News and more news 4/17/19

The most recent news comes out of US News and the University of Alabama-Huntsville.

US News has compiled their most recent data and Huntsville has made the list again. This time Huntsville soared to the top in Most Affordable City for Housing, Best Place to Live in Alabama, and Best Place to Live in the Deep South. US News has also said that Huntsville is the 11th Best Place to Live in the US. AL.com has more information as well.

At the University of Alabama-Huntsville, new plans were unveiled for the future of the university. The 58 acres the university purchased across Sparkman Drive from the university in 2017 now has purpose with the plans President Altenkirch has laid out. Included in the plans are shopping, eateries and the new crown jewel, a multipurpose facility for the ice hockey and basketball athletic teams.  According to the article the plans have the full support of the new incoming president, Darren Dawson. The plans will be voted on by the Univ. of Alabama Board of Trustees in June.

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Huntsville makes it into Top 10 of Best Places to Live in US

US News has released their list of best places to live. Huntsville came in at #7. US News wrote that Huntsville is the most affordable of all 125 Metro Areas and the smallest Metro Area in the top 10. Here is the link to the US News article. Check out what other cities have made the list.

Real Estate of Huntsville

Niche releases new list - Best Alabama ZIP codes to live in

The online list creator Niche, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has put together a new list for 2018. Best Alabama ZIP codes to live in.

Their list gives the top 25 on the page. It should be noted that 6 out of the top 10 are in Madison County. #1 is 35758, Madison. #2 is 35802 South Huntsville. And #3 is 36830 in the Auburn area. This is an amazing achievement to show the quality of life in the Madison County area. Read through the list yourself and then see how they came up with their numbers.

Map Courtesy of Madison County Courthouse

Real Estate of Huntsville

Best 15 ZIP Codes in Alabama for 2017

Niche.com released their top 15 ZIP Codes of Alabama for 2017. Eight of their top 15 were in Madison County. AL.com has done their own article about it.  Information that Niche used has come from the Census, FBI, and CDC to name a few. ZIP Codes include 35801, 35802, 35803, 35756, 35758, 35824, 35806, and 35763.