what is so cool about mountain brook?
by: OOS FratterAt a national convention of a fraternity I won't name. Alabama brother who thought himself second coming of Christ, mentioned being from Mountain Brook several times and seemed to imply that had some kind of pull/prestige. I had never heard of MB, bot being from Alabama. Is it that special? What gives? Looks like just a pretty suburb of Bham from what I can read onln.
#1 by: Ask them
Comment#3 by: Mtn Brook
Absolutely nothing special about that place. People that live there call it the tiny kingdom. Lol! I’m not even from AL, but the people I know from Vestavia have more money and family prestige than the Mtn Brook douches. And none of those can even touch the level of money and prestige from Buckhead in Atlanta, Brentwood in Nashville or West Lake or Highland Park in Dallas.
by: hJan 7, 2018 4:55:03 PM
by: HoustonFeb 21, 2019 7:50:06 PM
by: EvenFeb 22, 2019 11:48:29 AM
North Shelby County is the highest income per capita area of the state! Not Mountain Brook!
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by: mehJan 10, 2018 1:53:40 PM
i agree with vestavia but hoover is definitely a notch below in terms of wealth. however, i think PNMs from hoover are the nicest of the three, with mt brook second and vestavia third. just in my personal experience as someone from a different bham suburb in an old row sorority.
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by: betterJan 10, 2018 4:34:19 PM
Honestly the Greystone part of Hoover is way better than Mountain Brook. North Shelby County is the highest income part of the state, way more than Mountain Brook. Spain Park, Oak Mountain, Briarwood, Highland Lakes... way better places to live and go to school.
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by: ^ lol yourselfFeb 21, 2019 4:25:15 PM
The median home value in Buckhead is more than twice that of Mountain Brook - 990K compared to 450K. All the new apartments in Buckhead bringing in the renters have lowered the median income level, but these are the people we need to be our personal trainers and take care of the landscaping.
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by: This isn’t “rich”Feb 21, 2019 10:04:45 PM
Basic home within 1 hour of Silicon Valley- $700k. Decent home in decent neighborhood within 30, $1.5 mil. Good luck and stay in MB.
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#7 by: Meh ...
Parts of MB are gorgeous, mainly Old Mountain Brook by Birmingham Country Club, but Forest Park and Redmont Park, both on top of the mountain in Birmingham city limits, are just as beautiful.
TBH most of MB is underwhelming and ridiculously overpriced. A crackerbox starter home in Crestline Park (Birmingham) averages about $150,000 to $180,000, but just over the line in Crestline Heights (MB), a comparable house - we're talking TINY - runs $300,000+.
The public schools are great, but so are Vestavia's and Hoover's.
Thankfully, the "old money/new money" distinction gets less and less important each year in Bama Greek life.
#8 by: Hey mom
No one but a mom says “cracker box” for a house.
Brentwood is “new” Nashville. Belle Meade is where the old money is. Not that it matters, bc there are a lot of jerks in every wealthy area.
Every big city has its old money neighborhood. Here’s how you tell if someone is full of crap from Mtn Brook: Ask where they are from. The authentic ones ( who live in mountain brook, have money and are grounded) will say Birmingham. The ones who want to show off (pretentious) will say MB.
by: .Feb 21, 2019 8:05:32 PM
^^this. The same goes for Atlanta. You would never introduce yourself as being from buckhead if you have any sense.
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by: WellFeb 22, 2019 10:52:43 AM
That would be dumb in any case because Buckhead is a neighborhood in Atlanta, not a separate city.
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by: EhFeb 22, 2019 12:21:10 PM
That’s true but it carries the same connotation of needing people to know you’re from a wealthy area.
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by: ...Mar 1, 2019 6:49:42 PM
Same for me. I always have identified with Birmingham more often than my hometown in casual conversation. I only say, "I'm from Vestavia," when I'm asked what part of the area.
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#9 by: Sororitygirl
Mountain Brook in the East or West coast would be considered “Poor neighborhoods” on the wrong side of town. In wealthy areas outside Alabama you could not even buy a one bedroom dump in the wrong part of town for the price of the most expensive home in Mountain Brook.
by: Somewhat agreeFeb 22, 2019 7:40:23 AM
West and East coast real esororitye are the holy grail of inflated values. On the flip side Mountain Brook isnt all that.
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by: SororitygirlFeb 22, 2019 10:32:20 AM
In the state of California alone there are over 9,000 homes lisited for 100 million or more.... That’s ONE HUNDRED MILLION! Or more! There is not one home in MB that one of those California owners would consider buying for their EMPLOYEES because it would be below their standards.
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by: yesFeb 23, 2019 12:52:58 PM
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by: RightFeb 22, 2019 11:52:41 AM
Ha Ha! So right! So tired of them!
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