are you thinking about Tennessee want to get a U-Haul call a real estate agent move the volunteer
state if you said yes you ain't alone Tennessee has become one of the top 10 relocation hot spots
for 2022 and it looks like it's gonna stay there in 2023 even though Tennessee is home to one of
the most dangerous cities in the U.S people are still flooding in there well most of the
state all the sane people steer clear of Memphis Tennessee is a great state with a lot to offer
today I'm going to tell you why so many people are moving there and why you probably should too now
if you watched a video we did about Tennessee four months ago some of these we touched on in
that video we're just gonna go over them again because they are important that video didn't
get many views so chances are you didn't see it anyway got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 it's perfect for retirement not everyone that moves to Tennessee is Young and trying to
start a family and get their career going a good percentage of the people moving there are winding
down Tennessee does have some exciting cities but they're small towns and their suburbs in a
lot of cases are kind of laid back and move at a slow pace perfect for retirement on top of that
Tennessee has some great hospitals really good health care System taxes are low for retirees and
as we'll learn later on in this video real estate and the cost of living is pretty reasonable as
well Tennessee almost gets in the top ten when it comes to weather they come in at number 11.
they have an average State temperature of 59 degrees obviously if you're living up in the
mountains it might be a little bit different so if you're retired don't move into the mountains
it's rough on the joints number nine a lot of fun stuff to do there's a reason Tennessee's second
largest industry is tourism it's a lot of fun they have a lot of things to do in this state
first and foremost music if you like music you'd love any place in Tennessee more on that later
on in the video besides being a great state for all kinds of outdoor activities different types
of amusement parks like Dollywood Pigeon Forge Gatlinburg NASCAR sponsored go-kart places like
speed Park my point is Tennessee has a lot to offer not just music venues which when it comes
to music venues they probably have too many so it's great for family entertainment that's
another reason a lot of people move there now like I said in the past video a lot of these
individually aren't a reason for someone to move to another state this is a perfect
example but it is a nice little add-on if you're considering moving to that state for other reasons
number eight the music Tennessee is known for its music especially Nashville BB King Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash Dolly Parton Kenny Chesney was born in Nashville Justin Timberlake was born in Memphis
even Tina Turner's from Brownsville Tennessee but a lot of people do move to Nashville and other
parts of Tennessee for the music maybe they want to get their music career going maybe they just
want to be near a music scene I know people that moved up to Seattle when the whole grunge thing
was going just because they wanted to be part of that scene Nashville's the same thing and that's
been going on for decades there Nashville's even called Music City Grand Ole oprys in Nashville
and Beale Street in Memphis is known for its blues and country music number seven you get
all four seasons people actually move for this they get tired of places like Arizona Florida
Southern California Texas where they don't get all the seasons I grew up in Southern California
where you get 310 days of Pleasant weather every single year I moved North to Oregon 12 years ago
and one of my favorite parts of that move is having a little chaos in my weather patterns
I'm sure if you live in Upstate New York Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin something like
that my next statement will make you angry but that first snow of the year puts me in a good
mood I know it's strange but that's one of the things that people say they move to Tennessee
Kentucky and a lot of other places around that area so they can get a change of the seasons
number six the job market is blowing up Tennessee has a great job market this is another state
that's been stealing California tech companies for some time with those companies come really good
jobs Nashville is currently the third hottest job market in the country they also have some of the
lowest unemployment in the nation large companies like Dollar General HCA Healthcare Cracker Barrel
LifePoint Health FedEx they're all headquartered in Tennessee like Idaho Nevada they have a
business friendly tax environment in Tennessee and with all the things going on in Tennessee
they have no problem attracting really good talent to work in some of these tech companies
number five the education system when it comes to the grade school through High School Tennessee has
a decent education system they're ranked right there in the middle like 24th to 28th whatever
study you're looking at when it comes to their colleges and universities they'd normally rank
around 21 to 22. when you look at their two-year college graduation rate they're ranked fifth in
the nation here's some of the schools that you could choose from in Tennessee Vanderbilt Belmont
University University of Tennessee University of the South Rhodes College University of Memphis now
there's a whole bunch to choose from there's over a hundred colleges and universities in Tennessee
and I'm sure I'm gonna get some grief because I didn't mention some strange College out in the
