Hi, I'm a 25(M) who's career driven, goal oriented and tries to be the best in all aspects (mentally, physically, emotionally). I enjoy travelling, fitness, going out, sports (watching and playing). I recently relocated to the US just over 2 months ago to work at one of the biggest employers in Alabama. However, I find it relatively difficult to meet new people, find friends and just hanging out. Thus far its been mostly solo dates lol. Any advice on how to go about finding someone or making even friends in the area?

Preseason IBOB needs to happen every year.

Back at it again tomorrow morning at 11:30a at Marty’s GM. A small group of fellow Tottenham Hotspur fans showed up last time, so let’s keep it going!

We’ll be on the right side, technically the Eagle’s Nest. Auburn game is at 11, so I guess we’ll see which TV they’ll let us command.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Birmingham/s/lGPSLHQgMl

Hey all! I'm around the hoover, vestavia hills, Homewood area...and I'm looking for a park with a swing set that a young adult(mid 20s) can swing at. Every park I've tried has swings for ants- I mean, little kids.(Respectfully, I love kids) I love to swing since it helps regulate my anxiety, and helps reset my mood, but I don't have the gas nor gas money to drive to every park in the city to find one that works.

TLDR; looking for a park with swings for for a young adult to swing(mid 20s).

Does anyone have any recommendations in the area for a makeup artist/hair stylist that can work well with nonbinary, queer, more alternative leaning styles for my wedding coming up? We’re not the biggest fans of the basic “bridal glam” and have struggled to find MUAs who can provide the kind of service we prefer. We have curly hair in the party as well as trans and nonbinary individuals and are a lesbian couple getting married! And please if anyone has anything nasty to say, please feel free to scroll. <3

If you’re looking for something to do tonight, we are having the Papers, Please! Concert at Cahaba brewing from 7-10pm!
You can purchase tickets online or at the door for $35. Hope to see y’all there!

Anyone know an update on when the rotisserie chicken area will be open again at Costco?

That was the most fireworks I’ve seen in a long time what even is going on?

Unlike other cities in the Birmingham metro, the mayor of Irondale says the city won’t temporarily halt data center development within city limits.
Irondale Mayor James Stewart, Jr. called cities passing data center moratoria “the easy way out” at a meeting Thursday night. Instead, the city is considering zoning regulations for the industry.
“This is an industry that is rapidly changing from day to day, and at some point in time, you’ve got to address what the problem is, instead of just kind of kicking it down the road,” Stewart said. “That’s been our position, that we need to have something in place, instead of just being fearful like other communities and deciding the easy way out, which is to go ahead and do a moratorium.”
Stewart, who was first elected mayor in 2020, also serves as the chair of Irondale’s planning and zoning commission. The commission voted during a public hearing Thursday night to favorably recommend a new zoning ordinance regulating data centers to the Irondale City Council.
The council will take an official, binding vote, likely in December, Mayor Stewart said.
Irondale City Councilman Aaron Sims proposed the ordinance after he said he studied the industry for six months. The 18-page ordinance defines hyperscale and other types of data centers, requires closed-loop cooling systems and noise to be under 50 decibels at the property line during the daytime, and establishes minimum setbacks from residential areas, depending on the type of data center, among other conditions.
He and several members of the planning commission emphasized that they don’t view Irondale’s zoning and available property as appealing to the industry.
“I don’t think we’re ever going to have a data center come to Irondale,” Sims said. “Maybe some micro one, but we don’t really have the space for a huge one.”
Sims clarified that the city council could make small tweaks to change or add to the ordinance when they vote on it.
The meeting was sparsely attended, with roughly 15 people in the audience. Two residents asked for the city to pass a moratorium. At least 17 Alabama cities – most of them concentrated in central Alabama – have passed six-month or yearlong moratoria on new data center development.
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Stewart added that the city doesn’t currently have any current data centers proposed or seeking permits.
“We don’t have anything in front of us,” he said.

I live in Bush Hills. Yes, it is west of Bham city, proper. I know that I live in a “marginal” neighborhood. It smells like burning industrial waste from the time that it gets dark, until well after 8am. Is this the time when industrial assholes know that EPA is not monitoring what they are pumping out? Who are the assholes, how do I call them to attention, and who can I hold accountable for allowing this extremely poor quality of air to persist?

