i grew up in alabama.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state. Alabama is nicknamed the \"Yellowhammer State\", after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the \"Heart of Dixie\" and the \"Cotton State\". The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia. Alabama's capital is Montgomery. The largest city by population is Birmingham, which has long been the most industrialized city; the largest city by land area is Huntsville. The oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many states in the southern U.S., suffered economic hardship, in part because of its continued dependence on agriculture. Similar to other former slave states, Alabaman legislators employed Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and otherwise discriminate against African Americans from the end of the Reconstruction Era up until at least the 1970s.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I've been to Alabama one time, but I wasn't impressed."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I dont blame you. Alabama is located in the southeast so it can be lacking in things to do."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I also don't care for the fact that many of them proudly boast their Confederate flags."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "True. But at least Alabama has Tennessee to the north, Florida to the south, and Georgia to the east."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, those are all great states. I wonder what Alabama is best known for."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not much really. Alabama's oldest city is Mobile. It was founded by French colonists back in 1702. It was the French Louisiana capital."}, {"role": "user", "content": "My dad was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh cool. I wonder is that is by the Alabama capital Montgomery?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't think its too far!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Nice. Alabama is often called the \"Yellowhammer State\". It gets that name from their state bird the yellowhammer. Seems really random."}]