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re: Which SEC state is the best to live in?
Posted on 2/21/20 at 6:28 pm to wmr
Posted on 2/21/20 at 6:28 pm to wmr
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NWA has 3 Fortune 500 companies in a two county area, plus a big SEC school. It's an area with access to nature, lots of jobs, lots of nice stuff, and white people still use the public schools
It's a nice area, but outside of having 1 more fortune 500 company, East TN has everything you mentioned and some. They've also got their fair share of billionaire philanthropists that are helping advance the area.
2 fortune 500 companies, a large SEC school with multiple other universities in ETSU: 16K enrollment, UTC: 12k enrollment, + several other smaller Universities, A national park in The Great Smoky Mountains, better natural scenery among their mountain ranges/landscapes, plenty of high paying jobs in the 3 larger metros: Chattanooga, Knoxville & The Tri cities, no state tax, lots of people, not just white people(??), who have access to good public schools in those metros. Atleast in Knoxville and The tri cities areas.
Those 3 metros alone make up nearly 2/3rds of the entire population of Arkansas. And if the population centers aren't your flavor they have plenty of small to large towns in between to choose from.
Chattanooga and it's surrounding area by itself > NWA imo. Add in Knoxville and East TN easily runs away with it when comparing the 2 regions.
This post was edited on 2/21/20 at 7:49 pm
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Posted on 2/21/20 at 8:31 pm to wmr
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If you have a good income and skills
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Northeast and midwest.
Are superior
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:07 pm to BullDozerDawg
You're comparing a third of your state to a what is basically a two-county metro area in NWA.
Chattanooga and Knoxville are pretty damned far apart.
As for this:
That's just crazy talk.
Anyway, I'm sure E. Tennessee is a good place to live.
I'm not arguing against that.
Chattanooga and Knoxville are pretty damned far apart.
As for this:
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Chattanooga and it's surrounding area by itself > NWA imo
That's just crazy talk.
Anyway, I'm sure E. Tennessee is a good place to live.
I'm not arguing against that.
This post was edited on 2/21/20 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:10 pm to Dandy Lion
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Are superior
Well that's a matter of personal preference. There's not a single part of me that has ever looked east or north for anything. Too cold, old and urban.
The best American cities are mostly west of the Mississippi. NYC being the only exception.
Posted on 2/22/20 at 4:36 am to wmr
Atlanta? Savannah? Destin? DC? Gatlinburg? Should I keep going?
Posted on 2/22/20 at 6:16 am to Hailstate15
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Savannah?
Posted on 2/22/20 at 6:19 am to wmr
If i could when I’m older I’d move to Fairfield county CT
Hopefully I’m on the right track to that
Hopefully I’m on the right track to that
Posted on 2/22/20 at 8:31 am to wmr
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You're comparing a third of your state to a what is basically a two-county metro area in NWA.
My original comment was disagreeing with the poster who said NWA is the best area to live in the SEC. I used East TN as an example of an area that is comparable to NWA, but IMO offers more. I'm not from TN fwiw, but I enjoy the region. In particular this time of year when the views look like this and I can go snowboarding in the Smokies
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Chattanooga and Knoxville are pretty damned far apart.
An hour and a half away isn't far. They're within 3 counties of each other. Those 2 cities are very much in the same region.
Again, NWA is beautiful but I think there are comparable regions that offer more and aren't as isolated. Just my take.
This post was edited on 2/22/20 at 8:34 am
Posted on 2/22/20 at 8:35 am to Hailstate15
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Atlanta? Savannah? Destin? DC? Gatlinburg? Should I keep going?
Atlanta = a smaller Dallas/Ft Worth
Savannah < Santa Fe. No question which is a better place to live. Savannah wins on history (barely). Santa Fe wins on culture and climate and outdoors activities.
DC < a helluva lot of places west. Combine cold winters with hot, humid-as-hell summers and govt leeches. Zero appeal to me as a place to live, or really even as a place to visit, apart from museums.
Posted on 2/22/20 at 12:26 pm to wmr
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Savannah < Santa Fe. No question which is a better place to live. Savannah wins on history (barely). Santa Fe wins on culture and climate and outdoors activities.
But what about jobs?
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DC < a helluva lot of places west. Combine cold winters with hot, humid-as-hell summers and govt leeches. Zero appeal to me as a place to live, or really even as a place to visit, apart from museums.
Yea i don’t work in politics, wouldn’t fly my way.
I love where I am
Posted on 2/22/20 at 2:37 pm to I Bleed Garnet
Fairfield, CT? Get back down South baw.
Posted on 2/22/20 at 2:43 pm to RD Dawg
Define losing population. It takes one google search to fact check anything before posting it and making yourself look like a dumbarse.
Posted on 2/22/20 at 4:38 pm to jnethe1
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chitlins
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Smells like raw sewage
most people don't know this, but that is where the term "living high on the hog" comes from (or eating high on the hog)
Posted on 2/23/20 at 3:01 pm to SCLibertarian
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Fairfield, CT? Get back down South baw.
Yes, well Fairfield county, hopefully the town of Greenwich
And please don’t call me a Baw. That’s offensive to me
Live in CT commute to NYC.
This post was edited on 2/23/20 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 3/1/20 at 12:29 am to BullDozerDawg
quote:East TN is the same as Eastern KY, or Western North Carolina and Virginia, and West Virginia.
East TN is NWA on steroids. It's the most beautiful land locked area within the SEC footprint and it's not close.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 12:45 pm to GoGators04
If you're career minded the answer is Texas. Job prospects and economic growth here are insane.
But other than that, it's hot, boring, gridlocked, and cookie cutter. And the work culture is more like the New York meat grinder than other places in the south.
Would love to head back to Kentucky at some point. Much better weather, beautiful landscapes, and more family oriented with a slower pace of life.
But other than that, it's hot, boring, gridlocked, and cookie cutter. And the work culture is more like the New York meat grinder than other places in the south.
Would love to head back to Kentucky at some point. Much better weather, beautiful landscapes, and more family oriented with a slower pace of life.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 9:11 pm to Krampus
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And the work culture is more like the New York meat grinder than other places in the south.
What’s that mean? Jw
Posted on 3/1/20 at 9:57 pm to GoGators04
Probably Texas. Houston is a lot closer to the beach than Atlanta.
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