How short sighted of you. There are a lot of good regular folks in Mountain Brook. Most have made money, and work hard for it. They pay extra taxes so their children can get a very good education. Yes, the Mountain Brook residents are proud to live there, but are people who live in Jasper and Hueytown and warrior and Tuscaloosa and Northport. The city is not closed off from the rest of the world, anyone is welcome. I lived in the Brook for a long time and have very good friends who live there now, My son and grandson live there. There are hunters and fishermen all over the place. I have not run into rudeness in any of the commercial establishments. The streets are kept clean because the residents have a civic pride that a lot of places don't.
When Doekiller's house burned just before Christmas the people of Mountain Brook came together to make sure they were alright,and gave them so much.and many merchants opened their doors for them so they could get clothes and stuff they needed at no charge. They were fed without cost by some of the best restaurants around. And no one expected anything in return. The crime rate is low, but stuff happens like ev erywhere. There are drugs, but what town or city in Alabama does not?

So where are you coming from, hating Mountain Brook? I can name a lot of places I would not want to live in, but Mountain Brook is not on that list.

According to data, the average income tax return for the Mountain Brook zip code (35223) is about $165K, which is well below Point Clear, two zip codes in freaking Mississippi, and hundreds of others throughout the country.

https://www.edq.com/globalassets/infographics/wealthiest-zip-codes.png

That amount does not match up with the cost of real estate in the Tiny Kingdom.

Sounds like a lot of inherited money to me, but maybe it's not. I don't pretend to know, nor do I care enough to find out.

Not saying there aren't self-made people there...there are.

Average home value in America is $189K. Average household income is $59K. That means folks live in a house that's worth triple what they make, on average. Triple of $165K is about $500k. Those ratios are dead on. To me, that argues against a huge amount of inherited money. There just aren't that many folks that get a $500K from their parents, period.

And no response........

You realize he and I both live in bf egypt right? Along with a lot of other folks on here we would never live there or anywhere else we can't piss off the front porch. If I had the money to live there I would just buy a bigger piece of property and build a nice 2-2500 sqft house instead. I’m pretty sure mark could afford to live in the area but wouldn’t ever want to because of the rat race headache that comes with city living.

After reading through all this all I can think is..........who gives a crap?

You ought to work on utilities over there. Good grief you have to be part billy goat, and not be afraid putting on your gaffs and climbing poles all day long over there.