Posted on 05/17/2022 10:49:41 AM PDT by simpson96
Have been here since 1966 and would not want to live anywhere else. It has really changed over those years.
The Opelika Alabaman I worked with for four years told me that Huntsville is filled with Yankees and doesn’t really count as Alabama.
He is a talented Linux OS guy.
He also had great stories about the numerous Koreans who live near his house, due to the Hyundai plant.
Agreed. But part of the charm of Huntsville is that the life-sucking liberals don’t know about Huntsville. I’d rather they keep being ignorant of Huntsville’s existence than chest-thump to them about how nice it is.
Much of my family lives south of there in Marshall County so have been going to Huntsville since I was a kid. Just enough city with plenty of country all around. Not too far from Guntersville Lake area. Definitely would consider it for retirement.
I’ve been there on business a couple of times. Lots of rocket scientists. 😏
Pleasant place from my brief experiences.
LG had a big solar panel factory there, but the announced its closure for June 2022.
Huntsville,,,?
I picked Prescott AZ.
I’m good.
“I’ve been there on business a couple of times. Lots of rocket scientists.”
...GOOD! I’ve had enough of the “smartest guy in the room” BS!
My Mom and dad lived there for a couple years in the early 60’s. She loves telling her Werner Von Braun grocery store Brush With Greatness story.
Prescott’s nice too. My wife won’t go there as it’s too dry. She likes the humidity.
Plenty of Peoples’ Republics on that list.
Huntsville is in the ~16% percentile in safety meaning that 84% of cities are safer. Hard pass.
Far enough inland to avoid hurricanes, far enough south to avoid most major blizzards and ice storms, hilly enough to be outside of what's generally considered, "tornado alley," rural enough to dodge any potential mass civil disturbances/riots (if you keep it north of Atlanta) and not particularly prone to earthquakes.
Prescott AZ is a good one
Sweet Home AL!
there is that new madrid fault line though... and didn’t that psychic predict that area’s sinking into the gulf...
edgar casey?
Doesn’t it have a street named after a Nazi party member (Werner Von Braun)? I believe it is the only city in the US that has this distinction.
That’s centered in MO, and while some of the seismic zone extends into western TN and NW AL, it’s generally west of the area I described.
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