Anyone live in or familiar with Chattanooga? If so, just curious if you will share pros and cons vs. living in Texas. Any concern with being downriver from the power plant?
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Chattanooga is great but not perfect.
Couple hours from Atlanta, hour and a half from Knoxville, and two hours from Nashville so you can get to anything you want. Two hours from the Smokies, hour from the lower plateau, close to Little River canyon.
One of the best outdoors towns in America. Fantastic mountain biking, great rivers and creeks all around, fantastic hiking, hang gliding, rock climbing, just great outdoors.
Not a ton of nightlife but a cool downtown scene. Crime is low, cost of living is very low, schools aren't very good. They have publicly subsidized internet so everyone gets gig service to their homes for $50 a month or thereabouts.
Downside - religion is completely everywhere and quite in your face about it. Better be republican and think the world is only 6000 years old. They did the Scopes monkey trial just up the road and these people are serious that we did not evolve from no stinking monkey. Racism is everywhere and they think every democrat wants nothing more than to take your guns and money, which of course they will pry from a Tennessean's cold dead hands. Lot of anti-government loonies.
Really the only things I didn't like about Tennessee were the people and the in-your-face religion and politics. Be careful, they are super friendly to your face, but will drag you down behind your back.
atmag95 said:
Giving this thread a bump since my family & I just moved to 'Nooga.
Is there an A&M club here? Any unofficial game watching areas? I've seen several Former Student stickers around town.
TIA
zooguy96 said:
Probably not many parks and recs jobs. Most would be with the city and pay 30k or so. I used to work for the city of Chattanooga and have a degree in WFSC and EDUC.
Central and South Chatt suck. Stay on the west side. Much less traffic.
Signal Mountain is the priciest. Hixson is meh and Red Bank is decent. I'd even look off of HWY 27 somewhere even maybe towards Sale Creek.
Taxes are MUCH lower than in Texas with reference to a house. You'd be surprised. You may be able to bump that range up if you weren't considering that.
Ex - we had a $130 k house in Leander. Taxes were $4,400/year. Friend had a $130 k house in rural TN. Taxes are $600/year. In a major city would be maybe $1500. So, much cheaper.
Buceesnuggets said:
I appreciate the responses, part of what makes the Aggie network so great.
I would like to get more into community healthy/wellness but not many jobs anywhere for that and usually doesn't pay well.
Buceesnuggets said:zooguy96 said:
Probably not many parks and recs jobs. Most would be with the city and pay 30k or so. I used to work for the city of Chattanooga and have a degree in WFSC and EDUC.
Central and South Chatt suck. Stay on the west side. Much less traffic.
Signal Mountain is the priciest. Hixson is meh and Red Bank is decent. I'd even look off of HWY 27 somewhere even maybe towards Sale Creek.
Taxes are MUCH lower than in Texas with reference to a house. You'd be surprised. You may be able to bump that range up if you weren't considering that.
Ex - we had a $130 k house in Leander. Taxes were $4,400/year. Friend had a $130 k house in rural TN. Taxes are $600/year. In a major city would be maybe $1500. So, much cheaper.
Man, that is nice.
Wait, there's two "zooguys" on texags and both live in East Tennessee??
e cartman said:
Will keep a lookout for that type of opportunity for you. We work with all kinds of industries. May run across something; if I do I'll let you know.
e cartman said:
Actually, yes. We have a client in the recruiting industry. They may be able to source something for you. Would be happy to get you in touch with them.
zooguy96 said:Buceesnuggets said:
I appreciate the responses, part of what makes the Aggie network so great.
I would like to get more into community healthy/wellness but not many jobs anywhere for that and usually doesn't pay well.
What is your educational and work history?
Buceesnuggets said:zooguy96 said:Buceesnuggets said:
I appreciate the responses, part of what makes the Aggie network so great.
I would like to get more into community healthy/wellness but not many jobs anywhere for that and usually doesn't pay well.
What is your educational and work history?
Degree from shsu- health & kinesiology
Degree from A&M - Recreation parks tourism
Texas parks wildlife- 1 yr- cust serv rep
General office duties, check in campers etc.
City of brownwood parks and rec- recreation supervisor: charge of aquatic facility, oversaw 12 ball fields, supervised small staff
City of San Antonio parks and rec- community center activity coordinator: design and implement programs/activities, lead exercise classes, general office duties
That's a snap shot