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| Median home price - 4/29/2013
The median home price in 2013 is around $140,000[read more...]
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| Nice.. - 3/15/2013
Farragut is a very nice place to live.[read more...]
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| Nice place to live... - 3/15/2013
The far Western part of Knox County is a delightful place to settle.[read more...]
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| Hate it! - 1/26/2013
I hate it here. There is no diversity, Period. Cost of living is low, but pay is much much lower, too. If you have respiratory issues such as asthma, don't ever live here. My childhood asthma is starting to com back thanks to bad air quality. Cannot wait getting out... [read more...]
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| Good place to live - 1/25/2013
Four seasons , inexpensive, below average unemployment, entertainment from college football and campus culture (University of Tennessee) to opera and everything in between. Interstate highway main junction means easy to drive anywhere. It is a 30 minute trip to the Smokey mountains, 7 hours to the beach. Every chain store and restaurant in existence available in Knoxville plus local restaurants, including 5 star, and shops. Numerous hospitals and Doctors are available.[read more...]
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| Life in Knoxville - 10/29/2012
Home grown, corn bread feed. No place like Knoxville, If you came here and didn't like it I guess you just don't like the finer things in life. True Tennesseans are the most awsome people you will ever meet.{ Meaning thoes born and raised here.} You have to love football and the song Rocky Top, Be down to earth. Most of us dont put to much thought into culture things. We have lakes and streams and beautiful Mountains, Gatlingburg, and Dollywood and a whole lot more. Restaurant's galore, what ever kind of food you like we'll have here somewhere. I have lived in other places and I always come home. We have a lot of different religion's here what ever your's might be I'm sure you will find your church. Most people here don't live in the fast lane they like to smell the roses as we go by. Knoxville has a little bit of anything your looking for if you'll take the time to find it. This little town has the same problems as any other. I dont know of any place you can live crime free,& drug free. Now on the down side /Kids run wild in the city streets, { I think most parents have to work and aren't home to keep up w/ them } Traffic is awful, crazy weather, not a lot of good paying jobs,{ they are out there if you have a good education.} I might add we have several mall's. Walmart is where most people shop. When tragety hit's we turn out in great numbers to help. [read more...]
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| Wonderful place. - 10/2/2012
I have lived in Knoxville since 1994. I moved from Fresno, CA after retiring from a career in Law Enforcement. The quality of life is so high here it's off the charts. I actually picked Knoxville as a place to retire and I'm glad I did. Wouldn't live anywhere else. Lots of activities for families and I'm never bored with plenty to do in this part of the world.[read more...]
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| Religion - 6/27/2012
This is a very religious city. On the surface it isn't as evident but, it ties people together here(Christianity). If that's your worldview this is a great place, if not, you will hit brick walls in most relationships including:business interactions and general group ventures.[read more...]
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| Comfortable - 1/22/2012
Warm in the summer and cold in the winter.[read more...]
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| Knoxville - 1/3/2012
Do you mean xenophobic? This is so untrue. Knoxville is a great place to live and raise kids. Come one and all to a great little city that is growing and welcoming everyone.[read more...]
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| Don't Knock Knoxville - 12/12/2011
Heres is my take on Knoxville:
Easy to drive around;
Lots of scenic beauty;
I find Tennesseans friendly and polite.
I think the culture is family friendly and conservative and slow.
Pace of life is slow.
It helps if you like UT Football.
Cost of living is low and so are wages.
Downtown is rundown unfortunately.
No state tax on income.
Sales tax is 9% across the board.
I feel safe here where I live although there is a low income section on the other side of town.
Art museums and culture events on low side.
I grew up close to NYC and have been all over the US; I really like it here. But it is not for everyone and onr would do well to know what you can live with and what you can't if you are thinking of moving here.
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| u - 12/9/2011
There is never anything going on in this city.[read more...]
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| best city - 12/4/2011
Greatest, the economy is bad? we are doing wonderful . If you have education, the economy seems very good here, as for crime, don't live in the bad or east knox area.[read more...]
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| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - 10/10/2011
The Good: Knoxville has the main campus of the University of Tennessee. This is a city that supports college sports, especially football and basketball. Neyland Stadium at UT seats approximately 108,000 people. The stadium is almost always filled to capacity during home games. Knoxville is close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There are great shopping centers and malls here, too.
