I definitely live in the middle of everything and the last remaining land and farms are all be sold off and developed into subdivisions and shopping/dining areas around here. We looked into buying a couple of acres a few years ago and was absolutely shocked at the price. That is just here in west Knoxville. If you go to the other side of Knoxville or to some of the outlying counties you can find exactly what you are wanting. From your description it sounds like you would want to move to East TN. Tennessee is kind of divided into three section with each section being completely different. East TN is the mountainous area. Lots of hills and valleys, very beautiful with a more laid back atmosphere. Middle TN is much more flat (around Nashville) and is more fast pace. I lived there a few years. West TN (Memphis) is just a completely different area in my opinion. Pretty much flat land and parts are on the Mississippi River. I don't know how to describe that atmosphere, I've only driven through it a couple of times.

I grew up in a small town about 35 miles west of Knoxville. Kind of like Mayberry of The Andy Griffin Show. You can still get good land there and there is a little shopping but most people drive to Knoxville for dining/shopping/entertainment. It is pretty much that way for most of the surrounding counties.

These are the only pictures I could find quickly.

This is a picture out of my in laws screened in porch. Sorry about the screen.


Here are some we took a few years ago in the The Great Smoky Mountain National Park which is about an hour drive from us.