Just got back from Huntsville. It seems like a big yet small city, esp. compared to Atlanta.
Went downtown Friday and Saturday nights...both were practically deserted. Good that there weren't traffic jams, lol. Didn't seem to be much shopping.
Granted that we didn't go into a lot of residential areas but most houses we saw were ranch-style, built in the 60-70's. Scary that a lot had burglar bars on them.
Drove out to Madison, AL and loved it!! Could see myself living there.
Decatur and Athens were okay...
Checked out Cummings Research Park area..nifty looking company buildings.
Back to Huntsville...other than the historic districts downtown, I didn't see any cute boutique, hang-out type parts of town like the Virginia-Highland pat of Atlanta.
http://www.virginiahighland.com/