Liberal cities near Knoxville (Farragut: for sale, foreclosures, renting)

[creeksitter]

How old is the kid - kids? Beaumont magnet school is very popular with the crunchy crowd. There are some neighborhoods off central zoned for Beaumont. I'm thinking oakwood -lincloln park is a good compromise but I don't know what schools it is zoned for.

You'll find liberal people in Fountain city - actually in most parts of town scattered about. We tend to have political diversity here. But most of the city is dominated by moderates - and the Apathetic Party.

[Veracity]

Very helpful info, thanks all

[Veracity]

What is "crunchy crowd"?

Liberals? bc they crunch on granola bars?

[creeksitter]

I'm surprised you haven't heard the term. Hippie types that like crunchy granola. I can talk this way as I have a crunchy side and don't consider it an insult.

If you need to feel surrounded by kindred spirits go hang out at the 3 rivers market at Baxter and Central.

If you are new-agey the glowing body yoga studio is your spot.

[hiknapster]

And definitely come down to The Farmer's Market on Saturdays. Completely different vibe than Farragut's - not that I don't like Farragut, I do. If you are really interested in meeting kindred spirits, join the local Democratic Party. They have a FB page and if you "like" it they will invite you to all sorts of social events. I haven't gone to any because I don't have anyone to attend with.

[Barking Spider]

I must really be out of it. All this time going to Market Square, and/or Turkey Creek, and I have no idea what the political leanings are of the people around me (nor do I care).

[hiknapster]

Really? I don't know about Turkey Creek but I bet that the people with the dreads beating drums, the back-to-the-earth types that are selling organic, the folks with more of an "Asheville look" didn't vote for Reagan, if they were old enough anyway. Then there is the whole mayoral election thing where someone so left she fought for farm workers' rights with Chavez and trounced the moderate in the election makes me think there aren't too many members of the Young Republican's Club. Of course I know some of those folks so maybe I have more clarity. Not everyone is left or even moderate down there, especially not the visitors, but the regulars are very liberal for the most part.

[J&Em]

Originally Posted by Barking Spider

I must really be out of it. All this time going to Market Square, and/or Turkey Creek, and I have no idea what the political leanings are of the people around me (nor do I care).

When I began reading this thread and then spotted another looking for places much more conservative than Cookeville I really began wondering what I was missing as a moderate somewhat libertarian person. Now you have to have a political leaning to be going to a particular Farmer's Market? That is just too strange. Maybe I am going to the wrong supermarket, too? Personally this labeling people in convenient little packages to segregate oneself from them is pretty odious to me. I used to live in an extremely liberal area, and now live in one more conservative leaning, yet I have always found underneath it all people are really more alike than not, whether or not I agree with their political views.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

Really? I don't know about Turkey Creek but I bet that the people with the dreads beating drums, the back-to-the-earth types that are selling organic, the folks with more of an "Asheville look" didn't vote for Reagan, if they were old enough anyway. Then there is the whole mayoral election thing where someone so left she fought for farm workers' rights with Chavez and trounced the moderate in the election makes me think there aren't too many members of the Young Republican's Club. Of course I know some of those folks so maybe I have more clarity. Not everyone is left or even moderate down there, especially not the visitors, but the regulars are very liberal for the most part.

Originally Posted by J&Em

When I began reading this thread and then spotted another looking for places much more conservative than Cookeville I really began wondering what I was missing as a moderate somewhat libertarian person. Now you have to have a political leaning to be going to a particular Farmer's Market? That is just too strange. Maybe I am going to the wrong supermarket, too? Personally this labeling people in convenient little packages to segregate oneself from them is pretty odious to me. I used to live in an extremely liberal area, and now live in one more conservative leaning, yet I have always found underneath it all people are really more alike than not, whether or not I agree with their political views.

Hyperbole much?

Most of my friends are moderate to conservative with a few liberals thrown in. I'm more of a left-leaning moderate. Yes, people are generally the same and I'm looking to live closer to my work which will probably be in the West Knoxville/Farragut area. However, this forum isn't about judging the original poster last time I checked. She's looking for a liberal area to live - and many, many posters are looking for a conservative area to live as well. To each their own. She has every right to ask for an area where her neighbors share her same ideology and around here that is going to be the downtown core and close neighborhoods.

[jabogitlu]

I agree. I'm moving in about a month and in my new city I definitely tried to feel around and find the more libertarian/liberal/hippie area. It's just a preference and it doesn't mean I can't go out to the suburbs and shop at the Barnes and Noble, too. But living around other people that are sort of like you just makes me happier.