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Posted: 1/20/2016 3:05:04 PM EDT
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In the systems you names, you'll be fine. I like north of B'ham because of traffic. You're from Atlanta, so you are use to crappy traffic.
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Posted: 1/20/2016 3:23:11 PM EDT
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I'm 25 miles from our ATL office, and it is anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours. I drove from Trussville to Hoover (Riverchase), 22.5 miles, 30 minutes. The traffic here is one of the biggest motivations to move.
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Posted: 1/20/2016 4:41:44 PM EDT
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I live in Alabaster and I like it here.
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Posted: 1/20/2016 4:48:12 PM EDT
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I live in moody. Love it. Would recommend. On phone sorry to be short
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Posted: 1/20/2016 9:38:29 PM EDT
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Did you think of Mountain Brook or Oak Mountain?
I'd avoid Briarwood Christian as traffic down 280 would be abysmal during rush hour, the only reason. Homewood, Spain Park would be good choices. |
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Posted: 1/20/2016 10:53:30 PM EDT
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Did you think of Mountain Brook or Oak Mountain? I'd avoid Briarwood Christian as traffic down 280 would be abysmal during rush hour, the only reason. Homewood, Spain Park would be good choices. Mountain Brook is great.. would highly recommend that, Vestavia or parts of Homewood. Oak Mtn. is superb too (Indian Springs especially) but you have to time your trips on I65 to avoid the inevitable traffic jam. |
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Posted: 1/20/2016 11:10:14 PM EDT
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Where is your job going to be.?
North of Bham I would say Gardendale north to the county line. I 65 to Bham is not to bad in the am. East I would say moody to springville. Traffic on 20 can suck. South, alabaster is good. 280 sucks. Homewood is very nice but $$$ , Good luck |
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Posted: 1/21/2016 7:16:30 AM EDT
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Office is in Hoover/Riverchase. Homewood, Vestavia, and Mt.Brook are above my paygrade. Trting to stay out of JeffCo if possible.
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Posted: 1/21/2016 8:22:43 AM EDT
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Then Shelby county it is.
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Posted: 1/21/2016 8:52:48 PM EDT
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My daughters went to Oak Mountain. Good Schools, minimal issues. When my oldest graduated in 2008, 90% of the students went on to secondary schools, and 5% went into the military. That's pretty good odds.
Oak Mountain, Helena, Spain Park, Mountain Brook and Vestavia should all be good. Homewood and Hoover City are OK to a lesser extent. But I'm not sure what the home selection would be in the price range you're looking at. |
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Posted: 1/22/2016 10:58:56 AM EDT
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You will be fine with Pelham, Helena or Alabaster.
All good school systems and all the cities in that area are ranked in top safest cities in AL. |
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Posted: 1/22/2016 11:52:21 AM EDT
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Thanks all!
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Posted: 1/22/2016 12:39:10 PM EDT
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I live in Alabaster and I like it here. +1 |
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Posted: 1/22/2016 1:18:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My daughters went to Oak Mountain. Good Schools, minimal issues. When my oldest graduated in 2008, 90% of the students went on to secondary schools, and 5% went into the military. That's pretty good odds. Oak Mountain, Helena, Spain Park, Mountain Brook and Vestavia should all be good. Homewood and Hoover City are OK to a lesser extent. But I'm not sure what the home selection would be in the price range you're looking at. Vestavia houses off Rocky Ridge Rd and Columbiana Rd are priced around $200k, and great for families. I lived in Jeffco for a while. Very low property taxes, but you pay in other ways. Homeowners insurance was ~$1500/year (only a volunteer fire dept), plus $300/year for garbage service, plus travel time... Schools are rated here. http://www.greatschools.org/ |
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Posted: 1/22/2016 4:58:38 PM EDT
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^Good advice here! Vestavia houses off Rocky Ridge Rd and Columbiana Rd are priced around $200k, and great for families. I lived in Jeffco for a while. Very low property taxes, but you pay in other ways. Homeowners insurance was ~$1500/year (only a volunteer fire dept), plus $300/year for garbage service, plus travel time... Schools are rated here. http://www.greatschools.org/ Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My daughters went to Oak Mountain. Good Schools, minimal issues. When my oldest graduated in 2008, 90% of the students went on to secondary schools, and 5% went into the military. That's pretty good odds. Oak Mountain, Helena, Spain Park, Mountain Brook and Vestavia should all be good. Homewood and Hoover City are OK to a lesser extent. But I'm not sure what the home selection would be in the price range you're looking at. Vestavia houses off Rocky Ridge Rd and Columbiana Rd are priced around $200k, and great for families. I lived in Jeffco for a while. Very low property taxes, but you pay in other ways. Homeowners insurance was ~$1500/year (only a volunteer fire dept), plus $300/year for garbage service, plus travel time... Schools are rated here. http://www.greatschools.org/ Jefferson county is run by Liberals that are Idiots. 
