I am considering moving to Tennessee. I was told Memphis or the near suburban area. I need to be in a location where school is good (elementary). job market is good as well as affordable apartments-townhomes. A place that is somewhat similiar to living in Chicago, Illinois but maybe a little cheaper. What are your suggestions?
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There isn't anywhere in Tennessee that is similar to living in Chicago, so you should get that out of your head now. I think your best bets would be Memphis, Nashville, or Knoxville. They all have things to recommend them. You should contact the Chamber of Commerce in each city for information on relocating there. That should give you your answer. Good luck.
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Besides getting a local real estate agent to help you, you might want to check these links in where you can research information on any area that might be of interest to you. To check general information about the state and the government that runs the state go here: STATE’S WEB SITE: http://www.tennessee.gov/ For health issues especially if you have children go here: EPA: Finding out about your local drinking water quality: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html EPA: Drinking water in Schools and Child Care Facilities: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/schools/index.html Before choosing an area to live in you might want to check this site also: FBI Sex offender web sites for all states: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm You might want to research the weather history of the area you might choose by going here: National Weather Service: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ To research demographics on a particular city you might want to check this site: Information on any city in the USA: http://www.bestplaces.net/ Since you mentioned schools as an important search category you might want to check this site for the schools in the area that you choose to look at: Information on any school: http://www.greatschools.net/ If you have specific cities or counties you want to research this link will allow you to find their individual web sites: Search for cities & Counties in the US: http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Data_and_Demographics&Template=/cffiles/counties/city_srch.cfm To look at available properties you might want to go through this link: Finding available real estate in the US through REALTORS®: http://realtor.com/Default.asp?poe=realtor To check crime in the area that you choose go to this link: FBI: Crime reports for each State: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_08.html Lots of information but you can't go wrong with it. Buena Suerte
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I don't knowTennessee that well, but here is a good resource to see what schools are like, housing prices, etc http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Memphis-Tennessee/ and http://www.trulia.com/home_prices/Tennessee/Memphis-heat_map/ will show you a map by neighborhood on what historical sales prices as well as listing prices are doing. hope this helps. You can research other cities here http://www.trulia.com/city/TN/
