Ben can you make a video on best places to grow a family? Like given schools and so on

@@o0laieta0o I'll have to think about that one. Technically, fair housing laws says I can't say certain things, like this area is more one ethnic groups, this school is "safer", etc. It could be seen as steering or redlining. Let me discuss it with my broker and see if there is a way to do it without getting fined. Lol

@@BenBarredo lol sounds good! Maybe just state stats without opinions 😅

I'm also interested in which areas would be best for a family. But not west knox, from what I understand its suburban sprawl with strip malls. Looking for more of an independently owned restaurants type of neighborhood

@@o0laieta0o There are no neighborhoods or suburban areas that have their own independently owned restaurants. Most restaurants in Knoxville are a chain of sorts. There are independently owned restaurants but they are scattered throughout Knoxville.

Glad it was helpful!

So did you move?

@Charlie Price = information you seek can be found on a search engine, or looking around Craiglist to see the ads.

I moved to TN in 1994 and lived in Halls Crossroads from then until 2000 then lived in Corryton until I joined the US Marines in 2001. I also felt like I lived in the mountains. It's gorgeous. I love driving the back roads of north Knoxville.

hey @D. Mc = re: "take this on the road?" How about YOU getting in a car to do the driving to look around. Any other requests??

@@warriormanmaxx8991 Hard to do when stationed thousands of miles away.

Probably the easiest way is use Google maps to see it if you can. I been here 40+ years and retired living 20 minutes from here. Where I live is called Blaine and is North East of town probably 20-25 miles out in the country. Like everywhere else we do have crime here but probably like a bigger city. Out of town going west is where you find more of the nicer homes.

Hey @Heathercliff = your question can be answered using any search engine. Or is asking questions easier?

the farther west you go in Knoxville, the safer it is

Totally agree, Candy. Once I heard that I pretty much crossed this place off my list.

Amen. My family is mixed, but I don't support SJW wokism. I want a place where my wife and kids won't get assaulted for having darker skin, but I don't want my kids being indoctrinated into all the bs I see going around these days.

You do realize that the poorest states in the country are red states, right? Besides the major cities in blue states that are riddled with crime (LA, NYC, etc.), blue states are generally cleaner, stronger economically, and draw more people to live there on a regular basis… I’d much rather live in a blue state/city than places like West Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, etc. 🤡

Hey @Ken H = so Ben forgot to talk about Montgomery Village. Do you have any information you can add here - to enlighten the rest of us ??

Don’t post where you live on the internet

East Knoxville is the least expensive. But go far enough to where you aren't "in downtown". I lived in East Knoxville, about 10 minutes from downtown and a 20-25 minute drive to work everyday. Interstate 40 runs East and West through Knoxville so it's very easy to hop on the highway and get to where you need to go. The West side is expensive, the immediate South side (Cherry Street area) is run down and full of crime. North Knoxville is OK. If you stay in the Halls or Powell area, you are fine. 😊

Knox county and recognize Progressives as racists (originators of Eugenics, and later Pland Parenthood), as well as Communist both are evil.

Interesting got any more information?

Yeah I'm interested in moving to the Knoxville area but not right in the city. What areas have the most affordable homes outside of Knoxville?

@@alpo4291 Maryville is still livable.

Wondering about New Tazewell and Morristown

@@InjusticeOfanimals Those are both kinda far from Knoxville. If you don't mind a long drive...

Below Norris Lake the river is called the Clinch River. There you'll catch trout fairly easy and the TVA (Tn Valley Auth) has a water release schedule.

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@@ChrisCredible5000 yessir

Sounds like you’re describing every city in this country. They were all great in the 50s and 60s. There are way too many of us now, and everyone is looking for a better place to be. Problem is. Marxism is taking over liberal progressive cities. So there is a mass exodus of sane people leaving them.

Where would be the nicest place in Tennessee to move to now?

@@larkatmic Idk if they were all "great". I mean they were great if you were white but the black part of my family couldnt use most of the same facilities and were regularly harrased when trying to vote in the 50s and 60s.

@@philipmcgee8425 Maybe where you’re from. I’m from LA. It wasn’t like that here. Not to mention I’m gay. So the past wasn’t to kindly of my kind as well. But guess what? Who gives a shit. You make your way what the good lord gave you. I’d take those times over today and these relentless intolerant progressive Marxist trying to micro manage my life because they claim ‘they know what’s best for me’ Balderdash!

@@larkatmic I dont know of any progressives trying to manage my life in the Southeast. Meanwhile conservatives actively did (and still do) fight against my sisters right to marry her partner. Look up polling for gay marriage amongat the two parties constituents and how the right fought tooth and nail against marriage equality. My cousin also had to terminate her first pregnancy by recommendation from her PCP. If Conservatives got their way she may not have had that option cuz, if I remember correctly, her fetus still had a "fetal heartbeat" or whatever. On top of that Liberals/Dems are MUCH more likely to support drug decriminilization so I can do what I want in my spare time. Conservatives are liberalizing on this issue but again just look at polling. Now dont hear me wrong I am not saying folks on the left dont come up with ways to interfere in your personal life but idk of anything being done by the left that comes close to rivaling the 3 issues I just raised that the right is currently doing to interfere in my families personal lives directly. But I am all ears.

Literally the most expensive area, of course its the safest

@@youresoeffincool When there are depressed areas as there are in the North especially the South and East. You go to Walmart in the grocery store with those folks. It's not personal It's just statistics.

I live in Bearden

I lived in East Knoxville off of Strawberry Plains Pike, exit 398 off of I-40 and loved that area. Country enough to hear the birds chirp daily but close enough to downtown AND a much shorter drive to the Smoky Mountains. West Knoxville isn't for everyone, money or not. Not everyone wants to live on top of each other with a strip mall filled with chain restaurants and car dealerships everywhere. No thanks but you enjoy Farragut.

@@lisagnoza9819 Well that sounds nice. Lived in Knoxville for 10 years. It's a pretty area.

Hey @Retro 89 = re: "debating texting you" Who won the debate? Did you end up "texting Ben?" For what reason?

@@warriormanmaxx8991 I was thinking about relocating to Knoxville but my work took me elsewhere. Never reached out to Ben

Hey @A A = re: "Liar" Since you are so keen in spotting a "liar" - we all suppose YOU are the Mother Teresa of ... honesty !!