have you ever thought to yourself Chattanooga has an interesting name I wonder if it's an
interesting place to live well Wonder no longer I've got you covered in today's video Chattanooga
Tennessee is the fourth largest city in the volunteer state with a metro area population
of about 562 000 residents it sits on the border with Georgia and not too far east
from the border of Alabama and Tennessee there was a time Chattanooga was one of
the worst cities to call home in Tennessee it was once deemed the dirtiest city in America
through the 1980s people were flooding out in Chattanooga at the 1990 census they realized
that the population had dropped by just over 10 percent but since the early 1990s things have
changed and it's become one of the more moved to states in the South Scenic City that's one
of its nicknames has grown in population by eight percent in each of the last two decades
and since the 2020 census they estimate the chattanoogas gained another two percent so
they're growing and today we're gonna see why got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 entertainment and nightlife now First Things First Entertainment nightlife
isn't really why someone would move to a city or a state or anything like that unless maybe
you're in the entertainment industry and you're moving there for a job usually it's
a secondary thing and in Chattanooga it's a pretty good secondary thing besides all the
cool little coffee shops galleries restaurants small boutiques they got all that good stuff
it's also got its fair share of big attractions like the Tennessee Aquarium the incline railway
Ruby Falls Rock City they have 18t field where the minor league Chattanooga Lookouts play but
in my opinion where Chattanooga stands out is their nightlife and bar scene you got
Scotty's on the river which is a restaurant too but it's pretty cool you have the whiskey
Thief which I think is a great place it's beautiful definitely stop by Hero the Dog
Pub that one's pretty good Chattanooga also has a pretty good River Walk which
if you don't know Chattanooga is right on the Tennessee River they also have a comedy
club called The Comedy Catch so there's is always something to do at night in Chattanooga Tennessee
number nine it's family friendly just about any place you go in Tennessee it's going to
be family friendly I mean outside of most of Memphis the only thing family friendly about
Memphis is when you all show up at a wake they have a lot of those but Chattanooga
is a great place to raise a family obviously the suburbs are going to be a better option
than downtown they have decent schools and plenty of fun things to do for families in
the Chattanooga area right over the Border in Georgia they got a small amusement park
of course like we talked about earlier they got the aquarium here go horseback
riding they got a zoo you could definitely do a lot worse than raise a family in Chattanooga
number eight a great place to get your degree this is how a lot of people end up in Chattanooga
they have several colleges and universities in the city a lot of people fall in love with the
city and just stay there you have the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga you have Chattanooga
State Community College Richmond Graduate University Tennessee College of Medicine
you have a few religious universities or colleges whatever you want to call them
number seven the tech boom yeah Chattanooga is going through a little bit of a tech boom in
the last handful of years in recent years quite a few startups have found a home in
Chattanooga and part of the reason for that is it's called gig City that's because it was the
first U.S city to roll out a city-wide gigabyte Network that provided fast and
cheap internet access to every resident and that Drew in companies even though a lot of
other places have gig internet now just about any place that's a City Chattanooga
got the ball rolling I mean how could it not if you got serious internet back you
know five six years ago even further and it's half the price of Los Angeles New York or San
Francisco move your company in Chattanooga or start it there that's one of the main reasons
so many Millennials move to Chattanooga in the last 10 15 years it's the internet and
the tech industry that's going on there I mean Chattanooga is doing so many things to draw in
young professionals the bars the entertainment maybe they could have some riots or something
like that and maybe some of those types we have here in Portland will head to Chattanooga nuga
number six the music and art scene yeah goes right along with their whole theme of getting
young people in there they got a serious music and a serious art scene when you look at the
music scene they have several venues theaters and a whole bunch of festivals every single year
all their festivals seem to go around drinking and music for some reason every single Saturday
during the summer they have this thing called Riverfront nights where you can see music there
they also have festivals like River Bend and one called Moon River it's not just like if you're
from the West Coast or something you might just think it's gonna be like country western music
type thing or Bluegrass no they have all kinds of music in Chattanooga it's a really good place
to be and far less sideburns than you'll find in Nashville I made a joke about that years ago
about how every time I went to Nashville I saw so many people with sideburns I thought it was
ridiculous and it's like those really big 1970s sideburns you know and I saw that years ago and
I you know thought maybe the joke was a little outdated then I went there seven months ago to
Nashville yeah yeah it's still going on tons of Lamb Chop type sideburns just about every
single music venue has a pretty good micro brew going on there too I've noticed so that's not
bad they also have one of the greatest forms of entertainment that we have here in the United
States although we don't have enough of it anymore about 20 minutes outside of downtown
Chattanooga just over the Georgia border you have the Wilderness Outdoor movie theater yes it is a
