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Old 06-27-2008, 01:07 PM
 
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Hi. We are a professional couple in our late twenties looking to purchase a house with several acres of land within 30 minutes of a large city. Initially we had been looking primarily in North Carolina--but are curious about Tennessee.

We are looking for a progressive community with lots of natural beauty and somewhat rural. Ideally a place with a thriving green movement..health food stores, local farmers markets, etc. We don't know if Tennessee fits this criteria, but couldn't hurt to ask.
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Old 06-27-2008, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Morristown, TN
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I have been here a year and have not seen many green stores. In the Morristown and surrounding areas. Knoxville, might have green.

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Old 06-27-2008, 01:53 PM
 
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Summertown, perhaps?
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Old 06-27-2008, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow in "OZ "
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Here's a link..... Green Cities: Urban Environmental Solutions - Global Issues Electronic Journal March 2000 (http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0300/ijge/gj-08.htm - broken link)

Yes it's 8 years old........

Tri-Cities, Tennessee Personal News and Media Center (http://www.timesnews.net/blog_article.php?blog=DonFenley&id=3999 - broken link)
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Old 06-27-2008, 10:04 PM
 
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Probably not in east Tennessee. Land that is still somewhat rural is just that - rural. Not given much to health food or this newfangled "green" stuff. When I read your post my mind shouted, "Asheville! Asheville!"
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Old 06-27-2008, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Road Warrior
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Probably not in east Tennessee. Land that is still somewhat rural is just that - rural. Not given much to health food or this newfangled "green" stuff. When I read your post my mind shouted, "Asheville! Asheville!"
I agree, basically Ashville and Boone, though Asheville's green doesn't necessairly relate with clean, you gotta watch out for that!
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Old 06-27-2008, 10:43 PM
 
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Hi. We are a professional couple in our late twenties looking to purchase a house with several acres of land within 30 minutes of a large city. Initially we had been looking primarily in North Carolina--but are curious about Tennessee.

We are looking for a progressive community with lots of natural beauty and somewhat rural. Ideally a place with a thriving green movement..health food stores, local farmers markets, etc. We don't know if Tennessee fits this criteria, but couldn't hurt to ask.
If you're looking for natural beauty, rural areas, farmers' markets, etc., there's a lot of that in East Tennessee. Even in Middle Tennessee.

But if you're looking for things like forced curbside recycling, wind farms, taxes on plastic grocery bags, etc., well, you won't find much of that around here. There are plenty of neighborhood recycling drop-off centers in Knoxville and probably in other towns, and we have a few farmers' markets and looove our mountains. But the others are right, you might feel more at home in Asheville or Boone NC.
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Old 06-28-2008, 09:48 PM
 
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Actually you guys are right on. We had been really interested in Asheville until we went there and felt like it wasn't for us.

Lately, we have been looking at Mountain City, TN. It is 20 miles from Boone and very scenic and still somewhat affordable.
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Old 06-28-2008, 10:50 PM
 
Location: Cookeville, TN
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Hi. We are a professional couple in our late twenties looking to purchase a house with several acres of land within 30 minutes of a large city. Initially we had been looking primarily in North Carolina--but are curious about Tennessee.

We are looking for a progressive community with lots of natural beauty and somewhat rural. Ideally a place with a thriving green movement..health food stores, local farmers markets, etc. We don't know if Tennessee fits this criteria, but couldn't hurt to ask.
What is a 'thriving green movement'???

We have health food stores and a local farmer's market here in Cookeville and we are the 'large city' in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee.

By the way, Asheville, NC was a great place to visit until I was at a cool little pizza place downtown and my female server came over to take my order and had more hair in her armpits than I did! It was way too visible...she had on one of the white t-shirts...commonly called 'wife-beaters'....The Asheville-types are a little too 'earthy/granola-ish' for me! *YUCK*

Last edited by CookevilleWeatherGuy; 06-28-2008 at 10:54 PM.. Reason: Asheville Story....
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Old 06-29-2008, 09:12 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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CookevilleWeatherGuy, just for future reference, those are also called A-shirts. A name a little less... harmful.

I really like the downtown area of Asheville. I think it's beautiful, with the unique architecture, and funky, and lively, too. But the rest of the city just feels very rundown/small. I don't think I could ever live there. Summer33ny, the Mountain City area is really, really nice. If I were ever to leave Washington County, well, first I'd move back to Southern Greene County, but then I'd head to either Unicoi or Johnson County. Very rural, very mountainous. Very homey.
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