Family friendly - 7/4/2022

I am 33 and have lived here all my life. It used to only be thought if as a small military town. Now things have changed. Clarksville has grown so much in the past 10 years, but especially in the past 5! Yes, traffic congestion at rush hour can be an issue especially on Wilma Rudolph where the mall and all the big chain restaurants are located. However, Clarksville has so much more to offer. The local food scene has taken off! Clarksville suppports local and it is showing! Downtown Clarksville is being revitalized as well with a new arena and local restraunts. In the summer, downtown host a farmers market every Saturday. Another great thing is Clarksville Parks and Rec. They do so many things for our local parks. Rotary park has my absolute favorite playground and a nice creek where youll often find kids wading. Roatary park also has walking and biking trails. Liberty park overlooks the river and has a huge playground and huge field. Heritage park has a skatepark and splashpad as well as soccer and baseball fields. All well maintained. All 3 of my children love their schools too. I will warn though, we do have a childcare shortage that is really bad. So if you need daycare, get on a list before you even move here. All in all, we love the friendly people of Clarksville and its a great place to raise a family. Nashville is only 45 minutes up the road is we need something bigger and Kentucky lake is only 45 minutes if you want to rent a boat!

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Clarksville TN is a great place to call home. - 12/10/2021

Clarksville is a great place to live, it can be peaceful as you want it to be but it also has all the shopping you need. If you want high-end stores or fancier places to eat, Nashville is only 45 mins away.

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Friendly in the south they say? - 3/2/2020

High crime rate Judge mental people Horrible weather Worst drivers

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Nice...but not if you have allergies. - 12/30/2019

We lived here for 3 years and it wasn't bad. The downtown area is nice, if a bit run down, and there's a lot of cool/artsy stuff to do there. The Wilma Rudolph area (it's basically the strip where all the restaurants and stores are) is pretty bad. Traffic is horrible, and there are a lot of rough-looking people that hang around down there. There's some fairly decent restaurants in the area, though. I recommend Rafferty's. It's the bomb! However, this area in genera....It's not the nicest area. The weather in TN is horrible and changes like...every three seconds. It's unpredictable. If you are someone with seasonal allergies or you are allergic to grass/trees/pollen/ragweed, you are going to be miserable in Tennessee. All in all, I probably wouldn't go back.

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Great place to live - 10/23/2019

Clarksville TN is a great place to live. The people are friendly for most parts. There are a ton of outdoor activities to keep you busy if you like to fish, hunt, hike, mountain bike... The cost of living is super low compared to almost anywhere in the US. Housing is silly cheap and we are close to Nashville and to LBL, what's not to like.

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Unremarkable - 4/4/2017

If you enjoy being overwhelmed by a town congested with mediocre restaurants serving terrible food for twice the value, Clarksville is for you.

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Wal-Marts - 2/2/2016

Just to be correct, there are indeed 3 Wal-Marts in Clarksville, and 1 more in Oak Grove, KY. Not that I'm proud of that fact but these are the facts. One is on Wilma Rudolph, one is on Madison, and one is on Ft. Campbell.

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Weather - 3/4/2015

Too much rain, and too little sunshine. There are several days at a time in a row that it is cloudy and overcast. The figures are incorrect about days of sunshine. At least from March 1st 2014 to present since we have lived here.

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Clarksville Academy - 10/6/2014

I notice nothing has been written about Clarksville Academy in the last few years. I am very skeptical of the positive comments listed here as I know the school solicits these comments from family members, faculty and friends in order to put a positive "face" on this school. It is anything but. The Head of Schools is probably one of the most unprofessional educators I have ever met. Many of the teachers are extremely good instructors but others are not. Many classes are unsupervised and have little or no structure. Tuition and other cost keep going up every year until it is cost prohibitive for anyone but the wealthiest in Clarksville. Good teachers leave because of the person in charge of the school. Students leave for the same reason. Many students going back to the public schools find they are a grade level behind. Not a good place.

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2 wal marts - 1/1/2013

I earlier stated that there were 3 wal marts in Clarksville, there are actually 2, 1 is in Oak Grove, Ky. But still serves ft campbell area. Just to be correct

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It's not much but it's like most typical army town - 12/24/2012

I've lived here for 2 1/2 years starting may 2010, deployed for 10 1/2 months of that time. Clarksville is like most military towns, it's kind of run down, although they have a very small downtown that is not bad, most of the city is along 41a or along wilma rudolph boulevard, that would be where most of the action takes place. Clarksville does have a mall, 2 movie theatres, 3 walmarts and a Target, not exactly booming but it has the essentials. Around post it's an absolute dump, all the businesses and housing looks so grubby, beat down and ghetto it makes you wish you were stationed somewhere else bedides ft campbell, but this being my 1st duty station I had no choice in the matter. There's some restaurants and pubs mostly by the mall and a few downtown, but after a few weekends of that you've seen everything in clarksville and then your counting the days til your out of this place. The unfortunate thing is it rains constantly here, I wondered why ft campbell was the highest military suicide rate (and suicide is no laughing matter, I'm a mental health tech), not just in the army, but in the entire military anywhere. It rains on average 131 days a year here in clarksville( US avg is 100 days a year), that's the average since 1981, Ive planned to go on long motorcycle rides, bbq outside and have friends over for dinner, but 1 in every 2.9 days it rains here and besides being very depressing, more than 10-15 times rain has cancelled my plans in the short period of time I've lived here. I run alot outside (love to mountain climb also but no mountains here, swim and go to the beach, but no beaches here anywhere, and try to ride my motorcycle as those are some of the things that make me happy but alot of people just don't like hanging out in the rain. It's been a very depressing experience living in Clarksville, TN. I'll definately never reenlist to stay here, I don't think it's good for a soldiers mental health or physical well being to stay here longer than a year, it's overall just a depressing place. Although I have talked to a few soldiers that like a real slow pace of life and enjoy hunting and fishing around here and land between the lakes, they live on the outskirts of clarksville and hopkinsville, they love it. They say no one bothers them and they live in peace and quiet daily. Something to think about as views from both I went to AIT at Ft Sam/San Antonio which was a great city, and Basic at Ft Sill/Lawton which didnt seem like much was there but the weather was definately much better at least. Hope this helps any future soldier thinking about reenlisting to come here. All the best

