Baldwin County itself makes up around 30% of Alabama Tourism Revenues. Baldwin County's revenues nearly doubles that of Birmingham, did you really read like I told you to son. On the other hand, Mobile County saw the largest marginal gain than any other Alabama county which was 18%. Now if you add the two counties together you will get 42-48 percentile, which is more than any other region contributes. You say the city doesn't matter only the metro, but you use it in your own form of fashion.

I see that you're struggling to understand this... so let me break it down for you.

1) I told you that Baldwin and Jefferson (the two largest tourism dollar counties in the state) make up 39%.
2) You say Baldwin makes up 30% alone... by reason, that implies you're suggesting that Birmingham constitutes only 9%.
3) You proceed to infer that an 18% increase in tourism dollars over the previous year means that Mobile makes up 18% of the state's tourism dollars.

:nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

Now... let me ATTEMPT to explain this to you in a way you will understand...

First of all, you need to realize than an 18% increase over the previous year does NOT equate to 18% of the state's tourism dollars. Secondly, you fail to mention that, even though Mobile Co. went up by 18% over the previous year, Baldwin Co. DECREASED by 17%... that means Mobile and Baldwin Co. together had a ONE % change over the previous year. Compare this to Birmingham's 2 primary counties (Jefferson and Shelby). Jefferson Co. increased over the previous year by 11%... Shelby increased over the previous year by 15%. Combined, that's 26% for Birmingham's 2 primary counties... and 1% for Mobile's 2 primary counties.

Now... for the facts.

Total (Direct and Indirect) Tourism Earnings for 2005:
* Baldwin Co. - $713M = 22% of State Tourism
* Jefferson Co. - $547M = 17% of State Tourism

Once again... having to set the record straight because you refuse to report things accurately.

^^Redneck. Yeehaw. :lol:


Nah, the rebel flag is just to anger the people I live around.

I also have a bumper sticker on my car that says "American by birth, Southern by the grace of God!"

That sticks out up here. I'm such an antagonist :D

1. mobileal1's...well...blinded by the light gleaming off the RSA tower?
2. thread says next LARGE city, not next largest. Birmingham is the only one that can rightly claim to be large (1 million+ metro,) the rest are mid, and it's obvious that the Bham metro will remain the largest unless a castrophe hits.-

If we're talking Metro areas, i do believe Huntsville is the next large Alabama city/metro...and it's only a matter of time before it's 2nd to only Birmingham. It's the fastest growing metro area in the state at the moment (the city of Madison inparticular has an astronomical growth rate)...sub-divisions are developed on an almost daily basis. Within the Huntsville city limits lies a lot of room for growth as well, with a lot of south Huntsville being empty farm lands inbetween retail/housing developements. Jones Farm, which at one time was the largest urban farm in the country, has gradually sold off lots to be developed.

;) :) I don't know about Alabama, but Greenville will be the largest city in South Carolina not before long if it already isn't: http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/BUSINESS/70321019 and http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/BUSINESS/70321013

I see that you're struggling to understand this... so let me break it down for you.

1) I told you that Baldwin and Jefferson (the two largest tourism dollar counties in the state) make up 39%.
2) You say Baldwin makes up 30% alone... by reason, that implies you're suggesting that Birmingham constitutes only 9%.
3) You proceed to infer that an 18% increase in tourism dollars over the previous year means that Mobile makes up 18% of the state's tourism dollars.

:nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

Now... let me ATTEMPT to explain this to you in a way you will understand...

First of all, you need to realize than an 18% increase over the previous year does NOT equate to 18% of the state's tourism dollars. Secondly, you fail to mention that, even though Mobile Co. went up by 18% over the previous year, Baldwin Co. DECREASED by 17%... that means Mobile and Baldwin Co. together had a ONE % change over the previous year. Compare this to Birmingham's 2 primary counties (Jefferson and Shelby). Jefferson Co. increased over the previous year by 11%... Shelby increased over the previous year by 15%. Combined, that's 26% for Birmingham's 2 primary counties... and 1% for Mobile's 2 primary counties.

Now... for the facts.

Total (Direct and Indirect) Tourism Earnings for 2005:
* Baldwin Co. - $713M = 22% of State Tourism
* Jefferson Co. - $547M = 17% of State Tourism

Once again... having to set the record straight because you refuse to report things accurately.

