Johnson CIty really is the place to be since the city is Tennessee’s top-ranked small city for small businesses in a just-released “Go Verizon” report that ranked nearly 400 cities.“We have a lot of independent businesses here,” Johnson City Washington County Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob Cantler said Thursday after learning of the ranking. “We have a lot of independent restaurants, and I think it just adds to the vibe and the flavor of Johnson City.