Tennessee / N. Carolina Boyos - Should I move there in retirement?

I've spent a lot of time traveling out west, and Colorado and Upper-Washington State are just stunning.

But we took a 3 day trip From Nashville to Great Smokies. So many nice small towns out side the tourist traps of Gatlinburg. Townsend, Maryville and i'm sure countless more cool areas where $600,000 gets you a nice home w/ a view of the App. Mountains. and National Forests.


Pros and Cons of Tenn and N.C. vs Texas?

I'm going to retire in about 10 -12 years and GTFO of Houston.

Reps for extra honkey tonk sass.
Just trying hard to not be a fat sack-o-chit.

Real Estate Crew