the state by state speak your mind about...alabama

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. 80% of the land here is privately owned, not Federal owned.

Why is that important?
Because private forestry is a BIG deal here. Every 2nd person I run into is a forester at one stage of their lives, or part time.
(Alabama's land consists of 22 million acres of forest, which is 67% of total land area.)
People LOVE the land here, and take care of it, value it.
Alabama is amazingly green year round.
Gardening here is more a matter of keeping the greenery at bay then of "trying" to grow something.
I love feeling like I am living in the woods even when I am living in a small town.

Alabama is mostly rural, actually, huge swaths of land with only 4 "big cities"
( plus that Gadsden/Anniston area over there on the Georgia line).

You can drive around for days and not hit any serious traffic, once you are out of the major city areas.
Miles and miles and miles of 2 lane roads with breath taking scenery.

Alabama ranks second in the area of its inland waterways.
and rates 2nd in the number of F-5 tornadoes in the country!

Pop. is only 4,800,000 thereabouts.

And people really are friendly and helpful.

I CHOSE to live here, had to move away for a few years, and chose to move back when I could retire.
Half of my life I lived on the West Coast, but this place is deeply home to me.
First thing my next door neighbor said when she welcomed me to our current neighborhood was
" Oh I DO hope you are a Democrat!"