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Posted: 1/22/2016 8:00:57 PM EDT
[#16]
^^^
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Posted: 1/23/2016 6:47:47 PM EDT
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St. Clarie county has much to offer. Very affordable housing, easy commute ... less of the Jefferson county trash and high taxes.
My son just built a new construction home in Odenville. For the price range you mentioned you can have a very nice home. I live in a small pocket of Irondale. Nice area but it comes with the Jefferson county headaches... When you negotiate your relocation...just remember your taxes will be higher. 10% sales tax does make a difference.. |
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Posted: 1/24/2016 1:25:04 AM EDT
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My daughters went to Oak Mountain. Good Schools, minimal issues. When my oldest graduated in 2008, 90% of the students went on to secondary schools, and 5% went into the military. That's pretty good odds. Oak Mountain, Helena, Spain Park, Mountain Brook and Vestavia should all be good. Homewood and Hoover City are OK to a lesser extent. But I'm not sure what the home selection would be in the price range you're looking at. Vestavia houses off Rocky Ridge Rd and Columbiana Rd are priced around $200k, and great for families. I lived in Jeffco for a while. Very low property taxes, but you pay in other ways. Homeowners insurance was ~$1500/year (only a volunteer fire dept), plus $300/year for garbage service, plus travel time... Schools are rated here. http://www.greatschools.org/ Jefferson county is run by Liberals that are Idiots. He's from Atlanta, he will be ok.
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Posted: 1/24/2016 12:23:59 PM EDT
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St. Clarie county has much to offer. Very affordable housing, easy commute ... less of the Jefferson county trash and high taxes. My son just built a new construction home in Odenville. For the price range you mentioned you can have a very nice home. I live in a small pocket of Irondale. Nice area but it comes with the Jefferson county headaches... When you negotiate your relocation...just remember your taxes will be higher. 10% sales tax does make a difference.. I'd like to +1 this comment about Moody/Odenville. It has a lot of the amenities of living in town but it's far enough out that you don't have to deal with all of the nonsense. For example, I went to pay property tax and get a tag for a car the other day. I was in and out in 20 minutes. The staff is polite, professional and they work hard. The only drawback was a 20 min drive to Pell City BUT, I still came out far ahead because I would have waited 3x as long as I would have in Birmingham. |
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Posted: 1/25/2016 1:09:33 AM EDT
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I'd like to +1 this comment about Moody/Odenville. It has a lot of the amenities of living in town but it's far enough out that you don't have to deal with all of the nonsense. For example, I went to pay property tax and get a tag for a car the other day. I was in and out in 20 minutes. The staff is polite, professional and they work hard. The only drawback was a 20 min drive to Pell City BUT, I still came out far ahead because I would have waited 3x as long as I would have in Birmingham. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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St. Clarie county has much to offer. Very affordable housing, easy commute ... less of the Jefferson county trash and high taxes. My son just built a new construction home in Odenville. For the price range you mentioned you can have a very nice home. I live in a small pocket of Irondale. Nice area but it comes with the Jefferson county headaches... When you negotiate your relocation...just remember your taxes will be higher. 10% sales tax does make a difference.. I'd like to +1 this comment about Moody/Odenville. It has a lot of the amenities of living in town but it's far enough out that you don't have to deal with all of the nonsense. For example, I went to pay property tax and get a tag for a car the other day. I was in and out in 20 minutes. The staff is polite, professional and they work hard. The only drawback was a 20 min drive to Pell City BUT, I still came out far ahead because I would have waited 3x as long as I would have in Birmingham. What are the Odenville/St. Clair schools like? |
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Posted: 1/25/2016 12:15:51 PM EDT
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Do know that anywhere South of Homewood you need to add three times the off peak drive time to the peak "rush hours" drive times. The traffic is very heavy in general.
