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Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:11 pm
Posted by rammerfinjammer
ABQ, NM
Member since Jul 2015
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Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:11 pm
For those of you who grew up in Alabama like myself and then moved out of state. How many of you actually moved back or have plans to move back?

Do you like where you are now more than Bama?

What are some things you miss, don't miss?

Why'd you move in the first place?

PS: I'm not sure if this board is strictly for sports topics only, so if it goes against the rules just request admin and we will have it taken down.

Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:18 pm to
I've only lived in Alabama and I am anxiously awaiting an opportunity to move away.
Posted by rammerfinjammer
ABQ, NM
Member since Jul 2015
97 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:20 pm to
Reason why?
Posted by phaz
Waddell, AZ
Member since Jan 2009
5805 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:25 pm to
Dying to move back to the Mobile area. Probably won't until retirement though.

I live in the Phoenix area, but much prefer the Mobile lifestyle.
Posted by Wrenchruh
Parts Unknown
Member since Sep 2012
2413 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:25 pm to
Lived in the Gadsden area for twenty years. Lived in Middle Tennessee/Nashville for the next fourteen. Zero desire to move back. I miss Jack's.
This post was edited on 10/2/15 at 1:29 pm
Posted by Lordofwrath88
Tuscaloosa
Member since Oct 2012
6853 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:25 pm to
Grew up in Tennessee to an Alabama family, so moving to Bama for college felt like a Jew coming to Israel.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

Reason why?

Just don't like it here. Too damn hot in the summer. Not my music scene. Lack of any sports interest beside college football here. Etc.

I'm really just bored out of my mind here. I have no desire to hunt, fish, or camp, so that really limits my recreation possibilities.

Most likely looking to move to San Diego in the next few years. Will also consider moving to Denver or the Pacific Northwest.
This post was edited on 10/2/15 at 1:37 pm
Posted by rammerfinjammer
ABQ, NM
Member since Jul 2015
97 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:31 pm to
I lived in Alabama my entire life until I moved to Texas for a year and now I'm in New Mexico. Enjoy it because of the outdoor activities but damn I miss Milos and bass fishing..

Not to mention the fact that if you even bring up college football in Albuquerque people look at you weird. All NFL fans here..
This post was edited on 10/2/15 at 1:32 pm
Posted by rammerfinjammer
ABQ, NM
Member since Jul 2015
97 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:35 pm to
Although I'll probably never move back, at least not until I've finished my run in the military, I do find myself thinking about Dixie a lot. Grew up in the outskirts of Birmingham and enjoyed every second of it.
Posted by Spread
Alabama
Member since Aug 2012
1150 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:38 pm to
I grew up in north central Alabama and - thanks to the U.S. Coast Guard - lived in the San Francisco Bay area (tons of stuff to do but very high cost of living and nightmarish traffic), New Orleans (good food, great people, Saints), St. Petersburg (nice beaches, Disney World, Bucs), coastal North Carolina (beaches), Corpus Christi (beaches - notice a theme?), and Phoenix (hated it). I returned to my home town when I retired, but sometimes regret that decision. Each location I have lived had its positives and negatives, but what I've realized is that it's not as important WHERE you are, but WHO you surround yourself with.

ETA: edited to better answer OP's questions.
This post was edited on 10/2/15 at 2:04 pm
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:41 pm to
I thought Alabama was fine until I actually travelled outside the Southeast.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Tittleman's Crest
Member since Feb 2009
52597 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:41 pm to
I grew up in Montgomery, went to to school in Ttown and now live in bham.

I like bham but I definitely want to experience life in a different state just for something new.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

I like bham but I definitely want to experience life in a different state just for something new.

I live in Montgomery because it was the first place I got a job after college. Birmingham is probably the only place in Alabama that I might enjoy living in.
Posted by Spread
Alabama
Member since Aug 2012
1150 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

I thought Alabama was fine until I actually travelled outside the Southeast.


Visiting places and living in some of those places are two entirely different animals. California is a perfect example; GREAT place to visit, but living there got old - quick.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Tittleman's Crest
Member since Feb 2009
52597 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:47 pm to
I can't say that I'd ever consider moving back to Montgomery.
Posted by Chili Davis
Wichita, KS
Member since Nov 2010
813 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:49 pm to
I moved out of state when I was 18. 16 years ago now. I have no real desire to go back. I like to visit family and friends though.

I like Kansas. I live in a bigger city than what I grew up in, but I feel like I am about 15 minutes from the middle of nowhere all the time, which is nice to go visit every once in a while.

I think for me, I just needed a change of scenery. Anywhere else would have worked. The military just sent me here, I got married and stayed.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:50 pm to
quote:

I can't say that I'd ever consider moving back to Montgomery

I wouldn't recommend it. I only moved back because my parents live in Prattville and I got a job with ALDOT. Now that I have my PE, I'm ready to move.
Posted by dcbl
Good guys wear white hats.
Member since Sep 2013
29637 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:51 pm to
Moved to Bham from Atlanta and DO NOT want to go back - I like it here a lot better...
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Tittleman's Crest
Member since Feb 2009
52597 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 1:57 pm to
I would definitely not want to live in ATL. Neat place, a lot to do, but wayyyy too many people and way too big for my liking.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 10/2/15 at 2:09 pm to
I moved away and moved back. Lived in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Mt Pleasant, SC. Job(s) took me away and brought me back. Had an opportunity to move to Kansas City soon after I moved back, but declined the offer and have been in Bama since.

Hated Atlanta, loved Charlotte and would consider moving back there, though it has changed a lot since I lived there in 1999. Mt Pleasant was okay, but I found the people in the Charleston area to be rather pretentious. Would not move back there.


I didn't really miss anything about Bama while I lived elsewhere except for my family and friends. I dove in an tried to experience the cities and states I was living in at the time.
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