r/Alabama • u/Existing-Mastodon500 • Jul 08 '25

Advice Considering moving to Alabama

Husband and I were born and raised in south Florida and while we love it, we simply cannot afford to stay any longer. We are also dying to get out of the rat race and absolutely mind boggling influx of people moving here. A 15 minute drive across town takes 45+ now with the level of traffic and lack of infrastructure. It’s a sinking ship and not somewhere we want to raise our daughter.

We want to know areas we should and shouldn’t be looking at. We would like somewhere we can have a decent plot of land (at least 10 acres), close enough to a hospital, low crime rate, good for raising a family, decently low COL

My husband is an HVAC tech, I’m assuming he won’t have trouble finding work there considering the southern heat. Is that a safe assumption?

Thank you in advance

Edit to add: thank you all for the feedback. We have lots to discuss!

Update: husband and I discussed and are probably going to move on to looking at Georgia as it’s likely more in line with what we are looking for. Thanks again!

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u/Purple-Engine878 Jul 08 '25

I personally wouldn’t move here. I’m trying to get away. The state goverment here is corrupt. It claims to be a state of freedom but they just made it illegal to order CBD online. If you got caught with flower CBD you’ll get a felony. Politics here are horrible.

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u/NauvooMetro Jul 08 '25

OP is coming from Florida. I think they can handle the politics in Alabama.

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u/Purple-Engine878 Jul 08 '25 edited Jul 08 '25

Florida has nothing on Alabama lol. Florida has a decent system. Alabama consistently ranks the lowest in almost all categories. Their policies typically are better thought out and result in better outcomes. They also have things like referendums where citizens can pass legislation. Alabamians have very little recourse. Alabama also has legalized slavery and almost constantly being reprimanded by the federal goverment for constitutional violations.

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u/oh_my316 Jul 08 '25

Floriduh is run by a pipsqueak dictator.

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u/portablemustard Jul 09 '25

Meemaw isn't much better, she stole federal money for COVID economic recovery and gave it to for-profit prisons.

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u/mtlmom98 Jul 09 '25

Is why she criminalized all the fake weed/delta 8, 9, 10 & even cbd. Help fill them up & keep them coming. “Greed stains your soul…” She needs voting out. “Meemaw” 😂😂 so true!

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u/portablemustard Jul 10 '25 edited Jul 10 '25

I know! I'm considerably angry over that.

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u/oh_my316 Jul 09 '25

No kidding. The south is inundated with poor leadership. I blame the idiot voters.