Two years ago I moved from Central FL to rural NW Tennessee. My small town has a population of 2000, and everybody knows everybody here on a first name basis. We have a decent city park with a walking path and good tennis courts, and a county golf course.
The people here can only be described as “down home”. I’ve developed some wonderful friendships here, and have a number of teen workers whose company I’ve greatly enjoyed.
During the summer I have songbirds and cicadas everywhere, and at night I have the sound of bullfrogs croaking beside my little koi pond. The sky is filled with stars at night.
Property values are very low. There’s a 4-bed, 1940’s house a couple of streets over that has been advertised for $50k. I’m looking at starting to flip some houses around here, which might provide good retirement income (I’ve already got a work crew chomping at the bit to get started).
Shhhhhhhhhhhh
Don’t give liberals any ideas.