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Post by Gaidin on Sept 10, 2015 10:24:26 GMT -5
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Post by Gaidin on Sept 10, 2015 10:27:00 GMT -5
Birmingham, AL Birmingham (/ˈbɜrmɪŋhæm/ bur-ming-ham) is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. The city's population was 212,237 according to the 2010 United States Census.[3] The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of about 1,128,047 according to the 2010 Census, which is approximately one quarter of Alabama's population. Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, notably, former Elyton. It grew from there, annexing many more of its smaller neighbors, into an industrial and railroad transportation center with a focus on mining, the iron and steel industry, and railroading. Birmingham was named for Birmingham, England, UK; one of that nation's major industrial cities. Most of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry.[4] In one writer's view, the city was planned as a place where cheap, non-unionized, and African-American labor from rural Alabama could be employed in the city's steel mills and blast furnaces, giving it a competitive advantage over industrial cities in the Midwest and Northeast.[5] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama The University of Alabama, Birmingham made the heretical decision to end football and then a few months later changed their mind. As the graduate of another state school that has a miserable football program I had actually hoped it might start a trend.
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Post by Gaidin on Sept 11, 2015 12:58:14 GMT -5
Florence is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.
According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 39,319.
Florence is the largest and principal city of the Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals" (which includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia metropolitan areas in Colbert and Lauderdale counties). Florence is considered the primary economic hub of northwestern Alabama.
Across the river in Muscle Shoals, AL. Some great music was made in Muscle Shoals. Including two absolute Rolling Stones' classics. This one and Brown Sugar which is banned in China.
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Post by pumpkin on Sept 11, 2015 20:08:22 GMT -5
Wild Horses is a favorite of mine. If we get to expand our GAL, I may have to add such a location that's close to Muscle Shoals. I hear they've got the swampers, who've been known to pick a song or two.
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Post by lizdarcy on Sept 12, 2015 7:58:56 GMT -5
I believe there was never a Jersey City entry in the original City of the Day edition. I am remedying that situation now with a link to information about the WEST SIDE of Jersey City. Yes, those of you who select the Jersey City H.O. will be on West Side Avenue, not in glamorous downtown JC. Downtown Jersey City is a booming trendy place with new condos and office buildings going up every day and lots of great stores and restaurants. It is 5 minutes by PATH train from Manhattan. The same cannot be said about the west side of JC. However, a new Subway just opened a few blocks away, an exciting harbinger of pre-gentrification. And, as I've said many times, the Jersey City office really is a good place to work. There are terrific people there and it's a congenial, well-run office. Here is the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side,_Jersey_City
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Post by lizdarcy on Sept 12, 2015 8:04:51 GMT -5
I see that link leads to more than one location. I just pasted in below the text.
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West Side, Jersey City From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The West Side of Jersey City is an area made up of several diverse neighborhoods on either side of West Side Avenue,[1] one of the city's main shopping streets.[2][3] Parallel and west of Kennedy Boulevard, West Side Avenue carries two county route designations.[4] [5]
West Side Avenue at its northern end begins in the Marion Section as a dead end at the PATH trains, though there is no station there[6] After crossing Broadway and Sip Avenue it passes Holy Name Cemetery on the west and nearby Saint Peter's College to the east.[7] "The Bubble", an air-supported structure that is part of Yanitelli Center, is visible on the slope of Montgomery Street.[citation needed] Lincoln Park and Pulaski Skyway
Lincoln Park is one of the largest county parks in Hudson County[8] and includes recreational facilities (tennis, track, athletic fields, golf range, biking, running) and picnicking areas. Overpasses provide pedestrian access over Truck 1-9 from the older, more urban eastern section of the park to the more natural west section on the Hackensack River. The streets ascending from the park contain an eclectic mix architectural styles including Victorian and Edwardian mansions, and pre-war and Art Deco apartment buildings in the Bergen Section. St Aloyius Church is a prominent landmark near the park.[9] Mallory Square, a small Filipino American neighborhood in the Lincoln Park/West Bergen area of Jersey City's West Side
At Communipaw Avenue the street enters the heart of West Bergen.[2][10][11] West Bergen is so called in reference Bergen-Lafayette Section and in the 19th century was part of Bergen Township and Bergen. (The name Bergen is from the original Bergen, New Netherland centered on Bergen Square). One of the very few older residential districts of the city west of the avenue radiates from Mallory Avenue as it runs south from Lincoln Park.
