Which city is more hi-tech? Birmingham or Houston? Where there are still affordable properties? Everything…

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Which city is more hi-tech? Birmingham or Houston? Where there are still affordable properties? All in the attached article.

Birmingham & Huntsville
If you've been trying to choose between Birmingham and Huntsville, Alabama, for your next single-family rental investment, there's a lively comparison between the two cities in AL.com. It's called "Which city is the" Southern Silicon Valley? "Birmingham or Huntsville?" (2)

It starts off, "Birmingham is the Magic City. Huntsville is the Rocket City. "And it goes on from there comparing the strengths of both metros. The Wall Street Journal says that Huntsville represents the southern future of the tech industry, while Forbes and Barron's are giving that title to Birmingham.

They are both thriving metros with vastly different pasts. Birmingham was built on the steel industry, and grew up as a medical mecca. Huntsville is known as a center for aerospace and research, with a lot of US defense activity. According to the AL blog, they both have large universities and are both appealing plenty of start-ups.

In terms of housing, Huntsville is less expensive, although they are both comparable. The median cost of a home in Birmingham is about $ 218,000 while the median is just $ 193,000 in Huntsville

Which city is the 'Southern Silicon Valley?' Birmingham or Huntsville?

The answer may depend heavily on Alabama's past, and could dictate the state's future.

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