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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Move to Daphne/Fairhope. You will never want to leave. Houston is a smelly dump. You have to get pretty far away from it, and that will never be as nice as Fairhope. We live in Pensacola and my wife wants to move to Fairhope.
That's where she goes for her girls weekend every year for the past 18 years. She could go anywhere.

Yep. Fairhope is nice. The high class folks hang out at Point Clear. Bellingrath Gardens is close by. Lots of old Southern money in the area.

We spent the first 3 days of our honeymoon in Point Clear. That's where my wife and her friends spend their girls weekend. Great place, except for a horse that tried to kill me...

I'd choose Montgomery closely over Mobile, because it is landlocked (distance from hurricanes, etc.), and because I graduated from Auburn, which is fairly close (the loveliest village on the plains!).
My oldest daughter went to college in Mobile, & I always enjoyed going there. I found lots of things to do when visiting.

I've never been to Houston, but I know a few people who live there. They've never made Houston sound like a place I need to visit.

My choice is Mobile. I lived there for a number of years, and loved it there. Near the water, fresh seafood, true southern traditions, great food, and down home hospitality......what is not to like??

I have zero desire to live in Houston!!

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Originally posted by craglawnmanor:
I'd choose Montgomery closely over Mobile, because it is landlocked (distance from hurricanes, etc.), and because I graduated from Auburn, which is fairly close (the loveliest village on the plains!).
My oldest daughter went to college in Mobile, & I always enjoyed going there. I found lots of things to do when visiting.

I've never been to Houston, but I know a few people who live there. They've never made Houston sound like a place I need to visit.

I live in Montgomery. I have lived in Houston (Friendswood) and I have been to Mobile.

Of the three, I like right where I am. Small, quiet, sensible. It is hot, though not as humid ad Mobile and Houston. Good ranges, decent medical care, and plenty to do.

RMD

I'd strike the gump from list (Montgomery).

-shithole.

Houston - 2nd of my choices. Traffic is shit mate. It's bloody fucking hot.

Mobile would be my choice of the 3. Closer than Houston to water (overall) and the water is' closest too is much nicer than htown.

The weather are the same between Mobile and Houston, and I doubt Montgomery weather is different enough to matter much.

Houston is a big city, with all the advantages that carries. Arts, music, food, culture, pro sports. It is close to good fishing and hunting. It is in Texas. It also has all the disadvantages big cities have, although it is not as dense as most very large cities.

Montgomery and Mobile are much smaller.

That is what it comes down to. Do you like the big city or small ones?

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Move to Daphne/Fairhope. You will never want to leave. Houston is a smelly dump. You have to get pretty far away from it, and that will never be as nice as Fairhope. We live in Pensacola and my wife wants to move to Fairhope.
That's where she goes for her girls weekend every year for the past 18 years. She could go anywhere.

Yep. Fairhope is nice. The high class folks hang out at Point Clear. Bellingrath Gardens is close by. Lots of old Southern money in the area.

I rode my motorcycle from Keesler AFB, Mississippi over to the Bellingragh Gardens in 1975 one weekend. It was fabulous. The owner's wife had a huge collection of Boehm (Böhm) porcelain in a separate building--stunning. I enjoyed it a lot.

flashguy

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If Alan Jackson sings about a town it is a town worth living in.

I was born in south Alabama and spent most of my childhood there. I travel to TX pretty regularly for work and have spent a bunch of time in Houston. There is way more to do in and around Houston. The summer sucks in both places. The traffic is pretty bad in Houston, tons of road construction. One of the big downsides to Houston is that it seems to flood out regularly. If I had to pick one though. I'd go with Houston.

I've lived in Montgomery for 9 months, no thanks.

I have also lived in TX. My vote would be Houston if your lungs can take the poor air quality that I remember. Lots of factories and smoke IIRC. Asthma, allergies, COPD, etc stay away!!

1- Mobile.... that city is an anomaly in the state of AL. There's not another city in the state it can really be compared to

2- Houston

3- monkeytown (no thanks)

Sounds like a bunch of you did War College in MGM. Yeah, if I had to live near Maxwell, I would hate Montgomery too.

RMD

Mobile by a country mile. I lived in P-Cola for a spell and visited Mobile. Relatives used to live in the Houston area (Friendswood, Conroe, and the Heights). I have visited Montgomery and took War College in correspondence so I wouldn't have to go back.

Don't forget that Houston has a propensity to flood every time it gets a moderate-heavy rain. They have yet to realize that paving everything south of The Woodlands and not leaving anywhere for water to run off is a bad idea. I would ensure that my residence and the egresses/ingresses were not likely to flood easily.

Mobile would be my first choice, but I'm a small-town guy.

I have family around Houston, and between Montgomery and Birmingham. Mom and Dad are still in S. Alabama, so I'd lean Montgomery. Mobile seamed nice the one visit, but family proximity would take precedence.

Montgomery does have the very fine Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

Mobile. It's on the coast (gulf), not inland. Good restaurants, people are nice, good airport.......

Do you know what part of Houston you would be working / living in? We lived there for a number of years and really enjoyed it. But location is everything.

Mobile first on the list.
Houston second.
I live close enough to Montgomery to know how bad it can be.
I'm sure the other two have negatives also but no freakin' way I'd live in Montgomery.

I spent a year one day trying to drive through Houston. I'll never go back.

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Originally posted by nmsu:
Do you know what part of Houston you would be working / living in? We lived there for a number of years and really enjoyed it. But location is everything.

If I'm reading my google map right, it looks like it would either be Aldine City or Westwood. Not sure which location.

Keep it coming, guys! This is more helpful than you know.

-Rob

I'd go with Houston as long as I could live in one of the nice suburban areas and didn't have to commute too far.