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good place - 10/7/2011

clarksville tenn was alot smaller when we moved here 22yrs ago. there are more things for kids to do. the schools arent terrible, alot of family functions. i wish there were more (small town) type community evenys. but all in all, not so bad. very close to ft campbell army base, so a large variety of backgrounds. close to nashville as well, so many things to do with the family

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poor city to live in - 8/3/2011

looking to move. pop was 80k when we moved here and now over 125k (in just a few short years) with possible 25k-50k more service people moving in. city support hasn't grown to keep up, water/electric/sewer etc. police/fire protection in the county barely exist. it's one of these 'good ole boy towns'. being the '5th' largest town in the state but as very little activity for young kids, no major water park, intertainment center for different ages. you want to eat or sleep plenty of places for that. shopping center doesn't have full blown stores,local owned places are best places. getting from one area of town to the other takes you all over the place, road system way out of date, not enough major roadway, roads are not wide enough to handle the traffic. widen one east/west road few years back to four lane and already overloaded. area depends to much on military to keep it alive.

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Great Place to Live - 7/6/2011

I have lived in Clarksville 31 years. I originally came from New York City. My child grew up here and now my granddaughter. The cost of living is extremely affordable, average rent of a two bedroom apt is $750. Average cost of a home is about $150,000 new construction! The jobmarket is very spread out but Clarksville has landed one of the largest and most progressive companies, Hemlock Semiconductor Corp, part of Dow Corning. This billion plus plant will hire from the community and Austin Peay State University has installed a chemical engineering facility to teach the skills needed to work at this plant. They will manufacture chemical materials needed in the production of solar panels. This is only one of many plants here in Clarksville. It's also a great place for retirees because all of the necessary health care is here or in Nashville, 50 miles away. The county is 583 sq miles and within 500 miles of 2/3rds of the country. This is a very central location for those whose children have scattered all over the country.

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County Living - 11/4/2010

Affordable,low taxes

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Quslity of Life - 9/2/2010

Clarksville, Tn is at the confluence of two rivers,the Cumberland and Red. It is the 5th largst city in the state of Tennessee and has a very stable economy thanks in part to Ft Campbell,Ky. Home of the 101st Airborne Div of the US Army which is located on the border between Tennessee and Kentucky. Clarksville has Austin Peay State University and OVC school, and other junior and technical colleges. Hemlock Semiconductor Corp, a subsidiary of Dow Corning , is building a billion dollar plant to manufacture solar panels. We are within 500 miles of two thirds of the country. We have art, shopping, museums, theaters, restaurants, hiking and biking. Parks and pools. We have a brand new 170 million dollar regional medical center, Gateway Hospital and we are 1 hour from Nashville, Vanderbilt, St. Thomas, Baptist and Centennial Hospitals as well as Opryland Hotel, Ryman Auditorium and many favorite excellent restaurants and entertainment. Take a look at us. We have the youngest population in the state and a good number of retirees.

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Definetly not what we expected - 8/4/2010

The place has its ups and downs.I do like Clarksville, job situation is a whole nother story. We moved across the country to here reading all comments and researching the place and discovering all on this website. It says the unemplyment is lower here then the national average. Maybe so, but, if it is true then maybe I can get one? And maybe get one that pays? The only job after almost a month of looking and calling, going to business after business nothing has come up except one place. It was a restaurant that wanted me to be a server. That doesn't bother except the little part of how much they offer to pay here. It was no more than 20hrs a week no overtime and here is the real kicker, $2.13 hourly. And if you want to stay there then you better get tips and keep your quota up or they will remove you from that position and give you less hours. That is their story that I have come accross is that people here are not willing to pay a living wage if they are willing to even give you a second look. Come with a job or some other way to make it. Don't expect to find something that you can support yourself or a family.

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20 minute drive - 6/5/2010

Clarksville and Montgomery County is very spread out. You will find a 20 minute drive to get to most places. The time of day will determine to traffic congestion. Just put this into your planning and you will adapt. Also, the city has some public transportation, but I have not used the service.

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Family - 2/3/2010

Clarksville is growing and a great place to raise a family. Clarksville is the sates 5th largest city landing the largest corperate headquarter relocation in the states history. We are the home of the 101st Screaming Eagles with the Army. We are a diverse melting pot and proud home of our Army neighbors. The largest mall in America is being planned 10 minutes north of us an the city and county are revitalizing Riverside Dr leading to a prosperous downtown and Franklin St. We have the quickest growing unversity in the state with Austin Peay State University. We are a bedroom community and better value to Nashville 45 minutes southeast of Clarksville. Check us out on the web!!

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TN - boring - 1/18/2010

Living in TN - boring - no sidewalks - many areas are run down and the cities lack the money to keep the areas up. Been here only a short time but have seen the KKK in the flesh - even on a military base. If you like to raise your kids secluded that is the area to raise them. If you are retiring - no kids - that's the place to be. Low cost living and you get your money's worth

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