[xray731]

Everyone here was great a couple of years ago when I asked for suggestions for safe neighborhoods in Birmingham. My son is possibly being transferred to Montgomery to handle the UPS sort center there and I wondered which are the safer areas to look for apts or condos in - Thanks!

[EastbrookAndy]

First of all, I'm going to be nosy and ask where is your son coming from? I am retired from the UPS sort facility and we got a lot of transfers in/out from Nashville and K'ville.
Second-and you are more than happy to research this from my prior posts-when my ex and I first got my house in 2007, the neighborhood we got the house is literally 5 minutes from the sort facility...the cost psf is less than 60$, and the sector of my neighborhood is virtually nil. I literally do not own a key to my house(mental note: To-do in 2016) because I dont lock my door.:-)
My house is 2100 sf and I paid less than 120K for it. I am only the 2nd one to own the house built in 1952.
Edited to add: The UPS facility is an exit of the interstate. When I rented in Old Cloverdale, the apartments were a 10 minute drive. It kind of depends on his hours there; if they are 8-5 M-F, that's 1 thing. But usually the peak volume at UPS Jackson Ferry is between 5 PM until about 2 AM. So the hours are definitely a factor in the(residential) traffic flow.
Also, will he be heading up the whole facility, or just a specific sort?(Twilight, Night Sort, etc.)

[xray731]

My son right now is district PE up in Birmingham and has an apt in Fultondale. They want to send him down to the Montgomery sort facility for a few years. Guess this is common to rotate the guys - I don't know - but he was told to live north of the facility in Prattville or Milbrook.

[OldDocKat]

Originally Posted by xray731

My son right now is district PE up in Birmingham and has an apt in Fultondale. They want to send him down to the Montgomery sort facility for a few years. Guess this is common to rotate the guys - I don't know - but he was told to live north of the facility in Prattville or Milbrook.

Prattville is a very nice little town.

[OldDocKat]

Originally Posted by dixie_dust

You couldn't get me to live in monkeytown with a crane, but you do what you have to do I guess. Birmingham is bad enough, monkeytown is far worse. Having said that choose Prattville, but it's all bad in my opinion.

What the heck is monkeytown, Montgomery? I do agree that Montgomery is a dingy town, in general, a few nice ares, yet for the capital, it stinks.

[OldDocKat]

Originally Posted by dixie_dust

OTR truckers have been calling Montgomery AL, "monkeytown" for 40 years (on the CB radio)
They used to call Huntsville, "rocketcity", Birmingham "steelcity", Dothan "Circle city" (because it was one of the first cities to build a perimeter highway as a circle around the city as a by-pass)

Tampa is known as "Cigar City" (pronounced SEE-GARH citee) lol

I know about the other names, just have never heard Montgomery called monkeytown before, then I never knew any truck drivers either.

I know how it is pronounced

Ross Clarke Circle, governor "Big Jim" Folsom, I seen it built

[xray731]

Thanks all not only for the info but the trivia!

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by dixie_dust

OTR truckers have been calling Montgomery AL, "monkeytown" for 40 years (on the CB radio)
They used to call Huntsville, "rocketcity", Birmingham "steelcity", Dothan "Circle city" (because it was one of the first cities to build a perimeter highway as a circle around the city as a by-pass)

Tampa is known as "Cigar City" (pronounced SEE-GARH citee) lol

Interesting. Do you have any idea why why they call Montgomery Monkeytown? Do you usually refer to Montgomery as Monkeytown in your general everyday conversations whenever the city of Montgomery comes up, as you did here in this thread?

I looked Montgomery up iin Wikipedia and seen nothing about Monkeytown. I did see the other cities nicknames that you mentioned.

[Reactionary]

This:

"Oak park used to have an island of monkeys. One day the monkey's escaped and ran around the town for a while hence the name."

Why is Montgomery Alabama called monkey town

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by Reactionary

This:

"Oak park used to have an island of monkeys. One day the monkey's escaped and ran around the town for a while hence the name."

Why is Montgomery Alabama called monkey town

Well that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up. I rep'd ya.

I looked Monkeytown up in the Urban Dictionary. You're right, Montgomery is known as Monkeytown.