Good question.
Depending on the county/city, sales tax can run up to 9.75% in TN. I doubt you’ll find sales taxes much higher that that anywhere - it’s probably at the limit of what the market-will-bear.
Because it’s regressive (actually, let’s call it: ‘fair’), a higher sales tax but no sales tax greatly helps a higher wage earner.
For TN then, we have high sales tax, generally low property taxes, and no sales tax. That puts us on the lower end of ‘local taxes’ owed.
There are always pluses and minues to consider. Perhaps the lesser ‘services’ we get from the government are the punishment we get for low taxes? Perhaps. For instance, we have less ‘arts’ available, we have very few, if any, ‘light rail’ projects in TN, and no locally sponsored ‘global warming’ projects.
Hummm, come to think of it - lower taxes seem to be a good thing.
Your mileage may vary...