I knew Paris, Tennessee was a great place to live and it's now been confirmed. I was reading an article online published by Yahoo and MarketWatch.com. This particular article was about the "Top Ten Places to Retire To."
Here's what they had to say about good ol' Paris as well as where it placed…
4. Paris, Tenn. According to Brady, retirees come to Paris, which is roughly equidistant from Nashville and Memphis, because they like living near one of the largest manmade lakes in the world. "People go there to fish and relax," said Brady of Paris. (By way of background, the city also claims to have the world's largest fish fry.) Plus, Paris has a low cost of living compared with other retirement hot spots. The median sales price of a home here in 2009 was well below $100,000. On the downside, big city amenities are two hours away.
Now according to them, it's a bad thing that we're two hours away from Nashville and Memphis, but to me, it just increases the desireability. Paris has 95% of the things I need in life and if we need any more, it's only 45 minutes to Clarksville, and slightly over an hour to Paducah.
I always knew we were living in a great place, but it's nice to see it confirmed…