I gave a complement to a security guard in Huntsville on how nice and pleasant Huntsville is. His reply "Yep, it's a nice mix of rednecks and rocket engineers that keeps everybody in check". Well said.

I was born and raised in Battle Creek MI and moved to Huntsville when I was 32, 25 years ago. I have never looked back and never wanted to leave! Love Huntsville AL

Huntsville has it's issues like all cities. It has been home for 20 years and there are some great people here. There are some run down parts but the city has cleaned up and grown quite a bit. Overall it is a very safe city. The builders are primarily focused on luxury apartments and homes right now but there are plenty of smaller towns within a 15-30 minute commute that still have very affordable housing and the income potential for the city is good for the region. I never intended being in Huntsville after college but it became home for me.

I have lived in Huntsville my entire life and our downtown has really started booming in the past few years. There are beautiful homes all over the city. There's so much to offer here.

Huntsville native here. Got priced out of my own hometown. Can't afford the rent prices. Had to move to rural alabama and I commute an hour to work. Huntsville is great.... if you can afford it.

I grew up in Huntsville and recently moved away about a year ago, and the change I've seen in that year is insane. Even for how affordable it is to live there, it was even cheaper only a couple years ago.

I was born and raised in huntsville. Great place to live if you like the city style life with that southern feel. There was still so much they missed. There are even some haunted houses here and much much more that doesn't get mentioned.

This is my home town. Born and raised. Never thought I would see Huntsville reach this status.

I’m a police officer here. Moved here from bham back in 2018. Definitely a place to raise a family. Great schools. People overall are really friendly and make my job much easier. Definitely has more to offer as of now imo than Birmingham. Especially considering the difference in the crime rate

I'm worried that Huntsville is sacrificing necessary urban planning for the sake of quick growth. Our bus lines barely function and everything is basically only accessible by car outside of downtown. The new housing that is being built is also almost exclusively single family detached homes in hellscape urban sprawls that are being bought equally by real people and rental agencies. The more dense housing is entirely rent only. There are no condominiums to my knowledge. So a family's ability to generate wealth from their homes is going to be nigh impossible in the city. It's nice, but we have some serious problems here. It's no fairytale. Many of the issues with transportation and ballooning rental costs are creating a future homelessness crisis, and the city's answer is to Trail of Tears them out to the county instead of providing housing options for them.

We moved to the Big Cove area just SE of Huntsville about 8 months ago and absolutely LOVE it. I commute to the tech area of W Huntsville for work, but the drive isn't bad at all. Lots of shopping, not crowded, and we love that it's a slower life. Nashville, Birmingham, Lake Guntersville, lots of parks to hike and nature reserves, and everyone is SO nice here. It's a great place to raise a family. Best decision we've made.

NEW SUB! Thanks for doing my city! I was born and raised here and Huntsville really is a great place to live and raise a family. ❤️ Northwest Huntsville is supposed to be a "not so great part" of Huntsville according to most people, but I grew up in this area of Huntsville and still love it. I can still leave my door unlocked if I want and no one messes with my car or amazon packages. Lol. God bless you and yours! ❤️

Huntsville is the best-kept secret in the country. We love it here. The people are nice and genuine. The food scene is diverse and there are more family-owned places than chains. Real estate prices have skyrocketed over the past two years just like everywhere else. But it is still relatively affordable, and prices are beginning to normalize. There is crime in every city. And like most, it is isolated to a few specific areas. We have lived in several parts of the US over the years and Rocket City is by far my favorite.

Huntsville, born and raised there. Have lots of family and friends there. So many memories. ❤️

There was so many other cool things you missed. Like the Trash Pandas stadium, Monte Sano, the rail road museum, the VBC, Cummings Reasearch Park, and so many other amazing things here in Huntsville! If yall have time, yall should definitely come back and see the many other great things Huntsville has to offer.

