First, I want to say that this is decent work OP! I'm always a sucker for a map. If I may give one bit of constructive criticism, it would maybe be to make the color scale a step, rather than gradient, given how clean the sales-tax boundaries tend to be. I would have used a more neutral color, such as blue, but that's more of a personal aesthetic choice so feel free to ignore it. To provide wider context, Georgia ranks 35th out of the 50 states for total tax burden. It has below average property, sales, and excise tax burdens. While it has an above-average income tax burden, it only ranks 24th. If you exclude states with no income tax, Georgia is below average in rates. Additionally, the U.S., in general, is drastically under taxed compared to most developed countries . Given the tax cuts that occurred since 2015, that comparison is even worse now. All that is not to say that the information presented is useless (seriously, I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything). For example, Gwinnett, Cobb, and Cherokee counties all have relatively low sales tax rates (in a relatively low burden state, in a relatively low burden country, blah blah blas). Of particular interest to me are Cobb and Gwinnett, in the context of adding a 1% transit tax, preferably for MARTA. It's not uncommon to hear counter arguments from anti-tax people, but the map here quite clearly calls out the counties as being outliers as far as tax rates go, showing that it's unlikely such a tax would be an insurmountable burden to the county's population (or the commuters / visitors who also pay into it). More on reddit.com

Register in Georgia, You'll just end up paying two taxes if you register in SC then Georgia. Source: dealer explained it to me when I bought a car in SC this December.

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I know that I get a couple phone calls or texts a month trying to buy my house. Well piss off Blackrock I plan to be there for another 50 years. More on reddit.com

It's been mostly housing and healthcare that have making things unaffordable, up until last year, at least. Throw in education, as well. Gas was more expensive in both nominal and real dollars in 2008, just before the Great Recession really hit. My wife and I maintained roughly the same grocery budget from 2012 to 2019. Non-designer clothes are absurdly cheap. Consumer goods other than brand new flagship cell phones and other high-end electronics are also pretty affordable. Unfortunately, housing, healthcare and education costs are increasing at such a pace that it doesn't matter how cheap everything else is. More on reddit.com