What is a “Birmingham”?

Likely just that Birmingham is the town he is from or one he is very fond of and wishes there were more places like it.

No place is perfect in its history, but regardless of some problematic connotations for some people, it can be a beloved place to others based on their separate experiences. The two can both be true and valid.

The original city of 'Birmingham' is in England, there is another (presumably named after it) in America; but using a proper noun in this semi-metaphorical way gives a sense of time or place.

The quote here is rose-tinted nostalgia about some past life in what it suggests is the American city; and yearning for past romances.

I’d love to know how he defines it. Birmingham in the U.S. has some problematic connotations.

City in England as well. No idea what it means but that’s where Cadbury chocolate was originally made.

It's a city in Alabama

Birmingham is a large city in Englands Midlands. It’s also a town in Alabama 😂😂

It's where Black Betty is from, way down in Alabam'... 😉

It's a place.

Sounds like something that needs painted.

Its a city in Alabama?

The name Birmingham comes from the Old English words Beormingahām, which means "home of the Beormingas". The Beormingas were a tribe or clan whose name may have meant "Beorma's people