Things I hate about Mobile Alabama

[@briansmith8650]

As a Mobilian i can confirm the bad driving and littering

[@themobilerundown]

yeah... the litter is being tackled from lots of fronts, but there's still a lot of work to do!

[@onetakewillie]

If you live in a city with a large black population, you’re gonna have lots of littering.

[@grouchyoleguy]

Color of population has nothing to do with it , I've lived in predominantly white population cities and issue was just as bad ​@@onetakewillie

[@kaleb7636]

@@onetakewillie What is this logic

[@Bamaflashlight]

I live about 35 minutes from Mobile Alabama in a little town called Perdido Alabama between Bay Minette and Atmore Alabama and I love it for last 53 years

[@themobilerundown]

We've heard of Perdido! Isn't there a winery there?

[@andyfloyd8583]

Foley here.

[@Theaddora]

I am from Bay Minette. The kids in Perdido came to high school there.

[@RyanFordham-g8v]

I am from Samantha Alabama

[@Theaddora]

@@RyanFordham-g8v what a great name!!!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Beautiful Bellingrath Gardens, with butterfiies! 1975-76

[@NewSpirits]

I was born and raised here in Mobile too and I can tell you the only thing you can truly love about it is the four weeks or so of temperatures below 80 degrees in the Winter. Well actually that is when we're lucky enough to get a Winter because some years we don't even get any cold weather!

[@themobilerundown]

Love that sub 80 weather also. Ha, when it happens to snow ❄️ we shut down for sure!

[@fishingthelist4017]

There is nothing like Mobile after a mid day thunderstorm blows through, the sun comes back out, the A/C in your car dies, and you are wearing a suit and tie.

[@themobilerundown]

🤣🤣 ain't nothing like that sweet summer rain...

[@waitwhat1029]

Don't forget the joy that is downtown mobile and it's one way streets at quitting time. XD

[@56Truex]

Everyone coming from the west headed to the beach has to pass through Mobile. Traffic used to be awful on the weekends, but so many more people are going that it's bad every day....especially after lunch. I-10 used to be easy, but now keep trying to find new ways without going through the tunnel.

[@themobilerundown]

new bridge coming.

[@44thala49]

Man, yeah the traffic 100%. When you are headed east from Mississippi and cross the state line, it’s literally like every single driver is in a race to get through mobile county to the bay way. Well, that is until they see the big scary tunnel and slam on brakes.

[@themobilerundown]

Ha, and then lay on the horn once finally inside that scary tunnel.

[@neraklrllessur8844]

Love the rain! But hate it when the sun comes right back out to steam everything back up again.

[@themobilerundown]

Rain 🌧️ keeps it so greeeeen here!

[@markthompson9755]

Having moved from Seattle to Mobile 3 years ago. Mobile isn't perfect but it's way nicer than Seattle. People wave as you drive around. Traffic is a thing but it's doable. All in all, I love it here!

[@themobilerundown]

Great to hear! Want to get waved at extra? Ever seen the Jeep wave? There's a 'club' The Jeep Wrangler wave 👋 club

[@JohnDavis-zo4xl]

Welcome to Mobile!

[@danbear5254]

I had started driving in the north prior to returning home to Miflin, Alabama. I feel as though I was very fortunate having being able to experience driving from my home to where I attended academy during the week day in Mobile. It was the first time outside of primary school and work that I had driven any distance greater than for grocery or errands and this was during a time that the Alabama Southern Hospitality was apparent in manners in interactions as well as on the road. I enjoyed my experiences in secondary school, but the drives to and from Mobile were where I developed my sense of direction as well as learning to “enjoy the drive” so much that I shortly before course completion I obtained my CDL endorsement. I’ve lived or at least spent a little time in nearly all 48 states, Mobile with the faults that others may point out, it also has a very special feel like no other place that I’ve visited that lives pulses even today.

[@Bruce-m3v]

I live across the bay from Mobile and I have worked in Mobile for about 10 years. If it wasn't for having to work there, l wouldn't go there at all. The traffic is horrible and every night you can turn on the news and someone has been shot,stabbed and or murdered in Mobile. It sucks.

[@gregorysmith5709]

How are those commutes working for you? Great solution for a scared snowflake. . We're good enough for employment but too black huh? All that gas money and sitting on the bay way don't add up

[@trueotter123]

Hilarious that someone from Baldwin county is complaining about traffic in Mobile. Traffic in Daphne and Fairhope is ridiculous. Not saying Mobile is better, but it’s certainly not worse.

[@themobilerundown]

Yep, have many friends that cross the bay daily! Curious, what part of Mobile is your job in?

