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Why? It would get every vote. What's the point of doing that? It would be like saying: What color am I writing in? Orange or Green?
It seems like including Orlando is having the same effect. Perhaps this shoud have just been Tampa and Jacksonville. Though I don't see Jacksonville getting many votes.
Seriously people need to stop giving Jacksonville credit of any sort. Its nothing special, not terrible in terms of crime or anything but its just another small city. Part of my wants to vote for Jacksonville only because of its notoriety around these forums - you all seem to believe its some big city when its not. But on the national scale the most notorious by far is Orlando. And I don't mean in terms of recognition but real notoriety. People give Orlando so much **** like its just tourist traps and a failing economy when its not. I remember I met a friend that regularly went to a time share near Disney with his family every year. One year I happened to be in Orlando at the same time so I went to pick him up and show him the real Orlando and his exact words were, "Wow I can't believe Orlando has so much in it, its like a mini New York. I really thought it was all like it is by the resort [the resort is off 192]."
Seriously people need to stop giving Jacksonville credit of any sort. Its nothing special, not terrible in terms of crime or anything but its just another small city. Part of my wants to vote for Jacksonville only because of its notoriety around these forums - you all seem to believe its some big city when its not. But on the national scale the most notorious by far is Orlando. And I don't mean in terms of recognition but real notoriety. People give Orlando so much **** like its just tourist traps and a failing economy when its not. I remember I met a friend that regularly went to a time share near Disney with his family every year. One year I happened to be in Orlando at the same time so I went to pick him up and show him the real Orlando and his exact words were, "Wow I can't believe Orlando has so much in it, its like a mini New York. I really thought it was all like it is by the resort [the resort is off 192]."
I feel your pain. Its annoying. Most people never step foot into the real Orlando while they're here for vacation. They stay in the attractions bubble the whole time. Its a lot more than a tourist town, idk about it being a mini NY, maybe because half the people who live there are from the Northeast and it does have great amenities for a city its size, but thats a different topic. All in all I think a lot of people don't give any FL cities the credit they deserve, maybe besides Jacksonville. Many People think its a big city because the city population is so high, but in reality its only that high because the city limits cover the whole county. Tampa Miami and Orlando's city limits are fractions of the size of Jacksonville. Jacksonville has the smallest metro population of the 4 cities.
JAX just to be different, and it seems like more of a popular destination than say Tampa which is in a bad economy. Orlando is just the theme park town of Florida.
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