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Dalton, GA vs Anderson, SC

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Is it cheaper to live in Anderson or is it cheaper to live in Dalton?
- Anderson is 6.0% more expensive than Dalton.

Which city has more affordable housing, Anderson or Dalton?
- Anderson housing costs are 17.7% more expensive than Dalton housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Dalton or is Health Care more affordable in Anderson.
- Health related expenses are 13.2% more in Anderson.
 Dalton, GAAnderson, SCUnited States
 Overall  Unlock87.7100
 Food & Groceries94.1  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock116.5100
 Housing56.6  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$222,900$338,100
 Utilities101  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock73.7100
 Miscellaneous77.7  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Dalton    10 Reviews

I reside on the outskirts of dalton near chatsworth ,ga or murray county! I have lived here for 26 years and absolutely love our small mountain town with the blueridge  More

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DON'T move here. Seriously,I was staying here with family for a short time and boy did I hate it there's no jobs,unless you wanna work at Wal-Mart or you're used to not  More

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I came to Dalton in 1998, I have work in just about any area of the industry. Yes! there is lots of work in the carpet industry, but only very few get to have the best  More

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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 16 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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