Which Area Is a Better Place to Raise a Family: Knoxville, Tennessee vs. Southern New Hampshire

[Shakeesha]

Southern New Hampshire is better.

[sub]

Knoxville being one of the more unappealing places I've ever seen, I'd have to go with New Hampshire, especially when raising a family is a concern. Just the difference in crime would be enough tip those scales. Knoxville has problems in that department. New Hampshire, along with the rest of northern New England is in one of the safest, if not the safest, regions in the country.

[Dyadic]

Southern New Hampshire (Manchester-Nashua) due to its proximity to the Bos-Wash corridor.

[Green Guy]

Originally Posted by woxyroxme

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/06/13/h...ren/index.html

Well, that's quite a plus. Seems like New Hampshire ranks among the best, if not THE best, for practically anything: safety, education, freedom, economy, health indicators, etc. Whereas Tennessee looks like it ranks in the bottom 5 or 10 for all of those same indicators.

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[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by sub

Knoxville being one of the more unappealing places I've ever seen, I'd have to go with New Hampshire, especially when raising a family is a concern. Just the difference in crime would be enough tip those scales. Knoxville has problems in that department. New Hampshire, along with the rest of northern New England is in one of the safest, if not the safest, regions in the country.

On the flip side is that heroin and fentanyl overdoses have been an issue in NH: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.wmur....pshire/9269860

[Green Guy]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

On the flip side is that heroin and fentanyl overdoses have been an issue in NH: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.wmur....pshire/9269860

It's true that opioids are becoming a big problem everywhere in the US I think. I've heard it's extra bad in New England.

My feeling is that not many can compete with Tennessee when it comes to drug problems though, although that may only pertain to meth:

https://www.dea.gov/resource-center/meth-lab-maps.shtml