re: Bama fans - Dothan, Al?

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Guys I will be interviewing for a position that is located in Dothan. Can someone give me insight about the area.
- How close to the beach
- Golf courses
- Population
- Quality of life
- ill you burn my Tiger draped vehicle lol.

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I have lived in Dothan before.

1. About 1.5 - 2hrs to the Panama City Beach area

2. Golfing is probably the best thing about the city if that is what you are into. For a city of its size the golfing is great. The Highlands is a very nice course and has hosted several major tournaments. Also many other courses if you are on a budget.

3. Population is about 65,000 or so in city, 100,000 in the county, 200,000 in the metro area/counties surrounding it. It is essentially the hub city of SE AL, NW Florida, and SW Georgia. If you want to go shopping, etc in that area, you go to Dothan.

4. Quality of life depends on your age. If you are young and single, you will probably hate it. There is not much to do or join for that age group if you are educated. If you are more into outdoors like fishing and hunting it is great for that. If you are married and have kids or are planning on it, it is an excellent city. Safe neighborhoods in most any price range and first class municipal baseball/football/soccer facilities for the kids to get involved with.

As you can imagine with any moderately sized town in the deep south that is not a college town, you are talking very conservative politically and socially. Mostly Southern Baptist and that will take getting used to if you are a Louisiana Catholic. The culture is different. There is only one Catholic church in the entire region (although it is nice and fairly large).

It is about 50/50 AU and Alabama fans with a few UGA, FSU and Florida fans scattered. I can almost promise you there will be no LSU alumni association.

Hope that helps.