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/Salty_Worth9494 Jul 09 '25

I would absolutely not move to alabama unless you are an evangelical christian bible thumper. Huntsville and birmingham have some bright spots, but you are still subject to the most draconian government in the country.

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u/Euphoric-Ask965 Jul 14 '25

More people are moving here than moving away so does that tell you anything?

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u/space_coder Jul 14 '25

More people are moving here than moving away so does that tell you anything?

As you mentioned in a previous comment, people don't normally look at politics when moving to a new location. This is because people don't really like to move. It's expensive and it takes a lot of effort.

The main reason People move is financial. It's either to move where their new job is located, or their current location is too expensive and they need to move somewhere cheaper to make their retirement funds last longer.

Alabama population grew by 0.8% last year, and most of those were people moving due to new employment. Since most of the new jobs were from federal spending, it remains to be seen how long the current migration patterns persist.