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We need to stop this 400 year old segregationist mentality in the south.
The south is bigger than 90% of the countries on Earth.
There is no truly southern just me there is no truly Spaniards, Italian, Nigerian or Korean.
In regions there are subregions.
Also, times change. Massachusetts went from superstitious rural villages who burned women alive for comforting people with fever to being one of the most enlightened areas of the world.
Fact of the matter is southern states started out as agrarian states who all owed their success to exploitation and subjugation of human beings. And that is no different from Virginia, Florida, or Texas.
No country evolved uniformly. Nigeria for example ranges from people living in ultra luxury in mega city Lagos to people living in very rural villages.
Heck even individual states here vary wildly.
There are different flavors of the south and who is to say that the flavor of their area is the preeminent flavor
i think size and perception in general have something to do with this.
i'm not saying birmingham belongs at the top of the list, but we're the smallest city in the poll and probably one of the least visited as well.
I agree. It doesn't even seem to be all that well known on a site like this that Birmingham is in the middle of a substantial development boom that began at least 10 years ago. I think it will pleasantly surprise folks once the word really and truly gets out.
Nashville was my favorite, obviously. I feel like most younger people will like me will say Nashville. Its like the new spot.
But I voted Atlanta, I see more of a diverse character there.
How young? I'm 33, and I don't see the appeal to Nashville.
Atlanta, on the other hand, surprises me each time I visit. Stayed at the Renaissance in Midtown on my last visit, and had a blast sticking to the immediate surrounding area.
How young? I'm 33, and I don't see the appeal to Nashville.
Atlanta, on the other hand, surprises me each time I visit. Stayed at the Renaissance in Midtown on my last visit, and had a blast sticking to the immediate surrounding area.
I see the qualities of Nashville to a certain extent, but not blanket statements like "most young people prefer." It has some decent urban character in its downtown, but is more limited in general compared to other southern cities on the list (NOLA, Atlanta, etc). At the same time, how are we defining "urban character?" Old urban/pre-WW2 fabric? Urban in general (old, mid-century, new)?
I see the qualities of Nashville to a certain extent, but not blanket statements like "most young people prefer." It has some decent urban character in its downtown, but is more limited in general compared to other southern cities on the list (NOLA, Atlanta, etc). At the same time, how are we defining "urban character?" Old urban/pre-WW2 fabric? Urban in general (old, mid-century, new)?
I actually think Nashville is often very underrated in terms of urban build on these boards. It reminds me a bit of Tampa, in that it has the urban bones, but doesn't quite capitalize on it.
My post was really just responding to Masssachoissett's odd "younger people like me will prefer Nashville" post.
I agree. It doesn't even seem to be all that well known on a site like this that Birmingham is in the middle of a substantial development boom that began at least 10 years ago. I think it will pleasantly surprise folks once the word really and truly gets out.
Birmingham is still one of my favorite cities I've been to. I was stationed in Mississippi for half a year and went there for one of the Alabama Tuscaloosa games.
Downtown definitely gives off a mini NE coast city vibe with a southern twang to it!
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