A book could be written about Alabama with the title being the same as the famous novel by Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities.”
The City of Huntsville and its burgeoning suburbs would be the shining beacon upon the hill of Alabama, whereas our capital City of Montgomery is a decaying, dangerous murder capital that mirrors a third world country. People have been fleeing there for years. It is an unsafe place to live, work, or visit.
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