You missed the Research Park area, Where space industry, missile defense industry, research industries are located. Basically the tech industry area, it is beautiful. Mid city, and the Whole shopping area of University Drive are also in that area. Technically, there is also the Madison area which connects with Huntsville but is not incorporated into Huntsville. Huntsville is HUGE! The outlying areas connected to the city are not even being counted, just because they are not incorporated, but just look the entire metro complex on a map and you start to realize, Huntsville, does not just consist of Huntsville proper. Hampton Cove, Owens cross roads, and you even missed the whole south side of Huntsville proper which goes all the way to the Tennessee River. That’s where I live. I actually prefer the South side. Lots of nature walks , and shoot, we have Alligators here in South Huntsville. (I have lived here 17 years and seen one, so far.) Huntsville is a very vibrant city, that does not let blight take hold here. Since moving here, I can’t tell you how many buildings have been torn down to make way for new development. The new development has been fantastic. The South side Hays Farm Project alone raised my home value $23,000 dollars overnight. They are pumping 3.6 million in refurbishing the area. It is beautiful. The most water in Huntsville, is right here in South Huntsville. You just have to know where to find it. The military base realignment and consolidation a.k.a. “BRAC” closed military bases all over the country and brought a whole lot of military here, about 8000 troops and their families. Redstone Arsenal, the military base here, is also not considered part of Huntsville, but Huntsville completely surrounds it. Traffic is 10 fold what it was, just a few short years ago because of BRAC, Jobs and a growing vibrant city attracting talent from all over the world to come here and they did and still do come here. The city has grown incredibly fast since we moved here in 2007 during the economic crisis! Just think about that for a minute, back then during the economic crisis, it was announced that Huntsville was THE fastest growing city in America. What you saw of Huntsville, was but a tiny portion of what there is. I think you are going to have to come visit again and take a second look. You missed a lot. We can save you some money if you stay with us. Would be glad to show you around.

I wrapped up 15 years in Madison, leaving 3 years ago. Huntsville and Madison have outgrown their infrastructure. Traffic is incredibly dense, every school is overcrowded, but grocers are usually stocked with whatever you need. My wife and I plan on moving back to N. AL but it's just way too crowded to justify living in that same area again.

Just ran a across your channel and right away was impressed with your travels. I was born in Huntsville in 1951 and have remained here ever year except the years I served our country. Just a quick thank you for the coverage you gave our city. We are not perfect by a long shot, but we try. Thanks for coming. If you are ever in the area again, just stop on in. We will treat you so many different ways you are bound to like one of them!!

You should've really had a native Huntsvillian to show around and get a TRUE representation of ALL of Huntsville, not just a few parts. Also, I was born here 54 years ago, and I can assure you, the Huntsville I grew up in is not the Huntsville of today (yes, I wax nostalgic often).

Please please stop moving here 😩 it’s so dang heart breaking seeing all the beautiful land being taken over by subdivisions! Our roads cannot handle the rush of people moving here! Our schools are already at the breaking point! They lowered the scores teachers need on their tests in order to teach, just so they can actually hire people to work at the schools, the quality of our city is falling due to the quantity of people moving here! I live right outside the city, used to take me maybe 35 minutes to drive into Huntsville, now it’s over an hour in the mornings.

I live in Huntsville, AL. It's wild. You have some very nice places. And then you can see some very sketchy areas not too far away. One thing I can say for myself living here is this. Huntsville is definitely booming, economically and population wise.

Since covid rent has tripled and some are four times higher. Huntsville used to be a really great place to live until the local government thought it was a good idea to become as big as Birmingham and Montgomery. The once great town is quickly becoming just another hole. Yes, we have some very pretty areas and the historical homes are beautiful.

Great take of the old town Huntsville but wow! there is so much more to see. The University of Alabama--Huntsville is about 3 miles from the Space and Rocket Museum. There are phenomenal shopping areas, residential areas with massive homes, great apartment and condo neighborhoods; the income is great; a nice variety of employment opportunities. Monte Sano Mountain is a lovely mountain residential area. The schools are great centers for learning. Entertainment is abundant. I realize another 24 hours of video might provide more reasons why Huntsville is a great place. Yep! I was born and raised in Huntsville. ~ L

just recently moved my family & business to Huntsville. We absolutely love it here. We are in research park & not far from university where almost everything is or can be reached from, bridge st. is close & we just recently saw fireworks at providence on the lawn. coming from small towns, Huntsville has been the right decision for us on where we decided to leave our legacy.

I live in Huntsville. You cannot appreciate the downtown in a car. I know because untill I actually explored on foot I didn't notice how very unique and nice it is. Beautiful area you drove. There are some homes that are pre civil war. Very lucky to have saved these homes from fire and destruction. I believe Huntsville made a deal with the north for preservation.