Actually your numbers are wrong. Both Baldwin and Jefferson counties are over $1 billion. Also, Mobile County is third not fourth. Get the complete numbers and you will see the difference. Look for total spent by vistors, not made. Each county have different tax base, that is why they go by the total spent. Look it up yourself, I'm not taking this certain issue any farther.

damn, Mobile is such the underdog on this thread.

;) :) I don't know about Alabama, but Greenville will be the largest city in South Carolina not before long if it already isn't: http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/BUSINESS/70321019 and http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/BUSINESS/70321013

Dude, do you ever stop? If you "don't know about Alabama," and the thread is about Alabama, then don't post.

Furthermore, Greenville has to gain more people than the suburbs of North Charleston and Rock Hill before it can even think about getting up there with Columbia and Charleston. On top of that, your links had absolutely NOTHING to do with population growth.

Grow up.

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2007/03/19/daily23.html?from_rss=1

Glad you enjoyed the city. We'll welcome you with open arms... and lobster claws.

Thank you for the kind welcome!!!!

PiperPig is big on lobsters :tongue2:

Indeed. It is among my highest level of compliments!!

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2007/03/19/daily23.html?from_rss=1

I swear, statistics can sometimes be as useless as trying to logically debate with MobileAL1. This article, released exactly one day later, contradicts the story in the Business Journal and claims that every county in the metro Birmingham - including Jefferson - saw growth.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1174551647279310.xml&coll=2

And, speak of the devil, a story released today cites Census data indicating that Jefferson County IS NO LONGER LOSING PEOPLE. Jefferson Co. had a modest gain of about 700 from a year ago. Very interesting considering they had been projecting that Jefferson Co. was losing about 2,000 people per year the last several years. Now, apparently the losses have leveled off and are even beginning to see an increase in the Jefferson Co. population. EXACTLY what us Birmingham folks have been telling you all.

So... ALL SEVEN COUNTIES in Greater Birmingham counties saw increases from the previous year. All told, from July 2005 to July 2006, the Census estimates Greater Birmingham to have grown by about 12,000 people. This now puts Greater Birmingham at over 1.1 million.... 1,100,019 to be exact.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1174551647279310.xml&coll=2

Yeah... and I'm glad that's your final say on the matter, Mobile. Anyone that wants to go research anything that I said can look it up here: http://www.touralabama.org/about-alabama/news/press/Tourism2005Report.pdf I'm not afraid for people to look into what me or you are saying. They'll find that the ridiculous claims you make are absolutely unfounded. Baldwin and Jefferson Co. are NOT separated by a large margin... even so, Baldwin and Jefferson (the two largest) make up about 35-40% (depending on what criteria you look at). So to say Baldwin and Mobile Co. (a much smaller tourism county than Jefferson Co.) make up 50% is just absurd. Just accept that you're wrong and move on. You can look at it from a whole variety of criteria... the actual numbers may vary from case to case. Some of it looks at jobs created by tourism, some of it looks at lodging, some of it looks at travel expenditures, etc. The bottom line is the percentages will be similar across the board. And what those percentages show (across the board) is that Baldwin Co. is #1... Jefferson is #2. I never disputed this point. What the percentages also show is that Greater Birmingham grew by about 23-30% from the previous year (depending on which criteria you look at)... and that Greater Mobile grew by about 0-2% from the previous year.

I swear, statistics can sometimes be as useless as trying to logically debate with MobileAL1. This article, released exactly one day later, contradicts the story in the Business Journal and claims that every county in the metro Birmingham - including Jefferson - saw growth.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1174551647279310.xml&coll=2

Yep... just goes to show how people will use statistics to try to promote their agenda. Neither of these articles are wrong. The Business Journal one is looking at what has happened in population from 2000 to 2006. The Al.com article is looking at what has happened in population from 2005 to 2006. Since 2000, it's still going to be estimated as a loss... but from 2005-2006, you can see why all of us Birmingham folks have been saying all along that this trend of "loss" in Jefferson Co. was reversing.

Dude, do you ever stop? If you "don't know about Alabama," and the thread is about Alabama, then don't post.

Furthermore, Greenville has to gain more people than the suburbs of North Charleston and Rock Hill before it can even think about getting up there with Columbia and Charleston. On top of that, your links had absolutely NOTHING to do with population growth.

Grow up.

