Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

I am exceedingly blessed by God to live in Sevier County, and I try always to remember that. When I look however at what is happening around the world, and in our own country, it makes me somewhat concerned about my grandchildren's future. Crime (especially drug abuse and the violence associated with these addictions) continues to be a more and more serious problem around our great nation. In some parts of our country it really isn't safe to venture outside one's own home after dark and in some communities, even during broad daylight. The world today is nothing like the one I grew up in and it sometimes makes me apprehensive about where, as a nation, we seem to be headed. Living within the Sevierville city limits, we reside in something like a bubble, as do all people fortunate enough to call home most any of the towns of Sevier County. Even visitors to our community can enjoy the "bubble" of safety and sanity for as long as they are tourists here in the East ...

I am exceedingly blessed by God to live in Sevier County, and I try always to remember that. When I look however at what is happening around the world, and in our own country, it makes me somewhat concerned about my grandchildren's future. Crime (especially drug abuse and the violence associated with these addictions) continues to be a more and more serious problem around our great nation. In some parts of our country it really isn't safe to venture outside one's own home after dark and in some communities, even during broad daylight. The world today is nothing like the one I grew up in and it sometimes makes me apprehensive about where, as a nation, we seem to be headed. Living within the Sevierville city limits, we reside in something like a bubble, as do all people fortunate enough to call home most any of the towns of Sevier County. Even visitors to our community can enjoy the "bubble" of safety and sanity for as long as they are tourists here in the Eas...