Driving Downtown - Birmingham Alabama USA
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Driving Downtown - Birmingham Alabama USA - Season 1 Episode 7.
Starting Point: 20th St goo.gl/maps/A9...
Highlights include 20th St - 6th Ave - 17th St - 1st Ave - 23rd St - 2nd Ave - 3rd Ave - 4th Ave - 5th Ave - 6th Ave - 19th St - 18th St - Rev Abraham Woods Jr Blvd - 22nd St.
Birmingham 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]
From its founding through the end of the 1960s, Birmingham was a primary industrial center of the South. The pace of Birmingham's growth during the period from 1881 through 1920 earned its nicknames The Magic City and The Pittsburgh of the South. Much like Pittsburgh, Birmingham's major industries were iron and steel production, plus a major component of the railroading industry, where rails and railroad cars were both manufactured in Birmingham. In the field of railroading, the two primary hubs of railroading in the Deep South were nearby Atlanta and Birmingham, beginning in the 1860s and continuing through to the present day. The economy diversified during the later half of the twentieth century. Though the manufacturing industry maintains a strong presence in Birmingham, other businesses and industries such as banking, telecommunications, transportation, electrical power transmission, medical care, college education, and insurance have risen in stature. Mining in the Birmingham area is no longer a major industry with the exception of coal mining. Birmingham ranks as one of the most important business centers in the Southeastern United States and is also one of the largest banking centers in the United States. In addition, the Birmingham area serves as headquarters to one Fortune 500 company: Regions Financial, along with five other Fortune 1000 companies.
In higher education, Birmingham has been the location of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (formerly the Medical College of Alabama) and the University of Alabama School of Dentistry since 1947. Since that time it has also obtained a campus of the University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham (founded circa 1969), one of three main campuses of the University of Alabama System. It is also home to three private institutions: Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, and Miles College. Between these colleges and universities, the Birmingham area has major colleges of medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, law, engineering, and nursing. The city has three of the state's five law schools: Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham School of Law, and Miles Law School. Birmingham is also the headquarters of the Southeastern Conference, one of the major U.S. collegiate athletic conferences.
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I'm so glad those rough riding ass trolleys are gone!
Much love from Birmingham, England
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Much love to you from Bham Al
Birmingham England is probably much better than Birmingham AL and it's rotten history.
@@annt.7785 and birmingham,alabama ,is probably no worse ,than what ever rotten city you call home
if Larry Langford was still here we would have been catching up with Atlanta by now! he was this city best mayor
How he robbed the city? Am I wrong? I grew up here but gone 25 years.
Asking not saying.... but it’s sad to see how slow our growth and high the crime. People need jobs, industry that brings good paying jobs. Best people in the world!
Fun Fact: Birmingham was offered all of the things that Atlanta had (large airport, big business, corporate offices, designer shopping malls, six flags) but the mayors and leaders at the time turned it down even though birmingham was central to everything southern and they went to ATL, Georgia and they said yes
@@josephd.5120 Well, that was a mistake right.
@@josephd.5120 Yeah but I think when the mail service came around, birmingham was more focused on their mining and iron. They did apply but atlanta was chosen over birmingham.
I've lived here all my life. Traveled to many places, Italy, San Fran, New Orleans, Boston, Martha's Vinyard and many other points unknown. Birmingham is still the place I always want to be. No city is perfect, bad things have gone on and will continue to go on, but once you live in B'ham, you never want to leave. The people are wonderful, the city clean....great restaurants and things to do, everythIng. Yeah, some naysayers will come on and slam the city, but there is just something about the place. No wonder they call it, "The Magic City."
OneWomanAndSomeSongs Birmingham U.K. is better
I teel the exact same way about Baltimore. Both our cities are troubled and misunderstood, but offer an experience unlike anywhere else.
@Sondra Vickers Sondra Vickers All of our jobs got sent to Mexico and China. Corporate capitalist is the biggest sellout of all time, they turned their backs on us for profit. Nothing short of a crime. They should be tried for treason and hung.
@@colerainswaggify6387 whoa calm down there cowboy
I'm from Georgia. When I moved I lived in Birmingham for seven years. Moved back to Georgia my mom wanted me to come back home but I still think about Birmingham almost everyday. I miss birmingham a lot. May not be perfect but no place is. There is just something about Birmingham that stays in your heart.
