Valley Quality of Life
The natural beauty of the TVA region provides a vivid backdrop to its thriving economy. Bounded on one end by the 500,000-acre Great Smoky Mountains National Park and on the other by the mighty Mississippi, the Valley is home to a variety of lively urban places and wide-open spaces, with lots of scenic room to roam.
Arts and music
- Nashville – Country Music Capital of the World
- Southern Highland Craft Guild
- Mississippi Blues Trail
- Grand Ole Opry
- W.C. Handy Music Festival
- Bonnaroo
Parks
- Appalachian Trail
- 170,000-acre Land Between the Lakes
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Fall Creek Falls State Park
- Tennessee Golf Trail – 9 Trail Courses Featuring Tennessee State Parks
Attractions
- U.S. Space and Rocket Center
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Tennessee Aquarium
- Memphis’s Beale Street
- National Corvette Museum
Sports
- NFL’s Tennessee Titans
- NHL's Nashville Predators
- NBA's Memphis Grizzlies
- Minor League Baseball – Nashville Sounds, Chattanooga Lookouts, Memphis Redbirds
- Championship SEC College Basketball, Baseball and Football
Recreation
- TVA Reservoir System – Known for Record-breaking Bass and Catfish
- World-class Kayaking and Rafting on the Ocoee River
- Horseback Riding
- Hiking and Camping
- Boating and Water Skiing
Cost of living
A little bit of your money will go a long way in the Tennessee Valley. The TVA service area covers a geographically diverse seven-state region, and cost of living index figures for some Valley locations compared with other U.S. cities are shown below.
Cost of Living Index | |
| In the Tennessee Valley | |
| Huntsville, AL | 93.6 |
| Tupelo, MS | 89.3 |
| Clarksville, TN | 97.5 |
| Chattanooga, TN | 94.1 |
| Johnson City, TN | 87.8 |
| Knoxville, TN | 89.3 |
| Memphis, TN | 85.9 |
| Nashville-Franklin, TN | 90.2 |
| Outside the Tennessee Valley | |
| Miami, FL | 107.1 |
| Atlanta, GA | 97.3 |
| Charlotte, NC | 93.3 |
| Columbus, OH | 90.3 |
2011 ACCRA Cost of Living Index |
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