Did you just say Greenville can't match Columbia or Charleston when we have more developments and more people living in the county than they do right now? One of my links involved over 2,000 housing units for the City of Greenville, which equals population growth. Does it not?

Where is the full Census Estimate data? I looked on the Census website, but my brain isn't fully operational right now (too early).

EDIT: Never mind (http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php). :bash:

Where is the full Census Estimate data? I looked on the Census website, but my brain isn't fully operational right now (too early).


Nevermind

Did you just say Greenville can't match Columbia or Charleston when we have more developments and more people living in the county than they do right now? One of my links involved over 2,000 housing units for the City of Greenville, which equals population growth. Does it not?
No, what he said was stop trolling this thread.

Oh wait, that's what I said.

I swear, statistics can sometimes be as useless as trying to logically debate with MobileAL1. This article, released exactly one day later, contradicts the story in the Business Journal and claims that every county in the metro Birmingham - including Jefferson - saw growth.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1174551647279310.xml&coll=2

Yup, an article was in the Gadsden Times this morning saying that exact same thing. heh. Shelby and Baldwin seem to be the hotspots, but every metro in the state except Gadsden and Florence saw some increase, and those 2 remained flat, but didn't hemmorage any population. Gadsden lost a few, but nothing to sound the alarm bell about, they just moved a little down the road to St. Clair. According to that article anyway.

St. Clair is up and coming also, it should have an eye kept on it. I realize it's already a part of the Birmingham metro, but its population is rising very quickly. I'm not totally unconvinced St. Clair won't become the next Shelby County for Birmingham's metro. That's where some of Gadsden's metro people are moving. Not quite in Birmingham's sprawl, not in Gadsden's godawful traffic either. It's the perfect place to be, for now.

Yup, an article was in the Gadsden Times this morning saying that exact same thing. heh. Shelby and Baldwin seem to be the hotspots, but every metro in the state except Gadsden and Florence saw some increase, and those 2 remained flat, but didn't hemmorage any population. Gadsden lost a few, but nothing to sound the alarm bell about, they just moved a little down the road to St. Clair. According to that article anyway.

St. Clair is up and coming also, it should have an eye kept on it. I realize it's already a part of the Birmingham metro, but its population is rising very quickly. I'm not totally unconvinced St. Clair won't become the next Shelby County for Birmingham's metro. That's where some of Gadsden's metro people are moving. Not quite in Birmingham's sprawl, not in Gadsden's godawful traffic either. It's the perfect place to be, for now.

Yep... and don't be surprised to see Walker Co. join some of the explosive growth once I-22 is tied into I-65. Blount Co, Shelby Co, and St. Clair Co are growing pretty rapidly in metro Birmingham. Bibb and Chilton are growing, but slower rates. I think Walker Co. will soon join Blount, Shelby, and St. Clair with some of that explosive growth.

Oh yeah, Walker's day is coming. My grandparents live in Blount County, just outside Oneonta in Allgood, and it's amazing how much that county has grown in just the last 15 years.

ACK! I came back to edit but the forum farted. I was just going to add that I had to go into Pell City the other day, and it was the first time I've been there in maybe 10 years, and I didn't even recognize the place. I had to check to make sure I had gone to the right place. :D I've blown by it on I-20 a dozen times, but never realized how it has grown.

Birmingham-Hoover Metro added 11,801 people. Now, Mobile Metro added 10,719. Two counties alone damn near out number a seven county Metro. Which is why I say its growing faster down here.

Birmingham-Hoover Metro added 11,801 people. Now, Mobile Metro added 10,719. Two counties alone damn near out number a seven county Metro.

Where did you get 2 counties?. Currently Mobile County is the ONLY county in iyour metro. If would be kinda funny if Baldwin County was in some way added to the Pensacola, FL metro.:lol:

Birmingham-Hoover Metro added 11,801 people. Now, Mobile Metro added 10,719. Two counties alone damn near out number a seven county Metro.

Where did you get 2 counties?. Currently Mobile County is the ONLY county in your metro. If would be kinda funny if Baldwin County was in some way added to the Pensacola, FL metro.:lol:

Where did you get 2 counties?. Currently Mobile County is the ONLY county in your metro. If would be kinda funny if Baldwin County was in some way added to the Pensacola, FL metro.:lol:

The State of Alabama still includes Baldwin County as part of Mobile's Metro.:baeh3:

The State of Alabama still includes Baldwin County as part of Mobile's Metro.:baeh3:

The state of Alabama:lol:, now there's a fine source. How about trying the U.S census.