[@stacychapman1374]

I lived in Mobile most of my life. Moved to Fairhope 5 years ago and back to Mobile County two weeks ago. The traffic and population in Fairhope/Daphne has gone crazy. I haven’t missed it yet but I do miss Summer Moon’s coffee. Yum!

[@kaleb7636]

Lol

[@SouthernBoyzRyde]

Dude I 10 runs right through your city lol I live 3 and half hours from Mobile, I love going through the tunnel 🫶🏽 living in Alabama is like getting all four seasons in the same week sometimes

[@themobilerundown]

3.5 hrs which way? 4 seasons in a day. You right!

[@SouthernBoyzRyde]

@@themobilerundown over toward Dothan which is the tristate area Georgia, Florida line….I ride and film this area

[@benjaminloper2154]

Crazy to see all my fellow mobilians. I never see videos about Mobile. Any publicity is good publicity!

[@themobilerundown]

Howdy 🤠 Mobilian!

[@cfmpam498230]

The population in mobile & eastern shore has gone up by 3 times , so that's why the drivers are crazy as they come from northen states .

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I drive slowly and am from Massachusetts!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I liked the Gulf Shores. KFC and a lot of time spent on the beach. Bad sunburn. Noxzema Skin Cream cooled that burn! 1975-76 school year.

[@grouchyoleguy]

I transplant twelve years ago drive limit or below and get aggravated at the rude and disrespectful drivers who think they own the roads

[@marchilton8855]

Being from here and leaving to vist other cities has shown me how different mobile is from the rest of the country things here rarely chang the schools and job market are the biggest cons also the infrastructure is usually thirty plus years behind the rest its changing some but most of the people are ok with it just as long as they have Mardi Gras and jobs

[@themobilerundown]

nice -- what other cities have you lived? Agree that some things are changing --- pretty amazing stats about the port growth, the deepening of the ship channel, some large industry contracts, etc. --- we think all of that is a win for all. But folks sure do love their Mardi Gras 🤣🤣

[@marchilton8855]

@@themobilerundown I've been to different cities through travel Houston San Antonio San Francisco Huntsville Atlanta to name a few places Mobile is pretty behind in terms of asttic appeal and amenities it's my home town but that's where the buck stops with me I view it as a retirement city where old people come to save a few dollars on housing and to stretch there pension checks

[@marchilton8855]

And your right they like there Mardi Gras just as much as War Eagle and Roll Tide

[@themobilerundown]

@@marchilton8855 fair points. Those cities are definitely much larger, so more amenities in general makes sense!

[@themobilerundown]

War Eagle 🤣🤣

[@christinagraddick5397]

I absolutely love Mobile, I hate that there’s a video that is titled this. AND I just joined the rundown newsletter last week and it’s the first thing that popped up. I wish it started with the statement “there’s plenty of things to love around Mobile” at the beginning.

[@themobilerundown]

A bit of a shock, for sure!! We get it. We just wanted to make folks aware of some of the crazy drivers 🤣 But don't worry, we'll be creating plenty of vids about what we LOVE about the area as well 😏😁 And, since it was your first week, know that it's not normal --- feel free to check out previous email content -- themobilerundown.beehiiv.com/ Thanks for the comment!!

[@thorguff]

This is an honest assessment. You seem to want to deny reality and put on a facade. You likely notice these things but just won't admit it but it will show in your actions.

[@RiggazaStrega2000]

Karen

[@ArtistBrianSheffield]

Mobile sucks. I was born there, raised there and simply put, mobile sucks. It stinks, as in smells bad. There are no nice places to go. All the clubs including the ones downtown are ratholes. I hate mobile.

[@BigAL-Bama]

​@@ArtistBrianSheffieldI hate Mobile too. When you go to places like the Pacific Northwest or Montana/Utah/Wyoming, it makes this place look like a rathole even more. No one knows how to drive here, people are extremely rude for no reason and there isn't much opportunity here. Not to mention the storms and extreme heat/humidity

[@grouchyoleguy]

Moved to the area twelve year ago and I avoid the city of Mobile as much as possible , takes something really important to get me near downtown

[@kaleb7636]

Congrats?

[@johngardner1290]

If you think traffic is terrible in Mobile, then you've never drive through Atlanta.

