Why do HSV people have so many problems with Madison? (Huntsville: houses, elementary school)

[HB2HSV]

Originally Posted by harry chickpea

<shrug> I don't live in Huntsville OR Madison. My comment was that you couldn't PAY me to live in Harvest or Tanner. I wouldn't install a toilet at the end of a bowling alley lane either unless I wanted to get the c**p scared out of me all the time. If other people are OK with living there, great.

The only areas I am strongly against people building are on the barrier islands in hurricane country. Homes there are an affront against nature and humanity.

This past tornado went passed your neck of woods, didn't it?

[harry chickpea]

Originally Posted by HB2HSV

This past tornado went passed your neck of woods, didn't it?

This area has only one recorded small tornado that came though back around 1950, and one other very minor one known by the locals. There have been a few closer to the river. -That doesn't mean there aren't strong winds and tree and structural damage from time to time.

What I have noticed is that we get mammatus cloud formations frequently - FAR more frequently than I have seen elsewhere or by what could be expected from chance, and often very low to the ground.

-source:

Mammatus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Could repeated conditions making that type of instability mean we have less of a chance of the required features needed to develop a tornado? Beats me. Fantasizing, it does look like those would chop apart a lot of larger air patterns. I usually see more flat bottomed clouds around the valley nearer the river. (I do a watch of webcams as a start-up page for one computer, so I tend to notice these things.)

[E Limestone Dude]

Originally Posted by BMW Dave

I agree 100% about not being allowed to build those homes in Harvest and the Tornado alley area.

I'm not going to accept your statement. Just so happens that 2 bad storms came through in the past year. Other areas in N. Alabama and in HSV are just as prone to tornadoes.

Airport Road was destroyed a while back.

[BMW Dave]

Airport Rd was '89

[Souths_Finest205]

I never hear people hating on Madison! I know several people that have moved from Hsv to Madison because of it's nice schools and affordable housing. And just because somebody looks at a subdivision going up in Madison/Harvest and says "I remember when that was a cotton field", etc. doesn't necessarily mean that they have a problem with it.

[cyberfox]

I live in Madison and also lived in SE Huntsville. Hampton Cove (aka Owens Cross Roads) sux.

[BobWallace]

There's plenty of hater talk the other direction (as in this very thread). Those who are insecure about their situation or choices will inevitably seek validation through disparaging others.

[rnc76]

I've heard it from both directions too. Huntsville's I think stems from Madison voting pretty convincingly not to merge with Huntsville years back. Madison is ticked that Huntsville has swallowed up the majority of the land surrounding Madison, including most of the lucrative commercial property in the 72 corridor.

[DvlsAdvc8]

I can't stand Madison mostly for aesthetic reasons. Old straight line, north-south, east-west farm roads with no organic feel or aesthetic interest. Very little cohesion/organization... just a hodge podge of narrow roads with ditch drainage and a lot of ad-hoc looking businesses/buildings with a few newer developments.

But I also don't like it for the mere fact that its a typical satellite city. A bunch of folks move to the nearby small city because they don't want to pay the taxes in the main city. Quite a deal considering they're still close and get to take advantage of the larger city's infrastructure pretty often. I'm just not a fan of there being distinct cities within what otherwise appears to be one metropolitan area. Unecessary overhead imo... pay one mayor, have one school system... one unified city with one big plan that we're all a part of.

There really isn't a perfect place for me in this area though. SE HSV is mostly older homes and where I chose, Hampton Cove, is annoyingly far away from research park.

[VMH2507]

Originally Posted by DvlsAdvc8

I can't stand Madison mostly for aesthetic reasons. Old straight line, north-south, east-west farm roads with no organic feel or aesthetic interest. Very little cohesion/organization... just a hodge podge of narrow roads with ditch drainage and a lot of ad-hoc looking businesses/buildings with a few newer developments.

But I also don't like it for the mere fact that its a typical satellite city. A bunch of folks move to the nearby small city because they don't want to pay the taxes in the main city. Quite a deal considering they're still close and get to take advantage of the larger city's infrastructure pretty often. I'm just not a fan of there being distinct cities within what otherwise appears to be one metropolitan area. Unecessary overhead imo... pay one mayor, have one school system... one unified city with one big plan that we're all a part of.

There really isn't a perfect place for me in this area though. SE HSV is mostly older homes and where I chose, Hampton Cove, is annoyingly far away from research park.

And so you are saying that South Memorial Parkway is not a bunch of "ad-hoc looking businesses/buildings"? Talk about blinders! I love it when Huntsville School District people don't want Madison City School District to exist! Have you by any chance been following the revelations of the last year about Huntsville City Schools? Talk about corruption and mismanagement. Yeah I can see why you want to combine districts so that Madison has to pay for your mistakes. Just went to Madison Hospital grand opening last week and the newly opened Target this morning. Every day there is less reason to go to Huntsville.