East Tennessee

I am originally from North Carolina, the Piedmont area in between Winston-Salem and Durham.  Because my skill sets were a dime a dozen, I move to Tennessee in 1990 where there was only one other person who had my training.  By 2000, there were hundreds of people like me, but I had gotten there first and had the advantage.   

So, I have lived in Tennessee for thirty-three years.  Actually, I was born in Raleigh, NC and within the year moved up to Alexandria, Virginia where I remained for 15 years before moving to Cairo, Egypt for high school (1962-1966).  In 1966, I went to college in North Carolina and remained there until I left in 1990 or 24 years.  

I have lived the longest in East Tennessee, specifically between Greeneville and Knoxville and just off of Interstate 81.

Our community is full of retirees which makes it nice because there are no loud parties, no loud music, and no loud cars blasting up and down the roads.  Most of the people stay inside but when they are outside, they are neighborly.  Not only are they friendly but they like to help out with projects if you need their help.

From our location:

• It is 2 miles to a Walmart Super Center and Lowes
• It is 28 miles to Knoxville Restaurants
• It is 20-30 minutes to Buc-ee's
• It is 40 minutes to UT Hospital
• It is 50 minutes to Tyson-Mcghee airport
• It is 3 hours to Nashville
• It is 75 minutes to Bristol Raceway (Nascar)
• It is 4 hours to Atlanta, Georgia
• It is 60/90 minutes to Dollywood/Gatlinburg
• It is 2 hours to Cherokee Casino

Please don't tell the illegal immigrants about East TN because I don't want them coming up here and ruining everything.