Why you should never live in Alabama.

lib in a red state wrote:

I'm of the opinion that every state has livable cities/towns for your personal taste. I'm a democrat living in a liberal city in a red state, and I love it here.

People hating on red/blue states is comical. Try having an actual personality?

^This. But many people on this board love bashing states they have never visited. And of course, brojos love it because that increases the page view count. ;)

proud Southern wrote:

Two words y'all, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Checkmate.

You mean the band from Jacksonville, Florida? Ok.

Flagpole wrote:

proud Southern wrote:

Two words y'all, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Checkmate.

You mean the band from Jacksonville, Florida? Ok.

You mean the band with the hit song "Sweet Home Alabama"? Ok.

q5y wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

You mean the band from Jacksonville, Florida? Ok.

You mean the band with the hit song "Sweet Home Alabama"? Ok.

Two words: Alabama Getaway

(A song by the Grateful Dead)

q5y wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

You mean the band from Jacksonville, Florida? Ok.

You mean the band with the hit song "Sweet Home Alabama"? Ok.

Yeah, I know. Wasn't their home though.

Dothan, AL Police Department

Almost moved to Fairhope, AL, a few years back. I figured, why not?

Then I remembered it was Alabama, I looked at the neighboring states, and I moved to California instead.

This will make some of you happy, for a variety of reasons.

Being from Texas the natural smart ass in me read you post and wanted to respond with "Ya well, I've been to Boston and it sucked too. The only problem is I actually had a great time in Boston and I already used up my quota of lies for the day explaining to my wife why I couldn't mow the lawn...

I do have one complaint though, all my life people have been telling me if you go to Harvard you'll be set for Life. So what the hell, I got on a tram or subway and went to Harvard and spent good money and 3 hours of my time on this tour during which some overeager undergrad told me A LOT more about Harvard than ever expected to know. Then I even tipped him $20 to seal the deal.... well here I am 20 years later STILL no call from the Masons or whoever, and I'm still not set for life! I Want my money back, and if SW airlines ever has a special on flights to Boston for under $20, Im coming to get it!

I was a long-time investor in a Birmingham insurance company. Some of the smartest guys (and women) that I have met. They would ignore premium competition and let market share decline and gain it all back when the other aggressive underwriters lost it all back due to poor pricing. They managed to hold on to their good salespeople even in good times. it is easy to say that you can zig while others zag but is hard to do in practice. This group taught me that underwriting was relatively uniform and it was pricing that made all the difference. A great lesson in finance, as we are learning again as the credit cycle is starting to turn.

Went to high school in Alabama and go back frequently. My parents are from up north and were there for work. So I always feel like I have an outsider/insider perspective on the place.

I’d never live there, mostly because of the heat not because of the perceptions of how people are there. I live in Pennsylvania now and there are just as many open racists where I live in PA.

I will say this for Alabama, if you like bbq there aren’t many better places. The bbq is amazing. I can’t believe bbq and food hasn’t been talked about more on this thread. Food in general there is better. It might lead you to an early death, but…

People like to make fun of rednecks but I’d be willing to bet 99% of people on here have never hung out with one. They’re fun. But not to rigid runner types obsessed with getting in 100 miles a week. Some of my best times in high school were with the rednecks. People I had nothing in common with economically, socially or culturally. The country would be much better off if we appreciated what everyone bring to the table instead of dragging everyone down.

I was glad I had the chance to live there. I gave me a lot of perspective about our nation.

There are rednecks in every state...

There are minorities in every state...

There are even majority minority neighborhoods in every state...

There are very religious areas in every state....

There are very conservative and very liberal areas in every state...

You want to see an area that is not very diverse? Try an Asian country. South Korea is like 95% Korean.

Anyway....

I've lived in Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Georgia, Maryland, Texas, South Carolina, South Korea and Tennesse.

I've spent time in Colorado, West Texas (YES this deserves its own mention), various East Coast states, Nevada, and sliver of California! The strangest place I've visited was West Denver, TX near New Mexico. I don't remember many trees or grass....but I remember the pump jacks. Tree sized or smaller pump jacks constantly drilling for oil. Literally everywhere. Next to our hotel parking lot, across the street, forests of pump jacks.....That was so weird.

Alan

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The best places to live in the US in 2022-2023: A new city is crowned

The rankings are in, and a Southern city has toppled a Rocky Mountain destination as the best place to live in the U.S. in 2022-2023, according to U.S. News and World Reports.

Link:www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=...

best places to live in 2022

I like Alabama as much as the next guy, but if Huntsville tops your list of the best places to live in the US you need to redo your list.

That is just insane to have Huntsville, Alabama #1, not to mention Green Bay in the top five. Just because it is cheap to buy a house does not mean anything. It's super cheap to buy a huge house in much of Cleveland too. I have run through all of Huntsville a number of times, and outside of the nice old victorians in the downtown area (most of which is itself a pit), it is just mile after mile of depressing territory. There's very little to do there. The food is mostly bad. Love that running club, though!

If all you have is amateur football as a culture you have no culture. You need pro sports, significant arts and theater, and deep professional employment that isn't stuck in the early 20th century. Alabama has none of that. Even Arkansas has Bentonville.

^This and entire counties are one giant staging area for the boogaloo.

As always, an inspiring combination of confidence and incorrect information from BW. The absolute amount of moisture in the air barely changes throughout the day, regardless of the fluctuating rh. Using rh% as a stand-in for humidity is almost always the wrong metric. The 89° & 54% mentioned above is a 70° dew point, which is more humid than most of the US ever gets.

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