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re: Living in L.A. "Lower Alabama"
Posted on 4/17/23 at 1:55 pm to George Dickel
Posted on 4/17/23 at 1:55 pm to George Dickel
Huntsville/Madison, south Birmingham suburbs, and the places in lower AL that the OP mentioned would all be a significant increase in quality of life.
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Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:09 pm to parrothead
There is a ton of relocation from BR & Nola to Baldwin County. Which is great. Brings the fun culture to a safe and growing area.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:11 pm to LSUFanHouston
Pensacola is a nice place especially on the beach. But as far as downtown pensacola goes, it's ghetto as hell and the crime is pretty bad. I would only live in pensacola on the beach if I had the choice
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:24 pm to JasonDBlaha
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But as far as downtown pensacola goes, it's ghetto as hell
There are some nice areas downtown. I wouldn’t say it’s all ghetto. And much less ghetto feeling than many of the downtown areas I’m familiar with. LOL
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:30 pm to notiger1997
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There are some nice areas downtown. I wouldn’t say it’s all ghetto. And much less ghetto feeling than many of the downtown areas I’m familiar with. LOL
Yeah, I agree. P-Cola is a nice place imo. The crime really isn’t an issue,
they keep the streets clean, very little homeless, and it’s well preserved.
I have a few friends that live over there and they love it
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:34 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:Sounds literally hairy.
Almost no useable attic space because the attic is basically a ton of reinforcing tresses holding up the roof.
Baldwin County is 2.5 times the area of the average size of a Louisiana Parish.
Baldwin County is almost 3.5 times the area of the average size of a County of the Land Mass.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:37 pm to SlidellCajun
I wouldn't consider Baldwin county as "LA," but it is one of the nice places to live in Alabama, along with the northern countries (anchored by Huntsville), south of Birmingham, and the Auburn area.
To me, "LA" is more the wiregrass...Dothan, Enterprise, Andalusia, Brewton, Evergreen, Luverne, Abbeville, Monroeville, and so on.
To me, "LA" is more the wiregrass...Dothan, Enterprise, Andalusia, Brewton, Evergreen, Luverne, Abbeville, Monroeville, and so on.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:39 pm to LSUFanHouston
I live in Gulf Breeze, not far from there. Great schools, low cost of living, much closer to the interstate and beach, no state tax
There is much more to do in Foley though. Shopping, OWA, restaurants are all much better
There is much more to do in Foley though. Shopping, OWA, restaurants are all much better
This post was edited on 4/17/23 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 4/17/23 at 2:53 pm to JasonDBlaha
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downtown pensacola goes, it's ghetto as hell and the crime is pretty bad. I would only live in pensacola on the beach if I had the choice
Palafox is downtown and it’s a nice area. Blue Wahoos stadium is downtown and it’s incredible
You wouldn’t live in Gulf Breeze? The town you literally have to drive through to get to Pensacola Beach?
Posted on 4/17/23 at 3:04 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Yes, my inlaws said the homeowners insuance on their house, which is 4 bed / 2.5 bath, was $1100/yr.
How much was the house?
Posted on 4/17/23 at 3:50 pm to danilo
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How much was the house?
About $200/sq ft
Posted on 4/17/23 at 3:51 pm to SmackDaniels
I’m not talking about Gulf Breeze, that’s a suburb. I’m talking about the West Pensacola area by the naval station. That area is pretty bad. Gulf breeze would be nice to live in but it’s pretty expensive
Posted on 4/17/23 at 4:32 pm to waiting4saturday
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ETA: on the tunnel - didn’t meemaw kill a bridge project over the channel?
Not sure but when we used to go to OB\GS we never used the tunnel. We went the suspension bridge and through Africatown to get to 10 from 165.
(And before someone calls me a racist, Africatown is the make of the road.)
Posted on 4/17/23 at 4:39 pm to danilo
I had to drop USAA when I moved to lower Alabama. They wanted double my mortgage. They don't like the floodplains, being at or below sea level, the leveed nearby river. But the house has been there 100 years. I switched to Safeco which is an enormous loss in customer service should something happen but they are willing to insure it like a normal house.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 4:42 pm to Gaggle
USAA can suck a bag of dicks as far as I’m concerned, I fired them thirty years ago when they wanted to triple my premiums to subsidize what they had to pay out after hurricane Andrew and I was living three states away from there at the time
Posted on 4/17/23 at 4:51 pm to JasonDBlaha
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I’m not talking about Gulf Breeze, that’s a suburb. I’m talking about the West Pensacola area by the naval station. That area is pretty bad.
I live just west of downtown, close to the PCC, and its really not that bad at all. Sure, there are bad pockets, and as is common in most cities in the south, you have neighborhoods with million dollar houses in close proximity to lower income hoods, but there are plenty of good neighborhoods in west PEN. Crime is average for a city of its size in the southeast, and I've never felt unsafe anywhere I've gone here. Much safer than the two previous places I've lived (Nashville, and Bham.)
Posted on 4/17/23 at 7:14 pm to Funky Tide 8
Downtown pensacola has actually been gentrified quite a bit, they have a new YMCA and are attracting a younger crowd. It's the pockets around downtown that are shady.
This post was edited on 4/17/23 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 4/17/23 at 7:27 pm to LSUFanHouston
Foley, Daphne and Fairhope are probably the best places to live in the state. I have a friend who lived in Daphne for 40 years and he loved it. Very low crime, great schools, nice weather and a short drive from the beach.
Sadly, these 3 towns are losing their "small southern town" feel these days. Lots of transplants moving in.
Sadly, these 3 towns are losing their "small southern town" feel these days. Lots of transplants moving in.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 7:36 pm to LSUFanHouston
Just wait until you get your property tax.
I have an aunt that lives on the Mobile side and she had the tax assessor assess a part of her lot that had a building and contents that were not correct. It took her an act of Congress to get the assessment corrected.
I have an aunt that lives on the Mobile side and she had the tax assessor assess a part of her lot that had a building and contents that were not correct. It took her an act of Congress to get the assessment corrected.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 7:43 pm to AUstar
that whole area started to go to the shitter when the snowbirds discovered it, and it’s not the snowbirds that are trashy it’s just because of them, partly, that there are enough people there year round for locals to live there year round, that whole panhandle used shut down from about Labor Day until spring, as recently as the mid 90s
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