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I have to agree with you! My family visited Knoxville last July for our daughter's soccer tournament and we fell in love with Tennessee! We are born and raised in Southern California and would really love to move there in a few years. There's so much history and tons of stuff to see and do.Hey Yaw!
I was born and raised in east Texas
. Love it! and could not wait to move north.
I Love even more, east Tennessee -Knoxville- due to the average weather to tell you the truth. East TN has more days in the 70's then most states. California and Florida have the most.
It rains an average of once a week most years; so its green year round.
TN does get cold [only about 3 days go below 32 degrees].
Here in east TN we get an average of 4 inches of snow a year.
That disappears within 2 days mostly, so I enjoy that. Winter here starts about 2 weeks before Texas' and ends about 2 weeks after Texas warms up but is mild mostly.
Spring here [70 - 74 degrees] last a good 6 to 7 weeks so our spring flowers have a long blooming life.
With the Smoky Mountains just 40 min. drive away... we have every type of land wanted from flat to rolling hills.
If you like tourist attractions we have more than our share Dollywood and the Smoky Mountains are the most visited. Almost all are family attractions. From my home it's a short drive to everything from the Zoo, Sports Centers, everything you can think of. There are a lot of concert halls around here which has top stars of all types of entertainment come for concerts.
Knoxville is considered a City due to its population size but if you drove through downtown you would not know it. Knoxville offers all the business, cultural, and advantages of a big city but is spread through out a large, acreage, area so it seems smaller than what it is. Knoxville has very few buildings over 3 stories tall.
Knoxville has free concerts and family events every weekend from spring to mid winter. We are a very family orentated city.
We are home to the Universaty of Tennessee so all sports are a big deal. Tennessee football and lady's basket ball fans are as crazed as Dallas Football fans in Texas. What can I say ... I love to hunt, fish, gardening, hike, all year. Winter sports are not my thing but there are equally as big here.
Education at every level is tops. Universaty of Tennessee and about 11 other colleges are home here. Plus, Oak Ridge, TN is a 15 min. drive away. Oak Ridge is where the first atomic bomb was created and still has a very large National Labortory there. That brings scientist of all fields to live here. As far as eduaction in the fields of Science and Math subjects our area of the country is one of the best in all levels of education.
Also, due to Oak Ridge National Labortory and the University of Tennessee plus a few more extra large employers here ... Knoxville area has not felt the effects of the recession as much as the rest of the country. The economy here mostly has stayed at a steady level. Please do not take that as we are not at all in a recession I am just saying the percentage of unemployed people has stayed low here. We do not have anywhere as many business going out of business as in West Tennessee and East Texas [which I'm from].
A big difference here is how friendly people are. You will find a big mixture of multi-nationals made here home. People talk to everyone wither they know them or not. I have traveled all over our country and found here people are the friendlist and most excepting of all. It is nothing for another person pumping gas that I do not know to speak to me while we pump gas, for example. If you are the type of person that does not want to know their neighbors this part of Tennessee will not be for you.
Come to visit and you'll fall in love love with East Tennessee.
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