So yesterday (Saturday), here in east Tennessee, I went to a small one-man business that deals mostly with music, instrument repairs, and used instruments. As a musician I play several different instruments, and this guy is an expert on one particular instrument, which will be nameless for the purposes of this post. His shop is in a different town, about a 20 minute drive from where I live.
As context, I am a rather hard-right, conservative person, and keep most of my more extreme views concealed (as was the .45 carry piece I had on me at the time), so I don't air my politics in public... I'm just tired of the futile debates with the Left, who are essentially morons with no critical thinking skills.
After discussing some technical aspects of this instrument, the chat wandered to cost of materials related to musical instruments... exotic woods, strings, labor, which instruments are better, German, French, or (more lately) Chinese.
Then the subject turned to the wild fluctuations of silver and gold (sometimes used in ornamentation on instruments).
Without missing a beat, the dude said, "Oh that's just so Trump can get more money."
.... WHUT?! I was rather taken aback by such a stupid statement that I asked him to repeat it. And he did. The man is brilliant when it comes to instrument repair and a knowledge base about instruments that I don't have.
But really? The rising price of silver and gold is... BECAUSE TRUMP WANTS MORE MONEY?! I just let it drop, no amount of reason or knowledge of the precious metals market, or common sense in general, would have gotten through to him.
Are all TDS sufferers this blind to reality?
Side note, leaving that other town I passed a demonstration on a sidewalk that I had to pass, about 100 people or so, with "NO KINGS" signs and other examples of TDS. They waved at me as I drove by, but I just lifted my middle finger salute to them and drove on.
So all in all, I had a full-on display of TDS yesterday.
How bad is TDS in eastern Tennessee? I was offered a job in Millington, it's tempting considering I can make 100k a year there and 200k gets a house that would cost 4 times as much here.
It's here,but mostly the larger cities. Millington should be fine.
The more I research the more appealing Knoxville or further east looks, do you recommend anything out that way? Property is cheap and rural but I need to be close enough to work somewhere. Ultimately I'd like to have a mostly self sufficient homestead where I only have to go wire a couple projects a year as needed for income.
Anywhere outside a 25 mile radius of downtown Knoxville should be fine, but do research. Ask me about any specific neighborhood and I can probably let you know how it is.
I appreciate it fren, I'll take you up on that if I get more serious about this idea. I don't think anyone would mind a conservative mountain man fleeing a blue state to make a red state more conservative. Your land use laws are so relaxed and climate for growing food is WAY better than Colorado.