Tuscaloosa Alabama | The pros & cons of living here.
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2021
- Tuscaloosa Alabama | The pros & cons of living here.
Are you relocation to Tuscaloosa? If so, here's some great information for you to keep in mind. If you have questions or thoughts, we'd love to hear them. Schedule a video chat: calendly.com/phil-duke-jr
Phil Duke Jr.
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Very good information
Thanks for the kind words! Feel free to reach out anytime...
thanks for making the channel! my family and I are planning to move to Alabama in just a couple of years.
What an interesting channel. I am planning to move to Tuscaloosa next year from Spain, this video really helped me because as you both said there is not much information about the city. Keep doing it!
what city in spain??
worst city in America
Just moved to the Tuscaloosa area. Great video! Thanks!!
Awesome! Let me know if I can help in any way. Welcome to the area, you'll love it here...
Flint Michigan here...Wife is in Tuscaloosa just found and bought a house and will be moving in 3 weeks...Cant WAIT to be around like minded people...
I made it!! Lol
@@sandorclegane4941 would love to chat with you at some point! Here's my Calendly link if you want to setup a Zoom call to chat about anything you might need help with since you're here now: calendly.com/phil-duke-jr/30min?back=1&month=2021-12
I'm currently a city worker here in California and work in the water department 🏬 I see a job opening for a water meter tech in this city and am thinking of applying for it 🤔 thanks alot for the information sounds like a great place for my wife and children
Good luck on the job! It’s really a great place to live and there’s only one state in the US that has lower property taxes than Alabama. Cost of living is affordable and the weather stays warms most of the year
Hi!! Thanks for creating this channel, is super helpful. We are planning to move to Tuscaloosa on 2022. Would you please share your thoughts on Northport area middle and High schools? Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the comment. I would recommend looking into the schools of interest at our city and county school board websites. They will have the insight you're probably looking for. We think the schools are great and both went to schools here. However, that is kind of a subjective to personal expectations and tastes. Here's the county link: www.tcss.net Here's the city link: www.tuscaloosacityschools.com/board
Thanks!!
I wanna live here
Hi there,
My wife and I are moving to Tuscaloosa from Madrid (Spain) and would be great if you could share some advices about the best areas for living there and probably areas that we should avoid?
Thanks anyway for your help
Hi Gabriel, This is Stephen. I'd love to answer your questions. Feel free to click on this link to set up a time to talk through your questions. calendly.com/stephenfindleyre/15min
This was great information, I’m moving to Tuscaloosa very soon 🤓
@@erikah2100 Awesome. Please let us know if we can help you in anyway!
did y'all end up moving??
Love the video. My wife and I have traveled all the way down there from North Dakota the last 4 straight years for a football game. Planning going again this fall. Love the Tide and the town. We just started to throw around the idea of buying a cheaper condo within a mile of the stadium to stay at when we go to games and possibly rent out when we aren't there.
Do you guys know of anyone from out of state that does something like this successfully? Not looking to make a bunch of money off it. Just help cover some of the costs. Is there management companies in town that do nightly/weekly rentals Airbnb style?
We haven't looked to seriously yet but we came across Harbrooke Downs Condos. Very small but very cheap and honestly all we would need. Are you familiar with that area?
We have a relationship with a company that specializes in gameday rentals. They'll rent it out, get it cleaned up, talk to the tenants, etc in exchange for 25% of the rental fee. We have people here who are able to pay their whole 12 month mortgage payments just by renting them out for the 7 or 8 gameday weekends. You'd probably want to also rent it out on AirBNB or VRBO because there's a big market for that as well. Parents are constantly coming in to visit their kids or go on campus tours, you have graduation weekends, etc. It can definitely be a money maker!
@@phildukejr Interesting. Thanks for the response! I really appreciate it. My wife and I are just starting to kick around this idea. Obviously with us living across the country we would need to find someone to manage it completely for us. When we come down again this fall we may interested in looking into some places checking it out more seriously. Are you at all familiar with those Harbrooke Downs Condos? Seems like they're all just little 2 bed 1 baths that are very reasonably priced and about a mile from the stadium. Perfect for what we'd but looking for. But again we haven't dug too deep into this
David Shula says "don't forget me."
