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If you're looking for a great place to set up a business, you're in luck, because Mobile, Alabama is looking for people like you. Pack up your internet project management software, head down and check out the great real estate and workforce availability in Mobile, AL. You won't be disappointed. For those who are just looking to move for personal reasons, we've got real estate for you, too. There's something for everyone in Mobile, Alabama, as you will see by reading over the pages of helpful information on real estate, entertainment, industry, and community on this website, which is run by area realtors just for people like you.
Mobile, Alabama: The City of Six Flags
Mobile, Alabama is located along the northern shores of the Gulf of Mexico, where Mobile River and Mobile Bay meet. The city was founded as part of French Louisiana in 1702 and took its name from the Mobilian tribe of Native Americans who lived in the area at the time. Since then the city had changed hands five times, from France to Britain to Spain to the United States to the Confederate States and back to the United States, giving it the nickname "the City of Six Flags." With a population of approximately 191,000, Mobile is the third largest city in the state of Alabama.
While the port and industry provides much of the economic support for the city, Mobile, AL also acts as a health care center for the central Gulf Coast region, with four major medical centers, three specialized care hospitals, and a multitude of small practices and clinics. Together, Mobile's medical services community can handle level 1 trauma, cancer and cancer research, and psychiatric care. The University of South Alabama is the place to go for medical education, as it has programs in medicine, nursing, and pharmacy as well as the usual subjects like arts, sciences, engineering and computers. For the interested public, Mobile also has a medical museum which chronicles the history of medicine and medical practice in the city.
The most famous event in the city of Mobile, AL is the annual Carnival or Mardi Gras festival, which includes balls, masquerades, parades, and street fairs and begins several weeks in advance of the actual day. It is the oldest celebration in the United States and attracts nearly a million people. The Mobile Carnival Museum chronicles the history of these events. Other cultural events in Mobile include performances by the Mobile opera, symphony, and ballet company. For those who prefer sports, the Magnolia Grove golf course in Mobile is the best par 3 course in America and annually hosts the LPGA Tournament of Champions.
Neighborhoods and Home Styles in Mobile, AL
Mobile, Alabama has all the usual types of neighborhood you would expect to find in a city of its size: suburban residential neighborhoods with single family detached homes catering to the well-to-do, more middle-class semi-urban neighborhoods with small single or bigger multi-family homes, struggling low income neighborhoods, and dense downtown apartment and condo construction. However, due to the fact that Mobile was largely spared from destruction during the Civil War, the city also has a number of historic neighborhoods still in existence.
Mobile has a wide variety of home styles scattered throughout the city limits, from modern cookie-cutter suburban houses to large antebellum mansions. Mobile's architecture has examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Creole, Victorian, Shotgun, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Beaux-Arts, Queen Anne, Mission Revival, and even Egyptian Revival styles, some of which are public buildings or historic sites, and others that are available for private purchase.
The cost of living in Mobile, AL is 84.1, which is low compared to the U.S. average of 100, and much more reasonable than a lot of larger cities, which are in the 120-140 range. To buy an average single family detached home in Mobile, you would be looking at approximately $154,000, while townhouses are closer to $96,000 and condos range from $113,000 to $296,000. For renters, this translates into about $660 per month.
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