Hum. Real estate values. Very reasonable vis-a-vis the national average. (would like to live on the water) so you want to live on a lake? Crime. Ask nobby. (
Knoxville 2004 crime level was worse than national average) School quality. ???
Economy: No state income tax (that is if you do not receive interest from bonds and notes and dividends from stock, then it is 6%). Extremely high sales tax on all goods (State tax - 6% on food and food ingredients; 7% on all other tangible personal property. Once city/county additions are added that works out to 8.5% to 9.75%). Low property tax rates. And if you can fathom it, an Unauthorized Substances Tax.
Beer Tax.
Still gets cold. Knoxville is in the plains west of the mountains. Wierd blue laws. TN is the mecca that NC once was. The Oak Ridge area positively
glows.
