I was told to post it here... I want to move from NW to the East

[MomsTn]

It's a lot colder up near Coeur D'Lane.
We lived in the Boise area for over 15 years. First in Kuna and then, in Meridian.
My little girl and I flew back three years ago to reconnect with friends and find a house.
It had really changed. Boise, Kuna and Meridian had all grown together.
We were all set to move back, but, decided that we really wanted to move back to Tennessee instead.

Boise was a great place to live.

But my roots are in Tennessee.

[ms.tn]

Originally Posted by JMT

Those are some pretty tall orders! If you don't like snow, then you should stick with West Tennessee. But then you'll have more tornadoes to deal with and West Tennessee cities (Memphis and Jackson) also have more crime. How much snow is tolerable? Just about anywhere in Tennessee will have less snow than you get in Idaho.

The mini-baja team out of Cookeville / Tennessee Tech has won several national championships, so I imagine that would be one place where you could be connected to people who know the ATV racing circuit. As was posted recently here, Cookeville gets an average of 8" of snow per year. It's got 100,000 in its micropolitan statistical area. There are other nice places in East Tennessee, too, although they tend to get a bit more snow (statistically).

I've been in Cookeville since July. I've read other replies regarding the area and much of it is true. The snow here is not bad at all. It was literally gone the same day. The people here are VERY friendly. This is a college town, and I expected more to go on here. Outside of activities on campus (games, concerts, etc), there's not much for young adults to do. The movies don't even carry matinee's during the week if that tells you anything. There's 1 bowling alley. I'm not into ATVing so I'm not sure how much that's done around here. I do know there should be a problem finding the land to do what you want to do. The cost of living is low and that's a plus. I'm not sure what size town you're moving from so this slow pace of life may be for you. Most of the natives here would have it no other way. I moved here with my job but I'm just not a small town girl so my opinion is biased in some ways. I was hoping for a more racially diverse community as well. Nashville and Knoxville are 1 hour away, and Chattanooga is about 2 hours away-- all of which provide more entertainment and activities. I think if you're looking for a place to settle down and have a family perhaps this would work. I think the entire state of TN is beautiful.

[quadracer111]

So do you guys have any recomendations on Tenn? My population where I live now is about 75,000. So a little bigger would be way better!

[ms.tn]

I really think that you'd enjoy Chattanooga. Look it up. It's my hometown so of course I'm partial. Chattanooga is 2 hours from Nashville,Knoxville, Huntsville, Atlanta, Birmingham-which are all major cities and great day trips for concerts or whatever.

[ms.tn]

Oh yeah! Chattanooga's in the valley and probably gets less snow than the cities at higher elevations.