[@davidadams8726]

I used to live in Stockbridge (just south of Atlanta) and my job was in North Atlanta. Had to be at work at 8 so I had to leave NO LATER than 6:30 AM to make sure I got to work on time. Worked ended at 5ish and if I got home by 6:30, that was 'early'! Lived in Mobile since 2012. Some places are very nice. Other places . . . . not so much. Schillinger Road and Airport are congested to the maximum most of the time. Only one mall (Bel Air). NO public pools. People run red lights even after the lights are definitely RED. District Attorney only prosecutes cases that are 'high profile' and self serving to make them LOOK like they care about its citizens. If it is a small crime, such as your house being burglarized or your vehicle broken into, NOT WORTH their time. You are out of luck. Over 37 shootings in Mobile COUNTY since January 1, 2024 (11 in Prichard, 26 in the city of Mobile). After Mardi Gras, the streets look beyond disgusting. David Adams, Tillman's Corner

[@themobilerundown]

When we go through Atlanta, we just let Jesus take the wheel 🙌

[@benjaminloper2154]

I lived in Tyrone for 9 years, but came home to Mobile 13 years ago. Peachtree city was great to pass through, but the interstates downtown are so full of potholes its insane

[@diddlebug7241]

Atlanta is nothing I’ll assure you. Houston is worse followed by Dallas followed by San Antonio in that order. I used to drive over the road and have this experience. Mobilians complain about Atlanta come out here with the truck drivers going through Dallas. Dallas traffic is so bad you really should go through there close to midnight.

[@benjaminloper2154]

@@diddlebug7241 never been to Dallas. I live in Mobile and used to live in Atlanta. My grandma lives in Houston. It's pretty bad there too

[@PrisonMike-]

Traffic in Mobile isn’t terrible unless you’re on Airport Blvd and it’s dozens of traffic lights.

[@themobilerundown]

Just made me think of the opening scene from the movie Office Space 😂

[@ozzielulu1]

This is a pretty honest option I guess but how could the back up on bayway and tunnels everyday not be on the list - the litter is terrible and many of us try and help but it’s embarrassing!

[@themobilerundown]

Bayway Backup. Part 2! (Maybe the new bridge will be up and running before we get around to it!) Litter seems to be a tough one to solve and is unfortunate.

[@pampherson5279]

Yes the driving and litter is wild! I'm from Virginia and the area I lived in wasn't like this.

[@themobilerundown]

it's a bummer. we tried to pick up in our neighborhood. if we all do that, it's a start!

[@sambeane65]

Hi Pammy!!!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I am from Massachusetts Mobile is very hot and humid! 1975-76 school year. Equally hot and humid.We lived near Montlimar Dr. Similar, but older apartment complex, before the current one. Same look(buildings). Great for roller skating! There is or was a paper plant(mill) nearby.. Funny smell.

[@BamCoonRising]

I'm a born and raised Mobilian here and I agree with nearly everything you said here. I don't believe I've ever had anyone ask me "Are you from here?", but then again I speak with a typical Southern Al accent whereas you seem to have either lost or never had one. So I imagine all those folks asking "Are you from here" really mean to say "You don't sound like you're from here." I'm sure the more west you go, such as Semmes and Wilmer, the more you get asked, and I'm betting Midtown is your homebase. No judgement, I've worked with and for folks in nearly every zipcode, I dearly love the diversity of people who call this place home, whether they started their life experience here or not. ❤

[@themobilerundown]

I also spent 1.5 years in New Zealand. Really jacked me up 🤣🤣

[@phabernethy1]

Love this!!

[@garywanner7860]

While the country heads into a recession Mobile is booming! Airbus and the South Alabama campus are the anchors of growth and prosperity. New construction, new businesses and better jobs are sprouting up everywhere.

[@themobilerundown]

USA campus is booming! Oh, and Austal just won new contracts we think?

[@kaleb7636]

@@themobilerundown Mobile is in a economic boom

[@sylviadinnam2343]

Back in the 80s and 90s off airport you had Sadie's which became duffs.. food was so good

[@themobilerundown]

You just made me think of Quincy's. Used to tear up those butter 🥐

[@waitwhat1029]

​@@themobilerundown... Quincy's yeast rolls. Nostalgic sigh. DIP? Is so do you remember NanSeas restaurant on Old Bay Rd? Loved that place.

[@themobilerundown]

@@waitwhat1029 Big Fat Yeast Rolls!! Yep --- NanSeas = Classic.

[@Norm-ih2rq]

Sounds like driving in Florida. Is the average speed also 100+ mph?

[@themobilerundown]

Like 100 minimum

[@JASONLOTT30290]

I enjoy visiting Mobile, but I love living in rural Alabama. I mostly feel that way in general; I’m glad we have cities to visit, but I don’t ever want to live in one again. The major metropolitan cities like NYC, LA, CHI, MIA, ATL, DFW, HOU, etc etc are too big for me & I’m glad I experienced them all prior to 2020. I’m not exactly sure when each of one of them became so incredibly insane that I no longer wanted to even visit them; but I know I left ATL 1st, LA last, with large variety in between & now smaller major metro like RDU are over the top bustling. It’s all hurry up to wait, with a mad house of people who can’t even look at one another, because they’re so tired of constantly being on the move, while getting nowhere.

