Tennessee is a pretty state with rivers and gorges and stunning mountaintops, but it’s the people that fill the whole of it that make it a special place to be. Don’t believe us? We’ve figured out why. Take a look!

  1. Chivalry is NOT dead

Gideon / Flickr These boys treat their women well and know how to give a good handshake. Solid stock, right there.

  1. Southern Hospitality: It’s Real

JoeD / Flickr The knee jerk reaction in Tennessee is to be kind.

  1. Family Oriented

Mary Constance / Flickr These kids are loved and cherished and brought up to do hard work and be proud of it.

  1. They can make the best fried chicken - ever

Andrea Nguyen / Flickr We call that a solid.

  1. History is respected

geraldbrazell / Flickr Respect is a real thing, here. Whether regarding Civil War history or your grandmother in the other room.

  1. Tennesseans are WICKED smart

KAM Workshops / Flickr Nashville is the Athens of the South, so would you expect anything else?

  1. Ain’t afraid of hard work

BoydJones / Flickr We’re proud of where we come from, and putting in a good days work is exactly how we want to spend our lives.

  1. They’re musically talented

Chris Devers / Flickr Again with Music City - but also Memphis and Chattanooga and every town in between.

  1. They understand the necessity of sweet tea

Connie Ma / Flickr If it’s not sweet? It’s just not right.

  1. They have solid values

Jimmy Emerson, DVM / Flickr Many Tennesseans grow up in the church, but everyone seeks to be kind and care for one another. It’s just the Tennessee way.

Have we got you convinced? Let us know in the comments below!

Gideon / Flickr

These boys treat their women well and know how to give a good handshake. Solid stock, right there.

JoeD / Flickr

The knee jerk reaction in Tennessee is to be kind.

Mary Constance / Flickr

These kids are loved and cherished and brought up to do hard work and be proud of it.

Andrea Nguyen / Flickr

We call that a solid.

geraldbrazell / Flickr

Respect is a real thing, here. Whether regarding Civil War history or your grandmother in the other room.

KAM Workshops / Flickr

Nashville is the Athens of the South, so would you expect anything else?

BoydJones / Flickr

We’re proud of where we come from, and putting in a good days work is exactly how we want to spend our lives.

Chris Devers / Flickr

Again with Music City - but also Memphis and Chattanooga and every town in between.

Connie Ma / Flickr

If it’s not sweet? It’s just not right.

Jimmy Emerson, DVM / Flickr

Many Tennesseans grow up in the church, but everyone seeks to be kind and care for one another. It’s just the Tennessee way.

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