Knoxville, TN Reviews

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

Comfortable - 1/22/2012
Warm in the summer and cold in the Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More