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I love Alabama. Always enjoyed it there. I have even stayed in Selma and enjoyed it. Tuscaloosa is a fun college town. Birmingham is not bad. Huntsville is in the hills and a tech town. Moutains in the north end of the state. The Gulf in the South. Been to Montgomery, Auburn. Not bad at all.Alabama state rankings: #44 overall
Crime: #40
Education: #44
Health Care: #44
Environment: #47
Pretty shitty in most of the major things I care about, not to mention horrible natural beauty (other than possibly the gulf shore area), no major cities, and not just a bunch of uneducated but a bunch of uneducated rednecks, which are the worst kind of morons.
Yeah, I can see why they're mad.
If you are interested in your kid getting an education with other bright kids, move to Huntsville Alabama. I spent a lot of time at Marshall space flight center and Redstone Arsenal from 2005-2007. Fantastic area and some of the brightest minds the MIC can pay for there.I love Alabama. Always enjoyed it there. I have even stayed in Selma and enjoyed it. Tuscaloosa is a fun college town. Birmingham is not bad. Huntsville is in the hills and a tech town. Moutains in the north end of the state. The Gulf in the South. Been to Montgomery, Auburn. Not bad at all.
Keep Alabama for some serious growth over the next few decades. It has some serious potential.
If you are interested in your kid getting an education with other bright kids, move to Huntsville Alabama. I spent a lot of time at Marshall space flight center and Redstone Arsenal from 2005-2007. Fantastic area and some of the brightest minds the MIC can pay for there.
Huntsville is really nice.Alabama state rankings: #44 overall
Crime: #40
Education: #44
Health Care: #44
Environment: #47
Pretty shitty in most of the major things I care about, not to mention horrible natural beauty (other than possibly the gulf shore area), no major cities, and not just a bunch of uneducated but a bunch of uneducated rednecks, which are the worst kind of morons.
Yeah, I can see why they're mad.
Alabama state rankings: #44 overall
Crime: #40
Education: #44
Health Care: #44
Environment: #47
Pretty shitty in most of the major things I care about, not to mention horrible natural beauty (other than possibly the gulf shore area), no major cities, and not just a bunch of uneducated but a bunch of uneducated rednecks, which are the worst kind of morons.
Yeah, I can see why they're mad.
Greed Brain don’t work too good.Yes. We saw it the first time, dumbass. It doesn't change anything.
Your response has NOTHING to do with the original post. Everyone hates Biden!Alabama state rankings: #44 overall
Crime: #40
Education: #44
Health Care: #44
Environment: #47
Pretty shitty in most of the major things I care about, not to mention horrible natural beauty (other than possibly the gulf shore area), no major cities, and not just a bunch of uneducated but a bunch of uneducated rednecks, which are the worst kind of morons.
Yeah, I can see why they're mad.
Having spent every summer growing up in Alabama I can honestly say Birmingham is a shit hole. I enjoyed my time there because I spent it with relatives I didn't get to see very often but I have to agree with rifle on this one. As a whole Alabama sucks.
If you make both sides angry, you are probably doing something right.
My son went to school in Alabama. Alabama has very rural areas, extremely rural. It is hot as hell there in the summer. But, I found the people to be really nice and hospitable.This is all so subjective, but I'd gladly live in Huntsville, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, or Auburn.
There are good public state schools there for college. I'd gladly let my kids go to Alabama, UAB, Auburn, or UA-H.
I do agree with rifle about lack of natural beauty....the mountains up north can be good for hiking and rock climbing and gulf shores area are nice beaches, but man there's a big, hot and humid, blah landscape throughout much of the state. Some decent lakes in there but nothing amazing.
I don't know about that health care rating...sure, maybe out in Selma you can't get good care, but UAB is a world class medical center (over $300 million in NIH funding last I checked).
I don't care about "major cities," I'd prefer not to live in or near one. Mid size cities are my preference. When my kids are out of high school I may very well re locate to a rural area.
As it relates to the kids protesting on campus...I have a friend that sits on an SEC school board (?not sure what committee?), and he tells me in the application/admissions sector business is booming. All those northerners/coastals saw how much fun it was unmasked and allowed to be normal-ish and they are flocking to these schools. I have a good friend and his daughter was at UCLA for all of COVID and it was a miserable college experience...though with that said she's working in NYC at a hedge fund, so maybe it was ?worth it?
What? The right LOVES Trump. He has remade the party in his image. Trump's problem is there are more on the left and in the middle than on the right...but this isn't too big a deal with the EC.Isn't that what Trump has been doing for the last few years??? Wow... You may be on to something...
Didn't say only thing in Alabama was Birmingham. Nerd alert... I went to space camp and I agree Huntsville is nice. That doesn't change the gist of my argument though. Overall Alabama sucksI don't think you'd get any disagreement with many on this board about Birmingham, or St. Louis, or Memphis, etc. Have you ever been to Huntsville? It's a world apart from Birmingham.
And I do know where St. Louis is...
I wonder if this city is loving Democrat policies?
I guess it is trying to keep pace with California, regarding closing businesses. St. Louis downtown trapped in 'doom loop,' marred by empty offices, break-ins and store closings. A new report revealed that the once busy downtown area of St. Louis, Missouri is closing many stores, leaving...marshall.forums.rivals.com
Then again, Huntsville does have a Republican mayor...
Tommy Battle - Wikipedia
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There is more to Alabama than Birmingham...
Except for when one of the marchers removed your white hood when you were throwing tomatoes at them.I have even stayed in Selma and enjoyed it.