[@themobilerundown]

Totally know what you mean! As we travelled, my favorite places have been areas of 50-100k people. Usually means can get everything you need, not too busy, and usually plenty of outdoor beauty close by 😁

[@Billman66]

I concur: The killings, traffic, litter and heat/humidity dull the shine of what might be a gem of a city but the first three is about people and, until the hearts and minds of the residents change, there will be no change. The humidity? Well, thank Willis Havilland Carrier for air conditioning.

[@planorick]

I have lived in Mobile for the past 10 years. No one in Mobile does the speed limit. Most major roads are 40mph, and it is nothing to see cars going in excess of 50. I've had people pass me in the center turn lane.

[@themobilerundown]

Pretty wild, I agree.

[@samuelanselmo4159]

I’m a Biloxi born. What I hate about it is the beauty of it is gone due to casinos and too many people now. I grew up in the sixties and seventies when it was awesome. No more country side out from DIberville were we used to swim at the rivers and ride dirt bikes. It sucks with crime and drugs. I’m about 35 miles away now in Wiggins.

[@themobilerundown]

The photos of coastal areas I see from the 60s are really cool!

[@samuelanselmo4159]

@@themobilerundown yeah I was born on the Point. East beach in 1955. I grew up seeing the beauty of the live oaks. Now their gone. Progress sucks

[@Cadillac-w5x]

when people ask where you from, they're referring to what local community

[@anncoxwell7015]

For its size, the traffic is rough and has been for forty years.

[@neraklrllessur8844]

The litter absolutely infuriates me! We have a pretty city, STOP BEING TACKY, PUT TRASH WERE IT GOES!

[@themobilerundown]

The litter is a bummer. Such a problem with so many variables to solve.

[@Walkercolt1]

Biggest thing I hate about Mobile, AL...It keeps MOVING!

[@themobilerundown]

😉

[@paulbaker4744]

I live forty miles north of Birmingham. Would love to visit but cant afford it.

[@themobilerundown]

Hope you get to one day soon!

[@kerryalabama6716]

Dauphin island native. Mobile is dangerous, very. I 10 qnd I 65 is like the indy 500, 100. Not much public transportation, yes little everywhere. We catch shrimp in the bay, beautiful waters we have here.

[@benjaminloper2154]

Hey! A fellow Islander! Isn't it crazy how few people know we have beaches and islands?

[@themobilerundown]

DI is my favorite hidden gem of the Gulf Coast 😉

[@kaleb7636]

It's not New Orleans dangerous.

[@kerryalabama6716]

@@kaleb7636 Mobile has gotten really bad.

[@waitwhat1029]

​@@benjaminloper2154... Last time I went swimming on the island I came out of the water and my white t shirt was brown. XD Remember when the police station was just that old trailer that had the evidence locker inside of the bathroom? Teenage me remembers. XD

[@tubularguynine]

Loud cars - 😴 Hollerin' neighbors - 😴 Trains - 😴 Gunfire - 😴 Hurricane - 😴 The fan quit - 😳 (Fairview/Big Creek Lake)

[@joshmyers-nt9dr]

its not as bad as he makes out, a bit behind and slower but it is not NYC. Mobile is a small town when compared to places like that.

[@themobilerundown]

hopefully you caught my positive spin in the vid 😉

[@neraklrllessur8844]

Yeah, the humidity is like breathing through a hot wet sock!

[@themobilerundown]

Feel your pain 😂

[@JohnDavis-zo4xl]

Overall, Mobile traffic is like any other city---except for Airport blvd. Too many lights too close together. They stay red for a millineum, but thats not the bad thing. When the light finally DOES turn green, you could grow a beard waiting on people to GO. I find myself chanelling Miranda Priestly---"By all means move at a glacial pace you know how that thrills me".

[@carlbolden4981]

I recommend that you do some traveling

[@themobilerundown]

Where should we visit?

[@BamaMark]

The “people” quality has dropped out. Unfortunately.

[@RyanFordham-g8v]

Hey neighbor i am born and bread in brimingham but rasied in northport

[@lorettafenton6729]

I believe the phones are to blame for crazy droving

[@alabamaal225]

"Mobile is too humid. Wahh." What's a matter? Didn't ya Momma teach 'cha how to breath underwater?"

