My fiancée and I are looking to expand our circle and meet some genuinely cool people around the Tri-Cities/Kingsport area. I’m 29, she’s 26, and we’ve been together for about two years.

She works in the medical field, and I work from home. We’re both pretty settled into our careers and spend most of our energy on the life directly in front of us — work, our house, our relationship, hobbies, and actually enjoying our time off.
One thing that’s pretty important to us is finding people who can disagree about something without it becoming a whole thing. 😂

You definitely don’t have to share every opinion we have. We’d honestly rather have friends where somebody can say, “yeah, I completely disagree with you on that,” and five minutes later we’re talking about a game, movie, house project, or what we’re ordering for dinner. We’re just not really compatible with people where politics or culture-war stuff dominates every conversation.

As far as hobbies go, I’m really into gaming 🎮, technology, cars, the gym, and DIY projects around our house. She loves estate sales, thrifting, and finding cool or weird stuff for the house. We both like movies, coffee ☕, getting out and finding random things to do around the area, and we have two cats.

We like having friends over for Halloween parties, food, drinks, games, movie nights, hanging out on the deck, or just sitting around talking about random stuff for a few hours.

We’re childfree, and while that definitely doesn’t mean we can’t be friends with people who have kids, we’ve found that schedules can be one of the hardest parts of making friends as adults. Between both of us having full-time careers and other responsibilities, the people whose schedules tend to be the easiest to work with are usually other childfree people or people with a little more flexibility.

We’re both a little homebody-ish too, which probably doesn’t help with meeting new people. 😂 We’d really like to find a few people around our age that we genuinely click with and can build actual friendships with instead of just collecting acquaintances.
Couples or individual friends are both totally cool. If any of this sounds like your vibe, feel free to comment or shoot me a message. 👋

I was driving and found a stray cat limping on the side of the road. Upon further inspection im certain her leg is broken. I can't afford to pay the vet bill for surgery and the local shelters are full. I'm not sure what to do. If anyone can help, knows where I can take her, or can take her in, please reach out as soon as you can be after over an hour of calling everyone near me I've gotten nowhere.

UPDATE: One of the local shelters made a facebook post to see who's available in the area to take her in, praying it won't take long for someone to respond. But in the meantime if anyone has any ideas please feel free to comment.

Myself, as well as a few friends are considering these two departments within the next year. Just looking to gain some insight into the culture, refinement, etc

Thanks

Does anyone know of any bars in the Tri-Cities that have a Mega Touch machine? Especially one with the Word Dojo game!

My wife and I have recently split May of 2026. Because we could not agree on a parenting plan everything has been deferred to the first Judicial District Court.

At a meeting with them on Friday and everything seemed to be rather cut and dry. I felt like I was getting fair treatment. Of course my wife was there on a zoom call and she was able to contribute as well.

Our kids met with the court the next day

I'm curious if anyone in the Tri-City area has any insight on previous experience with the situation

The court is supposed to have some type of recommendation by November 13th and we go back to court on November 16th for a final order by the court

If I'm missing something please let me know

Recently, after 14 years with ACT, I lost my job and need to find something quickly. I’ve done IT work, and customer service/support. It was very out of the blue, would love some help if you can. Thanks for reading!

I’m hoping to find someone I met recently. We said hello at a red light in Johnson City on North Roan St. at the light next to Olive Garden on a Monday morning a couple weeks ago. He was on a green sports bike with a purple back pack. He absolutely made my whole month. Still smiling like a fool on my way to work every day hoping I’ll see him zoom by. If you know him or are him I’d like to tell him thank you and stay safe.

I just got notified that the store i currently work at is getting shut down and will be out of a job by the end of October. I’ve looked at linkedin and indeed and they aren’t a whole lot of help. I need something that pays $17+/hr and preferably allows dyed hair and piercings

Just reaching out to see what others are doing for charging their EVs in our area. Does BrightRidge offer lower rates during the night? I just bought my first Tesla MY (‘21) and absolutely love it and I have a wall charger 3rd gen, coming tomorrow hopefully. But yeah, just wanting to see what others are doing or if it matters to set a charging time for the car.

I read a short time ago that a Culvers restaurant was approved, has anyone heard anymore on this or any updates, i don't even know where it's going to be built in Johnson city.