The state of Alabama:lol:, now there's a fine source. How about trying the U.S census.

Mobile County itself added 4,306 people or 1.1 growth increase, while JeffCo added how many........thought so!

The State of Alabama still includes Baldwin County as part of Mobile's Metro.:baeh3:

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Don't mean to play Devil's Advocate, but considering Jefferson county's increase from 2005 to 2006 was only about 600 people, is it possible this was directly related to Jefferson's intake of Katrina evacuees?

Mobile County itself added 4,306 people or 1.1 growth increase, while JeffCo added how many........thought so!

There's your answer as to how many Katrina evacuees remained in Mobile. Mobile clearly benefited quite a bit from it... but, as we can see, they're showing only a 4,000 increase... that opposed to the 16,000+ that I've seen some Mobile folks claim. You'd better hope that 16,000 didn't stay in Mobile, b/c that would mean that without them, you would have LOST 12,000. I think more likely is maybe 5,000-7,000 Katrina evacuees remained. But not all have moved back, obviously. Some may or may not.

As to the reference that Jefferson Co. may have benefited from Katrina... that's possible, but only to a very minor extent. Even at the peak of it (ie, immediately after Katrina), there were an estimated 3,000-4,000 evacuees living here. Since then, that number has surely gone down. The Katrina numbers may have benefited Jefferson Co. a little... but not much at all, and certainly not as much as somewhere like Mobile Co.

The point is, however, that this is a one time event with Mobile getting those several thousand new residents. And when you talk about Metro Mobile increasing by 10,000 (even if you try to include Baldwin, which many population demographers believe to be very much in question)... that's still below Birmingham's 12,000 increase.

You act as if it's a sign of things to come. Do you realize how long Mobile would have to grow (even at that same rate) in order to catch Birmingham even if we were stagnant and not gaining ONE person more? But Birmingham is not stagnant. Birmingham is growing still. The Baldwin Co. numbers I'm not surprised by... that's about what I would suspect. I do not, however, expect Mobile Co. to maintain that growth rate... SEVERAL thousand of those (and that's by your own admission) are Katrina evacuees who may or may not stay there from here on out. Next year will tell me whether Mobile Co. is actually growing that fast, or if it's simply the influx as a result of Katrina evacuees.

Both of you guys are graduates of the stupid factory.
MobileAL1...often adds fuel to the fire by exaggerating Mobile, and getting into battles w/ bham folks.
Blazer85...has never had a kind word towards Mobile. Maybe it's the penis envy over 745' RSA Battlehouse Tower. You predicted it would not get built. You constantly run the Mobile Bay area into the ground, even going as far as
wishing for a hurricane to wipe us out. You don't want us to get the steel mill, which would create 29 thousand construction jobs over three years and the 3,000 permanent jobs and who knows how many spin off jobs. Never once a kind word of support, and i've seen your negative comments on SSC, SSP, and AL.COM.
BTW...Fairhope, Daphne, and Spanish Fort was given micropolitan status by the U.S. govt, to help enable them to qualify for federal economic funding. The Eastern Shore and Mobile has been one community for over 300 years. We are Mobile Bay located on Alabama's fabulous Gulf Coast. I want all of Alabama to be the best it can be.

IMO, next large Alabama city which the thread was suppose to be about is Hoover.

Both of you guys are graduates of the stupid factory.
MobileAL1...often adds fuel to the fire by exaggerating Mobile, and getting into battles w/ bham folks.
Blazer85...has never had a kind word towards Mobile. Maybe it's the penis envy over 745' RSA Battlehouse Tower. You predicted it would not get built. You constantly run the Mobile Bay area into the ground, even going as far as
wishing for a hurricane to wipe us out. You don't want us to get the steel mill, which would create 29 thousand construction jobs over three years and the 3,000 permanent jobs and who knows how many spin off jobs. Never once a kind word of support, and i've seen your negative comments on SSC, SSP, and AL.COM.
BTW...Fairhope, Daphne, and Spanish Fort was given micropolitan status by the U.S. govt, to help enable them to qualify for federal economic funding. The Eastern Shore and Mobile has been one community for over 300 years. We are Mobile Bay located on Alabama's fabulous Gulf Coast. I want all of Alabama to be the best it can be.

