Please don't move here
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3/16/2007
I grew up in the era when the first lesson learned in the first grade was that propaganda story about George Washington and the cherry tree. So, I have to say that some people writing on this blog were never taught that lesson and they are intentionally misleading you about Knoxville. They really don't won't you to move here while they quitely go about making their life long nest. Yes, there are a few metrosexuals and malcontents, who will find it hard to live here, but for families, its a great place. Just don't move here. There is some truth to the fact that the place is growing like a weed and TDOT is run by a bunch of knuckleheads who hate bicycles. Still I ride one to work for adventure. A lot of rich folks move in to retire and we meet a lot of folks from elsewhere who are content here. The size of their stone mansions make me wonder if the carry GPS units around the house. Marriott keeps adding to its facility here. Oak Ridge (National Laboratory) has one of the brightest bunch of high school students in the nation. If you like golf, outdoor recreation, music, sports, a decent public university that gets better every year (not counting the football team), low crime in high places, you know the normal stuff of American life, its really a fun place to live. You can find good schools, not perfect, but my daughter earned $23,000 in scholarships and was recruited heavily. We also have the best Congressman in the nation, who doesn't pull punches. I haven't set foot inside a church since I arrived here either. So, while religion is a prominent feature of life in the South, its also why folks are decent and kind. There were no slaves in E. Tennessee and much of area never seceded from the Union, but outside the metro area things are different and the education level drops precipitously. Yes, Paki you can move here without fearing racism. But all you white folks should go to Mississippi.
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