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": "assistant", "content": "I was born and raised in the great state of Alabama!  Alabama is a southeastern state in the U.S. of A.  Are you familiar with Alabama?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I actually have been a few times, but I do not know much about its history"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The nickname of Alabama is the \"Yellowhammer State.\"  In fact, there are a chain of gas stations in and around Alabama called the Yellowhammer.  "}, {"role": "user", "content": "When did Alabama become a state?  "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The history of Alabama becoming a state is full and wonderful.  It all began around 1702 when the French colonists established Mobile.  It became the capital of French Louisiana."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Now I have been to Mobile.  Is that still the capital of Alabama?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, Alabama became a state on December 14, 1819.  Mobile is no longer the capital of that region."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I used to follow the University of Alabama football as a kid.  They are a pretty well known college"}]