Lake Houses in East Tennessee

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Danl said:
No! No! No! Don't come to Kingston! There are no more lakefront houses available here! And the fishing is turble! And there's big snakes! Water moccasins 12 feet long! And alligators and whompass cats and who knows what else! No, you definitely don't want any part of Kingston or Watts Bar.

Go to Fort Loudon or Norris or anywhere else.
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Sounds like people just need to get a lake house on Old Hickory or Percy Priest in Nashvile area. To many snakes and what not near Knoxvegas.
 
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What happened at Tellico Lake is a damn disgrace to this day. That land was stolen. Pennies on the dollar for land that was supposed to end up under what and yet somehow managed to turn into prime lake front real estate.
 
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f77f00 said:
What happened at Tellico Lake is a damn disgrace to this day. That land what stolen. Pennies on the dollar for land that was supposed to end up under what and yet somehow managed to turn into prime lake front real estate.
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2nded
 
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f77f00 said:
What happened at Tellico Lake is a damn disgrace to this day. That land was stolen. Pennies on the dollar for land that was supposed to end up under what and yet somehow managed to turn into prime lake front real estate.
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Did not know this. Example? Wind River? Rarity Bay?
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Did not know this. Example? Wind River? Rarity Bay?
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I would have to write a book to explain my disdain for the whole thing. Indian lands were flooded. People's farms and homes were bought for less than market value with the understanding that they would be well under water. They never flooded what they said they would and many of those homes are now lakefront property.

The developers got rich. The Indians got screwed. The landowners got screwed. The taxpayers got screwed too and they impounded a waterway for little to no benefit.

If those waters were still loaded with trout the tourism alone would have been worth more than what little water they divert to Fort Loudon to make electricity.

When it failed to produce income, TVA actually proposed making the whole damn thing a regional toxic waste facility. Nothing more than a dumping ground. Someone finally decided that lake front property might be worth something to developers and the rest is history.

I hate the place. I am sure people on this board live there and love it, but I will hate Tellico Lake for as long as I live.

This old article has some background: Tellico Dam still generating debate - News Sentinel Story
 
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Kingston sounds nice😄. I am not looking for a big place. Three bedrooms is about right. I wouldn't want to make it too comfortable for Give_All_Vol.
 
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When I retire I want a place on Chickamauga great fishing is what I want and that place right now is on fire.. But I'll prob end up on Ky Lake which is ok with me.. Lol
 
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Darn yankee invaders. I was born, raised, and educated in Tennessee. Now I've taken a job in Michigan to make a pretty penny for the past 3 years. My coworkers talk about wanting to retire to Tennessee often. Hence I've started a propaganda campaign to tell them how hot, backwoods, and in general unpleasant the state is to live in. You all are welcome. I'll be back in a few years....
 
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MSME Vol said:
Darn yankee invaders. I was born, raised, and educated in Tennessee. Now I've taken a job in Michigan to make a pretty penny for the past 3 years. My coworkers talk about wanting to retire to Tennessee often. Hence I've started a propaganda campaign to tell them how hot, backwoods, and in general unpleasant the state is to live in. You all are welcome. I'll be back in a few years....
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You are welcome back anytime. Tell the Yankees that the snakes bite the people who talk funny and only them.
 
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MSME Vol said:
Darn yankee invaders. I was born, raised, and educated in Tennessee. Now I've taken a job in Michigan to make a pretty penny for the past 3 years. My coworkers talk about wanting to retire to Tennessee often. Hence I've started a propaganda campaign to tell them how hot, backwoods, and in general unpleasant the state is to live in. You all are welcome. I'll be back in a few years....
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Gwinnett County Georgia is where they want to go.... They will likely bump into people they were friends with when they were kids.
 
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Danl said:
If you don't mind, what is your approximate time frame?
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It is going to be 5 years or so before I can leave medical benefits, but with interest rates low and the housing market still somewhat down it is tempting to pick up something before then.
 
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MSME Vol said:
Darn yankee invaders. I was born, raised, and educated in Tennessee. Now I've taken a job in Michigan to make a pretty penny for the past 3 years. My coworkers talk about wanting to retire to Tennessee often. Hence I've started a propaganda campaign to tell them how hot, backwoods, and in general unpleasant the state is to live in. You all are welcome. I'll be back in a few years....
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I have had two neighbors from Michigan and neither lasted over two years here. I don't know if the heat got them or they got killed for telling for the umpteenth time how we can't drive in the snow down here.

For the record, I was nice to them.
 
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CountryBoyBob454 said:
It is going to be 5 years or so before I can leave medical benefits, but with interest rates low and the housing market still somewhat down it is tempting to pick up something before then.
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Good for you! Happy house hunting.
 
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