Anything You Don't Like? (Clarksville, Jackson: appointed, renters, car insurance)

[johnbain]

Hi everyone. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

I have been getting lots of good posts on TN in general. Especially Cookeville, Greenville and the Tri-City area.

Let's get to any negatives now. Anyone that moved to TN that wished they had not? List the pros and the cons please.

Also, anyone that has lived or lives in the areas I mentioned above and does not like them? Pros and cons again please.

[bbkaren]

Here's a relevant thread:
//www.city-data.com/forum/tenne...ving-east.html

Hope it helps!

[johnbain]

aw come one people..post would ya

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by johnbain

aw come one people..post would ya

They must all love it!

(Just kidding.)

I could post some negatives about Nashville, but I just don't know the areas you mentioned well enough to post any negative about living there.

[Pam& Bill]

I have nothing negative to say about East Tn. in general. I have been here a year and a half and love it here. I cannot comment on the areas you mentioned as I have never lived there.
Pam

[williboy]

My only complaint is that I wish the utility wiring were underground and not overhead via poles.

[2mares]

Dont actually live in Cookeville, but spend most of my time there, working, shopping. Its a nice town, not too big not too small. Speciality shoping is not all that, but Im not a big shopper. Traffic on friday is awful. No liquor store, have to drive to Jackson Co. Thats about it for negative.

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by johnbain

Hi everyone. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

I have been getting lots of good posts on TN in general. Especially Cookeville, Greenville and the Tri-City area.

Let's get to any negatives now. Anyone that moved to TN that wished they had not? List the pros and the cons please.

Also, anyone that has lived or lives in the areas I mentioned above and does not like them? Pros and cons again please.

I like Tennessee very much. The only thing I don't like is the drug-related crime by the users. But, was I living in a bubble before?

You will read about more theft here (car, home, stores, business) than you may be used to where you live now. Is there more theft or did the newspapers where you used to live just not report shoplifting/car break-ins? In fact, car break ins - did the police even bother to come out to your house?

The other thing I read about more here is uninsured drivers and (not necessarily related) people who drive while impaired. Since car insurance rates are comparatively low, that may indicate Tennessee newspapers just do a better job of reporting such police incidents. I know the newspaper in my former state never reported DUIs and DWIs unless a fatality was involved. Here they put the person's name and address in the newspaper (and sometimes a photo) when no accident is involved. I like that but it may give a false indication that there is more of it here just because the newspapers do a better job of reporting on it.

If someone gets caught shoplifting a set of wrenches in your current town, does the newspaper report it? Here the theif's name and address and a description of what he stole and the name of the store he stole it from, goes in the newspaper.

If there is more theft and impaired drivers in Tennessee, why is my car and renters insurance with the same insurance company (same car), lower than where I used to live? Just some food for thought.

[FLORIDA TO NIOTA 2010]

I think the reason the theft seems like alot. The newspaper just doesn't have hardly anything else to report on, like in other states. Where I live the shootings and the murders are front page so you don't notice the theft as much.

[Steve-o]

The reasons I didnt like TN (Clarksville) were as follows:

1. The summer heat
2. The crime
3. The lack of fine dining
4. The lack of good-paying jobs
5. The lack of good shopping