The West Side Avenue Station is the terminus for the single branch of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail.[12] The station is on an embankment above the east side of street, and consists of an island platform and two tracks. Bumper blocks are at the west end of the station, a pedestrian bridge and elevator connecting it a large park and ride lot and bus stations. The former Central Railroad of New Jersey right of way formerly continued west across the Newark and New York Railroad Bridge at Newark Bay and there are proposals to extend the line to a station close by. The Jersey City Board of Education is located nearby.
The West Campus of New Jersey City University began development in 2006 ,and will more than double the campus's with academic buildings, residences, retail spaces, parking, and a "University Promenade."[13][14][15] Along with Bayfront, Jersey City, another planned community, the West Side will be expanded with residential, retail, and recreational areas.
West Side Avenue's southern end is the Country Village [16] section of Greenville at Danforth Avenue close to NJ-440,[7] across which is the Droyer's Point and completed sections of the Hackensack RiverWalk.
New Jersey Transit bus routes #1, #80, #87 as well as A&C Bus Corporation serve the district.
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Post by phoenixrakkasan on Sept 12, 2015 9:03:00 GMT -5
Many will relocate as a result of the ALJ adventure. I found a very useful tool from the State Department. Here is the link: m.state.gov/md79700.htmIt can be used to aid in a future GAL expansion. If it is well liked, it can be added to the FAQ folders. Keep dreaming. Dreams can become a reality with effort and time.
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Post by aljwantabe on Sept 12, 2015 10:45:35 GMT -5
Florence is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 39,319. Florence is the largest and principal city of the Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals" (which includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia metropolitan areas in Colbert and Lauderdale counties). Florence is considered the primary economic hub of northwestern Alabama. Across the river in Muscle Shoals, AL. Some great music was made in Muscle Shoals. Including two absolute Rolling Stones' classics. This one and Brown Sugar which is banned in China. Great little town, beautiful downtown area, and home to the University of North Alabama, "Roar Lions"
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Post by gary on Sept 12, 2015 10:49:45 GMT -5
Florence and Birmingham look like lovely towns; so lovely everyone should modify their GALs to include only those two cities.
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Post by lawmom90 on Sept 12, 2015 12:32:00 GMT -5
Many will relocate as a result of the ALJ adventure. I found a very useful tool from the State Department. Here is the link: m.state.gov/md79700.htmIt can be used to aid in a future GAL expansion. If it is well liked, it can be added to the FAQ folders. Keep dreaming. Dreams can become a reality with effort and time. Thanks Phoenix :-)
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Post by minny on Sept 12, 2015 13:00:04 GMT -5
Wild Horses is a favorite of mine. If we get to expand our GAL, I may have to add such a location that's close to Muscle Shoals. I hear they've got the swampers, who've been known to pick a song or two. OMG, another Skynard fan! I have extended family in the Huntsville area but gosh it is hard to get in and out of Florence easily f or weekend trips home.
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Post by Gaidin on Sept 13, 2015 9:23:14 GMT -5
Mobile, AL
Mobile (/moʊˈbiːl/ moh-beel; French pronunciation: [mɔ.bil]) is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama. The population within the city limits was 195,111 as of the 2010 United States Census,[9] making it the third most populous city in the State of Alabama, the most populous in Mobile County, and the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida.
Alabama's only salthingyer port, Mobile is located at the head of the Mobile Bay and the north-central Gulf Coast.[10] The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city beginning with the city as a key trading center between the French and Native Americans down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States.[11][12] Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area. This region of 412,992 residents is composed solely of Mobile County; it is the third-largest metropolitan statistical area in the state.[9][13] Mobile is the largest city in the Mobile-Daphne−Fairhope CSA, with a total population of 604,726, the second largest in the state.[14] As of 2011, the population within a 60-mile (100 km) radius of Mobile is 1,262,907.[15]
Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702. During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony of France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the United States of America in 1813, with the annexation of West Florida under President James Madison. In 1861 Alabama joined the Confederate States of America, which surrendered in 1865.[16]
Also this guy grew up there.
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Post by sealaw90 on Sept 14, 2015 8:42:31 GMT -5
Mobile is nice but that stupid autocorrect. "salt thingy port" hahaha, that was funny! Obviously salt water, which brings lots of good sea food. There's a restaurant or two on the water with cold beer and steamed shrimp...good times.
