Little Rock AR vs Hunstville AL (cost, compared, bigger, population)

[NCUser100]

I wanted to compare these 2 similarly sized cities. Pretty open in what categories are in consideration:

Downtown
Jobs/Economy
Cost of Living
Weather
Schools
Traffic
Shopping

[Turnerbro]

DT: Little Rock
Economy: Huntsville
COL: Both are cheap
Weather: Huntsville
Schools: Huntsville
Traffic: Little Rock
Shopping: Huntsville

I prefer Huntsville, shows more promise for the future

[Shakeesha]

Downtown: Little Rock
Jobs/Economy: Huntsville
Cost of Living: Both
Weather: Huntsville
Schools: Huntsville
Traffic: Little Rock
Shopping: Huntsville

I would choose Huntsville. Huntsville is changing fast. The city is adding many new developments.

[C24L]

little rock

[_OT]

Little Rock >>>>

[ClemVegas]

I have never been to Little Rock, but Huntsville has a nice downtown park with a large pond.

There are little mountains to the east of downtown which took me by surprise.

Huntsville recently got a TopGolf and new shopping is on the away where the Madison mall used to be.

[PortCity]

Dang this is a tough one.Huntsville is neat but Little Rock has a little more soul so I will go with Little Rock.

[MinivanDriver]

If you want a career in tech, Huntsville without a doubt.

[BamaDave]

I like both, but Huntsville wins over Little Rock because of the highly educated and diverse population (compared to much of the South). I also prefer the location by a wide margin over Little Rock's. Huntsville is fairly close to the bigger Appalachian Mountains, 1-1/2 hours to Nashville, about 3-1/2 hours to Atlanta, and 5 hours or so to the Gulf Coast.

[TimCity2000]

Never been to Little Rock, but grew up in Huntsville. I'll refrain from participating in the poll.

However, I'm surprised to hear that Huntsville beats Little Rock in the shopping category. I would've guessed the opposite, due to metro size and Little Rock being the capital.