I like seeing people excited to learn about our city. it makes me happy.

Uhh i lived in Illinois for 45+ years chicago area . And we left over a year ago now im here in Huntsville area and I can say it's the best thing I ever did ...nothing like the toilet I left theres good jobs low taxes and wayy lower crime rate here..yes anyplace can have crime but this is a cake walk compared ..this is my opinion so no negative comments please my life has improved soo much id recommended Huntsville area to Anyone!!!!!!

I'm from Huntsville and moved to Nashville, Tennessee 10 years ago. I moved back here last year. It is a good place to live, far as low crime rate and places to live. The rental rates are getting expensive, There are a tone of brand new apartments and brand new homes. So much new stuff we can't keep up. WE do have a ton of beautiful neighborhoods. The houses are gorgeous here. The value and prices are high to us, but they are very low to new families move from up North and from West. There is a TONE OF MONEY IN HUNTSVILLE. LOTS OF OLD MONEY.

I will always love Huntsville, even though I left 50 years ago. Learned to drive, fell in love several times, hung out at the old Boat Docks, and went to Whitesburg and Grissom. I hope that Monte Sano is still beautiful. Beware of the best city tag, because like one of the other comments, I live in Austin, and uncontrolled growth can quickly ruin a special place.

This is a great city. I have family here, for years. Great place to raise a family and great opportunities.

I grew up in Huntsville, got married and moved to Tupelo, MS and currently live in Chattanooga. You're sort of doing a tour of my life! 😂 But I love Huntsville and plan to move back when we retire.

I was born and bred in the next county over. I left home at 18 to join the Army and never moved back. That was 42 years ago. Although Ive been away a long time, my heart will always reside in North Alabama.

My home town!!! thank you for sharing!!

This is where I was born and raised! I now am in Birmingham, but it was an amazing place to grow up!

The reason why those three neighborhoods are very beautiful and well kept is because they are historic districts. By having a historic district designation that protects the integrity of those neighborhoods from absentee landlords and the typical urban poor.

I currently live in Huntsville and from a town 15 miles from Madison Al. It’s wonderful here and anytime I’m away I feel homesick. There’s so much history here, unbelievable creativity,scientific with lots of military families. So much to see and do. Downtown has been thriving with new restaurants and locally owned!

I wish US News and World Report'd keep their opinions to themselves! We've got enough folks here already!

As a Huntsville native I can tell you that Twickenham is a neighborhood of doctors and lawyers now. Those are multi-million dollar homes. But yes still a beautiful neighborhood.

The run down building was J.C.Browns Store. It was a awesome place to many. Across the street was a movie theater. It has so much history in that neighborhood. Huntsville and surrounding areas are new homes building on what was once corn fields and cotton and soy beans. Was born in Huntsville Hospital and that is probably where I will die. Huntsville Hospital has grown huge and now has a lot of great physicians in every field practing medicine. Thanks for doing this video.

Huntsville is certainly nice and it's a pleasure to live here. Thanks for visiting and bringing your lovely wife to brighten up the place.

As someone who's a Huntsville-Madison area transplant from KY I feel like that ranking totally deserved. It's the absolute best place I've ever lived and Im completely satisfied with the move. 10/10 would recommend.

Lived there for 4 decades then moved to Bham. First thing I noticed was how much cleaner Huntsville is as a whole. Litter is rampant down here (can't stand litter bugs). Also felt safer there... the thought of owning a firearm for home protection never crossed my mind there. Even though I have grown to appreciate Bham I will always think of Hville as home.

My mom just moved there as we escaped Los Angeles in the mass Exodus of 2020, I’m in Texas, she went to Huntsville. So thanks Spoda you’re great!

Very, very nice!...always wanted to visit that space museum

Great city for families and older adults. Not a great place for young adults. Very boring. Not a great place for diversity. Not a great place for people of color (it’s not horrible but it’s still the South). I like to call Huntsville “The North” of Alabama. Not a great place to get ahead. Salaries are extremely low for my profession. This place is my home, but I grew to hate it when I became an adult.

I live in Huntsville Alabama and it is a wonderful place to live. I have been here my whole life and it has grown leaps and bounds in the last few years. It's a great place to raise your family in a diverse friendly town. I will be here for the rest of my days.