Have any houses out there for rent?
Unfortunately, T-town caters totally to the student population. As a former transplant (from Vermont, no less), it was practically impossible to find an affordable, DECENT apartment for someone recently hired by the University. The first two years I had to deal with drug dealers in my apartment complex, which I finally escaped to a somewhat better situation, but still not ideal apartment on a busy road with no shade. It is NOT affordable for renters, unless Mommy and Daddy are footing the bill. Don't let all the "luxury apartment" signs fool you. Those are reserved for students. You'll be lucky to find something that is updated post 1960's. Sad... Also, the truck traffic is deplorable both in-town and on the highway to Birmingham and beyond. Poor development planning, especially since the 2011 tornado. It's all fast food joints and student housing. However, if you can't afford cable or streaming, it's great if you like ABC! You can get that network channel about four times without an antenna...just nothing else. I know...I lived there for seven years. Couldn't wait to move elsewhere. BTW, there are decent people living there, just be careful when they tell you, "bless your heart," it is NOT them showing empathy.
I’m a potential transfer student to the university of Alabama. My only concern is the diversity. Is it safe for a young black man?
Thanks for the question, Z. I would recommend looking into the crime statistics from the local police or sheriff websites. I think that is subjective and only you could make that decision. However, we do have a lot of diversity and people of all walks of faith and ethnicity.
Could you update if you ended up moving there. I’m looking to move near and wanted to make sure it was safe🥺
@@jadabradley9983 I’m planning on it next month. I visited a few weeks back for a weekend and I love it. Tuscaloosa is such a friendly place and just a big community vibe
@@emiliosentaro3846 ok clown
Hey Z, do you still feel good about it diversity wise? That was actually the one word I was hoping to hear from them in this video and them recommending you look at crime rates didn’t give me the warm and fluffy in the least. I know what you were asking so as a black woman, I’m now asking YOU, how you feel about the area?👀
april 27 2011 is a forbidden day
it was a tough day for sure!
I’ve lived in Tuscaloosa for 5 years now. And I attended the university for 4 years. Honestly Tuscaloosa is awful. Outside of the university campus, there is no where to walk, nothing to do, and there is not good food. If you like McDonald’s, racism, and driving 30 minutes on the worst roads you’ve seen to do ANYTHING then it’s the place for you. I cannot wait to get as far away from this place as I can. 3/10 MIGHT come back for a football game.
I didn’t even mention the crime. It’s almost completely unreported, after growing up in Atlanta I’ve seen more gun violence and murder in Tuscaloosa than I did anywhere near Atlanta. The police are useless. The housing sucks. The people are rude. I also worked at dreamland bbq and it’s some of the worst bbq I’ve ever eaten in my life.
The public schools in the area are some of the lowest rated in the state and the state of Alabama is one of the lowest rated states for education in the United States. I cannot name one thing about Tuscaloosa that is above average outside of the university
yea this place sucks ass
CONS: Student apartments everywhere
There's a bunch of them closer to campus for sure
AKA trap town
I mean good god every single thing said in this video about Tuscaloosa being a good place is a straight up lie.
these guys are reaching far when they say there is alot of stuff to do in Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa is a horrible place to live
Thanks for your input. What do you not like about it?
@livingintuscaloosacounty3844 traffic everything about it is geared to college kids, the crime is terrible. There is mot a good place to go out late during the week a million things I don't like about it. The hospital emergency room here is awful
I'm forsure moving to Alabama from Vermont. I can't live in this liberal hell hole lol.
Then you'll love the MAGA "hell hole" of T-town. Thoughts and prayers...
My family has been here since before the Civil War an my mom's side since the 60s everybody from out of town go away your ruining my town thanks.
I just to travel to Tuscaloosa from Pickens County to buy grossery, pizza and for chinese food.
What's your favorite chinese restaurant in town?
@@livingintuscaloosacounty3844 All of them, the one close to University Mall, Buffet City and the one that had gargoyles or lions at the door.
I like Swen