I have driven up through Chattanooga so many times on my way to Fort Campbell and we go that way to Memphis too.
POPULATION BY COUNTY (2000)
1 Fulton County, GA 816,006
2 DeKalb County, GA 665,865
3 Cobb County, GA 607,751
4 Gwinnett County, GA 588,448
5 Clayton County, GA 236,517
6 Chatham County, GA 232,048
7 Richmond County, GA 199,775
8 Muscogee County, GA 186,291
9 Bibb County, GA 153,887
10 Cherokee County, GA 141,903
11 Hall County, GA 139,277
12 Henry County, GA 119,341
13 Houston County, GA 110,765
14 Clarke County, GA 101,489
15 Forsyth County, GA 98,407
16 Dougherty County, GA 96,065
17 Douglas County, GA 92,174
18 Lowndes County, GA 92,115
19 Fayette County, GA 91,263
20 Floyd County, GA 90,565
I lived in Memphis area from '83 to '98 and really liked it. People from everywhere seemed to find that amazing but those 15 years were very enjoyable.
Daughter grew up there and we still have many friends from there and visit occasionally.