And we wonder why everyone is moving to Tennessee? (Murfreesboro: to live, area)

[gemkeeper]

TnHilltopper, that is exactly right (referring to Post #39). I find it sad that so many people think that they are going to get what they are voting for and it does not turn out that way so many times.

All we can do as responsible citizens is to do our part, try to support the best of the best, and take quick action against the riff-raff that end up in our public offices.

People have to continually be watchful, fully informed on all levels of political issues, and be willing to change the guard to preserve the best interests of the state.

This does not mean moving forward at break-neck speed to be just like every other state that has allowed itself to be sold out to over-development and political corruption.

I think that you put everything in very good perspective, TnHilltopper.

[Margel]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Yeah, I know. I had a woman in one of my retiree classes two months ago touting communism. That was a first for me and I come from the liberal states of NY and MD. One of the reasons I moved to Tennessee was to get away from overaged-hippies. It's one of the reasons why Asheville was so unappealing. They never met a government program they didn't like. That's why taxes go up, when they demand things/services and regulations on businesses. Those things cost money. That's why COL will go up here. They move here for the cheap but then try to impose their "demands" on everyone else because "it's for our own good." Yeah, right.

Laura, I don't live in Tennessee. I actually relocated to the "dreaded" state of Florida. The area I live in is mostly rural and I hope to God it stays that way. I am actually glad that people started moving out of Florida and the new construction has halted. For how long who knows? But I know how you feel. You love the place you call home and don't want it ruined by greed. A lot of people move for the wrong reasons and end up in a place they don't like and try to change it into where they just left. The damands for more shopping leads to strip malls and before you know, the area is left ugly. I hope that never happens for you because even though I have never been to Tennessee, I have seen plenty of pictures to know that it is beautiful.

[Ifindem103]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Yeah, I know. I had a woman in one of my retiree classes two months ago touting communism. That was a first for me and I come from the liberal states of NY and MD. One of the reasons I moved to Tennessee was to get away from overaged-hippies. It's one of the reasons why Asheville was so unappealing. They never met a government program they didn't like. That's why taxes go up, when they demand things/services and regulations on businesses. Those things cost money. That's why COL will go up here. They move here for the cheap but then try to impose their "demands" on everyone else because "it's for our own good." Yeah, right.

I for 1 have never been a fan of the way NY is. I agree too many people want to tell us what to do for "our own good". I live in the suburbs and worked in the city and hate it. I stayed for my job and now its time to go. I am moving to TN because of the way TN is. I picked an area where the smallest lot you can get is 5 acres and most are bigger. I love the country, rolling hills, fields and mountains. We looked at OK,MI,VA and west VA.(FL was never considered) We fell in love with TN. I'm glad it's cheaper there, but to me thats the bonus. I don't really "dine out", visit museums or need to tan on the beach. Up here I guess I'm considered uncultured. I want to sit on my porch with a cup of coffee watch the sun come up, the animals roam, and the peacefulness it brings. My wife puts it best "it feels like home". So we can joke about my accent and my Yankee birth but I'll still be there for the local fund raiser and to help with your new fence............I've had enough of whats bad in the world it's time to enjoy whats good.

[altereco]

I moved to Tennessee because I was tired of greedy developers buying up every square inch of land and ruining it with their huge UGLY A-- houses. I hope that that doesn't happen to Tennessee but I see signs of it right now and it scares me. The thing is that developers follow the trends and when they see people heading somewhere they follow them with great big cranes and bags of money to buy up lots and they don't care about preserving natural beauty--they only see green when it's in the form of cash. It will happen here but the extent of the damage done is up to the consumer. Developers will built what they can SELL. If the demand shifts and people demand green spaces with smaller homes and bigger lots of unspoiled land the market will force them to shift gears.

[CMK10]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Yeah, yeah, they're all coming here for small town values, pretty and cheapness and then when they get here, they cut down all the trees to build, they become the demanding people they've always been (gotta have this road, that store, this social program) and pretty soon, the small town isn't so small anymore, taxes go up to support their demands and the values have changed to the ones they brought with them from the places they've fled in the past.

