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Crime |
The crime rate in Sewanee is below the national average with almost all of the crimes related to theft. |
Medical Facilities |
Sewanee does have a medical center -Southern Tennessee- is on campus. The nearest hospital is 13 miles away in Winchester. |
Transportation |
A small airport in Sewanee is owned by Franklin County, the closest large airport is in Chattanooga, 60 miles away. |
Valuable Links |
What people are saying about Sewanee | |
A bit of an odd choice | |
College towns are great places to retire, given that they offer a host of learning and entertainment options (college athletics, concerts). They also tend to inspire the kinds of services appealing to college age students and their parents (when they visit), such as movie theaters, restaurants, shops and the like. Sewanee, which I visited six years ago with my then high school senior son, is just too small and remote to lure much of anything except a couple thousand students. (My son wound up in Lexington, VA, at Washington & Lee, a small town but with a lot more going for it than Sewanee.) Sewanee\'s local nine-hole golf course, which was recently renovated (excellent reviews), is about as good as it gets for retiree action not related to the school. Forget restaurant choices; we found very few. Real estate costs, especially just outside town in the rolling countryside, are likely to be very cheap, but if you are looking for college towns that provide what college towns should for retired folks, you can do way better than Sewanee (although I must say that University of the South was among the best looking of the dozen or so campuses we visited). | |
Posted by hotcguy on November 10, 2013 | |
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- State: TN
- Environment: Rural,College Town,Mountain,Small Town,
- City Population: Less than 10,000
- Median age of Population: 0-24
- Avg Jan Temperature: 21-40
- Avg July Temperature: 60-80
- Median HH Income: 41,001-60,000
- Average Home Price (MLS): $100,000-$200,000
- Annual Property Tax on a $200,000 house: Less than 2000
- Total Crime Index: 81-90 (low)
- Cost of Living Index: 81-90 (low)
- Culture Index: 111-120 (high)
- State Sales Tax: Yes
- State Income Tax: Yes
- Name of the Guide: jdb
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