Hey guy's, just found your channel. I live in Pearl,Ms. but born and raised in T-Town in 1961 @ Druid City Hospital. Still consider Tuscaloosa "HOME"! Lots of great memories of Bear Bryant and Alabama football. My uncle built Bear Bryants house and I got to meet The Bear when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Amazing times. Thanks for the memories!
Being a northeasterner, I have had the good fortune - and the wonderful privilege - of visiting Tuscaloosa many times and having a daughter attend the amazing University of Alabama (she graduates this year). The most attractive aspect of the area is easily the fantastic people. Southern hospitality is real, and the citizens of Tuscaloosa do it right. And the food is terrific - River restaurant on the Black Warrior River, in particular, is amazing and one of my top 5 restaurants in the world (I am based in Nee York City, so I don’t say this lightly), Evangeline’s - wonderful. The school’s campus is beautiful. And the Crimson Tide football team has won 18 national championships. Roll Tide and Roll Tuscaloosa! Thanks for a nice video, gents, but never sell Ttown short!!!
I have been a student from Greece at the University of Alabama from 1977 to 1984. I tend to agree with most of the things you mentioned. The weather was probably the worst of all. The best weather was from mid September to November. January was very cold and it was raining a lot during the spring months The summers were very hot and humid with fog in the evenings, so much that one could not see his feet. There were also thunderstorms just about every afternoon in the summers. The tornado seasons were mostly from February to April and from August to September. Another problem, was during breaks when all the American students would go home and for the rest of us who were staying on campus, it was like living in a ghost town. Although I had an American relative living in Fox Run, it was still tough. I do have some good memories of the places to go, like McFarland mall and a bar called Tivoli's, although later it kind of fell from grace, there was Cowboy's in Skyland avenue I think, also Ramada Inn and close to the University Solomon's. Downtown was Chukers and another nightclub that became the place to be at the time, after Tivoli's. And I also remember another bar close to the tracks across the street where a Burger King used to be. As far as restaurants, there were quite a few in McFarland street and the mall, as well as a Pizza Hut in University Boulevard. I guess by your video, that James Spann is still saying the weather. When I was there, there were commercial flights to Atlanta. From what I saw on Google Earth, most of the Tuscaloosa I got to know so well, does not exist any more, especially after the 2011 tornado. However, I did get to find a tree I planted behind my Aunt's house, when I was there, and it has grown a lot since the time it was just 2 feet tall. I can't say if living in Tuscaloosa is good or bad, but as a university student, I had some of the best years of my life there.
@@livingintuscaloosacounty3844 I have seen the campus from Google Earth. I was particularly saddened by a video with the demolition of the Rose Towers, were I lived for two years on the 11th floor. Ferguson center is also unrecognizable. The round house of ΔΔΔ is gone and the soccer field, across the street from Tutwiler hall, we used to play and practice is now a parking lot. They moved most of the soccer games to the fields towards McFarland boulevard. When I was there, we inaugurated these fields by having the soccer games for the 10th SEC men's soccer Tournament there in November 1977. Now they made the women's team varsity, but the men's team is still a club. I even had a meeting with Paul "Bear" Bryant about advancing Soccer, but at the time it was considered as competitive to American Football and the climate was not favorable, so we lost some great players that played in national teams in South America, because they got scholarships up North. Many mixed feelings to see the changes made. My world there is almost all gone, and the UoA is much bigger and different now, but I still like to remember old times there and see the changes from afar.
Hey German, my daughters and I are going to be here in Tuscaloosa next week or a couple days visiting My dad and stepmom. I’m interested in a little bit of land with the freedom to put an RV or even a manufactured home if it’s on there somewhere a little bit out of town or I can raise chickens is that a possibility in your opinion?
Yes there are absolutely some places that would be zoned for an RV or manufactured home with no restrictions on livestock. They will be a little on the outskirts of town but you can definitely find that. I can show you a few places when you're in town if that works out for you...
Hey guy's, just found your channel. I live in Pearl,Ms. but born and raised in T-Town in 1961 @ Druid City Hospital. Still consider Tuscaloosa "HOME"! Lots of great memories of Bear Bryant and Alabama football. My uncle built Bear Bryants house and I got to meet The Bear when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Amazing times. Thanks for the memories!
