Thread: Retirement in Tennessee

I am hoping I can get some good info here. I currently live in Maryland and will be retiring in the next three years. I love the Eastern Shore of Maryland with all of the fishing and hunting, but it gets really remote to be at all affordable. That concerns me as my wife and I age. I am looking for somewhere on the water. I don't mind if I have neighbors, as long as I have enough property to put up a good size pole barn to keep my boat(s) 4 wheelers and such in. I would like to be close enough to others so if I kick the bucket, my wife can stay in the house and have people to socialize with, check on her etc. What lakes should I look at? What areas to avoid? Plan on taking a few road trips to Knoxville/Nashville area to check things out. I would also like to be a reasonable distance to a Hospital, movies, restaurants, grocery stores etc. I know, I am looking for a lot. I am just trying to get pointed in the right location to begin my search. Also enjoy waterfowl and deer hunting if that is any good in the area. Thanks

Hard to go wrong with the Murray Ky area. You will have access to the lakes of Kentucky and Barkley.

Great. I will check it out. Thanks crp

Originally Posted by crp4570

Hard to go wrong with the Murray Ky area. You will have access to the lakes of Kentucky and Barkley.

Murray is a good town. Lots of collage kids there but they like me. They constantly honking their car horn at me.

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Murray is a good town. Lots of collage kids there but they like me. They constantly honing their car horn at me.

You all noticed I said "collage" didn't ye?

We moved to Savannah, Tn. in Feb. Love the area, but haven't fished Pickwick much. Been too busy building. That is changing soon, house finished and getting boat ready. Good luck on your search and move.

The twin lakes run from paducah ky down to pickwick. just ck the area. ck paris tn also.

If you have a large retirement fund, Tellico Lake in Eastern Tennessee is a gray haired paradise. Tellico and Loudon are hooked together, it close to Knoxville and UT with lots of doctors, restaurants, shopping, the "village" is a boaters/fishing paradise, 40 minutes to Gatlinburg, trout fishing, bear watching, Dollywood. Boat houses allowed, NO POLE BARNS ALLOWED in the village.

I live on KY lake, it is much more laid back, rural, and less shopping doctors, etc. POLE BARNS ALLOWED. Oh, and the crappie fishing is better too! Murray State is a nice school that attracts some entertainers, decent basketball program. Nashville is 2 hours away, I fly out of BNA every week for work.

If you wife needs to be near a city, you might want to look at Old Hickory or Percy Priest near Nashville.

Paris is a good town. It has wal Mart and Lowes and beer and minners.

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Paris is a good town. It has wal Mart and Lowes and beer and minners.

What else would a man need? lol

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