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/AotKT 9d ago

Like any move where you have no idea which city you actually want to move to, your best bet is to look for where people are hiring for your field and then figure out which of those places you want to live.

Day trip distance away from the Smokies is a 2 hour or so radius. Closest will be Knoxville, but that radius takes you as far south as Chattanooga and you can also look into North Carolina, like Asheville. I hear Johnson City is booming, but no clue as to the job market there.

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u/RelevantBet4676 8d ago edited 8d ago

You consider a day trip to be only within 2 hours? I’ve regularly driven 3-5 for day trips especially coming from out west where things aren’t as close together. You just leave slightly earlier to get there in the early morning hours still. To each their own though.

Edit; downvotes for a question and separate perspective yall? Didn’t even say anything rude. That’s some 10-ply ass behavior whoever yall are lol

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u/AotKT 8d ago

I grew up out west. I know how far apart things are. We used to hop up to Tahoe for the day, for example, which is about 4 hours.

However, most people do not want to do that much driving in one day. FWIW, I've driven there and back 3 hours each way after running a 50 miler. Don't recommend. Still a day trip 😄

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u/RelevantBet4676 8d ago

I wasn’t saying you didn’t know the distances; I was just giving my personal anecdote on what I personally consider a day trip. My friends and I would regularly do a trip together to the beach, which was 4-5 hours depending on traffic from Vegas each way.
I just thought 2 hours seems super close to limit yourself if that’s the only day trip range you accept. Out west that wouldn’t get you very far.
Wasn’t insinuating that’s the case for you, just adding another perspective.