Are you in Tennessee now?
Johnson City? Marvelous coincidence :-) I was just there yesterday, I live about 45 minutes away. I’m outside Elizabethton. I assume you’re looking at Johnson City because of the VA? There’s lots of other cities in the Tri-Cities area, the three big ones and then numerous little ones. It’s all beautiful, you can’t go wrong. (Although if you want lower property taxes you do want to stay out of the city limits. But that’s possible to do and still be quite close.)
We escaped mixer for you to years ago. We decided to go galt and decided East Tennessee was the best place. It is beautiful, the weather is moderate, and the people are wonderful. As long as you are conservative :-)
PS. Thank you for your service
Speaking of open carry, my first experience with that was my first week here. Actually my first couple days. I went to the super Walmart in Elizabethton to buy some boneless skinless chicken breast. Hovering over the area was a man with a Glock on his hip.
I let him pick out what he wanted first :-)