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Post by funkyodar on Sept 14, 2015 9:52:27 GMT -5
Mobile is also the birth place of Mardi Gras in the US, despite most attention going to NOLA. It's a really cool southern sea town with great food, proximity to miles of beautiful beaches in the Redneck Riviera, close to Mississippi's Casino Row, a great music scene and ample opportunities in multiple industries/businesses for spousal employment.
Fairhope is one of teh prettiest little towns on the water I have ever seen. With a colorful history.
Mobile also has a pretty decent and easily used airport with flights to ATL, MEM, Charlotte and maybe a few other places.
Well worth a GAL expansion.
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Post by Gaidin on Sept 14, 2015 11:22:44 GMT -5
Staying in Alabama we next arrive at Montgomery.
From Wikipedia:
"Montgomery is home of the Montgomery Biscuits baseball team."
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Post by owl on Sept 14, 2015 15:56:18 GMT -5
Mobile is also the birth place of Mardi Gras in the US, despite most attention going to NOLA. It's a really cool southern sea town with great food, proximity to miles of beautiful beaches in the Redneck Riviera, close to Mississippi's Casino Row, a great music scene and ample opportunities in multiple industries/businesses for spousal employment. Fairhope is one of teh prettiest little towns on the water I have ever seen. With a colorful history. Mobile also has a pretty decent and easily used airport with flights to ATL, MEM, Charlotte and maybe a few other places. Well worth a GAL expansion. What this thread needs is some Jane Curtin/Dan Aykroyd-style "Point/Counterpoint" treatment. After all, if we only hear the positives about every location, and everybody expands their GALs accordingly, then we'll be right back where we are now - with me and my middling NOR score blocked for all eternity.
In that vein, "Funkyodar, you ignorant very *friendly* person." (Surely there's no way that makes it through autocorrect?) Mobile is a humid, fetid swamp infested by cockroaches as big as poodles. It is under the constant, menacing presence of the battleship USS Alabama, whose 16" guns - if the ship were commandeered by terrorists (who, if they have not already done so, could easily slip ashore anywhere among the miles and miles of dangerously unguarded coastline nearby) - could easily lay waste to the town in general and a newbie ALJ's temporary living quarters in particular. It also hosts a rather minor college football bowl game where historically the teams have steadfastly refused to play defense. Finally, the city is 2 years overdue for a hurricane.
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Post by owl on Sept 14, 2015 16:12:00 GMT -5
In a bid to catch up quickly, I will slander Florence and Birmingham together. Towns in north Alabama are notorious for white BBQ sauce, a surely nauseating concoction of mayo, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, and lemon juice that probably does taste great on smoked chicken and pulled pork but come on, who ever heard of white sauce on barbecue? And apparently local ordinances require slathering it on the fries, bread, and all the other typical barbecue accompaniments, probably extending all the way to the peach cobbler and pecan pie, and now that's just gross.
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Post by funkyodar on Sept 14, 2015 16:30:46 GMT -5
Touche' Owl. Admittedly, I did not think through the terrorists with a battleship angle.
Upon reflection, I withdraw my endorsement of Mobile. In fact, your follow up post has me convinced the entire state of Alabama is merely a facade of genteel southern charm when, in fact, it is a hot bed of terrorist activity. What with their keeping battleships in peaceful cities, celebrating Nick Saban and spreading that insipid unholy white sauce on innocent, unsuspecting pork.
I agree. Anyone that adds any Al' Bama cities to their gal is aiding the terrorists.
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Post by beenlurking on Sept 14, 2015 19:22:28 GMT -5
Touche' Owl. Admittedly, I did not think through the terrorists with a battleship angle. Upon reflection, I withdraw my endorsement of Mobile. In fact, your follow up post has me convinced the entire state of Alabama is merely a facade of genteel southern charm when, in fact, it is a hot bed of terrorist activity. What with their keeping battleships in peaceful cities, celebrating Nick Saban and spreading that insipid unholy white sauce on innocent, unsuspecting pork. I agree. Anyone that adds any Al' Bama cities to their gal is aiding the terrorists. I agree. You DON'T want to go there.
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Post by gary on Sept 14, 2015 19:28:33 GMT -5
I wish to express a contrasting opinion:
Everybody, your dream assignment as an ALJ is in Alabama. DO NOT SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST. Your modified GALs should include Alabama, and only Alabama.
We return to our regularly scheduled program already in progress.
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