Category Archives: Population

Metro Birmingham should secede from Alabama

Posted on November 20, 2012 by David Sher

As you may have heard a petition filed by a Chuncula resident seeking Alabama’s withdrawal from the U.S. reached 25,000 signatures and now requires a response from the White House. The petition asks the administration to “peacefully grant the state … Continue reading →

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Republican National Convention to be held in Birmingham 2016

Posted on September 4, 2012 by David Sher

This headline is not true. It could have proclaimed, “Democratic National Convention to be held in Birmingham in 2016,” but for sure no one would have believed that one. Of course most of you didn’t believe the headline anyway since, even though … Continue reading →

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Can our suburbs survive if Birmingham is a donut hole?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by David Sher

I live in Vestavia Hills—I don’t really want to live around a donut hole. The numbers are frightening. Birmingham’s population fell… 12% in the 60’s 5% in the 70’s 6% in the 80’s 9% in the 90’s 12% in the … Continue reading →

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