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Originally posted by DAHILL
West End, Gate City,Cooper Green, Ellington Village
Originally posted by Bartram
Yeah dude,,, as for your Huntsville comments, Huntsville is an outstanding place strictly in terms of being in the field of engineering and software AND,,,, AND mind you,, being very married/family oriented and primarily focused on settling down and giving the kids stability.
Huntsville, however, is up and coming. I mean,,, the place was smaller than Jasper, Alex City, nothing more than a Lanette as recently as the 1950s before "exploding" to catch up with/pass the likes of Tuscaloosa/Gadsden/Anniston/Florence MS/Dothan and Montgomery. As such, it's no Raliegh-Durham, Austin or Charlotte. Until recently the place didn't even have a black FM radio station, but props for AAMU and Oakwood (which how those schools where established up there I have no idea. would love some history on this from the AAMUers.).
WEUP, the city's first black radio station went FM in 1987. Alabama A&M University was founded in Huntsville because Dr. William Hooper Councill, (it's founder) was sold into slavery here. He vowed that he would come back and build an institution for higher learning on the same spot to which he was sold. That's how we came to be located on "The Hill." There's an old Bell Tower on campus that is placed in the exact spot where he was put on the auction block.
Amazingly Huntsville is probably about as "liberal" and "proggressive" as Birmingham by Alabama standards
Huntsville's "liberal" appearance comes from the fact that there are many people here from all over the country. Alot of midwesterners and New England and East Coast, and as of late, many people from Colorado. There are very few Huntsville natives in Huntsville. For whatever reason, the city (compared to other larger cities in the state) has always been considered more progressive and liberal. In some ways it's true, in others it's not. There is still some of the "old regime" living in the Rocket City as well.
I will say, however, Birmingham has made major strides on the medical/bio-medical front. Huntsville is solid on the engineering front and will, I believe, be the "Raliegh-Durham" of Alabama in the next 20-30 years basically catching Birmingham.