Leonardfan
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Yes, Phal. I lived just outside of Nashville in the late nineties. A pretty good place to live at the time. Just FYI. Tennessee along with Missouri are tied with one another for the states that borders the most other states. Each borders eight states. I'm not sure about Missouri, but Tennessee at one time was a hot zone for drugs for the reason I just mentioned. Being from North Carolina, I missed the beaches when I lived in Tennessee.
I guess I'm still partial to NC. Mild climate. You can be in the mountains or the beaches with hours. The biggest city, Charlotte was once pretty tame, but it's beginning to get more crime ridden and the influx of liberal folks form the north is turning NC into a blue state. Charlotte is the second largest banking center in the US behind New York. Raleigh is nice as well, but turning into another Charlotte. However, there are still nice suburbs in both cities. They have produced the likes of Will Shipley, Charlotte suburb Weddington and Braxton Berrios, Raleigh-Leesville Road.
Tennessee is an extension of NC without the beaches.
CS,
I was going to lament on the migration to the sun belt when responding to Phall's post but decided not to. I'd love to hear your take on it as you have undoubtedly seen it occur over the past 2 decades. I really hate seeing the migrations occuring out of New England to the Southern states and also from California to Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho etc. It's maddening to see so many of these idiots flee states because of job loss, high taxes, high crime etc. just to bring that same mindset and destroy the free states and regions of the country because they bring the same mindless politics with them.