If you are thinking of moving here, or anywhere ne
-
11/22/2016
Oh how we wish we had never moved to the Knoxville area! We researched everything before we did, but we had no idea about how low quality the people are here. We've been here 10 years and we still can't figure out what the heck is wrong with these people.
We are affluent, educated, hard-working, loving, and social. We have the same values they espouse (but don't live up to), and we are ethnically like the large majority here.
I could tell you stories about east Tennesseans and our interactions with them that would astonish you. We've tried everything to integrate and learn to like them over the course of the 10.5 years we have lived here. We have not made a single friend from this area. Our only friends are from elsewhere.
They are only friendly if they think they can get something out of you, and when they do they don't even appreciate it - it just makes them want more.
We've hired them, paid them more than they are worth, and STILL they don't do what you ask, don't show up on time (or at all), and lie even when the truth would work better to their advantage. Their words about being friends, are just words, there is no follow through.
Yes, it is beautiful, inexpensive, conservative, has lots of churches (yah, get them outside of the building and see how they actually act), and there are tons of things to do outside (we like the weather at least), but the people have ruined it for us. We can't wait to get the heck away from these dishonest, lazy, distasteful, people. And get this - I grew up in KY! You would think they would at least be accepting of people from the south. Many places are hostile to Californians (even Texans who are the greatest people in the US), but these people are hostile to anyone not from their 20 mile radius.
I've lived in Owensboro KY, Bowling Green, KY, Dallas, and Thousand Oaks, CA and I've never had trouble with people, until now. We have two homes here, one on the lake in Rockwood, TN and one in the city of Knoxville. Our girls have gone to school in both places, and even though they've lived here their whole lives they have trouble making REAL friends. Once you scratch the surface of the people here (even the kids) you find hostility, depression, negativity, big egos (totally unwarranted), and exclusion.
Yes, it is beautiful, yes we could afford to build our dream home, yes the outdoor activities are fabulous, yes the schools are reasonably good within the city (NOT the country area), and yes we had such high hopes when we moved here, but NO it has not worked out for us - we are OUT of here ASAP!
GetReal | Knoxville, TN