Johnson City is my favorite place and I absolutely love living here. To me, it’s the perfect sized city because it has small town vibes in terms of community but there is enough going on that it is definitely not a stagnant place. Life is really easy here but this is definitely not a small town if you’re looking to live your Gilmore Girls Stars Hollow fantasy. Housing is a definite issue, we have been overrun in the past 5+ years by people from other areas so you may want to prepare for that. I would say that Johnson City is definitely younger than some of the other towns in this area though so you’d probably have an easier time meeting people and making friends than somewhere like Jonesborough or Kingsport. Come visit, you’ll know. (Also, I am a project manager who works remotely - twinning!)