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Where would you rather live: Birmingham, Biloxi, Chattanooga or Panama City

Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:22 am
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:22 am
I'll be retiring in 12 years, and we want to live somewhere else warmer & nearer the coast. Wife and I are looking around MS, AL, FL and eastern TN.

Zillow doesn't tell the whole story, of course. Looking for OT input.
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:22 am to
Panama City on da bay
Posted by HotTakes
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:23 am to
Fairhope
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:23 am to
Chattanooga by a mile.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:23 am to
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Chattanooga by a mile.

Posted by dawgfan24348
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:23 am to
Panama because better weather and it’s by the beach
Posted by MoarKilometers
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:23 am to
quote:

I'll be retiring in 12 years, and we want to live somewhere else warmer & nearer the coast.

Definitely Chattanooga then
Posted by WDE24
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:24 am to
I wouldn’t live in Biloxi. There are better options on the gulf coast than Panama City that I would choose. Both Birmingham and Chattanooga have great areas that I would enjoy living in, as well as areas that would be terrible. Neither is a bad choice. Florida and Tennessee have no state income tax, if that is important to you.
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:24 am to
See I lean that way and that's an interesting area, I just don't know what the demographics are and the recent spring break news made it sound like a literal zoo.
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:24 am to
Chattanooga. You’re close to the mountains and not all that far from the sea. There’s the Great Lakes to the north as well
Posted by Fat and Happy
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:25 am to
Chattanooga in a heartbeat
Posted by notiger1997
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:25 am to
If you are thinking of the MS coast, Bay St Louis or maybe Ocean Springs.

The go to nice area that gets suggested is Fairhope, Alabama.

This is a pretty wide range of geography you are looking at with your OP question so good luck.
Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:25 am to
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Chattanooga

Sorry, we're full.
Posted by MAXtheTIGER
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:26 am to
Are the beaches of Chattanooga close to the beaches of Cheyenne?
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:27 am to
quote:

Where would you rather live: Birmingham, Biloxi, Chattanooga or Panama City


Gulf Breeze/Pensacola is nice.
Posted by BorrisMart
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:27 am to
Eastern Tenn is beautiful and as much as I dislike UT, Knoxville and the surrounding little towns are great. Probably less relocation of northerners than Florida but more than MS and AL in my guess. Tenn can get cold though.

Florida is no doubt a great state with a LOT to offer and good state tax regimes and what not. However, Florida man and all that, you will probably see a lot of craziness bc its Florida. But the odds of it directly bothering you is minimal if you are not in bad areas.

MS is an untapped jewel of potential, but I don't think the people of MS really want much growth if it means changing their way of life, but Coastal MS is a good place to relax (and the whole state offers hunting and fishing of just about anything you could want if that is your thing).

AL is more of an upgraded MS due to north AL having a lot more business and development but once again south AL is awesome and similar outdoor activities to MS.
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:28 am to
No
Posted by usc6158
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:28 am to
Chattanooga is an elite level small city
Posted by Lonnie Utah
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:29 am to
The folks in Northern Alabama (Huntsville/Scottsboro) were really good to us when we had vehicle problems.
Posted by Pedro
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:29 am to
just because i enjoy bigger cities more id probably choose Birmingham but not in Birmingham city limits. somewhere like hoover or something would be good.
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