B'ham has a decent medical community. Auto manufacturers love the no union South. Huntsville has the Aerospace /Tech thing going. Lower AL has water. Tons of people taking equity and moving to Baldwin County towns like Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and paying cash. Cheap/less expensive alternative beach communities minus the craziness of FL and lots of people love the conservative climate. No BS riots, shutdowns etc.. very homogeneous (no racist) populace, conservative, easy going etc... close to New Orelans if you want that, 40 min flight or 5 hours to ATL. Easy-ish commute to FL if you want. Much more progressive state than MS or LA and if they get a bridge over Mobile Bay, it will boom even more. New airport going in downtown Mobile, cruise industry has taken notice plus there is a large deep water port on Mobile River that if they really got their way and got their shit together, companies will move out of LA to Mobile. There is a B$ downtown riverfront revitalization project going on now. I do a lot of business there and if they play it right, could be a game changer. If a fraction of the out of staters currently roaming Bama and AU campus stay in state, they could have something.