Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Alabama > Birmingham area
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 06-29-2009, 08:27 AM
 
32 posts, read 105,291 times
Reputation: 14

Advertisements

HI

We are moving to the Birmingham area. We are looking for good schools with a little bit of land (at least an acre) We heard Chelsea is really nice. Is there other areas like Chelsea we should look at????
thanks for your help!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 06-29-2009, 02:37 PM
 
Location: In the Greater Birmingham area
350 posts, read 1,314,218 times
Reputation: 135
We need more info

What is your price range?

How meny Bedrooms/Baths will you need?

You looking to buy or rent?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-12-2009, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Skokie, IL
33 posts, read 81,704 times
Reputation: 20
Default Good morning & good luck...

I'm a newcomer, too, and I just want to share my perspective.

My hubby works for Regions Bank at the corporate HQ, so we knew we wanted to be south of the city. I explored many neighborhoods and small towns.

You are right, Chelsea is nice. It's a wee tad further out than you may need to go to get a nice lot, though. I have found very nice property between 459 and 119 (north-south) and 65 and 280 (west-east).

In Pelham, Helena & Alabaster, there are lots of choices, too, but visit the schools. Pelham high school has multiple mobile buildings in back, and that indicates strains from the fast growth in the area.

I also did a drive-by at Spain Park (very nice, new, well funded Hoover city school) & Hoover High (my first college was dwarfed by this behemoth). I considered Hoover High but heard that there was more gang activity there than in the other area schools -- granted I count this as hearsay, but I definitely find the Oak Mountain complaints of "they are always reminding you to tuck your shirt in" to be miniscule in comparison to "beware of gangs." Interestingly, I was unable to tour Spain Park when I was in town because it didn't fit into "their" scheduled tour dates. huh?

I visited Oak Mtn high school & was impressed - has a definitive county-school feel, which is good, but it is also large enough that I know my rising Junior twins will find the right social networks.

Word of warning to the wise: even if you rent for a while, look up property tax amounts. There can be quite a disparity within a few miles. The North Shelby area I mentioned has revealed reasonable property tax rates, but you may have other services and fees to pay out of pocket, and with lower property taxes, you may miss out on certain services that you are accustomed to receiving.

This is grain-of-salt territory, mind you

I hope you enjoy Birmingham -- I expect a great adventure myself.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-14-2009, 10:29 AM
 
32 posts, read 105,291 times
Reputation: 14
Thanks you!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-03-2009, 12:38 PM
 
1 posts, read 1,785 times
Reputation: 10
Hey, we have a two and two for sale in Chelsea. What are you looking for?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-12-2009, 08:29 AM
 
3 posts, read 10,316 times
Reputation: 10
Default AL Drivers license info

I recently moved to Birmingham from TN. What docs will I need to get a AL drivers license? Thanks for any help on this.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-12-2009, 10:17 AM
 
28,895 posts, read 54,215,804 times
Reputation: 46686
Quote:
Originally Posted by auhuntr77 View Post
I recently moved to Birmingham from TN. What docs will I need to get a AL drivers license? Thanks for any help on this.
Here you go. Google is your friend.

Alabama Department of Public Safety (http://www.dps.state.al.us/DriverLicense/Default.aspx - broken link)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2022 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Alabama > Birmingham area
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:10 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top