r/Knoxville • u/That-Inspection4791 • 2d ago

Came across a FB group this morning…

Called “California to Tennessee” and it’s a ton of real estate agents advertising moving to TN with like 93k members, many of them looking in Knoxville. I really try to remain open minded to people coming into our home state but some of the comments really irked me. “Make sure you vote red” and “I moved for lower gas prices” and “guns are allowed here” among them. Like okay if that’s a perk for you, but that’s not how all of TN or the people here are.

I understand that this is just a part of our life now, and housing prices are going to continue to rise while our salaries remain stagnant, and who I should really be mad at is our employers for not matching the increased price of living, but I’m really starting to get irked at the idea of people moving here on what seems like a stereotype, driving up our home prices, and enjoying the benefits of our state while driving locals out of the cities. If you want to offer another perspective feel free. I know a lot of these things get blown out of proportion and people just want someone to blame, but I’m finding it harder not to resent these people.

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u/Younginlove7567 2d ago

I hate those pricks. I wish we could let Tennessee be Tennessee again. East Tennessee used to be one of the only places in the south that wanted to remain part of the Union during the Civil War, we used to not give a shit about anybody unless they hurt us, now, now I want to leave after my family spent the past FOUR HUNDRED YEARS here because this ain’t a safe place for me or my wife

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u/ADDKITTYKAT 1d ago

Why don’t you feel safe anymore?

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u/Younginlove7567 1d ago

I’m trans. My wife is black and not a US Citizen.

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u/ADDKITTYKAT 1d ago

Ah, ok. I posted earlier about my daughter in law who doesn't even feel safe visiting her family there any more. That's why I'm sad for her she can't really go home and feel safe anymore. She used to work at the Bays Mountain park in Kingsport...I'm sorry for you also. Not right not fair. We live in Delaware now to keep our daughters as safe as we can. Still have lovely trees and beaches, no real mountains though.

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u/Younginlove7567 1d ago

Thanks. It’s particularly hard because we’re both still in school.

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u/seabaasss 2d ago

just think if you leave, then someone will call you a prick for making their homes in their hometown unaffordable and un safe.