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Old 10-29-2007, 05:09 PM
 
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Hello I am having problems finding info on Sevierville Tennessee. My husband and I are wanting to move from Florida to Tennessee but we know nothing about the area. We are going to visit in a few months but I just want to know what the cost of living is like? If there is any places to work? What the prices of houses are. Any info would be great. Thanks...If there is another area better then please let me know.
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Old 10-29-2007, 06:11 PM
 
Location: Beautiful East TN!!
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Hi junglequeen, welcome to the forum.
There is A LOT of info on Sevierville here on these forum pages from a lot of great folks. You can use the "search" function at the tool bar near the top of the page. Just put in Sevierville and you will have more info than you can read in a day! Hope this helps.
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Old 10-29-2007, 08:05 PM
 
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Hi junglequeen, welcome to the forum.
There is A LOT of info on Sevierville here on these forum pages from a lot of great folks. You can use the "search" function at the tool bar near the top of the page. Just put in Sevierville and you will have more info than you can read in a day! Hope this helps.
Mbmouse is right, there is tons of info on Sevierville in this forum. Also, you might want to just go to the city-data.com page for Sevierville to get more info about the area (cost of living, crime, etc.):
Sevierville, Tennessee (TN) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex offenders

Good luck!
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Old 10-30-2007, 07:09 AM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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Sevierville is a tourist town(Dollywood etc.). It is very expensive and overpriced. The county has a very high sales tax. I've met people from there and they don't do any shopping in their own county. The traffic especially in the summer is horrendus.
It's ok to visit but I would never live there.

When you visit make sure you check out the surrounding areas. Sevierville is not, in my opinion, what Tennessee is about.

Have a good trip.
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Old 10-30-2007, 08:34 AM
 
Location: Dandridge, tn
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I agree it is a tourist town....but I love living here. If you learn the backroads you will be able to avoid alot of the traffic. I do my grocery shopping in Sevierville. Jobs are mostly tourist types gift shops, motels etc. I don't work there I do drive every day to downtown Knoxville to work, but I have a great job there. Also depends on where you live too, I rent a 2 bedroom apartment and only pay 495.00, very big and roomy. Homes are over-priced, due to the demand of people moving in and prices going up. I have found the prices are high anywhere around the Mountains. My mom and sister live in Blount county and homes are high there too. You can always find some good buys though once and awhile. Pigeon Forge use to be very nice but too tourist now, I remember when it was 2 gift shops just a handful of restaurants, and a drive-in that was the happening place on saturday night. I am new to the forum too and have been reading all the reply's and think there is such good advice from everyone...WELCOME TO TENNESSEE
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Old 10-30-2007, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow in "OZ "
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Sevierville, Tennessee
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Old 10-30-2007, 03:31 PM
 
Location: Gainesboro, Tennessee
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It is a pretty place.

But I would think about middle Tennessee. White County, Putnam, or Jackson Counties. You'll get more bang for your buck. Lower taxes too. More land or house size depending on what you are looking for. I'd say price wise lowest to highest would be Jackson, White then Putnam. All of them have the big city amenities without the tremendous traffic.
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Old 11-25-2008, 01:29 PM
 
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I dont know where younglisa has been but certainly not here. I am a resident of Sevierville. I moved here from Alabama 19 years ago and would not live anywhere else. Yes I shop in Sevierville. We actually have Wal-marts and a Kroger! Again younglisa has never lived here. Once you move here you will learn the back roads and can be anywhere you need to be from Sevierville to Gatlinburg within a matter of minutes, depending on where you are going. If you work local, more than likely it would be in some part of the tourist industry. Hotels, restaurants, entertainment, etc... Our crime rate is low and the mountains are beautiful. Sevierville is one of the few places left that people actually throw their hand up to you in a gesture of kindness and mean it from their heart. I wish I could speak to you personally and help you get in touch with the right people to answer your questions. Contact the Sevierville Chamber @ 865-453-6411 They will be glad to send you info on our area. Good luck to you and welcome to TN.
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:30 AM
 
Location: somewhere over the rainbow Ohio
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Sevierville is a tourist town(Dollywood etc.). It is very expensive and overpriced. The county has a very high sales tax. I've met people from there and they don't do any shopping in their own county. The traffic especially in the summer is horrendus.
It's ok to visit but I would never live there.

When you visit make sure you check out the surrounding areas. Sevierville is not, in my opinion, what Tennessee is about.

Have a good trip.
I have to agree with Lisa. There are other towns in Tn. where you don't have to deal with traffic from tourists from March-November.
We seriously were going to buy a place in Sevierville, we loved the area. Until we hit tourist traffic and were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for 45 minutes just to go a few miles. Sure, there are back roads to take, but you're stuck in traffic till you learn them.
Look to live in Dandridge if your heart is set on being near Sevierville and Pigeon Forge. Everyone has a different opinion on living there. It depends on what you'll find acceptable( you need to visit!) Some like living in Sevier County because as residents they get dscounted tickets to the shows and attractions.
Personally I didn't want to have to revolve my schedule to get everything done during the week so I didn't have to deal with tourists and traffic on the weekends. I do think the area is overpriced too.
Best of luck to you,
Pam
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