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maplescorp
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Username: Maplescorp
Post Number: 103
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 8:03 pm: | 
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My brother might take a job in Knoxville. Which towns close to there have the best schools and reputation. Are any parts of Tennessee progressive? |
monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 1880
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:37 pm: |
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the only thing I remember about TN is that it's an awfully long state to drive through from one end to the other, with nothing to look at but trees.... |
Cleve Dark
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Username: Clevedark
Post Number: 265
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:41 pm: |
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I drove from Lexington KY to Nashville once, and it was the most incredibly beautiful scenery I'd ever laid eyes on. I started out very early in the am, and the dawn breaking over the the hollows, mountains and green grass was breathtaking.
I've always wanted to go back, but haven't made it yet. |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 805
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 9:24 am: |
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I'm from Nashville - it's a beautiful state. Have only been through Knoxville, so I can't help there...there are more progressive parts to Nashville, Memphis etc., so I'm sure there must be in Knoxville...it's a college town (U of Tenn - state school). I'd try to hook up with a cooler real estate person to get info.
I seem to recall something about TN having the highest per capita houses of worship...often referred to as the "buckle of the bible belt") |
juju's petals
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Username: Jujus_petals
Post Number: 215
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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Hey, I'm from Nashville, too! Visted Knoxville several times to see friends who went to UT. Little community recall though. Knoxville flows Orange on game day. These folks take their football very seriously. I think Neelan (sp?) stadium is the fourth largest city in TN when it is full.
Wouldn't call Knoxville progressive. And kind of sleepy. It is in a beautiful area of the state so if your brother likes hiking and outdoors stuff, he's be in heaven. But, East TN is considered the more politically conservative / Republican part of the state which divides itself into East, Middle (Nashville) and West (Memphis). In fact, the three stars on the flag represent each of those divisions.
On the other hand, University of TN in Knoxville is considered the "best" and certainly the biggest UT campus so it will draw a more diverse group of undergrad and grad students and educators to the area. It also has a college music scene, too.
I remember friends from Governor's School for the Arts went to a very large high school nearby that evidently had a great theatre program. It was Dobyns-Bennett in Kingsport -- http://www.k12k.com/db/ May be a long commute to Knoxville though.
Lots of southeastern states compete for buckle on the bible belt status. I think they're all right. Let's just say it is a very big buckle. |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 806
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 1:03 pm: |
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a fellow "volunteer" (ha) - cool!
Where did you go to HS, juju? I went to USN; lived in Bellevue & then Franklin (but just barely - out HWY 100).
-doulamomma |
juju's petals
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Username: Jujus_petals
Post Number: 216
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:03 pm: |
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Hume-Fogg. Didn't we play y'all in basketball and everything else in which we happened to field a team?
We lived in Green Hills and then in Forrest Hills off Granny White near Radnor Lake. My parents still live there now. Post-college and pre-NJ I lived close to Hillsboro Village near Vandy.
Isn't the Loveless in your old neighborhood? I have a Loveless Cafe magnet on our frig in Maplewood! Ah yes, the Pancake Pantry and the Loveless: contributing to that Nashville tradition of standing in line for breakfast.
PL me sometime doulamomma and we can compare names, I mean, notes. |
dave23
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Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1251
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:11 pm: |
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A friend of mine is from the Tennessee. She also described Knoxville as "sleepy". Here's what she had to say:
"It is very sleepy, except for the party college scene. Since I moved from there, it has grown in many different directions, mainly in the strip mall, and high-end strip mall direction. It is a very big town, in that respect, people drive everywhere, with traffic, it can take 45 minutes to get from one end of it to the other.
The most interesting architecturual homes will be close to the university. West of the University, on Kingston Pike (this is a very long street that runs most of the length of the town, so this is a defined space) there are gorgeous old homes that are true Southern mansions. On the south end of this area, there are also some very tucked away smaller places with great views of the Tennesse river in this area. This is the strip that also has some culture... greek orthodox, synagogues, etc."
Good luck. |
doulamomma
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Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 808
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 3:33 pm: |
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Juju,
I'll email offline - but LOVE Loveless (those biscuits!) & we have the same magnet somewhere, though it hasn't made it back to the fridge after a recent move.
-doula
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