Jacksonville, FL

[ladypanther]

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.

Good luck to you, I understand.....money talks (it would to me) and potential career advancement. ( I wish I had made different decisions when I was younger.) Please let us know.

[Scrumtrilescent]

City smells like ass.

[Doyle]

City smells like ass.

This is sounding better and better all the time.

[Delhommey]

There are some wonderful areas in and around, and the St John's is a nice river.

We used to go to Talbot Island (Jacksonville Beach is pretty unimpressive) for the beaches. They're very nice out there.

[TheSaint]

There are nice areas everywhere and im sure you can find them in Jville.. If its a job thats going to better your family and long term career opportunities, you just have to suck it up and do it. Sometimes you have to move. Dont let doofuses on a message board make your mind up for you. See for yourself.

[LifeisaGarden]

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.

This is true, believe it or not the Jaguars brought good things for Jax. They really started to clean up downtown after that.

City smells like ass.

This is so true!

The reason for this is because of all the iron & sulfur in the water in fact I don't advise you to drink the well water, its so smelly & it will also turn your hair and clothes rusty, drink bottled. You know you are getting close to Jax because of the smell & where I lived was even more horrible smell because I lived down from a paper plant. :willy_nilly:

The Landing is a decent place to go for fun. Jax is very culturally diverse, which is one of the reasons why they have so many problems with gangs. But the culture brings really cool festivals to the area. That is one of the things I miss. They have some pretty great museums & the zoo is real nice.

[Doyle]

Just added gangs and toxic water to the list.

[Zcustom]

They'll have plenty of orange barrels out to make you feel at home. I swear they've been working on 95 for the last 30 years.

Jax isn't bad, it's like a smaller Charlotte (pop. wise) with much hotter weather.

[Matt Foley]

Word of warning...I think the Jags will be in L.A. within five years. Not drafting The Golden Calf of Bristol was the final nail. I think Brian France of NASCAR is involved in the ownership that wants to take it to L.A. So that could set the city back.

[cookinwithgas]

to me, its a city that should be a lot better than it is. Always like going down to Amelia Island for the Concours in the spring.

[thefuzz]

Nice to visit, but I would never live there.

[Doyle]

Just got back from Jacksonville. I was not impressed but didnt really get a tour. Looks Like I'll get an offer though. Why does life have to be so complicated?