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Relocating to JC - Help
u/Excelsior14
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Hi all. I'm fleeing NY after spending the last 40 years voting for policies that have turned the state into an expensive, high tax dystopia. My house that I paid $95,000 for in 1980 is now assessed at $1.2 million, so I'm looking to cash in and relocate somewhere where I can easily outbid a local working class family for a home. I put on my sleep mask and threw a dart at a map and it landed on Johnson City, TN. I've done no research whatsoever about the area so I was hoping that you could fill me in about the local amenities even though I've already decided to move there. Can anyone recommend a real estate agent who could help me find half a dozen affordable single family homes that I could convert into rentals? I won't actually be contributing to the economy, but rest assured, my savings, stocks, and generous pension will ensure that I do my part to drive up local food and healthcare prices. After the move I intend to continue voting for the same policies that made NY into the economic hellscape that it is today. Thanks in advance for all your information that I could have just Googled. I've decided that Johnson City is the place where I want to die, and from what I'm hearing about the area hospitals, that could be one day soon.

Can you recommend a chill park to take my toddler and my elderly parents?
u/lifepuzzles
• Can you recommend a chill park to take my toddler and my elderly parents?

First off I think your No Gentrification Posts rule is awesome and hope this doesn't come across as a gentrification post. I'm not trying to move to JC!

I live in Asheville and my folks are in Marion, VA. They're having a lot of trouble making the 2-hour drive to Asheville to visit me and my toddler.

My dad has Alzheimers pretty bad, and while my mom can drive safely she's starting to lose it too and big excursions have become really daunting to her. They keep cancelling at the last minute and haven't seen the kid since September! It breaks my heart. But my kid absolutely loathes long car rides, I'm too squeezed for time to do the round trip to Marion, and staying there overnight isn't really an option.

So I'm looking at my map and thinking I might try to meet up with my folks somewhere in Johnson City, since it's halfway to Marion, but I've never spent time there.

Hanging out in a park tends to be easy and fun for all of us. I'd be grateful if anyone has any park recommendations, especially somewhere with a playground, animals, water, and/or shade. Bonus points if I there's decent food nearby we can eat on a patio :)

Thanks for any pointers!!!