Naples, Florida was named best place to live several years ago. Now it is so incredibly expensive it is no longer livable for most. Huntsville will be the same in a few years. The whole #1 most livable city is basically just a way to tell outside investors to come in and jack-up prices.

Lived in Huntsville about 8 yrs it is beautiful

God has blessed America! Let's turn from all wrong and learn to follow His given Son Jesus Christ.

I came from South Carolina to live in Huntsville Ala and graduated Frome S.R Butler Highschool class of 84 and I enjoyed every min I was there.

Great job, guys! This is my hometown.

I was born there. Wouldn't consider it the most livable. Major cities in Texas far exceed Alabama regarding economic opportunities and forward-thinking people.

Huntsville! ❤️❤️❤️ “The biggest little city in Alabama!” I’m approximately 15 minutes south of Huntsville, in a rural area. Most of the people out here are RSA employees, and of course many engineers populate the area. The reason why there’s not many tall buildings in Huntsville is because the majority of north Alabama sits atop cave systems.

You should definitely visit maple hill cemetery for it's history next time you're in Huntsville. Huntsville is filled with all sorts of history. Absolutely love it

You missed providence village in Huntsville. Its AMAZING!

There is beauty in the old homes. Thanks for showing me.

Now that you've done a video about downtown, the Twickenham District, Mill Village, and the Space and Rocket Center, please do a followup video about the other 95 percent of Huntsville. Speaking as someone who's lived here since the 1980s.

I grew up in Huntsville and spent the first 34 years of my life there. As to your tour of Twickenham, (Huntsville's original name) well, really pretty much every neighborhood you went through, none of those houses are 200 years old. A lot of them are antebellum but almost none of the original city exists. The first constitutional convention declaring Alabama a state was held in Huntsville December 14th, 1819. I don't expect you to know any of this. You did a decent job showing Huntsville as the great city it is. I've been gone almost 30 years and still miss it. Oh, and as downtown's go, Huntsville's is indeed very small.

I've been here since 1967. Changes to Huntsville have been unbelievable. Your camera showed those parts of Huntsville that make it appealing. However, looking at the entire metro area, it has become a nightmare of traffic congestion, housing developments, car washes (yes, I said car washes) and horrible street conditions. As I was told recently, there are 10 to 20 people moving to Huntsville every day. That is probably why construction of 5,000 apartments is taking place as I speak.

I live here in Huntsville! Just randomly came across your video. Thank you for showing people our awesome city!

I grew up in Northeast Huntsville, left and came back for school and it's grown a lot. I enjoy the convenience of nothing being overly far away but tbh as a young adult, its fairly boring. I feel like there's nothing to do but go out to eat or shop. There are some classes and such but none are really more casually affordable. Downtown has started having more events and my fingers are crossed that they continue. Its also the only area you can get around without a car. But the construction does make it difficult to even walk around right now. Don't even try biking, my friend does and she said people have actively tried to kill her biking here. Housing is a huge problem though for sure, I make 60k/year at my new job and only could afford a house in North Huntsville out of the kindness of another human and the luck of my parents having the ability to help us out. I wanted to move over near my parents but we got priced out of homes that, before I left for college, would've been in my price range. We would've spent easily as much as our mortgage trying to rent though, so I guess at least we dodged a bullet there. Also don't even get me started on wedding venues. If you don't want to get married in the barn or outside you are kind of out of luck. They're beautiful, but the barn vibe was not for me and we had to pick a venue an hour outside Huntsville to find a not barn with a larger guest capacity that didn't cost a kidney to rent. I do like it but its definitely far from perfect. I'll be staying for the foreseeable future but I really hope some of the issues get worked out (and there are definitely more than I listed out, I only spoke about issues I personally am familiar with.) It is frustrating to having to deal with the rising prices here as someone who grew up here.

Lived in hazel green for 12yrs and worked in Huntsville. Back in Ohio now . I miss Alabama.