I live here. It's really interesting seeing another point of view on places I'm familiar with. Love your channel!
Thank you!
gammaTF2 same
gamma you live downtown or in suburbs like Hoover, Homewood, or Mountainbrook, etc...
I'm originally from and currently living near Warrior in north Jeff Co. But I have lived in Five Points South
Why aren't there crosswalks lol
S W E E T H O M E A L A B A M A
HAHHAHAHA
Yea
For those asking why no one is walking around. For one, It's a car city, a lot of sunbelt cities are like this... Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, LA, Miami, etc.. a lot of urban sprawl causes this. Hence why the interstates are usually bumper to bumper. If you want to see people walking you have to go to the shopping areas of these cities. Downtown is usually just business districts. Can't compare this type of city to places like NYC, Boston, Philly, etc. built totally different. Also, depends on the time of the day, as mentioned the only time you'll see a lot of people moving about downtown is lunchtime, or when people are going home. Just a totally different city.
You forgot to mention NYC,Chicago,SF,Charlotte,Nashville,San Diego,San Antonio.
@@user-hf3eb8lj5g NYC and Chicago aren’t sunbelt cities. The others are.
That's my hometown never going to forget Alabama someday I'm going back
This video doesn't give justice to the great beauty of this city. The rolling hills that surround it or the view from Red mountain. It is very clean , lush and green!
Ill be back to film again :) Was on a tight schedule this past visit. I appreciate the feedback!
Red Mountain is in Birmingham
Being in 29 Palms, CA. I watched this a dozen times wishing I could go back home... Thank you for this. I love my city.
Wow!! I must say the streets are so clean!
Thanks for the share. I have Birmingham on my US bucket list along with many other places of historical significance.
Im moving back.I cant wait.Im really excited.
Now that is a city i can live in, quiet not overcrowded and clean
Huh? It's the the third city with highest murder rates lol
For the people who live in Alabama, I bet they don't never get bored because Alabama will keep them busy.
True, the simplicity of it keeps people here.
Birmingham isnt a small city. It used to rival Atlanta an is really picking up momentum. This is the souths next hub after Nashville.
Birmingham doesn't rival Atlanta in anything, because it can't compete with Atlanta
"USEDTOO" but thats your opinion sooo.
PaSo Liberty205 Oh my bad, I didn't read your comment all the way.
I feel like Miami definitely and maybe Charlotte and some other would be before Birmingham as a city hub. Still wonderful city and would surprise most people I assume.
Yes it probably did rival Atlanta ->50+ years ago.
I like your video. I like to see cities in all USA. Thank! Keep on making video about cities in USA. Be Spirit!
the streetscape is interesting, wide sidewalk, median vegetation, its great.
I was surprised as well with the city - That was my first time visiting!
Downtown Birmingham today is a much different city than a few years ago. Lots of residential buildings and people downtown now
Craig still a small city
@@californiamade5608 you call that a small city??
So glad I live in Birmingham Alabama 😎😎😎
It's crazy to say and maybe I'm biased because ive lived here but I've been all over the world to places like Italy and Greece, Japan, Korea, Seychelles and Africa, and many more places. And even all over the state's except for places like North Dakota and that area. I lived in NC for a couple years and I do like other parts of America but honestly I only want to live in bham. It's such a weird thing to describe but the place just has a vibe and feeling that I can't get anywhere else. Going downtown after eating on a summer night is the absolute best. Everyone is just so nice and it's always a good feeling being out and about with friends here.
Very nice video. Roads are so clean.
Alabama is one of the most beautiful and sexy places to visit and to live on Earth.The Yellowhammer state the heart of Dixie and the Cotton State.
I think I'm in love with Alabama. Very nice city to live
Excellent. Its like actually being there. A great look at Birmingham.
Many thanks!
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My daughter just called to the Birmingham Alabama mission and I had to see what it was like! It looks nice!
Ginger Durbin You haven't been to the other areas yet 😅😅😂
I live in moody but I love going down town the aesthetic is so pleasing
Mobile Alabama here, when I come to Birmingham I always have a great time.
