Possible move to Sevierville or Pigeon Forge (Knoxville, Chattanooga: apartment complexes, rentals)

[tonsoffunsy]

Thank you for your replies. Again, I don't think we would be able to fully grasp the area in just a few short days of vacationing. We would actually need to live in the area to see what it is really like. We have been looking around on Google Earth, and with webcams and forums. I honestly think we wouldnt see much more of the towns if we actually came there personally.
Again, we are not purchasing, we will be renting. I figure if we rent month to month and the place turns out to be THAT bad, we pack it up and move again. No different than staying at a hotel for a month and looking around.
I will have plenty of money saved so we will try to not run into any problems.
No kids so no worries there. Just a furry one (cat hehe).
Maryville looks like a great lead (so does west Knoxville). I know there are a couple of places I could easily get a job at that I worked at before. I would actually prefer to work there....but was afraid of all the stabbings I kept hearing about Knoxville.
Any apartment complexes that anyone can recommend in the western Knoxville area?
We have only lived in Fl for a few years,yes you are correct in that we want to get away from the tourisim, but in the same thought, in my line of work, if there were not tourists, I would not make money.
I am currently in a VERY populated tourist town in Florida, about as big as Maryville....and it is party central...and we hate it.
Would like something quieter, less focus on the partying....we like to sleep at night.
So, we will do more looking into Maryville.
Thanks for all of your help.

[tonsoffunsy]

Corbin4, thank you for your information too....
Could you tell me what area is condidered West Knoxville?
Any apartments in that area that you could lead me to?
I hear of all the stabbings and such and wasnt too sure about Knoxville.
Any zip codes that are safer than others?
Thanks!!

[hiknapster]

What stabbings? There's been a few shootings lately, but I haven't heard of a rash of stabbings.

West Knoxville, in general, has pretty safe places to live. Check forrent dot com, or other such listings. knoxnews.com will also get you a lot of listings. Generally, the more expensive, the nicer and safer.

[adanVdo]

Hi All - I moved to Sevierville FROM Knoxville. This is a funny thread....thought my perspective might be appreciated too. Tunsoffunsy - "West Knoxville" (zip 37922 is most famous) is mostly the area west of downtown about from the Bearden area (Cedar Bluff Road) to Campbell Station Rd -- as you follow I-40 going west.

The 37922 zip code is relatively new. I moved there in 1970 when it was still mostly all farmland. But the golf course communities began around then and it's steadily grown since then.

A little background on my perspective: I was 20 yrs old when my parents bought a house in the 2nd most exclusive subdivision, Village Green in west Knoxville (it wasn't IN Knoxville then, and still isn't -I don't think- that area, 37922, resists annexation to the city). The #1 ritzy place to live, then, was the golf course Fox Den. I had grown up around northern metropolitan areas (Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Cleveland OH) and I'll tell you, it was a huge culture shock to move 'down south'. But my Father said, "Give it a year". Well, I was Of-Age, and decided to ignore his words, left & joined the Navy so I could live my ''fantasies". I returned to Knoxville when my bubble burst and stayed a few years, left again and returned again. Providence forced me back. Then Providence led me to a rental house in Sevierville.

I'll post more later on, but first, yes, I have to echo the comments I've read so far: there is crime every-stinkin-where. My younger sister lives in 37922 and sometimes the local tv news highlights some crime "in Sevierville" so she calls me to tell me she worries: rolleyes:

Occasionally, very ocassionally, some crime makes the news. But heck, those decisions are made by folks.....and everyone has their own reasons or moods for lookin' at someone else's chit to feel better 'bout themselves. IMO that's all it is. There are good folks everywhere....and there are rednecks everywhere (even in Chicago). In a few minutes, I'll get out my Knoxville directory, and post the zip codes for the not-so-nice Knoxville areas.

Good luck in your search!

[CG&D93]

The area I know of in west Knoxville is called Farragut. But 'adanVdo' would know better than me. The areas just off I-140 are really nice. I can't think of the names of them but that interstate is great. You can live out in the middle of nowhere and be in the middle of everything in a matter of minutes. They are going to be extending that interstate further south also.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by corbin4

The area I know of in west Knoxville is called Farragut. But 'adanVdo' would know better than me. The areas just off I-140 are really nice. I can't think of the names of them but that interstate is great. You can live out in the middle of nowhere and be in the middle of everything in a matter of minutes. They are going to be extending that interstate further south also.

What? Well, it goes south, as in I-75. Whatever plans you refer to I have not heard of. There will be a connector going from I-40 to I-75, but that will be going North. And they can't do that fast enough, and they won't.

It's West Knoxville, then Farragut, but that is a vast area. There is a LOT of traffic in that area, too. Lots of building on top of each other and strip malls. It's kind of a "Little Florida." On the other hand, they are building all over Knoxville.

Don't ask about the idyllic Knoxville. That's gone.

[MB2]

hiks
Your expertise is needed in the thread "attention floridian transplants"....I "refered" you, so to speak, and maybe you can give some advice.....
Thanks, my friend.....

[hiknapster]

I'm on it! Heading there right now!

[CG&D93]

hiknapster-

Interstate 140 (aka Pellissippi Pkwy) is what I was referring to. It takes you in a southeasterly fashion and ends at Old Knoxville Highway in Alcoa/Rockford area. There is rumor and I've seen signs when I drive 411 to Maryville of possible extensions of the interstate down to 411.

If I'm reading my map properly Farragut is just off I-140 as you take it from Knoxville to the airport. I just drove that area about a week ago. The areas just off that interstate are beautiful & quiet. There is a lot of waterfront properties out there and not very built up. We were checking it out because a friend of ours from Knoxville suggested we look there for a home.

[Songbird42]

I was in Sevierville a few months ago, my son bought 10 acres in God's Country near the Douglas Lake area.............OMG, the traffic on that main drag.......Sevierville, Pigeon Forge..........to get to the Denny's took like 35 mins. ONE Walmart.......please......we ate at a Chinese Rest. near Red Lobster
the food was trash, garbage, lousy......ugh........and expensive and not worth it at all. The Comfort Inn we stayed at did not change the linens We decided to go to the knife outlet, OHG the traffic going out of town, took us another 45 mins. to get to knife outlet. My dh had a ball there, like a kid in the candy store, great prices and that was HIS highlight of the trip. Gatlinburg is worst than going to Disney, nothing but a tourist trap.

Went looking at real estate, girl took us to 3 places, didn't know anything about the places she took us, we inquired about a certain property (we were thinking about a possible buy) took her 2 weeks to get back to us. We were back in FL and decided against it. Her knowledge of the area was nil and she lived there most of her life............looked at the schools, we have 2 grandchildren that would be going to the schools, one HS, one middle school
and very little else. Other than one outlet mall, I didn't see any other clothing stores, Marshalls, Ross, Old Navy.............I heard that the theaters
in Pigeon Forge in the winter put on shows for $5.00 for the locals so they get the shows prepared for the spring/summer when the tourist come back
and that many of the stores close for 3/4 months out of the year.

Yep, sounds like a real great place to live