I hope this video made sense. I got a little deep on the details and so it was pretty dry. If you want different information that isn't a history lesson, please leave a comment below so I can make a new version of this video but that you will watch.
@@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
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.
I recommend Montgomery Village. It’s an excellent neighborhood with plenty of kids to play with. Everyone I met from there are great people. It’s a little expensive but well worth it!!
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.
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.
Always eager to see another video Ben! Do you think you could add where college age and younger people live in the city? I'll be fresh outta college but i still want to live around that environment and the age group! Thanks!
West Knoxville sounds nice until you mentioned liberal and diversity. Coming from Houston, diversity does not work and neither does liberal minded agendas. Farragout is where we were considering until I saw this video. Last thing we want is to move from a blue cesspool to another especially within the school boards. Anything ran by democrats and their freak show society views ruin towns and cities. I can tell by viewing Farragout HS videos online what you say is the case. Thanks for speaking about politics, people are really wanting to know these things who are relocating to the area.
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. 🤡
What area is safe for a single white woman, but not expensive? Or within 30 minutes to town(suburbs in any direction)? Relocating from out of state. Can pay up to $1000 per month for 1 bedroom rental or up to $230K to buy a small house.
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. 😊
This is the town of Johnny Knoxville and the K town daddy Terry Landel. A major event occurred when Jim Cornette ran over K town daddy in his car and went to jail. The Knoxville police looked the other way, could have possibly been bribed by Cornette.
I grew up in Knoxville in the late 50s and 60s. Back then it was large enough to do lots of things and small enough to stay out of trouble. I lived on a street in East Knoxville that ran parallel . to Magnolia last time I saw my old house it was a slum. The city did not make people mow their yards. This area is only a few blocks from the Park. Knoxville was never a very poor city. In an attempt to gain power in the south FDR stationed TVA in Knoxville-(Knoxville until the 80s was very Baptist and very Rebublican-) That produced a lot of rock and gravel millionaires. During WW II four billion dollars passed through Knoxville for Oak Ridge. There is so much atomic waste in the Smokies that it will soon glow at night. Knoxville is now a multicultural mess.
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.
@@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.
I would love it if you could do a video on the more rural areas around Knoxville maybe some of those small towns or suburbs I love to fish so maybe Norris Lake area. Cherokee Lake. Lake Douglas Area you know give us an idea of the surrounding areas outside of Knoxville like maybe Oak Ridge, Kingston, Jefferson City, Pigeon Forge. I would really appreciate it thank you
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.
Knoxville was looking pretty good for me, until you mention how great it is that progressives have moved in, making it one of the more liberal cities in TN. Looks like we will be looking elsewhere. I’ve had enough of the “progressives are moving in” where I live- and the end result is NOT good.
@@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 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.
I hope this video made sense. I got a little deep on the details and so it was pretty dry. If you want different information that isn't a history lesson, please leave a comment below so I can make a new version of this video but that you will watch.
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.
I recommend Montgomery Village.
It’s an excellent neighborhood with plenty of kids to play with. Everyone I met from there are great people. It’s a little expensive but well worth it!!
Good job! Very helpful in learning the city.
Glad it was helpful!
I live in real north knoxville. Anyone north of me is Maynardville
I love it here. I feel like i live in the mountains.
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 Ben,
Any chance you could take this on the road? It would be nice to see what it is you're talking about.
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.
Thanks! We are considering moving here! Seems awesome! Very affordable!
So did you move?
Always eager to see another video Ben! Do you think you could add where college age and younger people live in the city? I'll be fresh outta college but i still want to live around that environment and the age group! Thanks!
@Charlie Price = information you seek can be found on a search engine, or looking around Craiglist to see the ads.
"East Knoxville has the Knoxville zoo" -- "but I repeat myself"
hi i live off northshore and pellisippie in west knoxville and it is my favorite part of town!
Nice video.. City looks like a nice place to live.
Your videos are so helpfull!! Thank u
Ps: the volume of the music is very loud it would be better for you to turn it lower
How do you go about disrespecting Rocky Hill like that? It is a major part of West Knox, and you totally left it out. Or Northshore in general.
