My wife and I moved to Huntsville a year ago. We both grew up in Memphis and over the years have watched our home town turn into a war zone. We now call Huntsville home and it feels just like Memphis did in the 70's when it was a great place to live. Friendly people everywhere of all races and nationalities. We absolutely love it here because we can actually go anywhere and feel safe to do whatever we want. We haven't had that feeling of complete freedom for decades. I even convinced my oldest son to move here before he has any children so he can raise them here instead of Memphis. We feel very lucky to have found this place. Excellent video and thanks.
Thank you! That's the vibe I got too. All cities have crime but I've lived in Detroit and Atlanta so to me Huntsville feels much safer. Congrats on the move!
It’s a great place to call home . It does get really hot and almost unbearable in July and August 🥵 but it’s large enough to have everything you need and small enough to know a lot of people that you grew up with. It’s two hours from Nashville and Chattanooga, four hours from Atlanta, five hours from the gulf coast, and the Smokey Mountains.
I like living here. It has generally only gotten better over time as a place to live, with all the problems that come with that (higher rent/more traffic). I plan to stay here while we have kids and through the early years of my first kid. But Huntsville has a problem- it's in Alabama. Once my first kid reaches school age, I am out of here. Growing up here, even the best schools in the area honestly suck compared to schools in bigger cities. Not just that, but do you have a kid that wants to compete in literally anything? Good luck driving 2-4 hours each direction to literally every competition. So yeah, if you don't have school aged kids, Huntsville is great and I plan to stay here a while. But once I have school aged kids, I'm out
That's really interesting to hear. I know Alabama doesn't have the best reputation for education but you'd think that with all of the NASA stuff around, Huntsville would be better.
I disagree, I can’t speak for HHS but I went to a public HS located 30 min outside of Huntsville. I would say I had a great education which has offered me many opportunities. I was involved in a multitude of sports where I competed locally and in different states. I went to a great college and now have an amazing job. I wouldn’t say it’s the best HS in the country but far from the worst.
@@GooseandaGander The Huntsville area does have some of the best schools in Alabama. But it's still... the best school in Alabama lol. For example, in order to get a good public school experience, with things like band, AP classes, etc., we had to pay for it all. My parents spent roughly $600 per kid per year for us for high school. Even foreign language classes had a fee for the workbook. The smartest and wealthiest kids were easily paying $2000 per year, basically a private school tuition, for the classes and activities they had. The school I went to would be just as bad as all the others if they didn't have all these fees. So it's really not a good public high school, because a good public high school would provide everything my school did without fees. It's really just a bad public school where kids who are wealthy, ie most of them in the area because the area is wealthy, can pay their way to better results. No different than private school
@@taylorgilbert4835 I mean, my education got me far, too. The best schools in a state are not going to be below below the national average, obviously. But there's lots of other states with way better state-level education systems, and the school systems are working with a good foundation instead of a poor one. Everything that the Huntsville and Madison school systems do well is band aids on top of a broken state system. Go to a different state, you're working from a better foundation and don't have to go to the best school in the state to get something better than Huntsville schools
Your video showed up as a recommended watch. My husband and I watched it. You glamorize Huntsville, which is fine btw, but you added that Huntsville is focused on the long term, not the right now. So I’m curious why you never mentioned Bridgestreet, parkwayplace, any of the universities, or town madison (yes rocket city trash pandas!!!! Let’s go!!!) I understand that you’re a tourist and just visiting but… This video is not the flex you think it is. Like the trash pandas stadium are in Madison and not Huntsville but it’s not that crazy of a drive either to disregard it. Also not living for you calling the havocs minor league. They’re still a pro hockey team. In fact THE hockey team of the south (or something like that) Now I’m actually getting mad bc our university’s hockey team got removed when the teams disbanded and then rebanded without us (bc i”t was troublesome to drive so far south” as my uni teachers said) Still can’t believe you didn’t actually do the barcade… well, it doesn’t matter anyway, but it’s still weird how u mention all these trendy places and then say Huntsville is about the future and never mention the arsenal or any of the colleges here 💀 But I guess the places you mentioned great for like a weekend trip
You should really check with lifetime natives. You are wrong about the noises, about the crime, and about it being the best place to live. It's full of crime, and I'll take my woods any day! It is beautiful though ❤
Please stop moving here!!! Our infrastructure is for a small city. It can't handle the surge of growth it's suffered over just the past five years. Yes, Huntsville is awesome. Please stay away so it can stay awesome. Our traffic is horrific. There aren't enough doctors. The water rate just went up THIRTY FIVE percent to pay for the new pipes. Rent prices are astronomical. We have 9 Walmarts and they're all packed with people at any given time. There's no time to eat at lunchtime. Lunch hour is over by the time you get your food. Please, just stay away for 20 years so we can adjust.