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Posted: 1/25/2016 1:29:20 PM EDT
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I'm not too concerned with rush hour. There have been many, many, many times where my commute was an average of 13mph...for 25 miles. I like the Moody/Odenville area, and have been through there a few times.
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Posted: 1/25/2016 5:06:08 PM EDT
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Look around Chelsea as well. It's a nice area that is growing fast and has a good school system from what I understand. Half an hour drive to Hoover.
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Posted: 1/26/2016 12:01:46 AM EDT
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What are the Odenville/St. Clair schools like? From all that I've heard they are good. |
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Posted: 1/26/2016 10:43:21 AM EDT
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From all that I've heard they are good. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What are the Odenville/St. Clair schools like? From all that I've heard they are good. Same here. I've heard they have a good rep but I need to look into hem a bit. I am in the Hueytown area now due to aging parent care. They passed awhile back and we now have a kid on the way so I'm looking into school options myself and for my income level St. Clair is looking pretty good. |
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Posted: 1/26/2016 11:09:57 PM EDT
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From all that I've heard they are good. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What are the Odenville/St. Clair schools like? From all that I've heard they are good. Not compared to Hoover, Vestavia, Pelham, Alabaster, etc. |
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Posted: 1/27/2016 5:14:52 AM EDT
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North Shelby County/Oak Mountain schools. Its great out here.
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Posted: 1/27/2016 5:51:59 PM EDT
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Looks like Thompson and Middle are both highly rated in Alabaster. I keep hearing about Oak Mountain, but I'm unable to do a MLS search for Oak Mountain. Is it more of an area as opposed to a town? What is the name of the school district?
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Posted: 1/27/2016 6:22:52 PM EDT
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Oak Mountain is part of the Shelby County school district.
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Posted: 1/27/2016 11:29:33 PM EDT
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Not compared to Hoover, Vestavia, Pelham, Alabaster, etc. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What are the Odenville/St. Clair schools like? From all that I've heard they are good. Not compared to Hoover, Vestavia, Pelham, Alabaster, etc. Well yeah, that's certainly true. Odenville/Moody schools aren't BAD, per se. They are just fine, but they aren't Blue Ribbon/President's Circle schools like Mtn. Brook or Vestavia. I don't think that a kid will come out poorly for having attended St. Clair County schools especially if the parents are involved. |
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Posted: 1/27/2016 11:30:21 PM EDT
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Looks like Thompson and Middle are both highly rated in Alabaster. I keep hearing about Oak Mountain, but I'm unable to do a MLS search for Oak Mountain. Is it more of an area as opposed to a town? What is the name of the school district? Look up Indian Springs.. not the private school, the city. 
I lived in Indian Springs during college. It's a great place to live but you're looking at 300k - 2.8 million dollar homes. |
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Posted: 1/28/2016 1:34:34 AM EDT
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Looks like Thompson and Middle are both highly rated in Alabaster. I keep hearing about Oak Mountain, but I'm unable to do a MLS search for Oak Mountain. Is it more of an area as opposed to a town? What is the name of the school district? you can search on RealtySouth by schools. just search oak mountain. youll get some inverness elementary. Theres actually a house 2 doors down from mine that needs some work that is well within your budget if you want a link. |
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Posted: 1/28/2016 8:43:33 AM EDT
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Looks like Thompson and Middle are both highly rated in Alabaster. I keep hearing about Oak Mountain, but I'm unable to do a MLS search for Oak Mountain. Is it more of an area as opposed to a town? What is the name of the school district? You'll get a lot more house for your money down here in Alabaster. |
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Posted: 1/29/2016 7:22:25 AM EDT