[@themobilerundown]

🤣🤣😭

[@johneberlein8309]

Opinions. Everybody has them. That's all it's work

[@portcityrcjunkie9306]

Why does everyone feel the need to slow going thru the tunnel? As soon as you exit the tunnel, traffic starts flowing normally. You'd think there was a major wreck on the other side or something.

[@themobilerundown]

Definitely making a video on this. You're so right. Strange anomaly...

[@trueotter123]

@@portcityrcjunkie9306 I believe it’s because as you descend into the tunnel. You can’t see the road ahead and people slow down. It only takes a few cars doing this and then traffic is screwed up afterwards.

[@ms.krueger2660]

Since Katrina Mobile has gotten worse and worse as far as traffic. Yes there is a lot of litter. The humidity is killer. I have been here 60 years. Mobile, pronounced Mo-beel, used to be wonderful. If I had the money I would move. One of my sons moved to Texas. He loves it. Crime is a lot worse. Mobile is boring.

[@ireallycantthinkofaname4726]

Real

[@themobilerundown]

real real

[@lizhays1325]

Saraland rules!! Go Spartans!

[@themobilerundown]

Saraland's got that energy 🤠

[@mrphiloseroctopus5069]

Also a mobile local, dude is dead on.

[@themobilerundown]

Respect!

[@Theaddora]

You dont have Southern accent. Maybe, that's why they ask you if you're from Mobile.

[@themobilerundown]

I lived in New Zealand for 2 years a long while back...

[@Fulcrum205]

I hate Hipster Portland wannabees. Mobile aint bad. Try DC, Phoenix, or LA is you want to see bad traffic. The a freeways in Phoenix that would take me 2 hours to go 9 miles on a regular afternoon commute.

[@themobilerundown]

Hate is a strong word 😉 9 miles in 2 hours? No thanks! We'll stay wannabeeeess 😁

[@chaseroush6503]

So many of Mobile's problems can be traced back to the Katrina diaspora. Litter, crime, and driving. Just found this video, BTW. . I'm subscribing to your page.

[@terrancemoore496]

People listen if you going to move to a state in the Southeeastern U.S. especially in the Deep South then guess what? It's going to be HOT! Especially in the summer.

[@p.bateman7033]

Depression can be treated! 😆

[@Floridastoughestswimmer]

I avoid Mobile Alabama with my life

[@themobilerundown]

Because you don't like swimming with alligators? 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️😁

[@LuLu_0815]

I live in Grand Bay. I will drive west to Pascagoula/Ocean Springs over Mobile just because the traffic gives me anxiety 😂

[@themobilerundown]

@@LuLu_0815 one of our favorite staycations is Ocean Springs. Shhhh 😉😉

[@garypedigogaeu5787]

You left out how boring Mobile is. Fun just doesn’t work here. What would be fun in a different city is just flat and doesn’t work here. When I leave through the tunnel system I feel a dark cloud of oppression lift as I exit the city. Immediately. Plus food by and large is also boring and subpar. It’s like the people of Mobile have read a book about how to enjoy your life but have never actually had fun or enjoyed themselves and are imitating what they read of saw in movies but with no experience. Bob Dylan wrote a song in the sixties called “stuck in Mobile with the Memphis blues again” after a visit and refused to ever play Mobile again. So it’s not a new thing

[@themobilerundown]

"You left out how boring Mobile is. Fun just doesn’t work here." Personally disagree with this, but we're pretty chill folks. I mean, for us, Top Golf was like a theme park attraction 🤣

[@kaleb7636]

What are you saying

[@anmawin]

​@themobilerundown oh how right you are about Top Golf 😂 We moved from Virginia over 10 years ago. We went from being within an hour of Busch Gardens and Colonial Williamsburg to Mobile. At least now Owa isn't too far away.

[@oliverbell1937]

Truly worst city to drive in like EVER

[@themobilerundown]

Have others to compare it to?

[@AnthonyJones-px6ve]

Mobile and al in general sucks cant wait to move

[@themobilerundown]

Where ya headed?

[@trueotter123]

@@AnthonyJones-px6ve what are you waiting on. Leave now

[@voodoo917]

10 out of 10 wouldn't recommend Mobile, AL as a place to live or visit.

[@themobilerundown]

Ouch. A bit too far in our opinion 🤣

[@kaleb7636]

Uh

[@charlesroberts1959]

Move quit niching

[@themobilerundown]

What's niching?

[@joshwells4280]

That's a woman's beanie....

[@themobilerundown]

my wife said it's better than a men's beanie. and warmer.

[@joshwells4280]

@@themobilerundown take the label off and you won't be able to tell,....women just have alot more selection when it comes to beanies..I get it

[@onetakewillie]

A little bit of that guy goes a long way

[@themobilerundown]

😂