Californian's moving to Tennessee - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

sloride · #16 04-25-2020, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Autoputzer

We're moving to Knoxville. My job brought us to Floriduh. We're still in our 1500 square foot starter house. We can't find a suitable lot to build our "forever" house. Bubbaville Beach is clogged with tourist traffic March, and May through August. So, we're moving to TN.

My requirements for a state are:

1. Mild climate.
2. No front license plates.
3. No state income taxes or estate taxes.
4. Moderate standard of living (e.g. not California).
5. Low crime.
6. Lax gun laws.

I'll trade about a half-dozen snow storms per year for not having hurricanes. Being to the west of the mountains, the winter storms are mild. Ashville, NC on the other side gets hammered.

We bought a 0.65 acre lot in the suburbs. It's on a hillside (17 feet of elevation change on the lot), and trapezoidal. Those are normally problems, but they were exactly what I was looking for. We'll have a walk-out basement that could be a separate "servant's quarters," a three-bay garage in the back of the house unseen from the road, and still have a 60' x 75' backyard.

I got a bad vibe from the BMW dealership there, and my future neighbor (retired doctor married to a retired judge) confirmed that. But, there's an indy' shop there with a real good reputation, and it's owned by a former BMW NA instructor at their technician school in Spartanburg.

Knoxville is right in between VIR, Barber, and Road Atlanta. My drug of choice lately has been BMW and Porsche driving schools. Porsche's at Barber. BMW's advanced schools were at VIR and Road Atlanta. But, taking the shows on the road was causing them problems. So, the advanced schools are only in Thermal, CA now.

Regarding your six requirements,

davidmash · #17 04-25-2020, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by speednjay

I would love to see this state take a dive. It does nothing but completely drain it’s working tax paying people into a dry poverish husk.

Considering the weather, access to beaches, mountains, desert, culture .. etc It is unlikely that the demand to live in SoCal will diminish anytime soon. You can leave if you don't like it.

speednjay · #18 04-25-2020, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by davidmash

Considering the weather, access to beaches, mountains, desert, culture .. etc It is unlikely that the demand to live in SoCal will diminish anytime soon. You can leave if you don't like it.

Only a person that has never traveled anywhere would say that.. or ever lived in California

Autoputzer · #19 04-26-2020, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by sloride

Regarding your six requirements,

I should have said "cost of living..."

Back in the early 1990's my job was getting moved. Plan A was Ventura Country, California. I'd have business trips out there, and was mesmerized with California... to visit. I would have got a COLA adjustment if my job moved out there. But, when the dust cleared I'd be living in a manufactured home with a roommate or two, and driveway parking if I was lucky. I wasn't looking forward to that. Plan B was to move my job to Floriduh and that's where I ended up. If my job has been moved to VC, I would have collected six months of unemployment and gone to grad' school.

I had a lot of business trips to Texas. But, everybody there I worked with eventually got transferred to San Diego, and I'd go out there a lot. There were some nice townhouses near where I worked out there. But, they were $800k. Most of the people from Texas were just trying to survive out there until they could get another job in an affordable area.

I'm going to have a drive-on lift in the Knoxville house. I'm going with one from American Custom Lifts (ACL). ACL's based in California. I asked them how they could afford to build their lifts in California. The sale's rep' laughed and said "We can't. Our factory is in Texas. Only the engineers and salesmen are in California."

Tony H · #20 04-26-2020, 02:28 AM

As one that lived my entire adult live in Ca(N) I have a little perspective. Ca is a very beautiful and varied state but desirable and urban areas are very expensive. Most desirable areas of Nevada are just as expensive.(due to the close proximity to Ca I'm sure) Some areas of Nevada are very expensive like Incline Village Lake Tahoe with lakeside homes in the tens of millions and cheezy condos for $1m. Oregon is kind of a poor man's California. Very rural and unpopulated(outside of Portland and I-5 corridor) but just as varied and beautiful as Ca. Coastal property is probably 1/10th the price of Ca depending on where you are. ALL our neighbors are Ca transplants traveling back and forth frequently. We talk about Ca like we still live there it's so common. No hostility to Ca transplants like in Nevada. Plus no smog checks and you can buy ammunition at the BBS.

oldsinner111 · #21 04-26-2020, 07:20 AM

Autoputzer Knoxville starting to get gang wanabees. I'd live out and commute to knoxville,like maryville where Denso is. bulls gap where malhe is,clevland where VW is.Good fishing large cats at clevland tn

oldsinner111 · #22 04-26-2020, 07:21 AM

I want to die at lost city in Pedro when time comes

Autoputzer · #23 04-26-2020, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by oldsinner111

Autoputzer Knoxville starting to get gang wanabees. I'd live out and commute to knoxville,like maryville where Denso is. bulls gap where malhe is,clevland where VW is.Good fishing large cats at clevland tn

We'll be out in the 'burbs. I'm retired, so no commuting for me.

merc lover · #24 04-26-2020, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by sloride

More room for illegals.

Saw a recent television show that covered the subject of the illegal mex drug gangs running their dope into Kali under cover of darkness. They showed the trails in the dirt that their trucks and ATVs were using. They use the cover of darkness and the dirt trails to smuggle very very large amounts of illegal drugs so the california drug users can get high.

Tony H · #25 04-27-2020, 07:59 PM

Pot farms (residential) and the marijuana culture was a major decision in relocating out of Ca. I had read it was just as bad here but I see none of the culture. I have only seen a few people smoking in public here vs walking through clouds of smoke every time out in N. Ca.

merc lover · #26 04-27-2020, 08:50 PM

The cities have gone to h. Crime in the cities has increasingly escalated. You buy your .6 acre lot and get to have your neighbors peer over your fence constantly up in your business. People park in front of your house for no reason. Property taxes continually rise to pay for public schools which have turned into nothing more than gang training centers.

Who needs it?

davidmash · #27 04-27-2020, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by speednjay

Only a person that has never traveled anywhere would say that.. or ever lived in California

Lived in W LA for about 13 yrs and have traveled extensively in the US and Europe.

What else do you have?

davidmash · #28 04-27-2020, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by merc lover

Saw a recent television show that covered the subject of the illegal mex drug gangs running their dope into Kali under cover of darkness. They showed the trails in the dirt that their trucks and ATVs were using. They use the cover of darkness and the dirt trails to smuggle very very large amounts of illegal drugs so the california drug users can get high.

In other news....water is wet.

vwnate1 · #29 04-29-2020, 05:30 PM

! The hell you say !

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No wonder I dislike going to the beach .

? Did I read correctly that some place requires a minimum 2,000 S.F. house plan ? .

Wow .

I'm crowded in my 1,158 S.F. place and looking forward to getting rid of more crap as I age out and die....

A shocker : husky man just -had- to chime in with negative comments .

I bet you'd love to live with him, must be a daily laugh riot /SARC.\ .

merc lover · #30 05-01-2020, 12:02 PM

I've noticed that major cities attract large hordes of out-of-staters (people who are not indigenous to the area and therefore have no loyalties to the locals).

Gots to get out to the country to find the real Tennessee folk.