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There's several dash cam videos of driving around downtown Jacksonville and it does not look near as bad as it's being made out to be. It looks like a very nice and clean downtown area in a nice city. I agree with the person who said Jacksonville is a nice place in Florida to live that isn't over run by tourists. Jacksonville isn't growing as fast as the other big Florida cities, but it's still growing relatively fast. It's getting close to a million. In 1960 it was about 200,000. And it's nearly doubled since the big annexation.
There's several dash cam videos of driving around downtown Jacksonville and it does not look near as bad as it's being made out to be. It looks like a very nice and clean downtown area in a nice city. I agree with the person who said Jacksonville is a nice place in Florida to live that isn't over run by tourists. Jacksonville isn't growing as fast as the other big Florida cities, but it's still growing relatively fast. It's getting close to a million. In 1960 it was about 200,000. And it's nearly doubled since the big annexation.
Downtown has great urban bones, it just needs robust infill development.
Downtown Jax has awesome bones and an extensive, intact grid system....an urban planner's dream.
I lived there for a few years when I was a kid in the Navy. Back then Downtown was busy and vibrant, and there were 5 Department Stores. The Southside hadn't blown up yet, and 95% of all office space was Downtown. To see it now is incredibly sad, and the City has literally torn down at least a third of it - including all of Brooklyn. It will never be as important as it once was, but I am really pulling for them to get their act together. The setting is beautiful.
I lived there for a few years when I was a kid in the Navy. Back then Downtown was busy and vibrant, and there were 5 Department Stores. The Southside hadn't blown up yet, and 95% of all office space was Downtown. To see it now is incredibly sad, and the City has literally torn down at least a third of it - including all of Brooklyn. It will never be as important as it once was, but I am really pulling for them to get their act together. The setting is beautiful.
Absolutely. Not many cities have a river as majestic as the St. John's bisecting it. I've always loved the city's traditional South-meets-Florida vibe.
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