Post of the year. Dead on. Exactly what happened to my town in Florida. Used to be paradise. Now it'a #$@@ hole.

[rntobekelly]

We moved here for the small town (Chuckey) and wouldn't change a thing...left the rat race back in Michigan (and most of the weather too..lol). If I want something I take the drive to get it...love sitting on the front deck and looking out over the rolling hills...feels like this is as close to God as you can get while you are still on earth.

[Anongmous]

lots of relos flunked out of FL, now they are running to TN with the same UHauls they drove down I75 and I95 seeking some 'easy, beach life' in FL during the 1980s- now they have found another 'home' in FL because they were priced out of the market when they arrived in the first place-- everyone can't live on or near the ocean, but some felt entitled to participate in a lifestyle they could not afford in the first place- or they visions of being a tanned beach bum for cheap- they found out that's silly, everybody can't live in Hawaii, LA, upper east side NYC, Islip, Shaker Heights, Hilton Head, or Naples or any other highly priced area/real estate market-- so reality set in to the adventurers who were chasing the sun..LOL...so now, they are praising areas around E TN, their second stop back up the smae interstate. some of the people are just as big of losers as they were in 1985 driving down I75 to places like Pasco County,Clearwater, Ft Myers, Key West. Many Floridians I have talked with are glad they are gone. Now it seems they are TN's problem now. Now you have an influx of east coast types, Michigan residents, NJ, OH, who heretofore would have ended up in FL, but now, they have 'found' TN---TN is in for a huge surprise in a very few short years. The character of the area is bound to be negatively affected....just like what happened in FL in the late 1980s to the late 1990s up to about 2005..now it seems FL has flushed some of these perennial losers out, and they are winding up all over TN, a few places in NC/SC, and north GA

[hiknapster]

The original post was written three years ago. The truth is we didn't get that crew that you refer to, Anongmous. Maybe a couple of stragglers, but they quickly left, whining all the way. Most of them wound up in NC, bless their hearts.

[MillionaireMom]

I agree. We got the 'good ones.' I live in Nashville and have no desire to change the way it is now. It IS growing, but with smart planning and it's a beautiful thing to see.

[nashvols]

Originally Posted by Anongmous

lots of relos flunked out of FL, now they are running to TN with the same UHauls they drove down I75 and I95 seeking some 'easy, beach life' in FL during the 1980s- now they have found another 'home' in FL because they were priced out of the market when they arrived in the first place-- everyone can't live on or near the ocean, but some felt entitled to participate in a lifestyle they could not afford in the first place- or they visions of being a tanned beach bum for cheap- they found out that's silly, everybody can't live in Hawaii, LA, upper east side NYC, Islip, Shaker Heights, Hilton Head, or Naples or any other highly priced area/real estate market-- so reality set in to the adventurers who were chasing the sun..LOL...so now, they are praising areas around E TN, their second stop back up the smae interstate. some of the people are just as big of losers as they were in 1985 driving down I75 to places like Pasco County,Clearwater, Ft Myers, Key West. Many Floridians I have talked with are glad they are gone. Now it seems they are TN's problem now. Now you have an influx of east coast types, Michigan residents, NJ, OH, who heretofore would have ended up in FL, but now, they have 'found' TN---TN is in for a huge surprise in a very few short years. The character of the area is bound to be negatively affected....just like what happened in FL in the late 1980s to the late 1990s up to about 2005..now it seems FL has flushed some of these perennial losers out, and they are winding up all over TN, a few places in NC/SC, and north GA

Do you have any evidence to support your theory that the transplants from Florida to Tennessee are northeastern natives (not that it would matter)? I know a number of people who have moved from Florida to Tennessee that are natives of other southern states....including, well, Florida.

Most people I've met from the NE seem to like it here. The ones who don't eventually move on, and that's fine with me.

As of now, around 40% of the state's population was born in another state (24th highest percentage) while nearly 2/3 (67%) of the people born here still live here (the 7th highest percentage).

Map: U.S. Migration Flows | Pew Social & Demographic Trends

Sorry, but I just don't buy your theory of the rejects flocking here and taking over/having a negative impact.