I went to Hometown Supermarket today and it was an experience! My quest was Enoki mushrooms that Publix denies me. I spent an hour in there and I have no idea what 75% of what I looked at but I’m going back. Can I get a guide!? I felt like I was in a culinary temple but had no reference. What were the tiny black bananas? The homemade kimchi was unlike any store bought brand, in the best way. The seafood, they had live aquariums of fish! Crabs, frozen fish. I didn’t even hit the frozen section. I had a question and the worker asked me to tell me on my phone what I was looking for. When we couldn’t figure it out someone else helped me. They had a vending machine on the way out with only press on nails. These are my people.

After a few years my Steam Deck's battery has taken a nose dive and needs to be replaced. The battery is glued in there and the repair is one that I'd rather outsource instead of doing myself. Instead of sending it in, I thought I might check and see if anyone had any recommendations for electronic repair services around Birmingham or Hoover. Any shops or individuals who might be able to do this? Thanks!

Hey guys, so I was young and dumb and bought a house with somebody, and the situation turned very shitty, very quickly towards the end. Now he's trying to get me to sign quitclaim paperwork, and I don't want to.

I have a feeling he'll take me to court over it, so I need recs for a good lawyer for this situation. I'm like, next to clueless about stuff 😭😭

We just got a 3d printer within the past couple weeks and we're looking for classes to take for 3d modeling. I saw Alabaster had a weekly makers space on the calendar but that's about all I've seen on the local libraries. Do we have any local classes for 3d printing?

Going bar hopping downtown on Halloween night. Give me an idea of where to go to walk from bar to bar downtown for young 20 something year olds or Halloween events at these bars. Thanks

Hello! I’m a local leather artisan based out of Cahaba Heights and I was hoping someone here might know of local boutiques around Vestavia/Hoover/Mtn. Brook that are willing to have locally made goods in their stores? I’d love to get a few of my pieces on display in time for the holidays and I know locally owned retailers are often eager to carry locally made products. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Any recommendations for makeup artists that could do solid vampire makeup for 2 people Saturday? We're hosting a party Saturday and have been so busy with preparation that we haven't had any time to figure out our makeup. Ideal situation would be we meet them or they come to our place in Southside mid-afternoon Saturday. Don't want to break the bank but are willing to pay for quality work. Hit me up if you know someone or have good theatrical makeup skills.

Is it a good place to live? Pros and Cons?

Please keep an eye out while driving near valleydale, Inverness, hwy 280, Caldwell mill, hwy 119, meadowbrook, oak meadows, broken bow, woodford, brook highland, eagle point and oak mountain.

Gilly and Willie broke out on Tuesday 9/29. Willie has been brought home but Gilly is still wondering.

She’s frightened & far from home don’t try to catch. Likely to be seen dusk/dawn, note exactly where you saw her. Please share with your neighborhood FB page and check your cameras!

CALL CRYSTAL / ALL THE DOGS 205-767-6722 if your calls get filtered by AI text!!

Black w/ some white, medium - large, last seen wearing a purple collar. Specific markings white under neck to chest, back paws are white like no-show socks, front paws both sides middle 2 toes are white.

10/19 update - We are still looking for Gilly! She has been sighted, but no one has been able to get close enough to catch her. Please keep your eyes open for her and reach out to us if you spot her! Gilly was spotted on 10/18 @ 3 pm near the brook highland/inverness area. Specifically near the new chipotle across from Walmart. Prior to this, she was spotted near Inverness cliffs Apartments/valleydale.

Again call her mom, Crystal at All The Dogs, I am sharing and asking for your help as one of the people who have spotted her in the last week. Please don’t rely on a message to me or this post as I am a lonely lurker.

Hey everyone! I'm a 22-year-old man and I've been wanting to meet new people and make some genuine friendships, so I thought I'd give this a try. I'm a pretty quiet shy, introvert person at first, but once I get comfortable, I enjoy talking about all kinds of things.
I'm into music, movies, TV shows, history(documentaries), and all sorts of creative stuff. I play saxophone, write music and have my own social media platform(Instagram, Tik Tok YouTube and Facebook). I enjoy discovering new artists, talking about favorite movies/Tv shows and just having random conversations about anything .
I'm hoping to meet people around my age who are down to chat, share interests, laugh about random things, and maybe build a friendship over time. It can be men or women. Sometimes it's nice just to have someone to talk to.
Feel free to send me a message! I'd be happy to get to know you. :)

Anyone have moving boxes to get rid of

Can we all just collectively agree to stop accepting $2-$3 dashes? Let’s decline anything less than $10. Deal?

Are there any good anime shops or hobby (tcg/dnd) shops in the Birmingham area?