re: New job in Mobile - Best areas to live?

If you want a country life and don't mind "country folks" then west mobile is for you.
If you don't mind a little gridlock traffic and prefer a cleaner city and overall "safer" atmosphere then Baldwin county is for you. That includes all the places mentioned, fairhope, Spanish fort, foley, gulf shores, Lillian etc
West mobile county, Grand bay also known as Alabamas watermelon. capital. Might as well be in Mississippi.
Areas not to consider. Pritchard, 8mile, downtown, Unless you're a baller and can afford a mansion on govt street and send kids to McGill, (private school).
Honestly just thinking about mobile makes me hurt. Moved away when I was a teen. Never looked back. Shitehole of a place imo. Only thing I miss is going to south Alabama baseball games.