Expect Birmingham to be the next Chicago.
Naah. Birmingham has lost nearly half its residents. Virtually most of the Whites voted with their feets and fled to the adjacent counties. In 1960, it had 340,000 people (205k White, 135k Black). By 2010, it plummeted to 212,000 (with just 44k White & 156k Black). Even Blacks are leaving, too, dropping from a peak population of 178k in 2000. There’s virtually as many White folks in the city of Dothan as in B’ham today (probably more since 2010), and Dothan only has 65k overall.