I love Birmingham!!!
Mirandaalexis your from?
Drove through the other day from phoenix. Nice
Lived here all my life. The city went downhill in the 80's and early 90's while the suburbs were flourishing. A lot of it was blamed on "white flight" but in the late 90's middle class black families started moving out of the city as well due to high crime and bad schools. They've made some great progress cleaning up and revitalizing the downtown area in recent years but the same two major issues of crime and education are still a problem.
Well education wouldn't be a problem if they had the lottery like Atlanta! 🙄 And I want mention the racist and racism that still exists in Birmingham
@@MoneyComethToshelia you know the Christian conservatives will never allow the lottery. They seem to like watching millions of dollars flow out of state down I20 to Georgia every time the PowerBall or Mega goes up. 😒😠
It is just like Seattle. They love their pickup trucks.
none stop monday- sunday the grind a never stop
awesome Alabama:)
I have been to B'ham over 20 times, I live close. You best not turn into the wrong area..just saying....
Well yeah, but that's true in every city in the U.S.
Almost Serious going downtown at 1am is not a comfortable situation.
LOCAL AND DX RADIO i dont understand why is america so dangerous to walk around on streets and live there. i mean u should be able to ge where u want
It's that way everywhere, even in small towns.
Same here in mobile alabama
😢 Birmingham is a quiet city. I always thought small towns were quiet places to live. But the big cities were noisy. But Birmingham is mighty quiet. Named from Birmingham England.
Its very clean compared to what i would have thought. Greetings from Denmark
The city looks really clean. Good ole south,i guess!
LOL, that's just downtown.
Maurice Blackmon well their is these places located in Birmingham called gate cities. Gate is pretty much short for ghetto
The south will rise
It's very clean. It looks like a mix of Savannah and a downtown of a city in California. Nice look, B'ham!
kaizersolze what city in California does this city look like? Not San Francisco or LA, not San Diego. More like Fresno or Sacramento to me.
@@californiamade5608 Yeah. I'd say Sacramento.
The Pittsburgh of Alabama. And the Magic City.
I live near there, calera to be specific. Birmingham is where i always go to the hospital at.
LoL just down the road from me in Montevallo :)
that is a big city.much cleaner as our cities. not much powlice and no bicycles.lt looks as if that city has tremendously grown in the last decades. Birmingham University is known here. swampy underground so to hear.
My dude. What's your occupation that you have the time to do all of this? Not hating or anything, it's dope. You cover a lot of ground. 👌🏾
Nice place. Shout out from the Philippines
Likewise 😊
4/25/2021
Virtually every UK/Irish city has a counterpart in the USA.
not really, but most of those cities named the same were named during colonial times by British colonists not after independence
I live in Birmingham
The population in Alabama is 4,903,185. Now that many people who live in the southland of Alabama are glad to call Alabama their homestate
Pretty, green and clean city!
This city looks pretty organised
I would love to move down there
Really?......Uuh,.....Uh'kay.
Very nice city Birmingham Alabama love to visit there love from Richmond virginia
My hometown...B'HAM!!!
Downtown is really clean compared to northern cities.
Driving through Downtown Birmingham looks a little bit like you're going through Orlando Florida.
Pittsburgh of the South The Magic City
We have in England the city of Birmingham come end compare it. Sister cities. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Alberto Hernández ours was named after y'alls
You know officially the two Birminghams are not sister cities. Birmingham US sister city is Liverpool while Birmingham sister city is Chicago.
J Groenveld why does this even matter to you lol.
Alberto Hernández except that Birmingham U.K. is a shithole compared to this, Birmingham U.K. is a ghetto overrun by black and Pakistani streetgangs
@@c3realK1ll4h lmfao shut yo lame duck ass up bitch you're not from Bama or the US in general so don't speak on situations you don't know of you peon....
I remember the video The children's March about when Dr. King and Bevel fill the jails with children during the Civil rights movements.
Yeah and before they made the left turn at about the 4:30 period they were headed to a park that only one race of people could step foot in
This city has definitely changed. That vacant lot on the left by the car dealership is a huge Publix with Lofts above and so many hotels and lofts are now downtown. Restaurants and theaters. There’s now life downtown on the weekend. This looks like a Saturday downtown maybe three or four years ago.
