I moved to Huntsville Alabama back in 2013. I have not regretted it. It's a great place to live but more important a fantastic place to be if you ride a motorcycle or scooter. Before moving here I lived a lot of different places so I have experienced other places as well. Lets see, here is where I have lived:
OH, CT, OH, LA, OH, FL, CA, FL, MI, MD, ME, Al, GA and finally back to AL. I have ridden in all but 7 states.
So why do I like it here in the SE?
I'll start with the great roads and scenery that we have here. Sure there is more spectacular scenery in the west but you can't beat the quality and and sheer number of great roads we have here.
Overall the weather is pretty good here too. OK, SoCal might have better overall weather but I couldn't afford to live there if I wanted to. I can ride year round here. Winterizing a bike? What's that. Yes we occasionally get snow and it's a bit hot in the summer. The nice thing is that If it's really hot here in Huntsville I can ride a couple hundred miles to get out of the heat in the mountains.
Then there are the people here. I have met so many great people to ride with.
There are so many interesting ride destinations and that includes a lot of unique restaurants with great food.
The cost of living here is low so I have enough money left over to be able to afford to go riding.
Are there negatives? Sure there are. There are some bad drivers here but no worse than other parts of the country. Traffic? Huntsville had pretty light traffic until about two years ago. This city is growing so fast it's hard to believe. The traffic is getting worse as the city grows but still nowhere near as bad as some of the place I have lived like New Orleans, San Diego or Atlanta.
OK, enough words, here's some pics.
While people in some northern cities were dealing with cold and even snow I was out riding the last few days.
