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Anybody here have experiences in Knoxville, TN?

My stepsister got her Masters and doctorate at UT there. She teaches at a very renowned university in the South so she’s not some bro-type like me. Here’s her response when I asked her:

“I loved Knoxville. Great music scene (I went mostly to smaller local and regional acts but bigger stuff came through too). Lots of good restaurants and bars. Easy to get to mountains for hiking and to rivers and lakes for boating and swimming. Awesome farmers markets. Fun college town for sports and speakers and such...It doesn’t have the super country vibe of Nashville, which is good for me...Cons were that there was some bible thumping going on in the city and you didn’t have to get too far out of the city to be in “churches with snake handling and speaking in tongues” kind of places.”
 
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NAOS said:
Ha. That would be preferable. But I’d like your take anyway.
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I spent a year in Pigeon forge over a six-week period in 1982. We made a couple of trips to Knoxville, but not even the World's Fair left much of an impression on me. I could tell you more about the game of Wooden Ships and Iron Men I played over that time than I could about the city.
 
I went to Knoxville to take pictures of Neyland stadium about 5 years ago. It was awesome! We had sideline passes to a football game (105,000 thousand screaming fans all around you) and my ears rang for 2 days. The city was awesome as well. The greenery there was amazing. It reminded me of Japan. Beautiful country with awesome food. We happened to be there on Labor Day and I am not kidding when I say the city was empty. I have a video where I do a 360 turn in downtown and you only see 1 car moving and no other people. It was crazy. I guess everyone heads out to the many lakes to party on holidays.
 
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