Possibly Moving to Bham

Mtn Brook is certainly nice but from what you are saying its too pricey.

Vestavia Hills,Homewood and Hoover have more options. Where will you be working? US 280 is a disaster so if you are working downtown don't even think about looking out that direction.

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Hoover, Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills. The city itself is kind of a shithole but there are very nice burbs.

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LOL

welcome to bham. great hidden gem.
Lakeview
Crestline
Forest Park
Homewood
280 Corridor - all the way toward inverness, oak mtn area.
If you need a realtor let me know, i can recommend someone

Mid-upper 20s and sounds like no kids?

I'd look to rent in Crestline Park (somewhat pricey - not anything near MB, Vestavia) or Homewood if you're OT baller rich. Crestwood if you're not OT baller. Avondale if you're edgy. Southside if you're REALLY edgy. It also depends somewhat on what part of town you work in. I worked downtown and lived downtown and loved it when I lived in Birmingham. There are a ton of nice apartments down there (Pizitz, TJ Tower, 20-Midtown in CBD/Midtown) plus some on the fringes of downtown (Park35, 29 Seven). If you're not necessarily deadset on the fancy amenities and just want an basic/relatively cheap apartment, H2 Real Estate is constantly renovating apartments in Avondale and Southside with prices of ~$800 a month for 2/1 type apartments.

ETA: This answer changes greatly if you have kids or work south of 459.

ETA2: Answer would also change if you planned on staying long term and purchasing a home.

Its a shitty city, but its moving in the right direction. Some really cool pockets.

Its just so damn spread out.

Lived there between 2000-2006. Homewood, Vestevia Hills, Hoover are all nice. Mountain Brook is awesome but is pricey. Pelham and Alabaster are other options. Further away from Downtown. We lived in Alabaster because I was young and OT poor at the time.

Didn't realize how much I would miss living there. Been 11 years since moving back to Baton Rouge and we still miss our time living there.

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It's a fair statement. Birmingham proper is not that great...

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Birmingham has improved significantly in the last five years. Downtown new green parks, museums, some top restaurants in the country, new condos. THey are attracting young business professionals and they are flocking to live downtown. It's amazing how far it has come. Not to mention the ballpark for the Barons is right in the middle of it all. shite, they even have great breweries if you're a craft beer fanatic.

Ten years ago I would not be caught after dark any where near downtown. It has improved leaps and bounds since then. I left in 2009 and said I would never return. After leaving LSU, Baton Rouge lost it's appeal and I returned to Bham towards the end of 2016.

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It's a fair statement. Birmingham proper is not that great...

I've spent years of my life there

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What years? Birmingham isn't the same city it was even 5 years ago.

That's about when I left. I mean don't get me wrong, the downtown area was getting some improvements that I suppose have made the city better. I can recognize that.

But still, my comment wasn't really meant to be an insult to the area, just the city compared to the nice suburbs. I told my gf (now wife) we could stay there, she was in school at Samford. She said no way.

I'm not gonna hate on Bham. It was very nice, but there wasn't a ton to do compared to Nola. The culture is a bit different, people seem to settle down much earlier in life and IMO it shows.