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Looks like Thompson and Middle are both highly rated in Alabaster. I keep hearing about Oak Mountain, but I'm unable to do a MLS search for Oak Mountain. Is it more of an area as opposed to a town? What is the name of the school district? You'll get a lot more house for your money down here in Alabaster. That is what I'm seeing. Pelham, Alabaster, and Calera seem to be the best bang for the buck. I've ruled out JeffCo. It is a lot like Fulton County here - the nicer parts of town carry the tax burden for the whole city. No thanks. I should know within the next 4-6 weeks if I'm getting moved. I'll be over there in a couple of weeks, and bringing the wife with me. I'm going to give her my car for the day while I'm in the office. She has a few friends from Auburn in the area, so I'm hoping they can show her around some. What is the traffic like up 31 and/or 65 north from Calera to Hoover? |
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Posted: 1/29/2016 9:57:35 AM EDT
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That is what I'm seeing. Pelham, Alabaster, and Calera seem to be the best bang for the buck. I've ruled out JeffCo. It is a lot like Fulton County here - the nicer parts of town carry the tax burden for the whole city. No thanks. I should know within the next 4-6 weeks if I'm getting moved. I'll be over there in a couple of weeks, and bringing the wife with me. I'm going to give her my car for the day while I'm in the office. She has a few friends from Auburn in the area, so I'm hoping they can show her around some. What is the traffic like up 31 and/or 65 north from Calera to Hoover? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Looks like Thompson and Middle are both highly rated in Alabaster. I keep hearing about Oak Mountain, but I'm unable to do a MLS search for Oak Mountain. Is it more of an area as opposed to a town? What is the name of the school district? You'll get a lot more house for your money down here in Alabaster. That is what I'm seeing. Pelham, Alabaster, and Calera seem to be the best bang for the buck. I've ruled out JeffCo. It is a lot like Fulton County here - the nicer parts of town carry the tax burden for the whole city. No thanks. I should know within the next 4-6 weeks if I'm getting moved. I'll be over there in a couple of weeks, and bringing the wife with me. I'm going to give her my car for the day while I'm in the office. She has a few friends from Auburn in the area, so I'm hoping they can show her around some. What is the traffic like up 31 and/or 65 north from Calera to Hoover? If I hit it before 7AM, I can get from Alabaster to Fairfield (work) in about 30 minutes. After 7:15 or so it can take 45 min to an hour. Hoover would be about the same for you from Calera. 65 backs up before the first Alabaster exit in the mornings, but I get on after that. Im down in Alabaster if you have any questions, but I have no idea on school things. |
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Posted: 2/2/2016 5:14:28 PM EDT
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[ If I hit it before 7AM, I can get from Alabaster to Fairfield (work) in about 30 minutes. After 7:15 or so it can take 45 min to an hour. Hoover would be about the same for you from Calera. 65 backs up before the first Alabaster exit in the mornings, but I get on after that. Im down in Alabaster if you have any questions, but I have no idea on school things. Thanks. We'll be over on the 19th. Hopefully we will know more by then. |
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Posted: 2/11/2016 8:40:21 PM EDT
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It would seen Birmingham is tied with Orlando at the third most dangerous City in the US.
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/9 |
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Posted: 2/11/2016 10:33:43 PM EDT
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It would seen Birmingham is tied with Orlando at the third most dangerous City in the US.
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/9 thats why you are dumb to live in the city. the outlying areas are really safe. i work at night in downtown Birmingham and i never feel unsafe. i would not venture to the neighborhoods on the west or east sides after dark though. |
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Posted: 2/12/2016 12:25:02 AM EDT
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Office is in Hoover/Riverchase. Homewood, Vestavia, and Mt.Brook are above my paygrade. Trting to stay out of JeffCo if possible. You can check out Chelsea but traffic on 280 after 7am is a nightmare. ALDOT "fixed" it but then all the municipalities retimed all the lights back to the traffic jam in the mornings and evening. However Chelsea is a great place to live. Its kind of out in the country but close to the city. I love it but I work out of the house nowadays so my 280 drives during peak hours are very limited. |
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Posted: 2/12/2016 12:30:18 AM EDT
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It would seen Birmingham is tied with Orlando at the third most dangerous City in the US.
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/9 Yeah the city is bad. Everytime I am in bham I am packing . look outside the city and the crime rates are very low. Most people live outside the city |
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Posted: 2/12/2016 9:06:13 AM EDT
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thats why you are dumb to live in the city. the outlying areas are really safe. i work at night in downtown Birmingham and i never feel unsafe. i would not venture to the neighborhoods on the west or east sides after dark though. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It would seen Birmingham is tied with Orlando at the third most dangerous City in the US.
