Jobs wise, there is no growth in Birmingham. Probably since early 1990s. Airport and health insurance might be the only ones with potential.
Huntsville will be largest city in state in 10 years.
Nashville surpassed Memphis quite a few yrs ago as Black Flight started. Memphis is the crime Capital, though the population is less. Most whites fled when busing started to the smaller towns in the county. Can’t turn on the news without a shooting report. BLUE OWNED AND OPERATED.