Something I need to emphasize to anyone wanting to move here. We love our state and love the lifestyle. We don’t appreciate anyone trying to tell us how to live our lives. We’ve done pretty well for a couple centuries without anyone telling us how it aught to be done. We especially hate when someone says this is how we did it in ____ ____. Tennessee seems to be doing things right. Tennessee has no income tax and we have a balanced budget, excellent roads, free 2 years of community college for qualified students, free 4 years of college or State University including for a BS, BA for seniors and were the only state with a 100% funded state pension program. We’re a constitutional carry state and about as 2A friendly as it gets.
I live in Lenoir City in Loudon County. It’s a picture book little town of about 9000. The county is around 49,000. Parents around me are always out playing with their children. When they’re not the kids are out playing ball in the street, riding their bikes and doing the things my friends did 65 years ago. It’s a major family oriented community and a community of strong faith. We have crime, mostly drug and theft but we don’t have a lot. And something you don’t see many places, people will come to the rescue of people in need. Neighbors look out for neighbors and lend a helping hand.
The hardware store here is 100 years old and in the original building downtown. Some of the employs have been there over 40 years and the know you by your first name. This is the way a community should be.
It’s a little paradise here and we’re not interested in changing. Matter of fact if you think you have a better way then you’re not going to be very happy here. You may even be invited to leave. We love things exactly the way they are.