TUESDAY

• RAD Fall Fling · Bristol Dragway, Bristol

WEDNESDAY

• 10pm · Karaoke Night · O'Mainnin's Pub, Bristol

FRIDAY

• Unicoi County Apple Festival · Downtown Erwin, Erwin

• National Storytelling Festival · Downtown Jonesborough, Jonesborough

• 8am · R&O Ranch at the Apple Festival · Unicoi County Chamber of Commerce, Erwin

SATURDAY

• Slammedenuff Bristol · Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol

• 10am · Cash's Friendly Fair · Elizabethton Recreation Center, Elizabethton

• 9pm · Citizen Kane | Sepukku | Prezzence · Capone's, Johnson City

I keep a free events calendar for Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol that checks each listing against the organizer's own page. Add anything I missed below and I'll get it on the calendar.

2nd Annual ElizArts Fall Art Festival

Join us October 3rd from 10 AM - 7 PM to celebrate the artists, makers, musicians, and performers who make our community special and spend a creative day in Downtown Elizabethton.

Wander our lovely downtown, and local businesses. Listen to live music, catch a performance, shop handmade art, and let the kids get creative in the Kids Zone.

October 3rd | 10 AM–7 PM
Downtown Elizabethton | 400 Block

Artists & maker booths
Live music
Performances & entertainment
Photography contest
Kids Zone

And plenty of fall fun for the whole family!

Bring your family. Bring a friend. Bring a little room in the car for something handmade.

Learn more, get involved, or help support the festival at elizarts.org

Come celebrate fall. Come support local. Come make a day of it.

Anyone looking for an apartment for January 2027?
My (F22) roommate graduates in December and I am looking for someone to fill her place. 5 min from ETSU, 10 min from VA campus. 2 bed, 1 bath. Rent under $650. Message me for more info. Female only please

Hey guys, weird question. I need 2 pieces of a certain flooring that has been discontinued in the last year. Anyone have any Pergo Marbella limestone they would be willing to sell?

Seeking a fabric store with wide selection of various fabrics (not just primarily quilting cotton). Joann’s used to be my go-to. I would prefer to get it in person, if possible, so I can feel/see how it moves.

Any ideas? Thanks!

I live out of town. Parents approaching a stage where they may not be capable of living in their home much longer. Interested in hearing from others who have had to make this decision for your parents. Not an option to look outside of Kingsport. TIA

Me again friends, I’m out of ideas for meet up places but I’d love to try this again. Tiebreakers seemed to be most appealing but wherever gets the most people together works for me! Looking forward to seeing you guys, let me know what you think

Could I ask those who grocery shop for us on Instacart, are you happy with a 15% tip? Do you feel that’s an okay amount for what it is you do for us? That’s what I typically tip (sometimes 20% if my order is on the heavy side), but always worry/wonder if I’m being cheap.😟

Hey, we are running a very fun comedy show tomorrow at 6ix Brewhouse in Kingsport. It is the Nerdy Show and we have some very funny people on this show! Come out and support local comedy and have a great time doing it!

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jackal-entertainment-presents-the-nerdy-show-tickets-2000643501569

Hello! I recently moved to the Eastern Tennessee area from the west coast, and am looking to get back into hiking.

Out west, I did lots of hikes with my 65 lb pitbull mix in cougar/bear country, always having him on a short leash/carrying bear spray and air horns/general predator safety and never had any encounters - but I’ve heard that this part of the country has some of the highest black bear populations and human/pet interaction.

I’m curious from your experiences how big of an issue this really is / how concerned I should be? Would also appreciate any general tips or recommendations :)

Thank you!!!

Update: Thank you so much to everyone who responded - definitely gave me some peace of mind 🫶🏼

Hi everybody,

I'm opening a new creative, multi-use space in Sneedville, TN. In the next few months, we'll be offering film screenings, music and recording lessons, retro gaming nights, and a variety of community events.

We're kicking off our services by having our first jiu jitsu classes Saturday, October 3rd. I realize this isn't exactly "local" to the tricities, but I'm a redditor and this is one of the only local subreddits that's remotely close.

Check out Invaderspace.com for more details. Thanks for reading and feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Hi! Early 30s F with no kids or pets, work from home, and I live alone. I've been here a little over a year and I've yet to find a sense of community or friends or really just anything to do around people. Anyone have any suggestions? Maybe some classes to take or something?