Knoxville had been on our list of potential retirment spots — places to escape California.
Looks like we can strike it off our list?
I wouldn't say that this case, as heinous as it is, reflects on normal living in Knox-vegas. I lived there for several years and met my wife there. There's really good people and it is a pretty laid back easy going lifestlye - until football season. :-)
Dunno
Might be a good reason to purchase and carry a snubbie .38, no matter where you move.
I hear Portland is a nice place for Califlowers to escape to. Seattle even nicer. The politics are strange, the cities are nice.
The white kids who were killed in this crime probably let their guard down because they weren't expecting something like this. It's similar to the Wichita atrocity, or the college girl who was killed a couple of weeks ago in Chapel Hill. People are more on the lookout for these things in places like Memphis or St. Louis. The relative calm of a place like Knoxville can lull you into a false sense of security.
DW and I escaped to Southern Oregon last year.
The climate is a little cooler, but not bad. Everything south of (but not including) Eugene has pretty conservative local politics.
Shall issue state, much lower taxes than CA. Real Estate is much lower than CA, although probably higher than Knoxville. Take a little trip North and see.
Lenoir City on the lakes. Check it out.
I’d wait until after the Democratic national convention before I decided to move into any large city. If Obama doesn’t get the nomination I suspect there will be problems in many cities.