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/9 thats why you are dumb to live in the city. the outlying areas are really safe. i work at night in downtown Birmingham and i never feel unsafe. i would not venture to the neighborhoods on the west or east sides after dark though. Yep, Downtown is good. AS long as you stay out of west end and Eastlake
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Posted: 2/13/2016 1:37:07 AM EDT
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It would seen Birmingham is tied with Orlando at the third most dangerous City in the US.
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/9 thats why you are dumb to live in the city. the outlying areas are really safe. i work at night in downtown Birmingham and i never feel unsafe. i would not venture to the neighborhoods on the west or east sides after dark though. Yep, Downtown is good. AS long as you stay out of west end and Eastlake my grandmother lived in Huffman before she went to the nursing home and I would open carry when I went to cut her grass everytime. |
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Posted: 2/13/2016 9:15:02 PM EDT
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if you will be heading into bham during rush hour coming from the north is best for traffic followed by the east side of town. leaving bham during rush our will likely suck for every direction but north. istates e,w,s are routinely closed off or severely blocked by wrecks on a regular basis. 4 days in a row here last week.
if schools are your concern from your list i'd look to trussville. keep this in mind, the shit is crawling outside of bham now at an epic rate. even homewood and hoover are no longer exempt from it. violent crime is on a serious increase currently. there is a good reason bham no longer makes it crime stats public. |
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Posted: 2/18/2016 1:04:58 PM EDT
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Tons of people will complain about Shelby county because of 280 traffic but it's nothing compared to Atlanta traffic. I moved to AL from Augusta four years ago and settled on Chelsea. Specifically for the schools. I've got kids in elementary, middle, and high school and they all transitioned nicely. There will also be plenty of nice houses in your price range as well.
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Posted: 2/18/2016 2:06:12 PM EDT
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Tons of people will complain about Shelby county because of 280 traffic but it's nothing compared to Atlanta traffic. I moved to AL from Augusta four years ago and settled on Chelsea. Specifically for the schools. I've got kids in elementary, middle, and high school and they all transitioned nicely. There will also be plenty of nice houses in your price range as well. 65 into bham can be just as bad 280 many times. |
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Posted: 2/18/2016 10:21:38 PM EDT
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Tons of people will complain about Shelby county because of 280 traffic but it's nothing compared to Atlanta traffic. I moved to AL from Augusta four years ago and settled on Chelsea. Specifically for the schools. I've got kids in elementary, middle, and high school and they all transitioned nicely. There will also be plenty of nice houses in your price range as well. 65 into bham can be just as bad 280 many times. Truth here. My commute from Forestdale to Hoover takes on average 30-45 minutes on a good day. |
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Posted: 2/20/2016 9:29:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is what I'm seeing. Pelham, Alabaster, and Calera seem to be the best bang for the buck. I've ruled out JeffCo. It is a lot like Fulton County here - the nicer parts of town carry the tax burden for the whole city. No thanks. I should know within the next 4-6 weeks if I'm getting moved. I'll be over there in a couple of weeks, and bringing the wife with me. I'm going to give her my car for the day while I'm in the office. She has a few friends from Auburn in the area, so I'm hoping they can show her around some. What is the traffic like up 31 and/or 65 north from Calera to Hoover? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Looks like Thompson and Middle are both highly rated in Alabaster. I keep hearing about Oak Mountain, but I'm unable to do a MLS search for Oak Mountain. Is it more of an area as opposed to a town? What is the name of the school district? You'll get a lot more house for your money down here in Alabaster. That is what I'm seeing. Pelham, Alabaster, and Calera seem to be the best bang for the buck. I've ruled out JeffCo. It is a lot like Fulton County here - the nicer parts of town carry the tax burden for the whole city. No thanks. I should know within the next 4-6 weeks if I'm getting moved. I'll be over there in a couple of weeks, and bringing the wife with me. I'm going to give her my car for the day while I'm in the office. She has a few friends from Auburn in the area, so I'm hoping they can show her around some. What is the traffic like up 31 and/or 65 north from Calera to Hoover? |
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Posted: 2/28/2016 4:25:54 PM EDT
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Thanks all for the feedback. The company is willing to give me the concessions I need to move, so it is off the table - for the immediate future anyway. Thanks again for the help!
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