IMO, next large Alabama city which the thread was suppose to be about is Hoover.

Absolutely untrue. I've said many positive things about Mobile. I can't help it if you've overlooked them. Only reason you notice the negative things because that's all that ever stands out. Usually, my positive comments are reserved for things I actually think are positive for Mobile. I'm not going to feed people like MobileAl and others that have ideas of grandeur and see every positive thing in Mobile as an invitation to claim they're overtaking Birmingham. I like the efforts by Mobile to grow tourism by developing a healthy cruiseship industry. I love the beauty of some of the homes and old oak-lined streets like Government Street.

You also must have me confused with someone else. Never said the RSA Tower wouldn't get built. Never hoped a hurricane would "wipe out" Mobile... the whole side of my father's family is from (and still live in) Mobile. So why would I wish that?? :bash: I did, however, say that Mobile is in a vulnerable position... not the extent that New Orleans was, but that's a fact... that's not even really disputed by the experts and certainly doesn't amount to "wishing a hurricane would wipe out Mobile." And as for the steel plant... I've never even commented on that at ALL. And yes, that's something else that I think would be good for Mobile.

I've never been that big of a fan of the RSA Tower because of the fact that it doesn't fit Mobile...not right now anyway. The demand was not there for one thing, and secondly, this was done largely to spite Birmingham b/c of the troubles Mr. Bonner had in trying to do a big project here in Birmingham. Also, I've never liked buildings with large spires with the sole intention being to look bigger than it really is. I could care less that Mobile gets the RSA Tower frankly... but it's this tower that has given some Mobile folks an outrageous sense of arrogance about themselves. I think ultimately the tower will be a good thing for Mobile, but right now, it's overkill. And for the record, I've COUNTLESS times said how I'm pro-Alabama and wish all the competitiveness would stop.

BTW... thanks for putting all those words in my mouth... :down:

You both are full of it, Huntsville is the best thing going in Alabama...The Huntsville Metro will surpass Birmingham when we annex all of North Alabama (Florence/Muscle Shoals, Arab/Guntersville/Albertville/Boaz, Scottsboro, Athens, etc.) and Southern Middle Tennessee (Fayetteville, Pulaski)...that will give the Metro area 8+ counties. We'll use our rocket scientist and engineers to build a commuter railway system with high speed trains to connect all the areas to downtown Huntsville...the site of a super top secret 1000'+ skyscraper, with some 500'-700' skyscrapers around it, they'll look great with Monte Sano mountain behind them...we also plan to build the largest marina in Alabama, expand Lake Guntersville and build numerous resorts that will put Gulf Shores/Orange Beach to shame. We might even decide to become part of Tennessee so we can then have a lottery, casinos, and river cruises (complete with gambling and dinner theaters)...:nuts:

Since we all like stats, here are the population estimates/growth rates over the last 6 years for all cities over 100k (the big 4) in the state of Alabama as provided by the US Census. http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2005-02.csv

100,"Huntsville city, Alabama","166,313","159,586","6,727",4.2
193,"Montgomery city, Alabama","200,127","201,716","-1,589",-0.8
239,"Mobile city, Alabama","191,544","199,191","-7,647",-3.8
245,"Birmingham city, Alabama","231,483","242,764","-11,281",-4.6

Gazing into my trusty crystal ball, I see the next great Alabama city coming from within this esteemed group of Bama burgs: Muck City, Remlap, Slapout, Smoke Rise or Intercourse. You heard it first here.

I will not back down from my previous statement that you have been harsh towards Mobile. However, I will apologize for my stupid factory statement.
Most of us here do have one thing in common...we all love our city and are full of civic pride. Blazer85, I know you want greatness for Birmingham, it's already a great city. I remember visiting a friend in Tuscaloosa ('95). I was living in Kansas City, on my first visit ever to Bham, I was so impressed. At the time I worked for a company that moved me around alot (KC, STL, Broward Co., Chicago, Nola, and Denver). People thought my accent had a "Boston" sound to it. I took pride surprising them that I was from Alabama, and I was just as surprise to see how big and modern Birmingham was on my visit. Bham gave me more ammunition when people up north talked the state down with that rednecks, racist, bottom of the list in education, Wallace standing in the school house door stuff. Which was all true, but the same shit happened all over America back in its time.

