hey youtube Alex Conley here today with another video today's video I want to talk about some of the advantages of Tennessee so advantages of living in the state of Tennessee in the United States and the first and most
obvious advantage that I notice about living in Tennessee is that there is a relatively low cost of living in Tennessee compared to many other places Tennessee is actually not so expensive now some people might disagree with this when
it comes to Nashville but even Nashville is objectively cheaper than California or New York Chicago places like this and if you get outside of the hip or the popular areas certain costs definitely go down things like rent and
food and gasoline aside from the most obvious things as far as cost of various goods Tennessee has relatively low taxes they have no state income tax and actually in Tennessee the way they tax people is they tax people
based on consumption so typically in Tennessee the more you consume the more you're going to pay in tax so the property taxes are high so if you own a large or expensive home you're going to pay higher property
tax what else if you purchase a lot of goods well the sales tax is close to 10% so you will pay a premium when it comes to sales tax however you are living a pretty low cost low key
way of life you and you don't consume as much you will pay lower taxes than say places like California where there is a sort of a base level of Taxation that's basically hard to avoid so what else so
Tennessee I think has is around number 15 in terms of populations of various states so it's not as crowded as say like a New York or in California or a Florida or a Texas it's definitely a step below
that it's not the least populous state obviously number 15 it's in the upper third population as far as States is concerned but it's not going to feel as busy as like a you know say like a Chicago or
like an Atlanta or like a Miami for example apologize for the mix-up I'm just trying to get my tripod situated there what else something that some people really get tired of living you know I'm gonna pick on California
a little bit just because that's another state that I have experience living in but some people say well you know I wouldn't want to live in California because it's the same weather year-round much of California has fairly mild
weather that stays you know in a certain range most of California doesn't really get below 40 very much and it doesn't really seem to get above eighty very much now of course they get this is depends on where
you go the weather is more mild near the coast but generally speaking Tennessee has four seasons Tennessee has a fairly distinct summer a fairly distinct fall distinct winter and spring and these different types of year have different weather
patterns different temperature fluctuations there's a sense of change if you wait three months you're gonna experience you're gonna have a different kind of experience so next something you know we just talked about you know there's four distinct seasons
in Tennessee Tennessee definitely has milder winters in the Midwest so if you're coming from like a Chicago or Milwaukee or a Minneapolis you're gonna notice that the winters in Tennessee are not nearly as rough it's it's gonna snow
much less frequently the temperatures are gonna not gonna get nearly as cold there are sometimes cold snaps a few years ago on years it got done but I think three degrees or negative three degrees and it was a
really cold these types of things are nearly as prevalent as say and I'm you know Minnesota or North Dakota places like Fargo so keep that in mind you if you're looking to get away from winters where you know
you have to make sure that you've got snow you know snow tires and you've got you know tons and tons of winter clothing and you're making sure to say drip water so your pipes don't freeze these types of
things are much more moderate in Tennessee it doesn't mean they're a non-issue you definitely need to keep winter changes in mind but it's not going to be this same experience as people and say Chicago have kind of moving
on another advantage kind of uncommon that people don't necessarily think about when it comes to Tennessee is a lot of outdoor activities so Tennessee has a variety of places throughout the state where a person can get out in
the woods and go hiking they can explore various natural bodies of water the Tennessee River you know places like the Mississippi River these types of places you you know might be hard to find a player here to swim
but boating is really popular you'll find that if you come to Tennessee boating is very popular fishing is really popular hunting is really popular people you know you might think all gets really hot it's sweaty and mosquitoes people
overcome that people you know people in Tennessee will are not held back by heat or cold or inclement weather there's a certain a toughness that there they're going to move through past these things and get out enjoy the
outdoors on the state of Tennessee well it's kind of a final another advantage of Tennessee I find that people are relatively down-to-earth here there's there certain neighborhoods in Nashville or an exemption from this that are kind of people
are a bit rude uppity snarky you know they they may look at their wealth is sort of a reason to look down on others but that's that's pretty rare and that's limited a few neighborhoods in Nashville a lot
of Tennessee is still has a strong blue-collar presence you're going to find a lot of people that are working-class people people that you know may not live this fancy lifestyle or frivolous lifestyle may not be able to relate
to you on a lot of travel or you know fancy restaurants things like that but people will have honest conversations with you and and there's a substantial number of people here that I don't know just you can see
that they come from a different background but they're still looking for that common ground so a final point Tennessee recently implemented a free college tuition for my understanding of course it's not free it is paid for by tax
payers but essentially I believe if you haven't used any of the credits or done any college by the age of 25 they're willing to allow you to attend Community College as long as you keep your grades up and
meet the requirements they will essentially subsidize the state will subsidize your tuition it's a really big advantage of states trying to address some basically some challenges related to education this is one of the things they're doing so I
definitely keep in mind in-state tuition in Tennessee is very reasonable compared to many other states and so if you're looking to go to a college and you're not picky you're not looking for a top ten time college Tennessee
may be a good option for you consider that even if you have to pay out-of-state tuition that costs a living here being moderate even if you were to pay a higher tuition rate here you may pay less in
rent food transportation these types of costs in the long run so actually Tennessee's really popular for college students if you're Memphis there's University of Memphis Nashville has a Belmont Vanderbilt TSU Aquinas Lipscomb there's also some technical schools for
tradespeople there are art schools that are called there's at least one culinary school so it's not just one type of thing I know that Health Care nominates middle tennessee but there's a variety of different educational paths that you
can take and if you don't necessarily feel like you want to pursue education keep in mind that because cost of living here is moderate you can just get a job and if you're willing to live frugally you know
over the course of the long run if you're willing to budget it it should be a place where you can get ahead I feel like there's certain parts of the country or the world perhaps even most of the
country in the world where where people do feel limited based on their socio-economic background but here it seems like there's this different kind of feeling where the average guy can still get ahead so they will hate me for
making this and say oh don't tell people about the good things about Tennessee but I'm gonna make a video about my critiques of Tennessee but I want to do a balanced perspective and then call up people no it's
not just good or bad but actually if they're educated they'll know you know what kind of city and makes most sense for them so anyway you know I was born here in Nashville I've lived here most of my
life about probably like 80% of my life and I think it's a fantastic place to live I don't think it's for everybody I don't think everybody who enjoy it but I certainly think those people that are interested in
contributing to making Nashville better place you know I welcome those people and anyway thank you for watching my name's Alex Conley if you like this video if you like this content if you have any tips or suggestions let
me know down in the comments below and I will see you guys next time