Soy el unico hispano aqui? Birmingham es increíble
Hola prro :v
EmmanuelH vives en birmingham alabama?
James Jdan estaba buscando un comentario en español 😂 quiero ir a Birmingham hoy que Tienta o lugares me recomiendan
Back in the mid sixties the down town area looked a lot busier than it does now. It is certainly cleaner than it used to be. I hear it is more dangerous now but that is true of America, all over.
8:05 Hey Susan! 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽
would like to visit Nell Carter's first home.
Alabama is a wonderful place to call home. The Yellowhammer state the heart of Dixie and the cotten State
The state has one person I love ...
I did some research why this city is called Birmingham cuz it's named after the original Birmingham in England. Sister cities 😅
Well, except for the traffic light it kind of looks like Los Angeles. This is my first time seeing Alabama. Even though
I can not travel any other states because if my health problems, but it is nice to know what other cities looks like.
Sandra Dee Lawson. Haha this doesn’t look like Los Angeles lmfao
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In Lynard Skynyrd song Sweet Home Alabama in the lyrics, in Birmingham, they loved the governor.
I used to live in Birmingham in the late 2000s. It was so dead downtown it was sad, like the civil rights era dried the city up. You had to go over to Homewood or down to Hoover, Cahaba, Montgomery or John Hawkins Hwy, or Pelham to find anything really going on. So much shopping around the Galleria. Hopefully it's better in 205 now.
It used to be a ghost town after 5pm downtown but it is much different than it was even 5 years ago. Downtown is thriving with a lot of new construction and many of the older buildings are being remodeled. Lyric Theater has opened downtown and much of the area around it is thriving.
Go Bucs!
go bucs
My grandmother is from here 💕
So is my bd grandma
Anyone from the UK LMAO
Like of u live in Birmingham or in alabama
I’m in Mobile
Thanx,Nice to see the city.My bro lives there in the burbs.I love the old buildings.carry on.Oh what time of day was this?
+larciabella I was impressed! A good mix between preserved buildings and modern towers. I think this was a Friday afternoon?
I miss Alabama !
Can’t wait for you to do Louisville!!
I got my butt ate out in louisville😂😂😁
@@bobbydouglas7909 oh I have too honey!!!
ALABAMA IS THE SOUTHLAND.
Imprecionante como o estados unidos é lindo❤️
Nada, lixo de país, só iludido e favelado admira essa merda
It's seems quieter than when I drive through here...
I’m from Birmingham and even though it’s my hometown it’s a depressing city. Every time I go home I’m bored af and thank God I got out.
Some of the favorite comments are hearing from the locals. Not sure why. Maybe the unique insight? Thanks for commenting!
TempeSoldier123 I does freaking look boring as fuck and too quiet
I’m from Huntsville. I think downtown just needs a whole new vibe cuz its really not normal to not see ppl walking when it looks like the hub of the city.
@@BLouieMusic I went to undergrad in Huntsville (A&M) and at least Huntsville doesn't try to be anything other than what it is, which is a small city. When I was there in the mid to late 90's, downtown was very quiet even during the week. From what I've heard, Huntsville is the fastest growing city in Alabama.
I think if I was older and retired, I could live there but not now. I need things to do...and the beach.
Graymont to Los Angeles hey I don’t blame you. Hsv is becoming very special. Go to midcitydistrict website. The new Coliseum amphitheater will change the city forever. Also we’re supposed to have a high speed train from here to Gulf shores.
i saw a video on youtube and this city is considered one of the 10 most dangerous citites in the U.S...:(
+Pablo Tupone Did not get that feeling at all. The city center and Homewood both felt very safe. Would recommend!
+Pablo Tupone Some places in the suburbs of downtown are very dangerous, but most big cities have those dangerous places. It has really improved in the last decade, and downtown is now a family friendly, walk around place. It's not the sad and dirty place it was just 10 years ago. Crime overall has dropped a lot recently.
+J Utah beside making video every city, I hope you also give information what cities in USA you recommend not to visit. Because of high crimes etc.. Thanks.
