tn may be where I end up you never know.
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