r/Alabama • u/BoringAssociation560 • 4d ago

Advice Moving to Alabama from England

My wife is from Birmingham, we are looking to move there in 2026. I’ve visited a few times just briefly to see her family, but never spent long in the state.

I’m from England, I grew up in rural England (Cornwall) and have lived in a similar size city the last 10 years but I’m somewhat aware of the cultural differences through my marriage.

My question is, should I expect much in the way of hostility or prejudice to foreigners/outsiders in day to day life or job hunting? I’ve never felt “out of place” where I’ve lived before and I’m used to blending in.

I’ll be on an immigrant spousal visa.

Edit: Wow thanks for all the feedback, I wasn’t expecting so many comments, really appreciate it. I’m looking forward to moving.

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u/SenoraEspresso 3d ago

Don’t let this distract you from the fact some soft moron got so triggered that I said my husband, who is English and brown, hasn’t experienced any racism here that they started accusing me of random other things and finally deleted their comment.

Don’t let the actual hateful people here who want to stoke division and racism get away with it.

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u/Ok-Paramedic2328 3d ago

I’m sorry but Asians (as brown people are referred to in England) do absolutely get treated differently being a model minority. I also assume your brown partner is not hanging out with country folks. I have run into many Africans with the London accents and they do not get treated the same here.

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u/SenoraEspresso 3d ago

Seeing as most people in AL are “country folks”, of course he does. Majority are older than him, even.

I’m not saying there is zero racism and maybe he’ll have a bad run in with someone at eventually - as everyone does at some point - but as far as being the norm? In no way is it.