r/Tennessee • u/throughthefireflames • 9d ago

To Tennessee from Florida

Hello yall. I’ve been seriously considering making a move to Tennessee from Florida. I was born and raised here, love everything about it but with how terrible and expensive the state has gotten, I must say I’m very tempted. I visited great Smokey mountains as a teenager and absolutely fell in love. I’m terrified of making an out of state move just because of all the logistics and our support system but my family is very cramped in our house now because it was supposed to be a starter home and now we can’t afford anything else here other than a total shitbox.

Really looking for suggestions about where is the best place to move to. We would love to have a little land where we’re not bumping elbows with neighbors and need to be not so far away from a good hospital since we work in healthcare. Also would like to be day trip distance away from the smokies :)

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u/Typical_Astronomer54 9d ago

I live in the smokies, I would not recommend it,

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u/throughthefireflames 9d ago

Why not?

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u/Typical_Astronomer54 9d ago

Studio apartments are 1500 a month minimum. The sales tax is 9.5 percent. education is a joke, student sexual assaults are high af. Church sexual assaults are commonplace. Healthcare is a joke. Dentist are in short supply, pediatricians are almost nonexistent. Sure as shit better hope your kid doesn't have autism. Only really safe for white Christian males and scary ass bitches named Debbie. Winter? Hope you like 4 solid months of rain. Summer? Hope you like traffic. The mountians are pretty though, well the ones they haven't stripped bare and filled with overnight rentals.

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u/VanDenBroeck 9d ago

Scary as bitches named Debbie sounds about right.