re: Any Anniston folks in here?

I'm single

Well frick

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True story. I just need to find a good area with a nice apartment.

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I see...looks like we probably lived close to each other at one point. I'm 29 myself and have lived in Oxford my entire life although I went to Coldwater from kindergarten thru sixth. Coldwater was the shite.....I played football there. COLDWATER INDIANS...C....E.....S.....something something... I'm bored. Did lewis mention where he was offered a job from?

here's a shocker...Coldwater is owned by Oxford Schools now....Oxford is like a monopoly for all the schools around here.

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Always found it funny that more and more of Coldwater started to become just Oxford. My grandparents lived there forever and another set a little closer to the depot(so Bynum?).

My grandfather built a lot of houses in Oxford, also ran the old Chevron next to McDs. Never stepped into that Starbuck's and never will. The one who lived in near the depot for actually the lead man there for a while. My father and uncle still work there as well.

Its not nearly as bad as some people posted in the beginning of this thread. I cant imagine you would have any reason to go to Gadsden like someone posted. Jacksonville will have plenty to offer someone your age. Lots of drunken sorostitutes during the fall. Thursday night used to be the big party night.

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Always found it funny that more and more of Coldwater started to become just Oxford. My grandparents lived there forever and another set a little closer to the depot(so Bynum?).

My grandfather built a lot of houses in Oxford, also ran the old Chevron next to McDs. Never stepped into that Starbuck's and never will. The one who lived in near the depot for actually the lead man there for a while. My father and uncle still work there as well.

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Yeah...Oxford is trying to take over everything in the area lol. Yeah it's Bynum and I have some family out there too.

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I live in the Friendship area if any of yall are familiar with that area.

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I'm very familiar with that area. I used to play tackle football with friends after school at Bannister Park.

I lived on Airport Rd. until I was almost 10. From there my family lived in Forest Hills until I was 20.

My parents live in Georgia now and, since my grandmother died two years ago, we really have no more connection to the area. It makes me sad.

Anniston has terrible public schools and very affordable housing as a result. One really great home owned restaurant, Classics on Noble. Hosts a nationally known criterium bike race and a 111-mile endurance race every spring. Lots of public mountain bike riding courses on Coldwater Mountain. Rails to Trails will eventually end there, linking up a paved bike trail(the Chief Ladiga Trail) all the way to Atlanta (the Silver Comet). A couple of good bars, the Peerless Saloon and Cheaha Brewery.

Oxford has one excellent restaurant, Garfrerick's, and tons of chain franchises. Home to Brad's, a top ten BBQ restaurant. Two malls, one very new and expanding, one twelve theater cineplex. Virtually no night life to speak of unless you're a big high school football fan. An hour from Birmingham and a little better than that to Atlanta on I-20.

Jacksonville: Jacksonville State University and lots of available hot women. Home of the famous Brother's Bar, which opened in 1976 with the Allman Brothers and has been run by the Nolan family for years (they also owned and managed the Cotton Club in Atlanta for years). Newly expanded football stadium for JSU, which was a traditional power in the old Gulf South Conference and plays FBS in the Ohio Valley Conference now. A decent Italian restaurant, Effina's, and a couple of good local barbecue joints. 15 miles south of Terrapin Creek, a good place to kayak.

Some notable landmarks include Mt. Cheaha, the highest point in Alabama (about a half hour from Oxford), Talladega International Raceway (about twenty minutes west on I-20 if you are into NASCAR twice a year), and a couple of nice museums in Anniston, the Museum of Natural History and Berman Museum. The latter has some pretty cool exhibits like Hitler's tea service and silver from Napoleon's table. If you are into skiing or water sports Lake Weiss is about a half hour north of Jacksonville, and Lake Martin is about a twenty minute drive west on I-20 from Oxford. Lake Wedowee is a bit longer hump just to the southeast of Oxford.

I live over the mountain from Jacksonville and commute to my Anniston office every day and love it, but I'm not single.

A little shell-shocked to find this many neighbors on the SECR.