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Yep. I grew up in Huntsville. Was down there last Thanksgiving and the


old downtown is full of coffee shops and pretty damned good restaurants in all the old buildings, all well preserved. When I was growing up, Huntsville put a lot of investment into making the city attractive and accessible for visitors and residents alike.

Huntsville was not sympathetic to secession and undamaged by the war, so lots of old architecture. John Sparkman made sure the city got lots of NASA and US Army dollars, and the German rocket scientists and educated people who moved there from around the country insisted on good schools and the arts.

It's most definitely a southern city, but sort of prides itself as being different from most of Alabama. Except they still elect GOPers like Mo Brooks, so they aren't as smart as they think they are these days. ;)

(In response to this post by CharlestonSC)

Posted: 10/30/2023 at 10:15PM



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