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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
TN is quite a beautiful place. I'd consider it myself. A friend of mine who I worked with back in CA in 2004-5 left himself for Tennessee but ended up coming back after a year, finding the "redneck culture" intolerable. YMMV I guess. I couldn't stand being in a redneck-infested area myself either but I'm sure there are plenty of areas that don't give that impression (I always suspected he hadn't given it enough of a chance).
The exodus from CA has been going on for a while. In a few years it'll be only illegals, gangbangers and a few (very few) others. Very sad. It's not the place it once was. I'm glad I got to spend 10+ years of my life there at the tail end of its heyday.
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Actually, I think his points are valid. A lot of the increased costs/expenses, are due to trying to keep the place nice. My next door neighbor here in S.C. has all kinds of junk in his yard, lower property values. I just live here, I don't care. It'd cost money to clean it up, and you'd create a whole government bureaucracy to do it. I prefer to do what I want on my land, and let others do the same.
If you move to one of these cheaper areas, don't be surprised if things aren't like they were back home!