Many Alabamians feel land is best investment

The stocks go up, the stocks go down. But in Alabama, the land abides.

Stick $50,000 in the hands of each state resident, and one out of two would use the cash to buy real estate instead of stocks, bonds or other investments, according to the latest Mobile Register-University of South Alabama poll.

Yeah, but wait until the ice caps melt and Mobile County is under water. Land won't do you much good then, will it?

Me, I would probably pay off my student loans. With what's left over, maybe a sandwich.