MobileAL1...I know your still young, don't ever stop loving the city, but keepout of battles with folks in Bham, you done that rodeo more than once.

Personally, I don't think it is important which city, Birmingham or Mobile, has the bigger stream of piss. Anything good that happens in this state, whether it be way the hell down in Dothan or freaking Gardendale, it is ultimately going to benefit all of us one way or the other. Some in very small ways, but a building begins with just one brick.

The better the state as a whole does, the better for all 4+ million of us. More income for the state, less taxes for us, historic low unemployment numbers, a budget that is damn near in the black.

I remember when Honda opened in Lincoln, and people said that plant wouldn't do much for most people outside that area. They no longer say that. :D It has pumped up that entire part of the state, trust me, I live up here. Good times people, enjoy it.

Gazing into my trusty crystal ball, I see the next great Alabama city coming from within this esteemed group of Bama burgs: Muck City, Remlap, Slapout, Smoke Rise or Intercourse. You heard it first here.

Intercourse, that's the one I want to win :tongue2:

"A succession of impressive skyscrapers has been erected in Intercourse, Alabama, which has risen to prominence as Alabama's largest and most diverse city." :banana:

Intercourse, that's the one I want to win :tongue2:

"A succession of impressive skyscrapers has been erected in Intercourse, Alabama, which has risen to prominence as Alabama's largest and most diverse city." :banana:


:lol:

I give my nod to either Gwin or Gu-win (about 5-10 miles apart from each other) in Marion County as the next large metro in Alabama.

Both of you guys are graduates of the stupid factory.
MobileAL1...often adds fuel to the fire by exaggerating Mobile, and getting into battles w/ bham folks.
Blazer85...has never had a kind word towards Mobile. Maybe it's the penis envy over 745' RSA Battlehouse Tower. You predicted it would not get built. You constantly run the Mobile Bay area into the ground, even going as far as
wishing for a hurricane to wipe us out. You don't want us to get the steel mill, which would create 29 thousand construction jobs over three years and the 3,000 permanent jobs and who knows how many spin off jobs. Never once a kind word of support, and i've seen your negative comments on SSC, SSP, and AL.COM.
BTW...Fairhope, Daphne, and Spanish Fort was given micropolitan status by the U.S. govt, to help enable them to qualify for federal economic funding. The Eastern Shore and Mobile has been one community for over 300 years. We are Mobile Bay located on Alabama's fabulous Gulf Coast. I want all of Alabama to be the best it can be.

IMO, next large Alabama city which the thread was suppose to be about is Hoover.

I truly think he has bash Mobile well more than I have Birmingham. One thing is he doesn't respect anyone's opinion unless it favors Birmingham. He words about Mobile on SSP in the Birmingham vs. Alabama thread were horrible.

Well, who ended up getting banned?

Oh, yeah.

pwn3d.

Don't forget about Burnt Corn! It needs some metro lovin' too. Problem is, I forget where the hell it is exactly.

Well, who ended up getting banned?

Oh, yeah.

pwn3d.

I knew what could happen before I posted a reply. I was banned for telling Randy how I really felt about him not Birmingham.

Baldwin County is almost near 170,000 from the latest census estimate. Mobile sprawl is getting crazy.

:lol:

I give my nod to either Gwin or Gu-win (about 5-10 miles apart from each other) in Marion County as the next large metro in Alabama.

Oy... I had a girlfriend from Guin once! :nuts:

I predict Guin/Gu-Win will become Alabama's Minneapolis-St. Paul. Gu-Win is likely to become Alabama's next capital, unless Reform beats them to it.

Don't forget about Burnt Corn! It needs some metro lovin' too. Problem is, I forget where the hell it is exactly.

And how about Pine Apple??!

IMO, next large Alabama city which the thread was suppose to be about is Hoover.
That is truly frightening.

And how about Pine Apple??!

Dont get me started. I'll throw in Sunny South, Old Texas, Fyffe, and of course Cuba.

Fyffe! hahaha. The "Roswell" of the Deep South. Odd how the UFO reports just stopped as fast as they started. Either the entire town was temporarily insane, or the aliens didn't like it there. :D

Considering Alabama probably has a negative reputation that transcends planetary boundaries, if you did decide to risk it and come here anyway, would you choose Fyffe??! :lol:

I thought the UFOs landed in Albertaville?

OK, I hope that you got it out of your system folks...