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When you think about homesteading on 5 acres in a remote location, what do you anticipate people doing for cash? Remote work? Going without cash? Market gardening? What considerations would you give people?
Make no mistake. The extreme rural areas of TN has its crazy people and plenty of risk in moving there. It is different from the cities, but still the same kind of crime goes on. Ya better know how to take care of yourself. I have lived here my whole long life and would not live any where else. My roots run deep. But the romanticizing of these rural areas gives people a false idea of what it is really like.
I absolutely love here in Hickman County for homesteading. 1) An hour from Nashville so you have proximity when needed, but out of the way of most of the development. 2) Rolling hills make it not ideal for big ag, keeping the water relatively clear of pesticide and herbicide runoff. 3) Strong homestead community with monthly meetings, plant swaps, a homesteading festival, etc. 4) More natural springs than anywhere in the US. 5) Lots of affordable land ranging from 1 acre lots to several hundred acre properties 6) lots of fundamentalist religious groups that farm and homeschool in the area: heritage church, Amish, Mennonite, 7th day Adventist, etc. 7) Resilient economy with businesses like Farmers Friend and T Rex arms headquartered here
TN is full. Our lifestyle is eroding because of exactly what Curtis said. Locals can’t afford to live where their families have been for generations because of California expansion or manufacturing raising the cost of living or property values. Fix your states before ruining ours.
Thank you!! I didn't use to feel this way about outsiders moving here. But, then they came. WE ARE FED UP!!! Just my town alone is changing for the worst. YES, they are taxing us, the natives, to death. It's sad what these people are doing here. And we are sick of it!!!!!!
TN has tornados almost weekly, poisonous snakes are very common, chiggars and ticks are brutal (you will get Lymes disease), the humidity is painful most of the year, pollen levels are the highest in the nation. The state is on a major fault line and a massive earthquake is imminent. Its a miserable place to live. We are very backwards in our thinking and leery of outsiders. Please do not move here.
Chicken dust!! Talk to the locals before buying. Some towns are cool, trendy and over regulated. Some rural towns are drug ridden and it spills over into the rest of the area. Overall was my 1st pick. West Memphis is dangerous!!
Remember when this guy made content where he wasn't catering to people's worst impulses to think that they can run away and watch the world burn? The end isn't coming. We're not that lucky. Also, Tennessee is full. Shove off.
West of Columbus is Les Wexner territory. Jeffery Epsteins main financial client. He has taken this once rural area and brought in a large google data farm, his own company warehouses and warehouses under high security. Also the the intel chip plant is obliterating the rural area. Ohio has been losing farmland quickly. They made the top ten list of states.
Here's the thing about East TN. It has gotten expensive, there's not enough infrastructure to handle the influx of people and the school systems leave a lot to be desired. There is a lot of multigenerational welfare in rural E. TN. It's a problem and the influx of people has made it worse. The price increases have decimated the low and middle class. The food pantry's can't keep up. Drugs are also prevalent. You can thank the FL pain clinic shysters for that. It travelled up and through E TN and meth labs are all too common. It has brought crime to the area. Mostly theft. Nail down tractors and equipment, porch furniture and even garden ornaments.
Callaway County has a nuclear reactor, for those that care about the potential threats surrounding that. There is a wind farm in the area between Memphis and Kirksville if you're looking for property deals.
Glad you’re covering TN! I’ll throw my two cents into the comments, in case it’s valuable. One major issue to consider with the entire western portion of TN is its proximity to the New Madrid Fault Zone. When it does decide to go off, it will be devastating. Something to consider about Knoxville region is its proximity to Oak Ridge (nuclear facility). Also, tornado alley has shifted east a good bit, and my own town of Columbia TN took a direct hit during the recent storms. It was terrible. Oldtimer locals will tell you that if you build in the hollows, those tornadoes usually jump right over you. In general, one of the safest zones in the entire US is on the Cumberland Ridge.
Native Tennessean. I agree with everyone who says that Tennessee is full in places. And everywhere in Tennessee is subject to having a lot of wind and tornadoes, if that is a consideration for you.
I just find it funny that the guy who wrote Urban Farmer is telling us to stay away from urban areas lol. I mean, I totally agree... But im also reading that book when Im not watching these videos! :P He must have had a change of heart at some point
Lived in northeast Tennessee my whole life. Even in a small place there's been too many people moving here. I understand why but I'd still rather it stop. Move to west Tennessee I'm not going over there. Or north Carolina, it's nice there.
Great Videos. Also great job at Vandalia Homestead event. My wife and I went, great info, thanks. Looking forward to when you get to Kentucky, we are going to start looking around soon in Kentucky where we currently live.
I love Tennessee! Still a lot of country out here but prices are skyrocketing. Also not good wages. Neighbor said states are a good alternative. Thanks Curtis.
It's an issue in E TN too except it's poor white and Memphis is poor black but it's still multigenerational welfare. You can ask someone what they do and get the answer of 'I draw' as in a gov. Check instead of working. When my daughter was in grade school, the teacher asked each child what they wanted to be when they grew up. One kid said a service station attendant. Another was going to draw a gov check. It's a problem.
Would be cool to see your take on the area that Ben Davidson calls The New Valley Of The Sun, which is a zone along the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the mid latitudes of the United States. His channel is @Suspicious0bservers Said channel points out a lot of the evidence that shows that the earth as a whole can have some major changes every once in a while. His zone was selected for its distance from shoreline, altitude, ample low population areas, etc.
TN is not full. Not that I can blame them but they absolutely do not like Californians. The first thing they say is "Don't California-ize Tennessee!" That is about as polite as they get regarding Californians.
@@Andy-le8xy I am sick of these jerks coming here and acting like they are better. They are so stupid to pay for overpriced houses. Poor people here will lose houses due to increased property tax. When times get bad Tennesseans will stick together and take care of one another. Outsiders will have to fend for themselves. Many natives say this.
We bought a house and moved to Tennessee three years ago. Six months later, I found 100 acres that are just on the line of your Nashville circle. The land was less expensive than you would think because it was so remote (hilly with no utility access). The area and climate are perfect for homesteading, but what is more expensive than the land is any building support services (wells, roads, housing, barns). Every contractor thinks of themselves as a high-end builder, so you must learn to do things yourself more than I would have thought. Plus, they are all backed up two years on jobs from all the new construction. Take your time, and you will save money.
When we moved here, and I'm certainly not saying where, the town had a pop of 600. We are pushing 12K now. It's so sad what is happening to TN. Just sad. And these people want sidewalks and for it to be like a suburb of a city. WE ARE SICK OF IT. Not to mention what they have done to older folks who worked so hard to be debt free and own there property and now risk losing it in their "so called golden years" because of these liberals moving here making taxes GO THROUGH THE ROOF!. Our neighbors from Nevada are loud and noisy. They always have a bunch of people over there. We are working on a plan to move from here now. I don't know if we have time now. It's getting to the point where we are going to lose our warm hospitality because of all this. I will not end mine with a haha. IT'S NOT FUNNY!!!
Have you followed Countryside Acres (& Countryside Corner) on RU-vid? Canadian farmers who moved to Russia for farming. Seams like smart ice breakers of what people should do to avoid communist Canada. Much love from PEI
