Considering Huntsville

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Sunny Days: 199

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LookyLOO Review of Huntsville

Serious Job Opportunities

Huntsville does not screw around with employment. Starting with the Space Race of the ’60s, Huntsville became a powerhouse in defense, biotech, hypersonic propulsion, cyber security, rada, aerospace engineering, weapons, combat systems, and counter-intelligence. It also houses a major Toyota auto plant, one of the world’s largest Biotech Research Facilities, and one of the world’s largest general research parks. If you are ready to get your STEM on in a career, then Huntsville should be on your list.

Locals will claim that you get six months of hot, sticky weather and four months of wet, cold winter - there is an insane amount of rain. That leaves at most 60 days a year when you can relax outside and enjoy the weather.

Lifestyle

Nightlife in Huntsville is thin relative to other cities nearby (Nashville/Atlanta), but there is both a hipster bar thing and beer and a-shot options happening if you crave either of those scenes. If you’re more cultured, you’ll be happy to know the city has a fine symphony orchestra, playhouse, museums, and a concert hall for those fine art nights out. Huntsville also has a good concert venue where some of the big acts go, but also cool is how perfectly located you are between Nashville, Birmingham, and Atlanta, where every big show happens.

Check out what happens in Huntsville throughout the year in the calendar of events.

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Why You Should Move Here Now?

Workforce/Economy

There are a lot of good reasons to move to Huntsville but we can’t get past the workforce and economy as front and center. Huntsville has the highest number of PHDs in the country and the greatest concentration of tech talent, outside Silicon Valley. It seems fair to say that Tech, Defense and Biotech are going to be powerful industries for the next 100 years or so, so what's not to like.
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Reviews of Huntsville from Locals

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Huntsville was rated the #1 city in America to raise a family. Colorado Springs didn't even make the top 25. I can say from living here for 30+ years that Huntsville has been a great place to raise a family. Our kids got a great education, there was always plenty to do with them, and now they have both finished college and are married. They have good jobs in the area and own their own homes. What more can a parent ask?

You trade the mountains in Colorado for the Gulf Coast. Make sure you take advantage of the beach (consistently rated among the best beaches in the world). It is glorious. They are different from the Rockies, but the Smoky Mountains, like the beach, are a 1/2 day drive away. Incredibly beautiful as well.

Your comments about crippling debt are concerning. Spending above your means is not a problem you will solve by moving. All of us have to live within a budget or debt at some point becomes unmanageable. With five kids I am sure that is even more difficult.

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