@@stephentanner5251 thanks for the kind words
Being a northeasterner, I have had the good fortune - and the wonderful privilege - of visiting Tuscaloosa many times and having a daughter attend the amazing University of Alabama (she graduates this year). The most attractive aspect of the area is easily the fantastic people. Southern hospitality is real, and the citizens of Tuscaloosa do it right. And the food is terrific - River restaurant on the Black Warrior River, in particular, is amazing and one of my top 5 restaurants in the world (I am based in Nee York City, so I don’t say this lightly), Evangeline’s - wonderful. The school’s campus is beautiful. And the Crimson Tide football team has won 18 national championships. Roll Tide and Roll Tuscaloosa! Thanks for a nice video, gents, but never sell Ttown short!!!
I have been a student from Greece at the University of Alabama from 1977 to 1984.
I tend to agree with most of the things you mentioned.
The weather was probably the worst of all.
The best weather was from mid September to November.
January was very cold and it was raining a lot during the spring months
The summers were very hot and humid with fog in the evenings, so much that one could not see his feet.
There were also thunderstorms just about every afternoon in the summers.
The tornado seasons were mostly from February to April and from August to September.
Another problem, was during breaks when all the American students would go home and for the rest of us who were staying on campus, it was like living in a ghost town.
Although I had an American relative living in Fox Run, it was still tough.
I do have some good memories of the places to go, like McFarland mall and a bar called Tivoli's, although later it kind of fell from grace, there was Cowboy's in Skyland avenue I think, also Ramada Inn and close to the University Solomon's.
Downtown was Chukers and another nightclub that became the place to be at the time, after Tivoli's.
And I also remember another bar close to the tracks across the street where a Burger King used to be.
As far as restaurants, there were quite a few in McFarland street and the mall, as well as a Pizza Hut in University Boulevard.
I guess by your video, that James Spann is still saying the weather.
When I was there, there were commercial flights to Atlanta.
From what I saw on Google Earth, most of the Tuscaloosa I got to know so well, does not exist any more, especially after the 2011 tornado.
However, I did get to find a tree I planted behind my Aunt's house, when I was there, and it has grown a lot since the time it was just 2 feet tall.
I can't say if living in Tuscaloosa is good or bad, but as a university student, I had some of the best years of my life there.
The 2011 tornado definitely changed a lot for the Tuscaloosa area! You should see all the new buildings on campus as well!
@@livingintuscaloosacounty3844 I have seen the campus from Google Earth.
I was particularly saddened by a video with the demolition of the Rose Towers, were I lived for two years on the 11th floor.
Ferguson center is also unrecognizable.
The round house of ΔΔΔ is gone and the soccer field, across the street from Tutwiler hall, we used to play and practice is now a parking lot.
They moved most of the soccer games to the fields towards McFarland boulevard.
When I was there, we inaugurated these fields by having the soccer games for the 10th SEC men's soccer Tournament there in November 1977.
Now they made the women's team varsity, but the men's team is still a club.
I even had a meeting with Paul "Bear" Bryant about advancing Soccer, but at the time it was considered as competitive to American Football and the climate was not favorable, so we lost some great players that played in national teams in South America, because they got scholarships up North.
Many mixed feelings to see the changes made.
My world there is almost all gone, and the UoA is much bigger and different now, but I still like to remember old times there and see the changes from afar.
Good job, guys. Entertaining and the accents are nostalgic (been gone from T town for 20 years.)
Thanks for the kind words!
What about safety?
Hey German, my daughters and I are going to be here in Tuscaloosa next week or a couple days visiting My dad and stepmom. I’m interested in a little bit of land with the freedom to put an RV or even a manufactured home if it’s on there somewhere a little bit out of town or I can raise chickens is that a possibility in your opinion?
Yes there are absolutely some places that would be zoned for an RV or manufactured home with no restrictions on livestock. They will be a little on the outskirts of town but you can definitely find that. I can show you a few places when you're in town if that works out for you...
Offppphhhh I don't know if I could deal with the heat :)
thank goodness for air conditioning!
Roll Tide
Roll Tide!!
avoid Tuscaloosa if you hate towns that are boring and lame as hell
Thanks for watching! What city do you like best?