I'm also considering moving to Nashville or Chattanooga. Tennessee checks all the right boxes on paper. It has jobs, low cost of living, low taxes, freedom-respecting laws and people, and beautiful terrain. I keep researching and researching and TN keeps winning my runoffs.
I just wander what the climate is like. Is it too hot or humid in the summer?
Can get pretty hot and humid. Unlike some other states, going up in elevation doesn't seem to help a whole lot. A lot of West Coasters are heading there and particularly to Nashville.
I think anytime I see "too hot or humid" or "too cold" is incredibly subjective.
I like heat and would be happy to live somewhere where it's summer year round. You'd think I'd love the desert, right? Me, too, till I got out there. Hated it. I need trees and green.
Figure out what temperatures you like, then figure out what temperatures you're willing to live with (averages are averages. Where I live our "average" winters are 30's. But we routinely have days in the single digits and below. We also always have a few days in February where it's almost 80 out.)
Once you know what you like and what you can live with, visit the area - ideally in the heart of the worst weather you may experience. If you still dig it, sweet. If not, look elsewhere.
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