Lived here my entire life....there's no other city I would want to live in. It's a great mix of both newer technology and a small, hometown feeling city. You can be in the middle of the city and drive 20 mins in any direction and be out in the country. I just wish they would stop building up all these sub divisions. The land and country charm play a huge role in making this a special place to live. It was at its peak for me in the 80s as it hadn't yet become so crowded

Not sure how I came across your video, but I live in Huntsville (Madison). Have lives here two years now and my family and I absolutely love it here! Coming from small town Ohio, and previously St. Petersburg Florida, and Kansas living for awhile, this is by far our favorite place! The old history, Space and Rocket center, the Big Spring Park, the fact we can go be in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains very quickly to the beautiful Alabama beaches in a few short hours. Many big cities are so close, like Nashville, Atlanta. It’s the perfect spot! We love all the many dining and shopping options so close also. Hope you enjoyed your stay!

Lmao all those people complaining about traffic are just showing how little time they spent in real cities. Huntsville traffic is a joke

Average person can't afford to live in Madison or Huntsville. Not what it was. Live in N Alabama had to work over there several times. Such a pain now.

It's a gorgeous place for sure. But it's Wildly over priced right now. It's hard to live here if your below middle wealth.

I became a permanent resident of Huntsville back in 2004. It's a wonderful place to live and raise your children. The growth here is amazing. You did miss a TON of amazing things, location and subdivisions. I would highly recommend a part 2, lol.

Personally, I'm a huge fan of the Lowe Mill. Tons of artists, some good food, lots of events going on every day it seems. If you go back, would recommend a visit.

Every place and city is livable. The real question, is what level are you prepare to live in. As a big sci-fi nerd, I really want to visit the US Space & Rocket Center some day.

Spent too much time in the historic districts to give an accurate portrayal of how most people live in this city. Doesn't even classify that as a middle class area. A beautiful area for sure, though. Had to laugh when you said "A run down area of Huntsville!" as I live close to there and there's much worse! Actually a nice area to live if I do say so myself. Enjoyed seeing y'all enjoy the Space Center.

I was born and raised in Huntsville-Many precious memories here-It is a great place to live.

we drove by huntsville on our way home from albertville , alabama. big nice town

I really appreciate that you do your homework and give people like me an opportunity to see places and neighborhoods I wouldn't normally see. I always wondered what it would be like living in other places .

Lived there for 6 years, and it is a fantastic place to live. Theres just about zero crime, and it’s super safe and affordable. You could probably leave your doors unlocked and would be fine.

Can yall not. Yall keep highlighting us and it'll keep getting more expensive 😂

I live 15 minutes from downtown Huntsville; this is by far the best place to raise a family and have a great quality of life. Moved here 17 years ago from a big city, and this is paradise if you compare the “traffic” and housing prices from other places.

Just moved here. Love this place.

I love this!! We moved here when I was 7yrs old & it's home! My Dad worked for Nasa for almost 40yrs (until covid hit & he decided to retire....bummer). The great thing about this place is, I live in a beautiful suburb called Madison & I can get anywhere around here in about 30 to 45min. The headquarters you mentioned are not downtown though, they are spread out all over the place & I like it that way because we can keep downtown and places like that, southern & beautiful & not industrial. I hope it does grow a little more & I would love to see more concerts & things like that, I just don't want it to get so big, it becomes like Birmingham & places like that. Love Huntsvegas!! ❤️

Fun fact! The Saturn V rockets on-site are kept in pristine and updated conditions because they can actually be reassembled and space-ready in a few weeks! What you refer to as "down town" is what we call The Square in the South. Underneath the courthouse and all of the surrounding buildings there's a cave system that lends some nice landscape and elevation variety for the waterfall and park below. There's an awesome historic cotton mill that's been converted into an art gallery and creative space for local artists called Lowe Mill that is maybe a mile away from the Space & Rocket Center that is one of my favorite places in Huntsville! We also have the Huntsville Havoc, a SPHL team, as well as being the home of Trash Pandas baseball. Also, if you think the historic district homes are impressive, you need to drive up Monte Sano Mountain. There's more than a few multi-million dollar homes up the hillside that are incredibly huge and are top-of-the-line.

In the 1980's the army started a program called the delta 10 program to train young soldiers into the EOD field, that program was started in Hunstville AL, I was there graduated and it was awesome.

