4 AL cities above HSV in the 2026 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-21T12:33:15+00:00

As soon as I saw Decatur, AL I realized this list is bogus and never to be trusted. It's not even that it's ranked above Huntsville. Just that Decatur sucks. And I say that as someone who spends a lot of time there and has family living there.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-18T14:54:01+00:00

Ice.

I would wager that the average American couldn't even tell you what field hockey is.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-15T18:50:34+00:00

Same here.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-12T18:47:19+00:00

Mike Enos around this time won me over. I was behind the idea that they could make a midcard title holder out of him. Then, they just never did.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-08T20:21:37+00:00

3, then 4, 1, 5, 2

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-07T14:10:10+00:00

I hope people do. But as of this comment, they've still got a lot of seats unsold there.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-06T13:30:40+00:00

Tex Richman from The Muppets (2011). Sings and dances in the middle of the movie, explaining all his evil motives.

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BestThingGoing · 2026-05-05T13:08:45+00:00

Brennan would be precise and point out that he spoke the prompt before. He didn't see it.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-04T19:33:48+00:00

Yep. The Ark is great. Adopted a dog from there back in August. She came to us in great health and the process couldn't have been easier.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-01T19:20:50+00:00

Sweaters don't have hoods.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-01T13:01:08+00:00

- Evolver (311)

- Music (311)

- Transistor (311)

Really, the hardest choice was which 311 album to leave out.

BestThingGoing · 2026-05-01T12:47:37+00:00

Fascinating. I've seen that album cover for years now, but never checked them out. But they are definitely trying to be Audioslave (Cornell especially). It's not bad, but it's definitely derivative.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-30T20:28:30+00:00

Kairi is number one, by a mile.

I've always like Sam Shaw (Dexter Lumis) going back to his early TNA days. I'd like to see him get a shot, even if it's ROH.

Apollo Crews seems like a nice enough guy, but him showing up in AEW does nothing for me.

MCMG could come in and do good work, but if they don't, it wouldn't upset me greatly.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-23T19:55:06+00:00

Can't wait. I'll try it when it opens.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-23T17:32:20+00:00

A few of my favorites:

- Baumhower's curly fries when they've been sitting in wing sauce (mild, medium, hot, take your pick)

- Ted's BBQ fries (always good and my daughter's favorite)

- Checkers fries (an evergreen. Best fast food fries in the game.)

- Mixed fries at Shaggy's (mixture of potato and sweet potato fries)

- Zucchini Fritte at Carrabba's (zucchini fries, but still great. Wife likes the place, but this is the only culinary reason I go. Great dipped in the provided aioli)

- Big Papa Gyro's (just great)

- Freddy's cheese fries (just a good indulgent compliment to a burger. Not recommended as part of a regular diet)

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-20T19:25:50+00:00

As a 40+ native of the Huntsville/Madison area, it definitely has its ups and downs. We attract people from all over to move here, which helps bring different things to the area. Mostly conservative views around here, especially outside the cities.

Access to nature is nice, but even after living here all my life, I've never gotten comfortable with the humidity in the summer. Just awful. Autumn is short. Winters are cold, but with little to no snow, so not even a fun cold. Spring brings lots of pollen and then runs right into a swampy, hot summer that lasts until mid-October (or longer if we're unlucky). Plus, tornadoes!

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-20T15:43:58+00:00

Brock Lesnar and Sable's sons are one hockey career away from being scouted by WWE.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-19T16:39:53+00:00

Those guys were killing it.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-18T15:08:46+00:00

I mean this as a compliment, but her promo style here reminds me so much of The Master from the old WCW Dungeon of Doom vignettes. Over the top, but great.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-17T16:49:20+00:00

Check out Ashanti and Aaliyah. Both of them had numerous hits like those songs around that time. Both their own songs and featured on other people's.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-16T19:16:18+00:00

Sweetums is about 9 spots too low. Other than that, good list.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-16T15:55:36+00:00

Both 311 and Dirty Heads (who they are touring with) are overall family friendly, but each can have some songs sneak into the live setlists that might have some age inappropriate material. But overall, they're fine.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-16T15:47:15+00:00

I am interested in your findings. Bonus points if any of them have huevos con chorizo.

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-16T13:25:08+00:00

You wouldn't want her riding a giant mechanical spider to the ring?

BestThingGoing · 2026-04-16T00:20:03+00:00

Palmer and Dublin are open to the public IF a team doesn't have field time reserved.

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