I am not from Tennessee but I fell in love with the area when I was just a wee toddler. Going to Atlanta to see family every summer and visiting Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The people of Georgia and Tennessee are the nicest people I have ever met... and I was born in a state that has the nickname "Minnesota Nice." I can't stand Wisconsin as I grew up there and Packer fans and how the team does dictate the entire mood of the state. 3 Super Bowl wins still leaves a lot of years of depressed, crabby people. I've lived in Washington, California, and Nevada and have spent a lot of time in Idaho, Iowa, and Michigan. If I had to make a list in order of what I remember to be the most pleasant states to spend extended periods of time in based on people and things to do it would be Georgia, Cali, Tennessee, Minnesota, Washington, Michigan, Nevada, Idaho, and Iowa.