Recently a long-time Birmingham resident asked me a troubling question: "Can we call ourselves a walkable city if we're not a safe city?"Everything we love about Birmingham is grounded in the perception and reality of public and personal safety. Unfortunately, threats to those promises have been building and largely ignored for years.The creep of commercialization into our residential neighborhoods through short-term rentals (STR) and unchecked …
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