Oak Ridge High School Football 2020

[osunut2]

On 5/30/2020 at 11:36 AM, SweetScience said:

For sure. I don’t think there’s any man-made way to get it done really. The problem is, is OR just doesn’t have as many kids as we used to. The HS has gotten a lot smaller in terms of numbers from just 20 some odd years ago. Just need more families and more reasons for people to wanna live here and raise a family.

I know it's been discussed on the T before, but OR has a major real estate problem, and that isn't easy to fix. My kids will start school in a year, and I would love to move to OR for their education (plus, an easy commute for me). Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of houses in the city limits are very old, and the only on-going real estate development is in West OR where there is very little infrastructure and the prices are at or above Hardin Valley/Farragut comps.

I love working in Oak Ridge, SS, but good luck trying to attract young families with such a challenging problem.

[bounder]

There are houses all over Oak Ridge, in all price ranges. And of all ages, some are cheap in price some are really expensive.  You just have to come and look. Probably get a realtor to help find what you want. If you don't find what suits you that's one thing but you have to look first. I'm sure you have but I'm just saying there are homes here in all price ranges.

[osunut2]

34 minutes ago, bounder said:

There are houses all over Oak Ridge, in all price ranges. And of all ages, some are cheap in price some are really expensive.  You just have to come and look. Probably get a realtor to help find what you want. If you don't find what suits you that's one thing but you have to look first. I'm sure you have but I'm just saying there are homes here in all price ranges.

I've been hunting for about 3 years (with a realtor), so I'm pretty in tune with the market all over the Knox area. The real estate problem is very "real" for Oak Ridge, particularly when you have so much new (or relatively new) real estate all over West Knox County and at a better price point. The OR chamber of commerce has even admitted as such.

Sure, there are some folks out there that don't mind buying a 60-year old home, but that's a tough sell for a lot of folks these days, especially when you have so many new options all over the Pellissippi corridor.

[Swipes]

7 hours ago, osunut2 said:

I've been hunting for about 3 years (with a realtor), so I'm pretty in tune with the market all over the Knox area. The real estate problem is very "real" for Oak Ridge, particularly when you have so much new (or relatively new) real estate all over West Knox County and at a better price point. The OR chamber of commerce has even admitted as such.

Sure, there are some folks out there that don't mind buying a 60-year old home, but that's a tough sell for a lot of folks these days, especially when you have so many new options all over the Pellissippi corridor.

I can 100% back you on that.  As a Realtor Oak Ridge's market is completely different than Knoxville.  I have helped countless clients get into the Hardin Valley Area that work in Oak Ridge because of the new construction and the difference between taxes from Hardin Valley and Oak Ridge.  Most buyers want a new or remodeled home and not looking for a project when they have kids in school.  Someone would rather buy a 300k house in Hardin Valley  with about half the taxes as a $225k house that needs work to it for the same payment in Oak Ridge.  I run into it time and time again even though Oak Ridge has a great school systems

[Opie Shaggnasty]

On 5/30/2020 at 11:36 AM, SweetScience said:

For sure. I don’t think there’s any man-made way to get it done really. The problem is, is OR just doesn’t have as many kids as we used to. The HS has gotten a lot smaller in terms of numbers from just 20 some odd years ago. Just need more families and more reasons for people to wanna live here and raise a family.

Agree.Dying.

[WillieTheWildcats]

5 hours ago, Opie Shaggnasty said:

Agree.Dying.

Opie, how does it feel to get your butt beat by a dying city???

It sure does feel good putting a beat down on Clinton.

This was not directed at most Dragon fans.

[bounder]

On 5/31/2020 at 9:30 PM, osunut2 said:

I know it's been discussed on the T before, but OR has a major real estate problem, and that isn't easy to fix. My kids will start school in a year, and I would love to move to OR for their education (plus, an easy commute for me). Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of houses in the city limits are very old, and the only on-going real estate development is in West OR where there is very little infrastructure and the prices are at or above Hardin Valley/Farragut comps.

I love working in Oak Ridge, SS, but good luck trying to attract young families with such a challenging problem.

Maybe we don't have the amount of students as in the past but I'd say when you have over 300 graduates like we just did, that's a pretty good sized  class.

Edited June 3, 2020 by bounder

[HTV]

On 6/1/2020 at 7:56 AM, Swipes said:

I can 100% back you on that.  As a Realtor Oak Ridge's market is completely different than Knoxville.  I have helped countless clients get into the Hardin Valley Area that work in Oak Ridge because of the new construction and the difference between taxes from Hardin Valley and Oak Ridge.  Most buyers want a new or remodeled home and not looking for a project when they have kids in school.  Someone would rather buy a 300k house in Hardin Valley  with about half the taxes as a $225k house that needs work to it for the same payment in Oak Ridge.  I run into it time and time again even though Oak Ridge has a great school systems

My wife has been in the mortgage business for over 30 years.  She's told by buyers and realtors alike that the high tax rate inside the city of Oak Ridge is a major deterrent, as well.  Do you find that to play a part, as well?  I'm not a realtor or have I done any analytic studies, but it seems like the areas of Anderson County outside of the Oak Ridge city limits seem to be growing, along with the Hardin Valley, Karns, and Powell areas adjacent to Oak Ridge/Anderson County - all in lower taxation areas.  

 

[Swipes]

20 minutes ago, HTV said:

My wife has been in the mortgage business for over 30 years.  She's told by buyers and realtors alike that the high tax rate inside the city of Oak Ridge is a major deterrent, as well.  Do you find that to play a part, as well?  I'm not a realtor or have I done any analytic studies, but it seems like the areas of Anderson County outside of the Oak Ridge city limits seem to be growing, along with the Hardin Valley, Karns, and Powell areas adjacent to Oak Ridge/Anderson County - all in lower taxation areas.  

 

Taxes play a huge part into it.  The higher the taxes are the lower your purchasing power is.  You are correct about more people buying in Anderson Co in general than in the Oak Ridge City Limits.  Hardin Valley, Karns, Powell, and Fountain City have all been growing over the last 10 years.  Don't get me wrong i've sold some beautiful homes in Oak Ridge but most have lived  there their entire life or older clients who have moved here from another state were the taxes were crazy even compared to Oak Ridge.

 

Ex.  You might be qualified for a $300,000 house with only county taxes but only qualified for $225k with city and county taxes.  I have to call lenders all the time before showing homes in Oak Ridge to see if the person would even qualify with the tax difference on a particular house

Edited June 3, 2020 by Swipes

[WillieTheWildcats]

Ummm, football practice has started and we're talking about taxes. Taxes?

In case you are not aware the team grinded like mad since January. You guys are going to be pleasantly surprised this season.

RWR!

[ORDT]

13 hours ago, WillieTheWildcats said:

Ummm, football practice has started and we're talking about taxes. Taxes?

In case you are not aware the team grinded like mad since January. You guys are going to be pleasantly surprised this season.

RWR!

Agreed. Lots of talent, hoping to see some of the playmakers play both sides of the ball.

[WillieTheWildcats]

2 hours ago, ORDT said:

Agreed. Lots of talent, hoping to see some of the playmakers play both sides of the ball.

Going both ways is difficult but I believe the players are up to the challenge.

Do we have a QB challenge going on this year or is Mitchell Gibbons safe a # 1? The Peyton Sharpe sophomore looks good on his freshmen highlight tape. Maybe he can play another position this year with some time at QB and then start his junior and senior years at QB.

GRINDING and RWR!

Edited June 4, 2020 by WillieTheWildcats