Not too often, but every once in awhile.

No, you'd need to hop on a regional jet at the Tri-cities airport which gets you to Charlotte or Atlanta.

What were you expecting from a small city of 70,000 ? Seriously....

At the time JC was #1. It is now sitting at #9 with the Bristol/Kingsport metro area at 14. www.realtor.com/research/january-2024-wsj-rdc-emerging-housing-markets-index/

I don't have anything specific. I'd just Google it & look around.

I’m not sure of the exact crime rates but if you want safe I’d recommend Jonesborough. If you stay out of Kingsport and East Bristol, you should be fine. I live in Johnson City and I feel perfectly safe here.

@@john-paulbitler3657 Thanks for the info. It's always good to hear from someone who lives in and is familiar with the area.

I live here I've lived in Johnson City my entire life Crime isn't bad Kingsport and bristol is getting bad

Crime is like traffic. It depends on where else you've been.

The terrain keeps flooding confined to streams and rivers. Plenty of non flood zone housing choices. We're technically part of the mountains so there's an abundance of high enough property.

We live in Sullivan County, so hopefully that gives you some idea. Lot of retirees here, including both of our mothers. Conservative political climate. Pretty rural heading towards Bristol Caverns, but not far from town. Highly recommend.

@The Home Team Thank you Sir. I very much appreciate your helpful information. It sure sounds like it checks all my boxes.

As kids, we spent summer vacations working on my grandparents' dairy farm in Pennsylvania. I like rural areas with pastures and woodlands. How rural would you say the area by the caverns is? By that I mean power grid, services such as water, garbage. On the farm, we burned the garbage. Did have city power lines. A leaching field and a well for water. My wife is not no much of a rural gal. Her idea of camping is a hotel that doesn't supply a hair dryer..lol

@@chicagomike2111 By rural I mean mostly large-lot residential plus some farmland. That's outside the city limits of Bristol, so no sewer service, however you'll have public water and internet. Garbage service is available through private companies.

@@TNVAHomeTeam Thank you again. More boxes checked for me.

Hmm. I just tried & it worked ok for me. Not sure what happened on your end.

@@TNVAHomeTeam Got it to work. Thanks.

There is a shortage of rentals in our area also. It isn't that you can't find one at all, but a lot of the apartments have waiting lists. Rental homes come on and off the market regularly.

@@TNVAHomeTeam thank you!

You can.

Huge demand in the area for spec houses. What size/price range were you thinking of?

@@TNVAHomeTeam 1200 - 1600sq Ft. I still have to investigate the land development costs (sewer, water, electric) for the Johnson City area. I have a contractor friend over in Jamestown, TN and I know the costs there. But not sure how it changes around various parts of the state. I'll give you a call sometime this week to discuss

You got it! I'll put that one on the list. By the way, we fly out of the Tri-cities airport (TRI) which is super easy. It's about 30 minutes at most from all three of the tri-cities since it's right in the middle. Next closest is usually Asheville, NC, then Knoxville.

There's an airport but not one that gives you direct flights very often if at all. Knoxville is kinda the same. Access to Nashville airport BNA would be your best bet depending on where you fly to.

Actually, the reasons that my husband and I choose to stay here for now are for the opposite reasons. Johnson City is the only of the Tri-Cities to have an LGBT+ community center downtown. Also the only of the 3 with an Islamic religious center. We have a massive gay and lesbian population, and the public state university and our incredibly prolific medical school draw in lots of diversity. Did I mention our gay club, New Beginnings, has seen Ru Paul perform here multiple times? The only gay club in the tri-cities? Eureka is from here, and she has her own show for three seasons now on HBO. And competed in multiple seasons of drag race. Do not believe the hype, people. It’s a cool little city and there are LOTS of open-minded people here.

@@CalebJN Glad you mentioned that! Ive lived in JC almost all of my life...I'm 39. Yes, it's relatively conservative. But...there is a thriving young liberal progressive population of people and culture. And WAY better than it used to be at that. :)

​@@CalebJN Thank you so much for letting us know.I am trying to get away from all of the lunacy of the alphabet people.I am ready for a wholesome good life.

I can't tell you specifically about that job field, but like most places, it seems like everyone is hiring. If you haven't done so, maybe jump on Indeed.com and see what's out there.

Thank you!

Let me put it out there this way. If a corporation that has products in every store, vending machine ... GLOBALLY and cannot pay a sustainable income to a worker it's not only a disgrace it's vile.

I don't see signs of that here like I've seen elsewhere & I never hear of gangs on the news.

MAGA gangs ! 🤣🤣

We've had no crime problems in a residential area of JC.

I've never checked out that site. I've looked at Crimegrade.org before and some sections are F while some are A+.

@@TNVAHomeTeam Thanks!

Sorry. I am moving there anyway next month.

Actually people relocating to the area make up a very small portion of buyers; it just seems that way. The top 5 sources of population growth are from people in TN, from neighboring counties - 1,289 Sullivan County, TN 1,240 Carter County, TN 525 Hawkins County, TN 509 Unicoi County, TN 337 Greene County, TN There''s a really cool site - www.howmoneywalks.com/irs-tax-migration/ - and you can pick any state & any county & it'll show you where people are coming from & leaving. You're right about prices jumping but it's nationwide, just not enough homes for the number of people who want to buy. It is tough on the locals for sure.

They’re not, you owe 35000 thank you for your honesty

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I’m glad you asked, I’m a full time tornado chaser, usually there’s about one a week at Cracker Barrel, but as long as you chant the ancient Indian wind song you’ll be alright

Can you expand on why you feel that way? Crime?

I sense sarcasm.... but demonrats need not apply!