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Originally Posted by softconsult
JC, Bristol, Kingsport, Elizabethton are all about say 20 minutes apart. Johnson City is the best of the 4. It is progressive, and has all the restaurants. I ended up here on a corporate transfer and really just decided to stop moving. Bristol is 35,000, Johnson City about 50,000 and Kingsport around 35,000 or so. Elizabethton is smaller. Perfect compromise between small town life and big city life. Knoxville is 90 miles away all interstate. The interstates aren't trashed like I40 through Memphis- Little Rock.
This is pretty much a lilly white area. Has always been that way and I expect it will stay that way. There is, of course, some poverty, but little gang activity and extremely low violent crime. . . .
. . . Asheville [has] the perfect climate. Not too hot, not to cold, 4 seasons, and low humidity. We have the same climate as Asheville.
We are at 1,000 feet and at the foot of the mountains. You can be up in the mountains in no time. Perfect area for hunting, fishing, boating etc. Beautiful area.
Typical Southern talking area, but you are used to that. . . .
Steve
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Accents? Hey, a lot of New Orleanians sound more like Brooklyn cab drivers ('Hey, dawlin', whatcha doin'?") from '40s movies than like Scarlett O'Hara. But you're right, I'm used to the basic sound.
Not only several MB shops, but a dealer for parts too? Hmm. I need to rethink my road trip! One of the reasons I was considering Little Rock was that I could drive there in a day. Eastern TN from NO would be two days, one about 7 hours (to Chattanooga) and one about 4 (to JC), right? (Taking time out to feed me and the Benz, of course.) Not too bad . . .