Everything in N Ga is cheaper than down closer to Atl. Blew my mind when we moved. Even the Home Depot is cheaper than the ones down there.That's a steal for ceramic.
When we built our house I tried to use some of my buddies from down there, had to use contractors from up here. I know they were giving me decent pricing for Atlanta but it was usually 2/3 the price locally. Example: Very good friend of mine was going to do a survey and new plat for the property, 7k atlanta/buddy price. Found a dude up here did it for 1500. Its everything, $10 beer in Acworth is $4 up here. I got use to $100 lunches down there (with friends and booze) but that same lunch and beer date is $40 here.
Edit: CaptDave did my HVAC work. I never checked prices on that but I'm pretty sure he did me favor.