I honestly don't think a lot of cities are as blue as they'd have us believe. There was cheating EVERYWHERE. In Tennessee, Nashville and Memphis are the obvious places for voter fraud. I believe that one county that's a black suburb of Memphis (Hays county?) is "blue" as well. But I'd imagine even in smaller cities like Knoxville and Chattanooga there was probably a lot of cheating. Not Fulton county levels, but still cheating.
I mean, even some small middle of nowhere counties in Montana had proven cheating in the numbers of a several thousand votes, when the entire counties only had 10-20 thousand people. Those are BIG percentages. They really overplayed their hand in the last election. I believe Pillow Man said that based solely on the digital cheating he caught and has analyzed, EVERY state in the union, all 50 of them, should have a 10% higher GOP margin at minimum.
By that logic, Tennessee should be 33% red, Knoxville and Chattanooga are probably deep red and Memphis and Nashville are probably light blue based on this alone, but when you account for all the other forms of cheating, they're probably pink-moderately red counties/cities.
Another odd anomaly is that Knoxville and Chattanooga had an odd left shift, whereas the Johnson City Metro (the fourth largest city and metro in the state of Tennessee), which is also in East Tennessee had a massive rightward shift. The demographics for all three metros are basically identical, as is the culture and general attitude. So that makes very little sense. I mean, Johnson city is even a college city, just like Knoxville with ETSU being located there. And don't even get me started with the influx of conservative people into east Tennessee (Knoxville and Chattanooga specifically) from nearby "blue" states that are looking for some freedom. I think there was something like 200-300K conservatives from Virginia alone the past decade that have moved into the area because they got tired of being in what amounts to a DC suburb. And I don't mean people in general, I mean actual conservatives. Like 90% of all people who move to Tennessee are conservative and moving there for the same reason liberals move to Colorado. They want to be with like minded people and love mountain views. (For all intents and purposes, Tennessee is the east coast , conservative Colorado.)
Oh thank you for the county info. Thats awesome. Is it relatively based around there you think? I moved to Utah and was sad to see not many based folks
Oh absolutely based. Any visit to a local gun show will reveal hundreds if not THOUSANDS of like-minded people. Knox County as a whole votes Red, but the small footprint of the city of Knoxville, surrounded by Knox County, is a mixture of Red and Blue...mostly because the Univ. of Tennessee is there (libs everywhere) and there is a large minority population in the city (reflexively and unthinkingly Democrat.... it seems to be in their DNA). But anywhere north, south, east, and especially WEST of Knoxville proper is God's country.
Ugh I haven’t bought a house yet. Worked myself into debt in my early 20s, finally paid that off in my late 20s and now I am having my 2nd baby next February. Money has gone everywhere else but a house is in our future. So for now we rent
Oregon rent used to be 800-900 for a 1x1 but now its like minimum 1200 for a 1x1 and I need a 2x1 at least so we would be paying 1300-1500 easily base rent. We moved to Utah and prices are pretty similar here. Our apartment just informed us they will be raising the rent over 10% uuuugh. Its cool though Gods got amazing things planned for me and my family. In Tennessee!
Either go all the way southeast to Cleveland, TN (I have relatives there), or go all the way northeast to Blountville, TN (I also have relatives there). It will help if you are southern or have some connection to the area. We like to ask about who you're related to and which church you go to. You have to fit in and not try to change a thing about the place.
I'd tell you more about these places, but I might dox myself.
BTW, The Spot in Cleveland has pretty good hamburgers.
Ok I am moving to Tennessee this is the final straw. What city am I moving to? You pick!
Knox County is great, city of Knoxville is enemy held territory. Blount County is good...so is Loudon County.
I honestly don't think a lot of cities are as blue as they'd have us believe. There was cheating EVERYWHERE. In Tennessee, Nashville and Memphis are the obvious places for voter fraud. I believe that one county that's a black suburb of Memphis (Hays county?) is "blue" as well. But I'd imagine even in smaller cities like Knoxville and Chattanooga there was probably a lot of cheating. Not Fulton county levels, but still cheating.
I mean, even some small middle of nowhere counties in Montana had proven cheating in the numbers of a several thousand votes, when the entire counties only had 10-20 thousand people. Those are BIG percentages. They really overplayed their hand in the last election. I believe Pillow Man said that based solely on the digital cheating he caught and has analyzed, EVERY state in the union, all 50 of them, should have a 10% higher GOP margin at minimum.
By that logic, Tennessee should be 33% red, Knoxville and Chattanooga are probably deep red and Memphis and Nashville are probably light blue based on this alone, but when you account for all the other forms of cheating, they're probably pink-moderately red counties/cities.
Another odd anomaly is that Knoxville and Chattanooga had an odd left shift, whereas the Johnson City Metro (the fourth largest city and metro in the state of Tennessee), which is also in East Tennessee had a massive rightward shift. The demographics for all three metros are basically identical, as is the culture and general attitude. So that makes very little sense. I mean, Johnson city is even a college city, just like Knoxville with ETSU being located there. And don't even get me started with the influx of conservative people into east Tennessee (Knoxville and Chattanooga specifically) from nearby "blue" states that are looking for some freedom. I think there was something like 200-300K conservatives from Virginia alone the past decade that have moved into the area because they got tired of being in what amounts to a DC suburb. And I don't mean people in general, I mean actual conservatives. Like 90% of all people who move to Tennessee are conservative and moving there for the same reason liberals move to Colorado. They want to be with like minded people and love mountain views. (For all intents and purposes, Tennessee is the east coast , conservative Colorado.)
Mind elaborating? I'm kind of curious what you're talking about now.
Oh thank you for the county info. Thats awesome. Is it relatively based around there you think? I moved to Utah and was sad to see not many based folks
Oh absolutely based. Any visit to a local gun show will reveal hundreds if not THOUSANDS of like-minded people. Knox County as a whole votes Red, but the small footprint of the city of Knoxville, surrounded by Knox County, is a mixture of Red and Blue...mostly because the Univ. of Tennessee is there (libs everywhere) and there is a large minority population in the city (reflexively and unthinkingly Democrat.... it seems to be in their DNA). But anywhere north, south, east, and especially WEST of Knoxville proper is God's country.
Yeeees that sounds like my place. Ill be there in a few months if everything goes right
Depends on how much house you want/need. Home values around the Nashville Area (5 Counties) have doubled in the last 5 years
Ugh I haven’t bought a house yet. Worked myself into debt in my early 20s, finally paid that off in my late 20s and now I am having my 2nd baby next February. Money has gone everywhere else but a house is in our future. So for now we rent
What is rent like where you are from?
Oregon rent used to be 800-900 for a 1x1 but now its like minimum 1200 for a 1x1 and I need a 2x1 at least so we would be paying 1300-1500 easily base rent. We moved to Utah and prices are pretty similar here. Our apartment just informed us they will be raising the rent over 10% uuuugh. Its cool though Gods got amazing things planned for me and my family. In Tennessee!
I’m between Knoxville & Chattanooga...stay out of city Counties tho. I like Roane or Miegs but do your research?
Thats exactly where my research brought me. Thank you for your thoughts!!
Happy moving!!! (BEST move of my life).
Either go all the way southeast to Cleveland, TN (I have relatives there), or go all the way northeast to Blountville, TN (I also have relatives there). It will help if you are southern or have some connection to the area. We like to ask about who you're related to and which church you go to. You have to fit in and not try to change a thing about the place.
I'd tell you more about these places, but I might dox myself.
BTW, The Spot in Cleveland has pretty good hamburgers.