Thanks for visiting my birthplace! ❤
It was wonderful!
My wife and I moved to Huntsville a year ago. We both grew up in Memphis and over the years have watched our home town turn into a war zone. We now call Huntsville home and it feels just like Memphis did in the 70's when it was a great place to live. Friendly people everywhere of all races and nationalities. We absolutely love it here because we can actually go anywhere and feel safe to do whatever we want. We haven't had that feeling of complete freedom for decades. I even convinced my oldest son to move here before he has any children so he can raise them here instead of Memphis. We feel very lucky to have found this place. Excellent video and thanks.
Thank you! That's the vibe I got too. All cities have crime but I've lived in Detroit and Atlanta so to me Huntsville feels much safer.
Congrats on the move!
What a great video of our wonderful hometown! You barely scratched the surface! Huntsville truly is a great gem here in the southeast!
Thanks for enjoying it! We would love to come back again and spend more time there
Another great video nicely done great job
Thanks again!
This made me homesick for my hometown...and I live here!
Amazing video! Thank you for visiting and taking the time to share your insights.
You’re welcome and I was so happy to share Huntsville with everyone. Truly a wonderful place
Great video. I actually live in Huntsville and loved this video. My whole family is buried in Maple Hill cemetery. Loved this video, thanks.
Great presentation.
Thank you kindly!
Thank you for coming to our town and give it a positive review. If you ever decide to live here, let’s have a drink. My treat
Absolutely great video. I live in Huntsville, this video has it all. Great job!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊
My husband and I are moving to Huntsville next month for work, we’re pumped!
That’s awesome congrats you’ll like it
My hubs has an interview for a job in Huntsville next week, hoping all goes well because we really want to move there!
@@AnnaS1371 hoping it goes well too! We’ve been here for a couple months now, we really like it so far!
@@fionafox420 thank you!! Glad you guys are settled and like it, that’s good to hear 👍🏻
It’s a great place to call home . It does get really hot and almost unbearable in July and August 🥵 but it’s large enough to have everything you need and small enough to know a lot of people that you grew up with. It’s two hours from Nashville and Chattanooga, four hours from Atlanta, five hours from the gulf coast, and the Smokey Mountains.
Yeah I think what makes it special is the balance between having a bit of everything
Huntsville is about the proximity of city convenience and nature.
I totally agree. Well said
@@GooseandaGanderalso we have space stuff, which I've been lead to believe is pretty kickass
Man I live right outside Huntsville love it I grew up on the space and rocket center
That’s awesome I could imagine it being a great place to grow up
I like living here. It has generally only gotten better over time as a place to live, with all the problems that come with that (higher rent/more traffic). I plan to stay here while we have kids and through the early years of my first kid. But Huntsville has a problem- it's in Alabama. Once my first kid reaches school age, I am out of here. Growing up here, even the best schools in the area honestly suck compared to schools in bigger cities. Not just that, but do you have a kid that wants to compete in literally anything? Good luck driving 2-4 hours each direction to literally every competition. So yeah, if you don't have school aged kids, Huntsville is great and I plan to stay here a while. But once I have school aged kids, I'm out
I hear you. Been here 15 years and looking to leave. TRAFFIC and CRIME!
