It's all relative, I think, and property prices seem to ebb and flow. Right now this is such a "hot property" area because of all the manufacturing and high-tech businesses that are going in here, drawing lots of people here for jobs and a good life... low taxes, more civilized than our large American cities now, agreeable climate, business-friendly government.
In the past two years we have made friends with several northern transplants down here; one a small family from Long Island, NY, and a retired couple from Chicago. We've been "discovered" and it's changing the character of Knox County quite a bit.
Still, it's a good place to live. Just yesterday I went to a local gun show and walked away with an AK-47 and a little Rossi survival rifle. No hassle, no government involved, just bang, paid cash and took them home.
Heh, east Tennessee will do just fine.
I tried to get out of here but the prices down there went way too high.
It's all relative, I think, and property prices seem to ebb and flow. Right now this is such a "hot property" area because of all the manufacturing and high-tech businesses that are going in here, drawing lots of people here for jobs and a good life... low taxes, more civilized than our large American cities now, agreeable climate, business-friendly government.
In the past two years we have made friends with several northern transplants down here; one a small family from Long Island, NY, and a retired couple from Chicago. We've been "discovered" and it's changing the character of Knox County quite a bit.
Still, it's a good place to live. Just yesterday I went to a local gun show and walked away with an AK-47 and a little Rossi survival rifle. No hassle, no government involved, just bang, paid cash and took them home.
The problem is if I sell my home and take all the money in the bank to buy a $300,000 mobile home in Tennessee is insane.
Unless the prices become more in reason I'm going to have to rough it out here.
This is extremely heartbreaking for me.
Understood, but keep an eye on the market here, things do change over time.
Also, you might look in some of the smaller towns around here to see if prices drop with distance from Knoxville.
Yeah really...
$750k for a "barndominium" on 1 acre? LO-fkin-L in TN.
Nah ... I'll pass...