Pablo Tupone it’s a very safe black city, try Johannesburg, jeesh
If you are in downtown Birmingham it is quite safe. Once you venture out to west of downtown...shootings going on everyday. Those are the poorer and higher crime areas. Next if you go to Centrepoint and east of Birmingham, you will hear of more crimes and shootings. So my advice is to only hang out in downtown B'ham, Homewood, Hoover, Vestavia Hills....you will love the places I mentioned.
Beautiful city
not what i thought it would be....
+Terrance addison Myself as well. I was impressed with the size and the vibe of the city!
+J Utah yeah. I thought it would be like florence, SC. in my city, MOST of the buildings are at eye level...and the sky is bigger than anything everything is spread....out . just a few tall buildings.. and we still park diagnaly. Places with bad reputation gets overlooked....but this....I think ill go see it for myself
+Terrance addison Come on down. Birmingham has really taken a turn for the better in the last 5-10 years. 10 years ago it was a pretty run down, sad place. A lot of new life has been injected. We now have a lot of great attractions, parks, good restaurants, music venues, and interesting shops. It's very much a walk around city in the downtown area. We have gone from an uninteresting, crime infested city to one that scores close to the top of many lists for best city in the country.
Not sure how I ended up here, at this video. I've lived here for 30 years... I guess I just like seeing a different perspective of the place.
+ZyklonB95 exactly It's really going to be competitive with Nashville in about 5 years from now , Birmingham is prime location the last southern mecca. save the best for last they say .the Metropolitan area is about 1.2million. an Birmingham technically would be 600,000* plus within its own population had the "one great city" plan had taken place.its a great time to be from the magic city area ,,,,, get ready :)))!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Terrance addison Birmingham is slowly growing ive lived here my whole life it's awesome
Read somewhere that in 1960 Birmingham population was 340,000 and today it is about 210,000. That is a massive loss of people in 60 years. Why? What the hell happened? Why did so many leave? In that same time period the USA population grew from 180 million to 330 million today.
five years later, the Brown-Marx building at 1:48 on the right is still under construction, and the sidewalk is closed off again.
But if there's one positive statement I make about the American state of Alabama is she is a huge state!!!
15:20 youre passing by the historic Alabama Theater built in the 1920s by the paramount movie company to show silent movies from hollywood and Vaudeville acts It was the first theater in the state liek this . It still has the original wurlizer pipe organ from the 1920s . It was abandoned in the 1980s and restored in the late 1990s
As a San Diegan, this city looks nice but kinda boring at the same time.
@Nicholas P It's a weird place. Metro area population of over 1 million, but barely 200k live in the city. The city is like a giant office park.
Nicholas P San Diego is far from boring. It’s a city of 2 million and has beautiful beaches, great restaurants, clubs, bars, nice attractions and way more to do then boring Birmingham. You have no idea, or even been to San Diego I bet.
Looks like Houston downtown
Birmingham looks pretty generic unfortunately. Where are the people and hustle bustle? I just see cars and buildings.
Joshua LeonardoASMR All them bruddah are hiding in the buildings ready to shoot and mug someone
Probably at work
Wuow alabama una siudad
Hii baby hw r u,
Are you married?
My kind of city.
Sorry, don't think I could handle that traffic
its not that bad
Hollyweed lol, that’s no traffic, come to London or go NYC
Is sarcasm you morons
Lol Chicago, L.A., London, certain parts of Japan, Orlando, they are all worse by a lot. 😂
Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego. Now that’s traffic. This is nothing. Empty downtown.
Hey, didn’t Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth use to preach in Birmingham?
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charlotte north carolina is the best city in the south now
Seems kinda quaint, slow paced....would like to visit someday
Yep. No trains to catch, no Pro sports, not too many tourist attractions other than the civil rights places.
SOTV keep right on
I'm 35 and still love living in Philly. Bigger city the better. I will grow old in Philly
I live here in Birmingham Alabama. this video is limited downtown. Birmingham has a lot more going on now. about 70% of downtown Birmingham is being remodeled right now. you have more restaurants you have the Uptown by the Bjcc, new hotels and a lot more entertainment. this is not the whole downtown area
ALABAMA band performs My home's in Alabama.
But how come it's so quiet, cuz I always believe cities are the noisy places and towns are the quiet ones.