You should have gone up on Monte Santo mountain - a very eclectic artsy vibe in that neighborhood

I love it in Alabama I love it ❤️live out here to

Oh man, I follow you here and there and wish I would have known you'd be here. I'd like to say hello. The historic homes by downtown are so nice still, because Huntsville was only one of 2 or 3 cities where the union troops didn't burn down all the homes. The troops used it as a headquarters. There's many beautiful neighborhoods in areas away from dwntwn too. If you go slightly northwest of dwntwn, you'll reach the worse and more run down neighborhoods fairly quick. Many of the large corporations are in Research Park east and west... and of course most of NASA and military buildings are on the arsenal. I hope you enjoy your stay here! P.S. I forgot to say I enjoy you're videos very much! It relaxes me at night and after long days. I enjoyed the recent Fargo, Boise videos as those are 2 cities I definitely would like to visit. The Wichita one was great too. I enjoy learning interesting facts about cities. Thanks : )

Loving he comments section. Huntsville is my home. I have lived a lot of different places but no mater where I'm living at the time I always considered Huntsville home.

Yea you said we don’t have tall buildings in Huntsville. That’s what I say when I compare it to say Birmingham. BHam is more up but Huntsville is waaaayy more spread out in n area. Anyway Huntsville is the best city in the country and quite possibly the world.👍❤️💯

I've lived in Huntsville for over 30 years and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

one of the loudest noes on earth was the Saturn five rocket thanks for the show From New York

the attention on HSV has caused property values to explode, which means catch up to the rest of the county. My own home was worth $160k 5 years ago but today would sell for $360k

That intersection where you said “a run down part of HSV”, sits a an old J. C. Brown general store, founded in the late 1890s. Someone bought it a few years back and it just sits there. I wish they would bring it back. It’s very close to my home. I drive by it twice a day.

I wish people would stop moving here. It should have been kept more secret.

Thank God Sherman Missed Huntsville

Huntsville is beautiful I’m not going to lie. It’s basically and literally where Appalachia and the Deep South meet. You’ll get that vibe in the nearby cities of Decatur, Birmingham, and Florence. But I am at a point where i enjoy visiting there over living. Perhaps as a native it’s just ideal to move perhaps it’s a frustration of growth over a somewhat limited infrastructure.

I am proud to live within 40 miles of Huntsville my whole life. I go there often. The Tennessee River borders south Huntsville, and also don't forget the Huntsville Botanical Garden, Big Spring Park, and the Von Braun Civic Center.

I grew up in Huntsville, I can remember we use to take a bus and go downtown to shop, this was before they built the Mall. Also we use to have school trips to the space attraction when I went it had the one tall rocket and a gift shop that was it! My dad worked at a company called Spaco late 50’s early 60’s. Growing up in Huntsville because of the Space Center and Redstone, people from around the world came to work and live there, so going to school I had school friends from Turkey, China, India, Russia, Germany, Italy and many more, it’s a beautiful city, and no matter where you entering the city from the north, south, east or west, it’s beautiful. I moved away when I was 30, but I still have relatives and friends there so I go as often as I can, hopefully I’ll move back once I retire. Thank you for showing us this video, maybe next time take a drive up and down the Parkway, then up and down on University Drive.

my brother and his lovely wife got married in the space and rocket centers water tank, his lovely wife works there and she seems to love it! huntsville is nice

Came across this channel on the hum bug, becoming one of my favorites

I've lived in the Huntsville area most of my life. I'm 40 yrs old my father was in the military thats what brought us here. There are nice areas but theres also alot of rundown areas and some areas that are not as some people would say "the safest". If you have money nice place

Honestly this video definitely feels like you cherry picked. No offense but as a resident here things are so different from just the McMansion neighborhoods and the Space Center. You drove through a couple bad neighborhoods but not the ones where people walk the streets a lot, like around Jordan Lane. It's a totally different world. And you didn't see the businesses because they are in the business park. I have to be real that I am SO ready to get out of here. In the very least I want to live somewhere with real public transportation and is actually walkable. The public transit doesn't go to upper middle class neighborhoods, so it literally forces itself to be exclusively for poor people. Our city infrastructure sucks ass in every way, and the state we are in just compounds that. Those apartments everywhere? They are driving up the cost like mad. I'd honestly rather live in a place that was always expensive; at least then I wouldn't be constantly apartment hunting for the cheapest I can find when my lease next runs out

I had no idea Birmingham and Huntsville were that populated. Thank you for the video