It’s Chattanooga vs. Nashville in a new top outdoor town competition hosted by an outdoors magazine.
Just two months after clinching victory in Outside magazine’s ‘Best Town Ever’ competition, Chattanooga is now back in the game, competing in Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine’s 2015 Top Towns.
The big difference this time? The Scenic City’s previous opponent, Port Angeles, had 19,000 residents. Nashville has close to 700,000.
The magazine complied a list of 48 towns described as “mountain biking meccas, whitewater oases, climbing paradises and hiking nirvanas.” The 48 are divided into three categories: large towns (populations more than 100,000), medium towns (populations between 10,000-100,000) and small towns (populations less than 10,000).
Voting for the first round will close on Sunday, Aug. 16, and subsequent rounds of voting will end Sunday, Sept. 13. To vote in the contest, visit www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/top-towns/.