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03-28-2009, 07:46 PM
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Is the air quality and Crime that bad?Pros and cons?
Ive read on bestplaces and on here cime is 7-10 and thats in Hixson,the air quality seems to be low,some say its like your stuck in a bowl and it can;t air out??
just wondering what the pros and cons are to living in Chattanooga
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03-31-2009, 08:33 AM
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There are no problems here with the air quality at all. That is just a government scam to make us pay $10 a year to get our emissions checked. Chattanooga is no longer the industrial city it once was. Crime is centrally located to a few "bad" parts of town, where drugs and gangs may be a problem. In the downtown and tourist areas, as well as shopping areas, there are not problems.
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03-31-2009, 08:55 AM
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As far as our air goes, humidity can be a problem. UGH! You do get used to it though. Alot of folks who move here complain about the pollen too. But pollution, unless you swim in the S. Chickamauga Creek you should be ok lol
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03-31-2009, 07:52 PM
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Actually, South Chickamauga Creek is fine for swimming, at least in the places that I'm around it (where it cuts through Boynton and Ooltewah-La Fayette ridges at Audubon Acres and Elsie A. Holmes respectively). I know people boat and tube near the mouth, as well.
Most of the pollution problems we have drift up from Atlanta. The central downtown is, as you say, locked in a bowl, and in recent history up until the 1970's there was plenty of pollution to get trapped there. Now Chattanooga is promoted by major cable channels as a major eco-tourism destination and pollution's main impact is view-reducing haze.
And, as said, crime is mostly gang and domestic related, and is isolated to specific areas. Without knowing the statistics I would have never thought Chattanooga extraordinarily bad, and in downtown and many of the suburbs it isn't. (In fact, it's not bad at all. Or even below average, in a practical sense.)
Kristian
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03-31-2009, 11:17 PM
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Thank you everyone for your replys.
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04-01-2009, 01:33 PM
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Looking for Luvsthebeach
Hello, Luvsthebeach. I followed your journey to move to Chickamauga. WOuld love to know how you are liking it and how you have been accepted as a newcomer. Thanks!  |
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04-01-2009, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by waltonsnut
Hello, Luvsthebeach. I followed your journey to move to Chickamauga. WOuld love to know how you are liking it and how you have been accepted as a newcomer. Thanks! |
I am looking for her too. Hope everything is ok... |
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