Agreed that it isn't bad. It's awful. You and Bull Connor used to have a good time in Birmingham back in the day, huh?Birmingham is not bad.
It's a state ranking. One hospital in a state doesn't make or break it. If a large part of the population doesn't have access to quality medical care, can't afford it due to not having certain programs, etc., then it earns the #44 ranking.I don't know about that health care rating...sure, maybe out in Selma you can't get good care, but UAB is a world class medical center (over $300 million in NIH funding last I checked).
Here are the schools that have had at least 45 arrests due to the protests. There sure are a hell of a lot in Texas and those southeast red states.Speaking of shitty. The protests, though you deny it, are being funded by America-haters on the left. Even tracked funds from other countries pouring in. Where are they the worst? Blue states. See Red states to understand how to stop this anarchy and Marxism your tribe has on full display.
Let me dumb this down for you: If somebody posted a video of Iranians chanting negative things about the U.S., your kind would make comments such as "who cares about them, they are bigoted, kill gays, are horrible on women's rights, and are ragheads."Your response has NOTHING to do with the original post. Everyone hates Biden!
1) Grew up poor in the 'hood that had bad schools in the areaI went to space camp
It's a state ranking. One hospital in a state doesn't make or break it. If a large part of the population doesn't have access to quality medical care, can't afford it due to not having certain programs, etc., then it earns the #44 ranking.
Greed loves to lieYes. We saw it the first time, dumbass. It doesn't change anything.
I disagree. The rankings are not singling out individual cities. They are doing what they're supposed to be doing: ranking the entire state.Exactly, which is why these state rankings are dumb on the d*ck swinging "where you live sucks" arguments.
You live in a city, not a whole state.
In some cases, sure. Many people can't pack up and move to most parts of California or anyplace that isn't cheap, such as Middle Class Murox. He spent years on here discussing how he despises WV and its people and how he was going to be moving soon, but he is still chained to that $350k house. But even with his economic challenges, he could move to nearly as cheap places that are far better: outside of hotspots in Montana, Idaho, Tennessee, North Carolina. He probably can't afford to move to blue states, because those states almost always have better educational systems. Better education leads to better jobs. Better jobs lead to higher income/increased cost of living widespread.The whole where-you-live stuff is dumb anyway (yes, I know it goes both ways, people making fun of you for CA). People either can't afford to move or they like where they live...either way many times not much to be done about it.
1.) yep1) Grew up poor in the 'hood that had bad schools in the area
2) Went to one of the wealthiest high schools in the state in a very nice area
3) Claims to have been accepted to UNC but can't form a grammatically correct sentence on here
4) Poor yet was able to get $3000 (modern day equivalence) to go to a week of Space Camp
5) Gives children butt-cheek massages but claims he is a "teacher"
Your stories don't match.
Source that more protesters have been arrested in TX than California?Has anyone ever considered why there might be more arrests of protesters in TX rather than NY or CA??? Hmmm....
They weren't really out-of-this-world. They were very high but not elite. Unlike my income, I remember that they were outside of the top 3%. More important, after being on here for 20+ years, most people don't doubt that I could perform within the top 6%. We would be hard to find anybody who believes your story of being accepted to UNC.3.) just like your out of this world lsat scores
You hitchhiked on tractor-trailers there? No? So there were travel costs associated, right? Yep. All of those poor people being able to come up with $1500 for their son's week at camp.4.) according to what I was able to find space camp was about $650 in 1996/97 when I went. That's about 1200 now. It was a Christmas/birthday present from my parents and grandparents
Of what, cavemen, because that is what you sound like. And this is further proof of South Carolina's poor state of education.5.) yep I am teacher
Has anyone ever considered why there might be more arrests of protesters in TX rather than NY or CA??? Hmmm....
Nobody has any idea, like usual, what the hell you're trying to argue.@Jartard
Obviously you are considerably smarter than the person asking for a source who originally used that very argument while trying to make his (typically stupid) point...
Let's keep try to keep up. I spent summers in Alabama while growing up in North Carolina. I'm pretty sure the cost to get there wasn't anywhere close to $650 in 96 dollars. Charlotte to Huntsville is about 400 miles. That's about 2 1/2 to 3 gas station stops per trip unless I'm driving an 18 wheeler it's not going to cost over $100/fill up.Source that more protesters have been arrested in TX than California?
They weren't really out-of-this-world. They were very high but not elite. Unlike my income, I remember that they were outside of the top 3%. More important, after being on here for 20+ years, most people don't doubt that I could perform within the top 6%. We would be hard to find anybody who believes your story of being accepted to UNC.
You hitchhiked on tractor-trailers there? No? So there were travel costs associated, right? Yep. All of those poor people being able to come up with $1500 for their son's week at camp.
Of what, cavemen, because that is what you sound like. And this is further proof of South Carolina's poor state of education.
I don't think most people who are on here and live in WV truly like WV.
There sure are a hell of a lot in Texas and those southeast red states.
So lot’s give you the benefit of the doubt and say the total cost, roundtrip, was $100 including food. That puts the 1997 bare minimum cost at $750, which is $1500 today.Let's keep try to keep up. I spent summers in Alabama while growing up in North Carolina. I'm pretty sure the cost to get there wasn't anywhere close to $650 in 96 dollars. Charlotte to Huntsville is about 400 miles. That's about 2 1/2 to 3 gas station stops per trip unless I'm driving an 18 wheeler it's not going to cost over $100/fill up.
So you want to argue blue city but then change arrests to exclude red states? Have you ever heard of intellectual dishonesty?Austin is a Blue city. Key word though.
ARRESTS
Not much of that happening in Blue states.