So, I live in Tenneessee, But I Don't Actually Like It Out Here

My mother and her side of the family are all from TN.

 

I lived in TN a few times for short periods on job assignments.

Chattanooga was wonderful. How old are you, JacquelineDeane55, and what do you do outside of home: work, school, friends, etc.

I like Montana as well.

 

My mom is in the state I am now. But she was born in Livingston and lived in several cities in TN. There really is lots to do in the State. You'll find your niche.

 

Yes. Harriman, Roane County. I don't live there anymore but when I go back I witness a lot of animosity toward minorities and non-Christians. I find it quite disturbing. I also find that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

 

Never been but I'm sure i would like Washington (the ocean), and Montana has been a consideration most of my life. I'm a Floridian stuck in Kentucky till I can save enough for a livaboard, at which point I'll probably move to Maryland...the coast without the extreme heat or cold.

You have to make any change happen, but I do understand the predicament.

 

Get the ball rolling. Find a property on http://www.zillow.com.
Lots of details on properties there to look at and mull over. I originally was born and lived in a flat in Philly, Pennsylvania then my family moved when I was 4 to Europe. Where do you want to live?
Tell me a little about your favorite state or preferred area of America as well. That may help. I’m sure that things are not as bad as you think. But I have never lived in Texas. Do you know anything about the quality of education in Texan schools or not?

 

Fact of the matter is you can't do anything about your locale till you are able to do something about it.
Quit complaining and enjoy the trees, hills, streams, woods, wildlife, etc.
I live in Az.'s desert, and wish I was in Tenn. sometimes...but not Wash....too much rain...and it now appears, bigotry.
Get busy enjoying what you've got, because the grass isn't always greener in Wash.

 

Maybe you read it too, Jacqueline, but there was a recent report or poll or something like that which identified Tennessee as the state whose inhabitants most wanted to move to somewhere else. If so, you are at least in a certain kind of majority for a change!

However, it looks like the main problem is WHERE in TN your family chose to settle. The 'Alaskan Bush People,' as seen on a TV series, settled somewhere in Washington state because they wanted as much isolation as possible, so it's not entirely about one state versus another, I am thinking. And then too, the state of Tennessee has a number of urban centers--Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, which is unlike many other states.

 

I was raised on the plateau in Tennessee, moved away to Atlanta for a while and have been back in Nashville for 19 years.

You said,

The harsh reality is religious people get discriminated against by other religious people as well.
One has to learn to adapt to those doing the discriminating.

 

Was near Memphis for a few months in 1970 in the nav. Millington in training. Met some hippies. Tried to hitch hike to Nashville. Stayed away from Beale street as a warning for servicemen, but could have liked hearing some blues. Mainly rotted in the barracks for 3 months. Scary tornadoes and thunder storms. Got my orders and went to Guam. Then drove back to the West Coast.

 

I know a couple that moved to Washington State & moved back the next year b/c of the politics there & it's just too expensive (see a connection?)

So you don't like the politics there either but it's still your favorite?

It sounds like you just don't like the ruralness of where you are in TN. Nashville is a lot of fun.

Montana would be a lot of fun!

 

Montana is great! (unless you are near Bozeman or Missoula, I do not like the politics there and the type of people moving in)