Living in Chatt working in GA or the other way? (Chattanooga: sales, income)

[Angel079]

Hey, curious as I always am:

Are any of you here living in GA and working in Chattanooga or
Living in Chattanooga and working in GA?

Since its pretty close..

[dasmarian]

I live in Chattanooga and work Dalton, GA. My drive to and from work is about 35 minutes. Usually more cars are headed to Chattanooga in the mornings, so it is nice to do it "backwards" as the traffic is lighter, especially in the morning. 24E heading for 75 in the evening is always a mess and I'm glad I don't have to drive that.

One big drawback to working in GA while living in TN is that I have to pay state income tax in GA. If you live and work in TN, you don't pay state income tax at all.

Wife and I are originally from a larger city in the Midwest, so when looking around for housing when we were getting ready to move down South, Chattanooga was really the clear option for where we wanted to live. There's plenty to do, pretty downtown, restaurants, etc. . . Living in one of the smaller, uh, shall we say "close knit" communities was definitely not for us.

[Angel079]

Hm true the tax matter is a good point....Though coming from currently working Overseas where local income tax is at 48% and sales tax at 19%.....I think ANYTHING would be an improvement form THAT lol

[joselito1965]

My Name is Joe Castillo

I live in Cleveland TN and I know what you mean about paying that Georgia Tax. I work for Advance Auto parts In Dalton.