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Huntsville, AL
Huntsville, mediocrity is thy name. -
5/24/2016Huntsville used to be a very progressive town. Back in the days of the space race, the town had a very high content of engineers and scientists from other locations within the United States as well as other countries. Over time, the culture has degraded significantly. If you are looking for an environment that has a very high Evangelical Christian content then this is your town. If you are looking for the type of cultural events that are common in the more progressive areas of the United States such as the Pacific North West or New England, you will be sadly disappointed. The economy is primarily based around the defense industry so if you like making bombs this is your town. Most of the other industry has vanished, moved either to Mexico or China so you're pretty much relegated to the housing industry (which is dominated by the illegal immigrant population), fast food worker or the aforementioned bomb making. While Huntsville used to have stellar representation in the US Congress here again they have fallen on hard times. The current representative does pretty much what the Republican leadership tells him to do, nothing more, nothing less. I would say that he rides low and in the middle of the posse. Overall the weather is substandard with cold wet winters and hot humid summers. The pollen count is extraordinarily high so if you suffer from allergies once again this isn't your town (the Native Americans used to call this place "The Valley of Death"). The only saving grace from an environmental perspective is Monte Sano Mountain but the real estate is scarce and expensive as well. Most of the people that live are stuck here as a result of there ties to the defense industry or their families. Mediocre to abysmal is a pretty good summation. Oh bye the way, if you're planning on moving here, buy a large number of firearms as every one here has them.