drive-in and just like the old drive-ins they got a place where you could walk your dog and
let them pee if you do decide to do this keep one thing in mind they do not accept debit or
credit cards you gotta bring cash and they also don't allow you to drop off your kids at the
theater it actually used to be a thing when I was a kid I'd see parents drive in and the kids would
get like you know lawn chairs out and they'd watch a movie and then the car would pull back
up later on sadly they got rid of the Torrance drive-in near where I grew up around 1987 I think
number five it's affordable even though Chattanooga is getting popular it's still
considered affordable it's actually one of the most affordable places to live in Tennessee at
least that's a city I'm sure you can find some Backwoods Place Live an abandoned Shack and you'd
be living pretty cheap but as far as cities go and nice cities at that Chattanooga is nice and
affordable the cost of living here is about 10 percent lower than the national average Healthcare
is about the same as the national average and groceries are about seven percent lower even
the cost of energy in this part of the country is lower than the national average it fluctuates all
the time but usually it's five to six percent lower than the average Tennessee is also one of
the nine states that doesn't have a state income tax so that helps out and the housing right now is
in between 12 and 16 below the national average that like all things is going to fluctuate
number four the retired Tennessee program the Tennessee Department of tourist development offers
the retired Tennessee program which promotes Tennessee as a great place for retirees to
call home now this is spread out over several different counties and communities in Tennessee
the Chattanooga area being one of them you got Quality Healthcare in Chattanooga you got plenty
of fishing there's golfing it's affordable and if Chattanooga doesn't float your boat
there's a lot of rural communities that have this program too now whenever you talk about
retirement you got to bring up the weather because that does play a big part in where
people retire something that retirees want to know about and really Tennessee's weather doesn't get
terribly cold their average low in the coldest months is like mid 30s now they have had times
where it's gotten down much lower but their average is 33 to 35. that's in December and
January when you look at their hottest month it's gonna be June July and August the average
is right around 80 but they have had some record highs of like 105 in August 107 once
in July but most the time in the hottest months it's going to stay around 80. so it's not that
bad a weather is it Palm Springs or San Diego no is it Minnesota in January absolutely not
number three The Great Outdoors Tennessee is a great place to be outdoors the entire State
Chattanooga is no exception like I said earlier you got the Tennessee River right there it's all
kinds of hiking and walking trails like there's seven different trails in the Big Daddy loop on
Lookout Mountain that you could just walk around there there's waterfalls to go see Rapids rock
formations there's a place called Raccoon Mountain which has a bunch of underground
caverns and like every place that has trees or Hills or rocks these days they've got a
place called High Point Zipline Adventure or zip Adventure but it's zip lines yeah but Chattanooga
area their big thing is they're walking and Hiking paths along with the waterfalls that
you'll see on those paths mountain biking is another thing that's really big here and
gardening is pretty good they have several golf courses if you don't want to get out in the woods
number two thriving job market it's not just the tech industry that's booming in Chattanooga they
still have mines in this area which doesn't just it's not just mining okay you're not
just there's a lot of support Industries for the mining industry there's also automotive
industry they have a ton of medical jobs here in Chattanooga Chattanooga is also considered
one of the best places to work remotely because of their internet they always have
good internet and it's affordable jobs in the last year since 2021 have grown by 2.8 percent
in Chattanooga alone if you're looking for a job it might not hurt to look at Chattanooga
all right before we get to number one don't forget we have another Channel called on this day there
is a link down below there's also a link for home and money if you're thinking about moving
someplace else this is a great website with all kinds of tools you'll need to buy a house at a new
location including getting you in contact with a local real estate agent all right on to number one
and number one housing costs it's pretty cheap to buy a house and rent in Chattanooga Tennessee is
it the absolute cheapest place to live no but for a place that a lot of people are moving to
it's pretty cheap Chattanooga one thing I should mention does have a little bit of crime going on
right now but it's been trending down in the last few years and most of that crime is happening on
one side of town the suburbs are doing pretty good but that helps keep the property prices down and
the rental prices down not just in the bad areas all through the city housing costs in Chattanooga
are 18 below the national average the median home price is about a hundred and fifty two thousand
dollars that's not bad the median monthly rent is around 7.65. now like I've said before median is
just number that mostly real estate agents use and stuff like that realistically a decent home
is going to start around 225 to 265 000 that's not horrible that's below the national average
the typical rent for a two-bedroom apartment you could find place prices that are 750 dollars to
eight hundred fifty dollars you probably don't want those what you're looking at for two bedroom
apartment that's gonna be decent it's gonna start off around 900 and work its way up now all that's
below the national average so it is Affordable all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed
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