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Old 04-05-2018, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Angola,N.Y
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My husband and I love everything about Tennessee. We would have to rent for a year first. We have 2 dogs and 1 cat. I would like to know the best place to live and easy to get jobs. I have been looking more towards Chattanooga. We look at different areas. Memphis homes look so beautiful and lower priced but we have heard that it is a very unsafe place to live. If anyone can give us any information, please let me know. Thank you
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Old 04-05-2018, 09:03 PM
 
Location: TN/NC
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What kind of terrain are you looking for? Weather? Budget? Any special activities?

West TN is flatter, hotter, and less scenic. Middle TN is undergoing an economic boom. East TN has more hills and mountains, more moderate weather, better scenery.

You really need to provide more info for us to start.
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Old 04-05-2018, 09:58 PM
 
Location: Angola,N.Y
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We would like to move to a place that has very little snow. I think we had enough of the N. Y winters. We like different scenery. We would like to be close to many things to do on weekends and when family come to visit. Not the city life. Great place to meet new people and friends. Love to walk on the beach.
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Old 04-05-2018, 11:49 PM
 
Location: TN/NC
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No beaches in TN aside from lakes or rivers.

Chatty and west TN will have the least snow. Aside from high elevations in the Smokies and around Roan Mountain, you'll see just a fraction of NY snow. The top of Roan Mountain will have a winter that makes most of upstate NY look mild.

Your questions are so general it's hard to know where to start. Nashville is by far more expensive than the rest of the state, but has the bulk of the good jobs. Middle TN is booming in general. West TN is not scenic and has few appealing reasons to be there. I am from and live in northeast TN. Our job market sucks, but we have natural scenery in spades. West TN, and even middle TN, do not have a fraction of the scenery that is in my backyard in south Johnson City. I'm a hurried ten minutes to the Cherokee National Forest at Limestone Cove. The Pisgah National Forest is just beyond that. Buffalo Mountain is a couple minute drive from my condo.
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Old 04-06-2018, 04:46 AM
 
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We would like to move to a place that has very little snow. I think we had enough of the N. Y winters. We like different scenery. We would like to be close to many things to do on weekends and when family come to visit. Not the city life. Great place to meet new people and friends. Love to walk on the beach.
Then check out Cookeville. There are 100 waterfalls and 1,200 miles of lake shore within 40 minutes of town. It's got a robust economy, one of the 10 fastest growing micropolitan areas in the country and one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state (2.9%) with 3,000 new jobs in the last couple of years. People are moving to Cookeville from all over. It's a very easy place to get to meet new people and to be surrounded by friendly folk.

It gets an average of 8 inches of snow per year, usually just 2-3 inches at a time which rarely stays on the ground more than a couple of days before completely melting. It's home to one of the top public universities in the South (a tech school, not a party school) which brings a lot of vitality to town and things that most small towns don't have: a thriving foodie scene, gigabit internet, galleries, museums, events, concerts, plays, etc. And it's only an hour from Nashville which has a bajillion more things to do, not to mention the largest and cheapest airport in the state for those times when you want to head out of town or have people come visit you.


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Old 04-06-2018, 09:20 PM
 
Location: The Conterminous United States
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The top of Roan Mountain will have a winter that makes most of upstate NY look mild.
Actually, not really.
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Old 04-07-2018, 07:43 AM
 
Location: The Conterminous United States
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OP, do you folks need jobs?

All of Tennessee gets very little snow. Some areas rarely get any, others MAY get six inches a YEAR.

You said you love Tennessee. What do you love about it?

What is your budget?

As mentioned, there is no coastline in Tennessee and barely any beaches.
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Old 04-12-2018, 06:55 AM
 
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No beaches in TN aside from lakes or rivers.

Chatty and west TN will have the least snow. Aside from high elevations in the Smokies and around Roan Mountain, you'll see just a fraction of NY snow. The top of Roan Mountain will have a winter that makes most of upstate NY look mild.

Your questions are so general it's hard to know where to start. Nashville is by far more expensive than the rest of the state, but has the bulk of the good jobs. Middle TN is booming in general. West TN is not scenic and has few appealing reasons to be there. I am from and live in northeast TN. Our job market sucks, but we have natural scenery in spades. West TN, and even middle TN, do not have a fraction of the scenery that is in my backyard in south Johnson City. I'm a hurried ten minutes to the Cherokee National Forest at Limestone Cove. The Pisgah National Forest is just beyond that. Buffalo Mountain is a couple minute drive from my condo.

The average annual snowfall for Roan Mountain is 34 inches.... Upstate NY gets that in one storm. Even lower NYS gets about 65+ inches a year.
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Old 04-12-2018, 07:44 AM
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Location: Middle Tennessee
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The average annual snowfall for Roan Mountain is 34 inches.... Upstate NY gets that in one storm. Even lower NYS gets about 65+ inches a year.
I agree with that. I was born near Rome, NY and I have an aunt who still lives on a hill outside of town. A few years ago she said that they had around 135 inches of snow over the winter. I don't think there is anywhere like that in Tennessee.
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Old 04-13-2018, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I agree with that. I was born near Rome, NY and I have an aunt who still lives on a hill outside of town. A few years ago she said that they had around 135 inches of snow over the winter. I don't think there is anywhere like that in Tennessee.
Yeah, compared to Tennessee's winters, upstate New York is like the Arctic. Tennessee's idea of a "big snow," is 4 or 5 inches. It may snow 5, 6 times a year, and most of those are dustings or a couple of inches. Most of the dangerous winter weather in Tennessee is due to icing on the highways and roads. The snowfall is more of a minor nuisance here and there rather than an actual and definitive "yes there will be snowfall," because some winters it may only snow one time.

On the other hand, in upstate NY, you'll get your first snowfall possibly in October (could be heavy too), on up through April, and snow can sometimes remain on the ground most of the entire winter! So, Tennessee is a total opposite when comparing winter weather. It's tremendously milder and warmer.
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