Jacksonville, FL

[Doyle]

Does anyone currently live there or have an opinion of it. Flying there Friday to meet with a company and they will most likely want me to move there. Been in Charlotte for about 10 years now. Never thought I would want to move but money talks.

[charlotte49er]

Go Jaguars!

Just remember the 3 H's! Hot, Humid, Hurricanes!

That's as much as I know about the entire state of Florida.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Jacksonville-Florida.html

[Doyle]

Go Jaguars!

Just remember the 3 H's! Hot, Humid, Hurricanes!

That's as much as I know about the entire state of Florida.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Jacksonville-Florida.html

Not a fan of any of the three. But being on the beach would be nice.

[TheSaint]

Jax BEach is a scary place. lol. But i used to have fun there when my aunt and uncle lived about 3 blocks off the beach.

[Doyle]

Jax BEach is a scary place. lol. But i used to have fun there when my aunt and uncle lived about 3 blocks off the beach.

Why is it scary?

[TheSaint]

Why is it scary?

It was just shady. And Mayport is just up the road, although i dont think the carriers port there any more.

Mind you this was 30 years ago. SO who knows what its like now.

[LifeisaGarden]

I was born there & lived there most of my young life. I grew up on the Westside, it's not a place I'd want to move back to and raise my child. I had a difficult childhood living there. Lots of bad things happening.

Some parts of town are nice such as the Southside, Deerwood is especially nice, as is Mandarin, and Baymeadows. There are good things about Jacksonville but I just cant think of any right now.

You might want to consider the surrounding cities. St. Augustine, Callahan, Middleburg, Orange Park, Baldwin, Green Cove Springs, etc...

[Doyle]

I was born there & lived there most of my young life. I grew up on the Westside, it's not a place I'd want to move back to and raise my child. I had a difficult childhood living there. Lots of bad things happening.

Some parts of town are nice such as the Southside, Deerwood is especially nice, as is Mandarin, and Baymeadows. There are good things about Jacksonville but I just cant think of any right now.

You might want to consider the surrounding cities. St. Augustine, Callahan, Middleburg, Orange Park, Baldwin, Green Cove Springs, etc...

OK. Thrilled about the possibility now. Thanks.

[Happy Panther]

In my experience Charlotte is a much much better town than Jacksonville overall. There are good and bad parts of every town but i would be surprised if you moved to J-Ville and like it better.

Just my opinion

[Zod]

Jax is nor Florida really, it's more like southern Georgia. You have to be south of Ocala to really be in Florida

[bleys]

was thinkin of Lifey on this topic.. I will never move there after hearing about it..

[Delhommey]

My mother's family is from that area (used to have a family farm in the city).

It is a God awful place with few redeeming values.

Spent a good deal of my summers around Orange Park. Of course back then it was mostly cow pasture.

[Matt Foley]

Does anyone currently live there or have an opinion of it. Flying there Friday to meet with a company and they will most likely want me to move there. Been in Charlotte for about 10 years now. Never thought I would want to move but money talks.

It's a lot better than it was before the NFL arrived. It's the second biggest city in the country, area wise, but not sure it's even third in Florida, population wise. There are a lot of great golf courses to the south, Orlando's not THAT far away, and you're safe from the hurricanes.

But it's nothing like the other Florida cities, as Zod said.

[Happy Panther]

Yeah it takes like an hour to drive through jacksonville