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Originally Posted by Bogue
I live in Birmingham for now, but I'm a Gulflander. I'll be going back there as soon as I finish school next year. As such, I tend to use expressions that are a bit ambiguous (like saying "around here" in both places). Sorry if that's confusing. I like it here. Some really nice folks, some cool places, and some interesting history, but it's not home & never will be. I would be saying the same thing if I were pretty much anywhere else, though.
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I can certainly appreciate that... there's definately no place like home. I was in Atlanta several years but wanted to move back home. I hope you enjoy your time in Birmingham. Is "Bogue" any reference to the restaurant on Clairmont?
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Originally Posted by Bogue
I think you underestimate the long-term impact of a project like ThyssenKrupp while wildly overestimating the importance of UAB to the state. It's incredibly important to Birmingham, no doubt, but it has little to no effect at all on much of the state... in much the same way that ThyssenKrupp has little to no effect on B'ham.
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I don't think I underestimate the long-term impact of a project like TK. It's going to be a boom for Mobile and will have a positive effect on the entire region - heck, it will have an impact on the entire state.
I have to disagree with overestimating the importance of UAB to the state. UAB, both the university and the hospital, radiate throughout the state.
- Ask my father-in-law in Dothan who makes quarterly trips to UAB for his heart condition
- Ask my neighbor who moved here from Huntsville to take a job at UAB
- Ask my friend who relocated here from Baltimore to work for a top researcher searching for a cure to Diabetes
- My wife's job is dependent on UAB
- My job is partly dependent
So... NO, I don't believe we wildly overestimate the importance of UAB. I guess some of us in Birmingham feel we've been there... done that... got the t-shirt when it comes to the steel industry. Birmingham citizens pulled together after the steel industry left town in the 60's and 70's to build UAB into the successful urban university we have today. Alabama is better because of it.