
We're also looking at Oxford, MS. That's right, I said "Mississippi." The cost of living there is extremely low -- lower than AL, TN, and Georgia -- but the musical opportunities there are limited as well. I have an email into a guy who teaches at Ole Miss - I happened to study trombone with him when we lived in Jackson, TN. I want to hear what he has to say about the brass-playing population there.
It's a numbers game more than anything. AND, I do NOT want any part of extreme cold weather any more. Every year that goes by I get less and less tolerant of snow, ice, sleet, and the rest of that shit.
I also don't want to be paying ludicrous sales tax rates (Jackson, at 9.75%, is one of the highest in TN -- Knoxville and Chattanooga are relatively "low" at 9.25%) -- ridiculous when you have to pay the state that much money for the privilege of buying something there.