middle of nowhere number four easy to buy a home yep real estate prices in Tennessee are I would
say reasonable they're ranked 13th in the nation for median home price right now the median home
price in the United States is 429 000. in the volunteer state it's three hundred and eight
thousand that's as of September 2022. now the ease of getting a home doesn't end there Tennessee has
a bunch of different programs to help you buy some property there's all kinds of Grants like housing
grants for green homes in Tennessee housing grants for home businesses there's different
programs to help you with your down payment I'll leave a link below to some of the programs in case
that's something you're interested in buying your first house is a scary thing to do trust me I've
been through it it doesn't have to be there's a lot of different organizations and departments in
Tennessee that'll help you with the process that's what's making a lot of people move to Tennessee
the ease of buying a house now if you've had to go through it before in Tennessee and no other place
you might think this isn't easy it was hard and I had to do a lot well yeah you're buying a house
you have to do a lot but compared to other states it's pretty easy in Tennessee number
three Nashville everybody knows about Nashville everybody knows it's an amazing City I mean from
the barbecue to the music to the people to the weird people to the weird people eating barbecue
and playing music Nashville's one of those cities you have to experience sort of like New York New
York's one of those cities you just have to experience once in your life I don't think Los
Angeles is that type of City I really maybe San Francisco is once you get past all its problems
Las Vegas is another city you have to experience once in your life New Orleans too it's got a bunch
of problems but New Orleans and other most cities Nashville is I would say in the top 10 of cities
that you need to experience at least once in your life it is an amazing City it's a lot of fun for
some freaking reason every time I've gone there the people are incredibly nice even though it's a
tourist kind of situation and you got people that take advantage of tourists you don't see that like
you'd see in Las Vegas or you'd see in New Orleans at least that's my experience but a lot of people
do move to to Tennessee just to move to Nashville they really don't care what state it's in they're
moving to Nashville and I'm kind of on board with that feeling too I'd move there if I was a single
guy and a musician I mentioned that once before if I was a single guy I'd moved to this city and
someone said in the comment section you don't have to be single to move there and my response was no
you don't have to be single to move there I do my wife runs a tight ship late night Shenanigans are
not allowed number two the cost of living cost of living is pretty low in Tennessee especially
when you compare to some of the other states in the area Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia they all can get pretty expensive you go up a little further with Maryland Delaware and
Washington DC area it can get expensive in that part of the country Nashville is doing pretty
good their cost of living is 12 percent lower than the national average is it Mississippi
cheap no it's still pretty cheap groceries utilities and transportation all contribute
to a cost of living and each one of those is lower in Tennessee than the national average
especially groceries groceries are like 16 percent lower than the national average now I'm sure the
comment section is going to be Ablaze with people from Tennessee talking about how it's not as cheap
as it used to be that's how it is with every state things get more expensive as time goes on that's
how it always is that's how it always will be especially if you're in a state that's popular
which Tennessee is but it is still cheaper than in the national average all right before we get
to number one don't forget we have another Channel called on this day there is a link down below all
right on to number one and number one low taxes Tennessee knocks it out of the park when it comes
to low taxes they have no state income tax they also have a pretty low property tax also known
as real estate tax owning a home in Tennessee is a good deal when you consider the property
tax in Tennessee and their median home price it drops them into the top 10 for lowest now this
is just like a guesstimate and kind of give you an idea what you're looking at if you're living
in Virginia North Carolina or South Carolina and let's say your mortgage is two thousand dollars
a month that same house your mortgage is gonna be like sixteen hundred dollars a month in Tennessee
that's just a guesstimate don't start running a calculator on me that's just for people that don't
understand how all that stuff works Believe It or Not taxes are one of the top 10 things
people Google before they move to another city or state it was about five years ago I read this
thing Google puts out what people are searching for all the time and people that are relocating
there's things they look up like crime traffic house prices taxes but what beats out traffic
and crime which I thought was strange was is it a pet-friendly City I don't know maybe it's just
me but I'm more concerned about my commute time and my chances of being robbed at gunpoint than
I am with will my neighbors stare at me when I take my pig McMuffin for a walk yes I have a
pig named McMuffin don't be jealous all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it
hope you got some information out of it now go out have a great day and be nice to each other