Western Heights

The Western Heights neighborhood is located close the University of Tennessee campus and as a result many students here have made this area their home away from home. This neighborhood provides its residents with excellent public transportation, a variety of dining experiences, as well as an array of shops and clubs for the active college student to choose from. As this neighborhood is seen as mostly a college neighborhood, it is not unusual for the neighborhood to be quite loud from not only the residents, but also from the traffic.

The homes within the Western Heights neighborhood are mostly older homes with some of them arranging as old as one hundred years, who all need some tender love and care. These homes make great rental homes for college students who are constantly on the go. However, since the homes within this area are so inexpensive it is no unusual to find many college students purchasing one home together and renovating the home through their college years.

There are certain parts within the Western Heights neighborhood that can be quite dangerous and individuals would not want to travel within these parts at particular times during the day. These are areas where drugs run rapid and the homes are quite neglected. The Malcolm Martin Park, which is found within the Western Heights neighborhood, is a nice family oriented park, but due to the unfortunate other aspects of this neighborhood I would not suggest raising a family here. Some residents here tend to be low end income families.

Western Heights is a great neighborhood basically for college students. Whether they attend Knoxville College or U.T. they are close to campus, public transportation, dining, shopping, and that great, lively nightlife college students love. Most of the homes are older and have had the basic maintenance done on them to allow for rentals. Homes are inexpensive and would be great if a group of college students wanted to go in and purchase a house together, but it would probably require some improvements and renovation. Some parts can be rough with owner occupied residents who have neglected to maintain homes, have dogs outside barking, and are loud in general. Of course, with the noise from the college population, and the noise from traffic, no one seems to notice much. Western Heights is close to Malcolm Martin Park, which could be nice for families, but I would still recommend this area for singles and maybe younger couples who don't mind noise and some traffic. While the neighborhood doesn't offer much by way of amenities, the residents are close to everything and if you are a college student it would be great.

Western Heights has all the things a college student could ever need. It is in close proximity to UT campus. It is also in close proximity to all the things a college student could want to do, good night life, great restaurants, or just a good coffee shop. This also means an affordable cost of living and good public transportation. This area mostly consists of older houses. The older houses are aging considerable, some closing in on one hundred years. These can make great fixer uppers for single college students who want to go in on a house together.

Being in such proximity to UT, the area can get congested. The area, being older, is also run down in parts. Some of these areas can tend to be rougher around the edges. The residents that are not college students may seem on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum, without means for house repair or maintenance. The area can also be noisy at times with the college nightlife and proximity to downtown. Overall, this area is great for new college students getting to experience life on their own for the first time.