West Knoxville includes the gated community of Choto. If you ask how much it costs to live there? Well....
I'm in south knox county, people keep moving here, kinda want to go further out.
West Knoxville sounds nice until you mentioned liberal and diversity. Coming from Houston, diversity does not work and neither does liberal minded agendas. Farragout is where we were considering until I saw this video. Last thing we want is to move from a blue cesspool to another especially within the school boards. Anything ran by democrats and their freak show society views ruin towns and cities. I can tell by viewing Farragout HS videos online what you say is the case. Thanks for speaking about politics, people are really wanting to know these things who are relocating to the area.
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. 🤡
I see that the crime rate is really high, is middlebrook heights a good place and safe place to be?
the farther west you go in Knoxville, the safer it is
Semper Fi bro! 0311 from 07-17. I also live in north Knox, the Corryton area.
Can you touch on crime for each please?
Is Rankins still around? Used to love their coffee.
Hey @Heathercliff = your question can be answered using any search engine. Or is asking questions easier?
Greetings may I have a question?
181 cherry street Knoxville, Tennessee 373862..is this the right address??
Don’t post where you live on the internet
I was born in Knoxville at UT Hospital.If you cut me I bleed orange.
GO VOLS! GO ROCKY TOP!
What area is safe for a single white woman, but not expensive? Or within 30 minutes to town(suburbs in any direction)? Relocating from out of state. Can pay up to $1000 per month for 1 bedroom rental or up to $230K to buy a small house.
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. 😊
Just go to Virginia Avenue. I've seen people make videos of the worst places in Knoxville. Not one has went to Virginia Avenue.
PSA: Most 2/2 apartments in 2022 are $2000, not $1000K. Just FYI.
This is the town of Johnny Knoxville and the K town daddy Terry Landel.
A major event occurred when Jim Cornette ran over K town daddy in his car and went to jail.
The Knoxville police looked the other way, could have possibly been bribed by Cornette.
Interesting got any more information?
When talking about South Knoxville you forgot to mention Montgomery village
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 ??
I grew up in Knoxville in the late 50s and 60s. Back then it was large enough to do lots of things and small enough to stay out of trouble. I lived on a street in East Knoxville that ran parallel .
to Magnolia last time I saw my old house it was a slum. The city did not make people mow their yards. This area is only a few blocks from the Park. Knoxville was never a very poor city. In an attempt to gain power in the south FDR stationed TVA in Knoxville-(Knoxville until the 80s was very Baptist and very Rebublican-) That produced a lot of rock and gravel millionaires. During WW II four billion dollars passed through Knoxville for Oak Ridge. There is so much atomic waste in the Smokies that it will soon glow at night. Knoxville is now a multicultural mess.
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.
I would love it if you could do a video on the more rural areas around Knoxville maybe some of those small towns or suburbs I love to fish so maybe Norris Lake area. Cherokee Lake. Lake Douglas Area you know give us an idea of the surrounding areas outside of Knoxville like maybe Oak Ridge, Kingston, Jefferson City, Pigeon Forge. I would really appreciate it thank you
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.
You mean to say 20th century?
Knoxville was looking pretty good for me, until you mention how great it is that progressives have moved in, making it one of the more liberal cities in TN. Looks like we will be looking elsewhere. I’ve had enough of the “progressives are moving in” where I live- and the end result is NOT good.
Knox county and recognize Progressives as racists (originators of Eugenics, and later Pland Parenthood), as well as Communist both are evil.
Bearden gang?
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@@ChrisCredible5000 yessir
West Knoxville is the safest.
The North the East & South are depressed With patches of good areas.
Check out Farragut.
Live there 10 years.
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.
Nobody cares about all the old history. I was thinking I would see a video, pictures of the areas.
Ive been debating texting you
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
Liar
Hey @A A = re: "Liar" Since you are so keen in spotting a "liar" - we all suppose YOU are the Mother Teresa of ... honesty !!
Liar