Knoxville, TN Reviews

Knoxville is charming, but not much more than that - 3/11/2019
Let me start by saying that Knoxville is a very charming place, and if you are looking for a new place to live that is quiet, has a growing number of "hip" things such as breweries, restaurants etc, and is affordable, then it is certainly not a bad place to call home. I have been here for about two years, and have at times really enjoyed it.
The problem is that it very often feels lifeless. I know many might disagree with this, stating that Gay street, Market square, and Old City are full of things going on. Yes there are events and parades, but the city just doesn't have a pulse. I have been fortunate to live in some bigger cities (MPLS, Seattle), and after a while I have found myself missing what bigger cities offer - art, culture, exploration, transit.
I think Knoxville will be a great city 20 years from now, but right now bike infrastructure is a joke when compares to other cities, the airport is a hassle with few direct flights, etc. I love taking photos and Read More

OK on paper, but ultimately not the town for us. - 2/4/2019
In 2017 we had the opportunity to move based on kids stages in school (and one had just graduated). Anywhere really as spouse's job is found everywhere, mine is a bit more limiting, but could likely find one within a reasonable commute of most places. We've lived urban and we've lived suburban as a family. We've lived in several states. So, during 2016/2017 we performed the paper exercise of evaluating various areas of the country to live. We even had a relative willing to let us buy a 3 acre plot of land in NE PA (but, small town and not the weather we were looking for).

Knoxville came up high on our list for many of the reasons others list. In addition, we had vacationed a couple of times in Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg, and visited the Great Smokey Mtn Natl Park. Also, we have relatives in the MD/DC area and the drive from Knoxville would be reasonable for a holiday visit. Since we could drive to Knoxville from where we lived in OH, we decided to assess Read More

Eastern Tennessee - Where Friendly Folks Live - 1/1/2019
Five Stars for Knoxville!!!Although I was born and raised in Eastern Tennessee, I have lived all over the United States; Palm Desert CA for 10 years - Belleair Beach, FL for 8 years - Highland Park, TX (suburb of Dallas) for 8 years and a few other cities. I recently moved back to East Tennessee. (6 years ago) I bought a beautiful home on Manor Road. One thing I really missed, while living in California Florida and Texas, was friendly people. Here in Eastern Tennessee; Rich, poor, black, white, gay, straight, redneck or white collar...everyone’s friendly. If you can’t make friends here, something’s wrong with YOU! You might just be one of those people that even Jesus Christ couldn’t please! I love being back in Eastern Tennessee. My parents who are elderly, have lived in the Sequoyah Hills neighborhood for 56 years. I was raised by proper SOUTHERN parents who taught us (my brother and I) at an early age to speak to everyone. Tennessee is so friendly. I can’t stress that enough. Read More

Knoxville is a horrible place to live in 2018 - 9/22/2018
I made the grave mistake of moving back to Knoxville ten months ago, and will finally be leaving this godforsaken town next month. If Knoxville was a human being who paid a visit to a doctor, the physician would inform Knoxville that they are extremely unhealthy and only have a short time to live.

Are there good people in Knoxville? Sure, any city has their share of good and bad people. But the vast majority of Knoxville's lifelong residents are uneducated, overweight idiots who are automatically distrustful of anyone "not from around here". Most of the decent people I've met over the past 10 months were only here temporarily (for school or work) and had a plan to escape as soon as they could. The people who are left in this town have no ambition, imagination or knowledge of how crappy this town is compared to most cities. Many Knoxville residents think a "road trip" involves driving to Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg.

Watch the local news any night and Read More

Like Boulder But Affordable - 7/27/2018
Knoxville is the best kept secret on the East coast. Since starting college at UTK in 2014, it has sprung to life with the effort that's been put in to revitalize the city. The streets are now wonderful, cyclist and pedestrian-friendly (and there is an increasing amount of bike infrastructure), and the buildings are all being renovated to their former glory. The influx of craft breweries and investment in the outdoors makes Knoxville one of the greatest little cities for an outdoorsy person like myself. With the Smokies just around 45 minutes away, you couldn't ask for better! I left for the West two months ago, and am now in the process of moving back because I miss it Read More

Listen to a local... - 3/27/2018
I've lived in Knoxville my entire life and I can certainly say that Knoxville DOES indeed have a pulse and a budding culture. Those that are saying otherwise are perhaps unwilling to find the pulse or are looking in the wrong places. No, Knoxville is no Portland (or even an Asheville), but it is well on its way to being there, and over the past 10 years Knoxville has grown and evolved tremendously. I see no indication of this trend stopping or slowing down either.
If going to a "good ole' boy" church before tailgating at the UT game with your truck friends is the life for you, then you'll find it here. HOWEVER, if you'd rather sip on a craft beer while watching the Flaming Lips perform in a converted warehouse, then you'll find it here too at the Mill and Mine. Maybe you'd rather drink a locally produced nitro cold-brew coffee while reading Jack Kerouac, with ambient chillwave and trip-hop playing in the background. If so, you'll find it here too at Honeybee Coffee. You can go Read More

Misery - 3/20/2018
Do not move to Knoxville unless you like Bible Thumpers U.T. Football Read More

Selfish State - 1/27/2018
There are pros and cons to knoxville.
Pros : jobs have good benefits
Cheap gas, grocery, and living.
Cons: Ut hospital is very unprofessional there nurses and doctors do Hippa violations. They give wrong diagnoses. The people are very selfish, act like crabs, and Careless. The men in the state Tn are nasty, dirty, and selfish. The women work harder than the men and get paid less. They do not help there homeless people as far as treat them with respect and help them get back on there feet. Go down to the greyhound station area nothing but thousands of homeless ppl outside. The people in work places are unprofessional and half way do there jobs. They treat single people like there a disease. Not friendly unless you have something they can use like car, big house, big degree or you know somebody that can put them on to something. Read More

Knoxville - 1/11/2017
We live in West Knoxville and have lived here about a year. I have lived in many places, full of diversity, and then not so diverse. Mostly, I do like West Knoxville, but my main concern is the quality of healthcare and air issues.

West Knoxville Pros:

Friendly people, except some people in Farragut

Old-fashioned feel

Beautiful views

Kingston Pike area is nice, but once you get off the main roads, it turns into something out of Deliverance

Slow pace of life, but seems to me a better place to retire

Low traffic

Cheap Housing

Cheap Groceries

West Knoxville feels safe

East Knoxville needs improvement and I am afraid after dark (around the zoo area-where we are supposed to take our kids), and I've been to Camden, New Jersey. :-/

I cannot speak on the school system because we homeschool. There are a number of homeschooling Read More

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, Read More