A million dollars isn't really all that. Not anymore. Don't get me wrong, it's a chunk of change. But with hard work, clean living, and smart investments and spending habits, even blue collar folks can be worth a mil.

Seems like it's mostly real estate, but there are so many that invent and patent things or own companies you wouldn't expect.

There are some in the music industry here as well.

Off the top of my head, the main ones would be the Anderson family (Booksamillion, TNT fireworks, Dalmatian Press, and so on). They have frick you, frick you, frick you money.

Mac Mcanally, wrote a lot of songs for Jimmy Buffet and won a lot of awards. Worth a few mil (googled him and it said 20mil).

Rick Hall of Fame Recording Studio is worth god knows what.

The Tiffin family, Tiffin Motorhomes.

Robbins, real estate, rental properties, and E.S. Robbins. I think that they hit it rich on the plastic mats you see under office chairs, other office products. And plastic food containers that they make at E.S. Robbins. They have screw you money. They're a good example of the people that invent and manufacture something you would never think of and turn it into a fortune.

There's also the Darby's who own a radio station, or did, and a shite ton of real estate, rental properties and other stuff....Garage doors maybe...? One of their daughters married a State Rep and I believe one is married to Richard Todd, who lives here too.

There's a guy that started as an electrician and opened his own shop and now he owns real estate, rental properties and has a massive fleet of trucks out working nearly commercial property that's being built in the area.

That's just the heavy hitters that everyone knows about. And I'm forgetting 10 for every one I listed.

I wouldn't even dare to guess how many people have a few mil in the bank that no one even thinks of. And if a place the size of The Shoals can have that many, no telling how many in larger cities.

This post was edited on 1/7/17 at 2:42 pm