As a resident of KPT, I love how safe, quiet and friendly it feels. It’s a very blue collar industrial town. It has more in common with Bristol vs Johnson City. But there are some super nice upscale luxury neighborhoods with big homes. Drive ten minutes outside the city and you’re in the rolling green rural hills and lush green mountains. If you have kids or are of retirement age it’s a great place to live. If you’re in your twenties or thirties Johnson City has more to offer. Just different cultures.

I just moved to Kingsport from south-central Pennsylvania and couldn't be more happy (except for the traffic on US 11W). As a retiree, I was looking for a slower pace, beautiful scenery, low taxes and low cost of living. Everything considered, I'm saving almost half of my costs since leaving the Keystone State (especially taxes). I was able to find the same size house for $65K less here than a comparable property in the Lancaster-York-Harrisburg metro area. Access to nearby Bays Mountain, the largest city-owned park in Tennessee, is a definite plus for anyone who enjoys hiking. The only thing higher in TN compared to PA is the sales tax. Instead of paying 9.5% in TN on groceries, I just drive a few miles north over the border into VA. Most groceries in VA qualify for their uber-cheap 1% sales tax. The city's a great place. Just get here before the city disappears under the kudzu plants!

Great video. Thanks.

I've lived in Kingsport my whole life and the place smells like chemicals from the huge Eastman Chemical plant that sits in the middle of the city. The plant often releases toxic chemicals into the air and river (there's even signs posted on the river instructing the public not to eat fish from the river). Oh, Not to mention the chemical plant has explosions every so often which results in even more discharges and injuries. I would NOT recommended Kingsport for families!

You can't include everything in a single video. I've been in Kingsport about 1-1/2 years and I'm glad I picked KPT for its community values. For education, you could have also mentioned Northeast State Community College with a campus near TRI (airport) and both ETSU and NESCC share space in the near-downtown Kingsport Center for Higher Education. As for historical interests, the city's archives punches way above its weight for a city this size and the historical society is pretty active. Retirees will find the city's senior center offers a wide variety of programs, including occasional day trips and some extended travel options, as well as various health, exercise, and arts and crafts and lifestyle classes. The farmer's market is also well-served and well-attended during the summer. And the city offers a number of other recreational and entertainment events from spring through fall besides FunFest, like Racks by the Tracks, Red-White-and-Boom, Friday concert series downtown, and other downtown association promotional activities. About Pal's, I came to Northeast Tennessee for the climate and outdoor recreational activities, but I stayed for Pal's! lol

I think a lot of people are on the fence about moving because they're far from retirement and the jobs economy etc are the most important for a working family

Can you do a video on becoming an agent pros/cons?

What is the crime rate in the TriCities.