Having been to Johnson City a few times, myself, I have to agree that it is a pleasant and friendly city as well. There doesn’t seem to be any more people name Richard there than any other place either. It’s a puzzle. You would think that a place called Johnson City would be full of Dicks, but it isn’t.

you just hafta know where to look ... teehee

(sorry, couldn’t resist!) :)

I lived in Johnson City for a briefly while my wife was going to grad school there.  I didn’t get anything out of the place to be honest.  It’s a nice quiet place with nice people for sure, but when people were trying to open shops that I liked, be it a record store or bar or vintage shop, no one supported them.  This was 13 - 14 years ago too, so I’m sure times have changed.

I remember first rolling into town and running into a magick shop run by a guy who would walk around in purple robes.  I don’t know the whole story, but I think he got run out of town.

I would love to by some property in Erwin.  I like that town alot.

marc

i really like erwin too ... if it weren’t for the nuclear fuel services plant located there, i probably would have bought a home there already ... there’s a chemical plant in kingsport, which is another really cool town otherwise.

right now thinking of elizabethon ... it has a really cool little downtown area ...

the tri-cities has changed a lot in the past few years, for sure ... when the nc side of I-26 opened (about 4-5 years ago), the floodgates were opened and home prices are reflecting the overflow from wnc. the lack of a state income tax, lower housing costs, access to regional university, and the job market are attractive to those wishing to stay close to the asheville msa ...

Orbit DVD - 13 February 2008 11:12 AM

I would love to by some property in Erwin.  I like that town alot.

I love that town as well. Very much like Mayberry in many ways. Best thing about the town: Erwin Burrito - some of the best Mexican food I’ve ever eaten. And love the antique store next door - really nice people run it.

Flag Pond!... now THERE’S a booming metropolis in Tennessee and quick to get to from Asheville.

“The town was changing, but so insidiously that the old-timers could feel but could not analyze the change.”

-William Alexander Percy

Orbit DVD - 13 February 2008 09:19 AM

People have tried and tried to make Johnson City a happening place, but it never works.  I don’t know why.  It has cheap housing, a nice downtown, the mountains, etc…  Maybe what it needs is a video store.

marc

Maybe it needs a crystal vortex.