[winkie2]

Although I live in Fl now because that's where my husband wants to be, I have lived off & on in Mobile all my life because that's where my mother's relatives are. I absolutely love Mobile. It's friendly, homey, beautiful, & just a wonderful place to live. I stayed in Birmingham many years ago for about a year & just didn't care for it, but that's just a personal thing.

[freedom4me]

Nothing Im afraid. I have been here 15 years and Im so ready to move on. However, if you like the slow living way of life then this place is for you.

[FREAKYLIKETHAT22]

The Best Thing About Living In Alabama Well The South Ginerally Is The Real Slow Pace Because I Live In An Small Town One Hour North Of Mobile Straight Up Highway 43 And I Love It Too Death Here, I Grew Up Here My Whole Entire LifeAnd I Love It To Deaf It Is All The Quietness And Comfort U Get I Have So Many Memories Growing Up With My Parents Well Let Me Rephrase That I Had So Much Fun With My( Daddy) Growing Up He Did Everything With Me An My Two Older Sister And Little Brother Because Where We Live Ain't Nothing But Dirt And Rocks But That Is The Way We Love It I Rember My Daddy Use To Always Take Us In The Woods Right Behind Our House While He Either Fish OR Cut Down Trees Or Fishing I Still Rember When He Took Me And My Older Two Sister's Back In The Woods With Him While He Was Cutting Down AN Tree And As It Was Falling Me And My Older Sister Was Running Around Playing And Then My Daddy Start Yelling At Us 2 Get Out The Way But We Couldn't Make Out What He Was Saying Over His Loud Chain Saw And It Ended Up Falling On Us We Got Caught Under The Heavy Branches And We Got Scracthed Up From Head To Toe And He Had Us Both In Each Arm Carrying Us Back Home And We Were Hollering All The Way Back Home And When We Got To The End Of The Pathway My Mamma Came Running Out Fuusing At My Daddy, But We All Laugh About It Now Because We Knew It Was So Funny But Not At The Time And I Also Rember All The Fishing Trips Went On And Swimming In That Same Lake And How We Use Stay Out Until It Got Dark To Wacth And Get Light Bugs And Put Them In Jars With Grasshoppers And Thousand Legs And Running Around Barefoot Feeling The Dirt And Rocks Under My Feet And The Time When My Daddy Built Us An Play House In The Woods And We Were Out In It Playing One Day And We Would Always Act Like We Were Cooking And Get Some Of My Mamas Old Pots And Put Some Straw From Out Of The Woods And Put It In The Pot And We Would Say That That Was The Collard Greens And Then Would Get Big Huge Culkerbulbs That Come Off The Pine Trees And Say That That Was Our Meat In The Greens!(lol) But It Wasn't Funny When My Sister Found The Snake In Our Tree House Under The Rug ,Then My Daddy Came Out And Killed It Then Knocked Down The Tree House We Stood On The Side And Cried When He Did That And Besides Our Whole Entire Community Is Kin To Each Other So Therefore We Did Not Need Anybody Wacthing Us Because Nobody BotherED Us Because We All Knew Each Other. But I Said All That To Let U Know Why Alabama Well The South In Genral Is So Great Everybody Helps Everybody Out It Ain't Like The City Where Everybody Is For Theirselves But Don't Give Me Wrong When It Comes To Small Towns People Are So Noisy And Don't Know When To Quit But I Love The South And Alabama To Def I Ain't Never Leaving The Small Town Life I Am Loving It Because I Have Great Southren Memories I Mean I Am 22 Years Old I Should Be Running To The Nearest Party Town But I Hate That Type Of Scene I Am Laid Back And I Thank My Parents For Giving Me The Experience Of The Small Time Life And Not The City (the Noisey City) Because I Have Memories Of Good Things And Not Riots Or Drive-by Shooting Our House Has Never Been Broken Into Or Our Car Stolen Or High Behind Crime Or Police Sirens In The Middle Of The Night And Helicoptals Flying Overhead I WAS Protected And Surrounded By Family My Whole Entire Life (well, All 22 Years) Lol!

[FREAKYLIKETHAT22]

I Just Want Everybody To Stop Thinking Of Alabma As Bad Because It Ain't It Does Not Get Any Better Than Bama Baby! Need I Remind U Of All The Greats That Came From Here Are:
Hank Aaron(mobile Al)(baseballplayer)
Lionel Ritchie(singer)
Ruben Studdard(b-ham Al)
Rich Boy (rapper)(mobile Al)
Rosa Parks(civil Rights Activist)
Condaleesa Rice(works In The White House)(b-ham Al)
Orlando Bloom(mobile Ala)(7-up Commericals)(drumline)
Jamarkus Russell(mobile Al)(number 1 Draft Pick)(oakland Raiders)

So Think Twice Before U Say Alabama Is Not That Great When All The Greats Come From Here

[Southlander]

Hi Freaky,
I think you mean Orlando Jones, who was in "Drumline." I loved those 7Up commercials - hilarious!

[MissingTX]

I enjoy the changing of the seasons...but not enough to want to stay here. I can not wait to leave Alabama!!

[Southlander]

So...when are you leaving?

[Keeper]

Don't forget Jimmy Buffett, while not born there he was raised in Mobile. He went to McGill and he has recorded many songs about Mobile.
I live in N. AL now and love it.. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by FREAKYLIKETHAT22

I Just Want Everybody To Stop Thinking Of Alabma As Bad Because It Ain't It Does Not Get Any Better Than Bama Baby! Need I Remind U Of All The Greats That Came From Here Are:
Hank Aaron(mobile Al)(baseballplayer)
Lionel Ritchie(singer)
Ruben Studdard(b-ham Al)
Rich Boy (rapper)(mobile Al)
Rosa Parks(civil Rights Activist)
Condaleesa Rice(works In The White House)(b-ham Al)
Orlando Bloom(mobile Ala)(7-up Commericals)(drumline)
Jamarkus Russell(mobile Al)(number 1 Draft Pick)(oakland Raiders)

So Think Twice Before U Say Alabama Is Not That Great When All The Greats Come From Here

Oh yea, and don't forget Taylor Hicks!

[jsherman9901]

Originally Posted by Southlander

So...when are you leaving?

Hehehe

Obviously, not everyone is compatible with every region/state in the country. But what is interesting to me is how if someone doesn't like where they live, they put the blame 100% on the place and none on themselves. There are places I wouldn't live in AL, like parts of Birmingham and parts of Montgomery. But overall, this is a fabulous place to live IMO.