Posted on 10/09/2025 5:31:44 PM PDT by usconservative
Finally managed to get my relocation to Tennessee approved by the big multi-national bank I work for. Used a medical exception, a large medical file and several doctors letters saying Chicago area winters are brutal on my Ankylosing Spondylitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and peripheral neuropathy in my feet and lets.
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You’ll be missed.
Good luck.
L
Love Alaska, been there 3x (and getting ready to take my two sons where I want my ashes spread when I pass) but I love Tennessee just a bit more.
I can work ALL DAY LONG in the summer heat and humidity, all I need is the gatorade and water to keep flowing. With my AS, that heat and humidity makes it so I can move freely. Absolutely LOVE the summer heat in TN!
You come for a visit young man! Have extra room for visitors. We can go to the local gun club and shoot.
There is a reason why Trump won Tennessee by nearly a million votes.
Same disease as Mick Mars from thr band Motley Crue. Haven’t listened to their trash in years but I remember seeing him talk about it. Nasty business. You have my prayers in your suffering.
Umm. Ever heard of Memphis?
And, as for taxes, sales tax up to 9.25% depending on where you live.
Sound private equity mortgage with 25% down, 15 year, is around 5.50% to 5.75% as of October 6th.
Good for you!
I relocated to one of the most anti
individualist states in America
some 25 years ago. It is called Hawaii.
Being born and raised on the West coast
of the US, Hawaii was a natural
choice to re-locate to.
Having lived on the side of a mountain
in WA state for 20+ years I’m no
stranger to snow and ice, falling down, and
cars getting stuck.
I have similar physical problems as you do.
But what I don’t have is being stuck in a place
that is cold and miserable weatherwise.
The government SUX here, but they are so inept,
(Stupid Democrats), that I do pretty
much as I damn well please.
My family is all on the mainland,
but I have a very extended family of friends
that I have developed here. I have 6 yrs
and younger kids rampaging all over my
property. We attend Barbecues
with their parents and grandparents
since they live on my property.
My point is this; select your escape place carefully.
You can escape the Democrats, and watch as their
castles crumble and fall. This is not very Christian of me
But I could care less if every Democrat city in America disappears. Every intelligent, critical thinking person has or will leave those cities.
Let the Scum lay in their filth!
We will do that.
Really happy for you.
L
Ten to twenty years ago, we were getting a lot of newcomers from the Midwest. Over the last five to ten years, it has been trending toward getting more newcomers from California.
Yes, we do have a high sales tax, but the prices here tend to be cheaper than in many places that have lower sales taxes, so it’s pretty much a wash. And we don’t have a state income tax.
East Tennessee is best. Also most conservative. Central Tennessee is okay, especially if you avoid inner city Nashville. West Tennessee is the least desirable—especially Memphis.
I live in Memphis. Crime is awful. Police have no-go zones. They don’t really patrol anything. Most neighborhoods worth spit have hired private security services
, like Phelps. Budget in $15K for a private school as well. The schools are awful and dangerous.
Tennessee also has Constitutional Carry, and I plan on carrying everywhere I go. I will never be unarmed again.
Where I live in Illinois RIGHT NOW, sales tax is 10.25%. BTW, I'm NOT in Chicago. I'm out in the Southwest Suburbs.
My property taxes on a small TOWNHOME are near $8k/year, with another $3k/year in HOA Fees and a recent $11k special assessment for a new roof.
Add on Income Tax (I'm a high income earner) and all the other taxes and fees we pay in this garbage state and I'm paying almost $30k IN TAXES and HOA fees just to live here. My property taxes in Tennessee on an 1,850 SF Ranch Home, completely remodeled roof down to the LVP flooring throughout will be a whopping $825/year.
Best part: NO STATE INCOME TAX in Tennessee.
My homeowners insurance will be 1/3 of that here in Illinois, insurance on my truck 40% of what it is here in Illinois and frankly, just moving to TN pays for itself almost DAY ONE.
My townhome is in a highly desireable area, the last townhome here that was on the market sold in THREE DAYS and had multiple offers. Mine's bigger, has one more bedroom than the other, and I have FOUR FULL BATHROOMS, a full finished basement and in the 8 years I've been here, I've remodeled it top to bottom myself.
Paid $227k for it 8 years ago when the inside of this place was a steaming sh*thole. It'll sell for over $400k with the upgrades I've done and the comps to back that price up.
My new place in Tennessee isn't costing me $400k, it's actually LESS and it's GORGEOUS.
Illinois is TRASH at this point. Please, everyone GTFO of this craphole state while you can. I'm literally begging you to.
Same issue with mass migration, if people can leave their $hit holes to other places, nothing gets fixed. Also, why red and southern states get destroyed culturally and wiped away by mass migration.
I've seen the shirts "Don't California My Tennessee!"
My oldest son's property is large enough that we shoot on it. Have a target range and everything. Every time we shoot, some idiot goes on the "Next Door" app and complains about the gunshots.
That's when the rest of the neighbors that he knows come over and EVERYONE shoots to drive the Commiefornia libtards nuts, LOL!
Not lying either.
Elections are rigged. Democrats have a stranglehold from local through state governments and in the courts.
Add to that, Illinois has more layers of government than almost every other state.
You cannot vote your way out of the mess the state is in.
It's that simple.
Look at the morons marching against ICE in the city tonight, and all the b.s. going on in Broadview. Those people are brainwashed mind-numbed robots.
Far as I'm concerned, Illinois was lost a long, long time ago. It's just now the facade has cracked and everyone sees it for what it really has been.
Time to leave. Let 'em have it. When the state finally collapses under the mountain of debt that's been racked up, maybe then things will start to change.
'Till then, I'm outta here.
Were you receiving Combat Pay ?
ROFL! You know, that’s a hell of a question isn’t it? I should’ve been, that’s for damn’ sure.
there is a “gun range” not far from my house
to me, it is a comforting sound
Love it!
SE TN? I assume that means Chattanooga or nearby?
We get up to Chattanooga for a concert every now and then. Same for Monteagle and The Caverns, which is a neat venue.
Good for you.
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