Allow me a few minutes to revel in the fact that Alabama is in a headline and it is 100% positive, making our state look good.

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It’s just so distressing when you see headline after headline or study after study that make it appear.

The "coastal elites" were right all along about our home state.

In researching the story, I considered the fact that the criteria for what makes one place more livable than another are largely subjective, up to the individual. I think it’s very subjective in many, many ways.

I’m older and single, so what appeals to me is going to be very different from what a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Alabama finds attractive about any community.

Well, in this case, I have experience in the very area that makes it onto this list.

What Alabama county are we talking about? Madison County.

Children’s Playground in Huntsville, Alabama
Photo Courtesy of Sydney Bullard
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Yes, North Alabama strikes again and is on another essential list of the 10 most livable cities and places in America.

I lived in Huntsville for several years before moving back to Tuscaloosa, and I must say all the hype is pretty much worth it.

The area has something for everyone, catering to a diverse range of lifestyles. In fact, one of the things that I noticed while living in Madison County was that in some respects.

If I didn’t know, I was in Alabama. I would’ve thought I was in a different state entirely.

Niches Top 10 Best Counties To Live In put Madison County at number seven on their list.

Niche collects data from each county to determine its list of the best places to live.

Here is the list of the top 10 counties:
1.      Howard County, Maryland
2.      Forsyth County, Georgia
3.      York County, Virginia
4.      Wake County, North Carolina
5.      Cobb County, Georgia
6.      Collin County, Texas
7.      Madison County, Alabama
8.      Hamilton County, Indiana
9.      Los Alamos County, New Mexico
10.     Fayette County, Georgia

States with the most born-and-bred residents

Using the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey, Stacker ranked the states based on the percentage of the total population that was born in their state of residence.

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