That's really interesting to hear. I know Alabama doesn't have the best reputation for education but you'd think that with all of the NASA stuff around, Huntsville would be better.
I disagree, I can’t speak for HHS but I went to a public HS located 30 min outside of Huntsville. I would say I had a great education which has offered me many opportunities. I was involved in a multitude of sports where I competed locally and in different states. I went to a great college and now have an amazing job. I wouldn’t say it’s the best HS in the country but far from the worst.
@@GooseandaGander The Huntsville area does have some of the best schools in Alabama. But it's still... the best school in Alabama lol. For example, in order to get a good public school experience, with things like band, AP classes, etc., we had to pay for it all. My parents spent roughly $600 per kid per year for us for high school. Even foreign language classes had a fee for the workbook. The smartest and wealthiest kids were easily paying $2000 per year, basically a private school tuition, for the classes and activities they had. The school I went to would be just as bad as all the others if they didn't have all these fees. So it's really not a good public high school, because a good public high school would provide everything my school did without fees. It's really just a bad public school where kids who are wealthy, ie most of them in the area because the area is wealthy, can pay their way to better results. No different than private school
@@taylorgilbert4835 I mean, my education got me far, too. The best schools in a state are not going to be below below the national average, obviously. But there's lots of other states with way better state-level education systems, and the school systems are working with a good foundation instead of a poor one. Everything that the Huntsville and Madison school systems do well is band aids on top of a broken state system. Go to a different state, you're working from a better foundation and don't have to go to the best school in the state to get something better than Huntsville schools
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Huntsville isn't a small city,it's bigger then the capital Birmingham,I work in Huntsville,and getting bigger,it's army base is almost 39,000k acres
The capital of Alabama is Montgomery.
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Thanks for watching!
I miss the nostalgic 2015 - 2018 Huntsville now 2024 sucks now.
That's what others have said too. Too many folks moving in
ah yes Huntsville rocket city just a small backwoods town of 600thousand lol
Your video showed up as a recommended watch. My husband and I watched it.
You glamorize Huntsville, which is fine btw, but you added that Huntsville is focused on the long term, not the right now.
So I’m curious why you never mentioned Bridgestreet, parkwayplace, any of the universities, or town madison (yes rocket city trash pandas!!!! Let’s go!!!)
I understand that you’re a tourist and just visiting but…
This video is not the flex you think it is. Like the trash pandas stadium are in Madison and not Huntsville but it’s not that crazy of a drive either to disregard it.
Also not living for you calling the havocs minor league. They’re still a pro hockey team. In fact THE hockey team of the south (or something like that)
Now I’m actually getting mad bc our university’s hockey team got removed when the teams disbanded and then rebanded without us (bc i”t was troublesome to drive so far south” as my uni teachers said)
Still can’t believe you didn’t actually do the barcade… well, it doesn’t matter anyway, but it’s still weird how u mention all these trendy places and then say Huntsville is about the future and never mention the arsenal or any of the colleges here 💀
But I guess the places you mentioned great for like a weekend trip
You should really check with lifetime natives. You are wrong about the noises, about the crime, and about it being the best place to live. It's full of crime, and I'll take my woods any day! It is beautiful though ❤
Please stop moving here!!!
Our infrastructure is for a small city. It can't handle the surge of growth it's suffered over just the past five years.
Yes, Huntsville is awesome. Please stay away so it can stay awesome.
Our traffic is horrific.
There aren't enough doctors.
The water rate just went up THIRTY FIVE percent to pay for the new pipes.
Rent prices are astronomical.
We have 9 Walmarts and they're all packed with people at any given time.
There's no time to eat at lunchtime. Lunch hour is over by the time you get your food.
Please, just stay away for 20 years so we can adjust.
I AGREE GETTING TIRED OF PEOPLE PUTTING FIELDS AND TREES FOR SALE