CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga is a small city located in Hamilton County, Tennessee. It has everything a big city offers except for over-population, over-crowding, and traffic jams. While the city itself has a population of 155554 (per census 2000) when you include the metropolitan area the population is 465,161. While most reside in the suburbs, rural living can be found within 10 minutes in any direction from Chattanooga.

Hamilton County borders the Georgia counties of Catoosa and Walker. Chattanoogans benifit from this convenience. While there is not a Tennessee State income tax the sales tax is higher than in Georgia. So, many people that reside in Tennessee head to Georgia (Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, or Rossville) to shop. On the other hand, many people that work in Chattanooga live in Georgia because the property taxes are slighlty less. Click here to see Property Taxes.

If you like Historic City living you will like homes in;

St. Elmo	Battery Place
Highland Park	Fortwood
and other pockets in Chattanooga (after all, it is a historic city)

If you prefer historic suburb living you would enjoy;

Missionary Ridge	Lookout Mountain
and other pockets on the outskirts of Chattanooga (after all, it is a historic area)

Suburb living can be found in;

East Ridge	Red Bank	Soddy Daisy
Walden	Signal Mountain	Snow Hill
Ringgold, GA	Fort Oglethorpe, GA	Rossville, GA
Brainerd / East Brainerd	Ooltewah	Harrison
Lookout Valley	North Chattanooga	Hixson
Lakesite	Ridgeside	Collegedale

Rural living real estate is abundant in;

Lookout Mountain, GA	Walker County, GA	Catoosa County, GA
Apison	Collegedale	Ooltewah
Harrison	Birchwood	Soddy Daisy
Sale Creek	Signal Mountain	Suck Creek
Elder Mountain	Tiftonia

Waterfront homes and property along the Tennessee River, Lake Chickamauga, or one of the rivers bays or creeks are located in;

Chattanooga	Harrison	Ooltewah
Birchwood	Hixson	Soddy Daisy
Sale Creek	Tiftonia	Suck Creek

And beautiful views can be found everywhere (Chattanooga is the "Scenic City"), but specifically;

Signal Mountain	Lookout Mountain	Walden
Missionary Ridge	Mowbrey Mountain	Flat Top Mountain
Big Ridge	White Oak Mountain

Chattanooga has traditionally touted its tourist attractions, including the Tennessee Aquarium (A freshwater and as of May 2005 a saltwater aquarium), caverns, and developments along the Tennessee River. In the downtown area are both the Creative Discovery Museum (a hands on children's museum dedicated to science, art, and music), the IMAX 3D Theatre, and the Hunter Museum of Art (which also completed a recent expansion). Chattanooga is also home to the Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park. Just a mile outside of downtown Chattanooga is the Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park. The red-and-black painted "See Rock City" barns along highways in the U.S. Southeastern states are to attract visitors to the Rock City attraction in nearby Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Incidentally, Chattanooga means "rock coming to a point" in the Creek Indian language (most believe it refers to Lookout Mountain or the rock outcroppings thereon). Other attractions in the Lookout Mountain area are Ruby Falls, an underground waterfall, and the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, a steep railway which rises to the top of the mountain. Near Chattanooga, the Raccoon Mountain Caverns in Lookout Valley hold a number of sightseeing and family fun opportunities. The Ocoee River, host to a number of events from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics offers several recreational activities such as Rafting, Kayaking, Camping, Hiking and Biking.

If you would like some information on some places I recommend to stay while visiting Chattanooga Click Here.

It has just been announced that VW (as in Volkswagon) will be coming to the Enterprise South industrial & business site located just off of I-75 between East Brainerd, Brainerd, Harrison, and Ooltewah. VW, Herzliches Willkommen nach Chattanooga!