Would you rather live in New York City or East Tennessee?

[100% pro-life no matter what]

What do you think?

*But, Middle Tennessee is better!

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Does Chattanooga count as East Tennessee? I want to take advantage of their high-speed internet (Fastest in the nation, IIRC).

Yes, Chattanooga is considered East Tennessee.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

NYC is great, also have family there which helps. East Tennessee seems like a middle class boredom hell hole.

There is a decent amount of wealth in the Knoxville area of East Tennessee.  The wealthiest county in the South (aka not the DC suburbs) is also in Tennessee, but in Middle Tennessee (Williamson County).  It's both the wealthiest county in the country (when adjusted for cost of living) and the most traditionally conservative county in the country, according to the Daily Caller.

http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/19/americas-most-conservative-friendly-county-is-williamson-county-horse-farms-guitar-shaped-pools-and-low-taxes/

[100% pro-life no matter what]

NYC is great, also have family there which helps. East Tennessee seems like a middle class boredom hell hole.

There is a decent amount of wealth in the Knoxville area of East Tennessee.  The wealthiest county in the South (aka not the DC suburbs) is also in Tennessee, but in Middle Tennessee (Williamson County).  It's both the wealthiest county in the country (when adjusted for cost of living) and the most traditionally conservative county in the country, according to the Daily Caller.

http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/19/americas-most-conservative-friendly-county-is-williamson-county-horse-farms-guitar-shaped-pools-and-low-taxes/

In my experience, large cities that are both wealthy and relatively conservative are comprised almost entirely of strip malls and big box stores (See: Houston, TX). How true is this of Knoxville?

I honestly don't have as much experience with Knoxville, but it isn't going to have the level of urbanization as somewhere like New York or Chicago.  There is definitely a business district and a college-town area, but there is certainly a lot of suburbia.  That's pretty common for cities in the South.