The Bad: Two cross-country interstates (I-40 & I-75) run concurrently through the heart of the city. When you add all the local traffic, you have a nightmare. Even a minor accident on the Interstate can result in a traffic backup that runs for miles. TDOT recently completed the final phase of its Interstate upgrade so that there is no longer a bottle neck of traffic in downtown which used to have fewer lanes. But there is still far too much traffic to battle if you are a daily commuter. Air pollution is another problem. In the past, Knoxville has been on the EPA's "dirty dozen" list for the worst ozone and fine particulate pollution in the country. This is a bad place to live for people with asthma or other respiratory problems. This has been stated in the local media. I'm sure the excessive traffic has something to do with this.
The Ugly: There are many area in downtown and elsewhere that are a real eyesore. The downtown is not attractive and the development was done in a rather haphazard manner, in my opinion. There are many very old neighborhoods that look like ghettos. But the people who live there can't afford to live elsewhere. The city is a contrast between the rich and the poor.Crime is high here compared to the national average. Also, the cancer rates here are significantly higher than the national average, possibly because of all the toxic waste from nearby Oak Ridge (one of the sites of the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb).
My recommendation: Forget about Knoxville. I have lived here for 22 years and I know from my travels and my research that there many other places that would be far better than Knoxville. Happy hunting.[read more...]
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| Economy is very bad, no jobs, no big industri in c - 9/20/2011
I do not know where you getting info that in future economy in city should raise up to 37%? I do not see that! I spend 20 years living in city,nothing change,properity tax going up,cost of living going up, employer want tu pay minimum wages.Avridge job pay between $9-$11/hour/avridge appartment rent $690, utility in family house $210/monts, no walkways in town you need car. or wait for bus in ditch on side of the road not protected from rain(who knows howe offten bus pick the people)Knoxville living did not improve for 20 years what i m here![read more...]
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| great town - 6/4/2011
Great place to live with lots of outdoor activities. Lakes and gateways everywhere. Lots of state parks and Great smoky mtns national park. Not overcrowded. Nice urban night life downtown with safe feel. Good public schools.[read more...]
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| SUCKS BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 4/9/2011
I wouldn't want my worse enemy living in Knoxville, TN!!!!! People there are fake and mean vey mean!!!!![read more...]
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| Sucks Sucks Sucks - 4/9/2011
Do not ever move to Knoxville, TN. You will hate hate hate hate how many times can I say hate Knoxville, TN. I used to live there and so glad I moved far away out of the state of TN.
People there suck and are mean as heck and very zenaphobic. Look that up.
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| Crime is a Problem in Knoxville, Apparently the Ci - 11/19/2010
Having been in law enforcement for many years here in Knoxville, I can tell you honestly, that the crime statistics are way above what is reported. The officers here, are directed to primarily direct their efforts to enforcement of traffic violations and DUIs.Enforcement of these issues make the city a good deal of money. There are quotas to be met, or should I say "goals", which is the new catch phrase of the day. As for crime, many things go unreported, or reported as a lesser offense. A Robbery, becomes just a Theft. Burglary is reported as a Tresspassing.Felony possession of narcotics, gets reported as a simple possession and so on. The reporting method makes it look like our crime rates are not that bad, when in fact this is turning into a dangerous little city. There are many neighborhoods that rarely if ever see a police officer, and property crimes are through the roof because of that fact. The judicial system is a defense attorneys dream come true. Crimes are routinly pled out to ridiculus levels of punishment. There was a murder committed here not too long ago,where the suspect received twelve years of probation rather than incarceration in prison where he belongs.So my advice would be if you kill someone here, don't speed on the interstate to get away, it's a sure fire way to get yourself a ticket... In closing let me just say, there are much nicer cities to move to, where there is more to do and see, and would be a lot safer for you and your family.[read more...]
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| Knoxville: Cost of Living - 11/15/2010
We have lived for over 20 years in Knoxville, TN mostly because of the low cost of living. We have beautiful scenery and mountains everywhere, and the housing costs are very affordable, and still no state taxes.[read more...]
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