Thank You Jim, that sounds amazing! I'm at the age of settling in.. and don't have much family. This area is green with Public land, for those that don't or can't own a large track of private property yet. I'm hoping just one VA hospital and my future wife writing from home... should be enough work to live near a paradise of sorts. The plan is to feel out these small towns, and really talk to people. Cherokee sounds like a prime spot for recreation, and hoofing it throughout the mountains.
Check out Tellico Plains and Coker Creek area in Tenn. and nearby Andrews and Murphy in North Carolina.
