Photos of Jacksonville (St. Augustine: real estate, airport, beach)

[Northside904]

Originally Posted by skooba

took this one back in July while visiting Friendship Fountain. Handheld, so its a little blurry

Lovely nightshot

[GadgetRick]

Ok, not really taken in Jacksonville but we've got a lot of these up here as well.

Caught this shot yesterday in the Banana River in Merritt Island.

[iMarvin]

^Cool pic!

[iMarvin]

Originally Posted by skooba

took this one back in July while visiting Friendship Fountain. Handheld, so its a little blurry

Whoa! That pic is the most beautiful I've ever seen of Jacksonville at night! I love how the Friendship Fountain makes the Main St Bridge purple! This pic is amazing!

[CoraPalliser]

Nice photos, but this does not give you a REAL idea of what Jacksonville looks like.
Perhaps I'll post a few myself.
All of these photos are taken from exclusive neighborhoods, where if you and your husband aren't practicing physicians at Mayo Clinic, you are a nobody.

Sorry, but this really isn't what the MAJORITY of Jacksonville is about.

Yes, the bridges are pretty at night, but that's for tourists to look at.
We DO see plenty of dolphins in the St. John's River, that's for sure.

[CoraPalliser]

Originally Posted by Mrs G

At least you have something positive to say for the area...very nice pictures...we are considering moving to the area. I am looking for a 4 or more bedroom at least two bathrooms house around 70,000 without living next to the ghetto...is this do-able?

Depends on how you define "Ghetto". I live in a lower income neighborhood, and we get along just fine. No one out to mug you, no gangs. Just a peaceful, Arlington neighborhood.

[CoraPalliser]

Ohhh, I can't wait to post my photos of Jax.

[CoraPalliser]

Originally Posted by pollyrobin

Well done in showing the beauty of JAX - something I don't think a lot of people are aware of when they think of Jacksonville, FL.

We moved here in 2004 for my husband's work. I had
family come visit from CA and MS and they were really
surprised how beautiful it is; from Amelia Island to
St. Augustine. We are very happy it doesn't look like
South FL - and that's a good thing

Yeah, Amelia Island sure is pretty, but it isn't really Jacksonville. I grew up here, was born in St. Vincent's hospital in 1955, went to Sandalwood HS,
remember when Regency Square was built, I remember when Beach Road Chicken dinners was THE place to eat on Sundays, and I remember when
mayor Hans Tanzler consolidated Jacksonville.
Amelia Island isn't part of the original core of Jacksonville. Sure is pretty, though.

[madcapmagishion]

Originally Posted by CoraPalliser

Nice photos, but this does not give you a REAL idea of what Jacksonville looks like.
Perhaps I'll post a few myself.
All of these photos are taken from exclusive neighborhoods, where if you and your husband aren't practicing physicians at Mayo Clinic, you are a nobody.

Sorry, but this really isn't what the MAJORITY of Jacksonville is about.

Yes, the bridges are pretty at night, but that's for tourists to look at.
We DO see plenty of dolphins in the St. John's River, that's for sure.

The pictures that have been posted are exactly what Jacksonville looks like, to the person that took the picture. Maybe not to you, probably not to you if your socially or economically depressed. As I am sure your photo's will bear little resemblance to what Jacksonville looks like, to some of us in here. Yea the bridges are pretty all lit up, but its not for just the tourists as you claim. But for anyone who cares to take the time to actually go see them at night when they are all lit up.

BTW just about all of jsimm's Photos were taken from a boat and the majority of mine were taken in one of the many public park's Jacksonville is proud of

Originally Posted by CoraPalliser

Ohhh, I can't wait to post my photos of Jax.

I can hardly wait to see what "your" interpretation of Jacksonville is, as none of the pictures I have posted have been of exclusive snobby areas as you claim. Just things everyday Jacksonvillians can see any time of the day.

Originally Posted by CoraPalliser

Depends on how you define "Ghetto". I live in a lower income neighborhood, and we get along just fine. No one out to mug you, no gangs. Just a peaceful, Arlington neighborhood.

BTW There is only one way to define ghetto its as follows;

definition of ghetto by the Free Online Dictionary ...

ghet·to (g t) n. pl. ghet·tos or ghet·toes. 1. A usually poor section of a city inhabited primarily by people of the same race, religion, or social background.

Arlington has no ghetto area. It does have poor area's and area's of "hood," with all that implies including gangs and muggings. Peaceful Arlington neighborhood's are becoming rarer each day. In fact the only remotely "ghetto" area I can think of is the inner urban west side of Jacksonville near Beaver St and McQuade St. including the Lackawanna area. And even that's not ghetto as its not crowded enough.
So go ahead and post your pic's, we are waiting! Meanwhile here's one of my favorites of Jacksonville. In fact it is set as my Desktop Background.

[Northside904]

ghet·to (g t) n. pl. ghet·tos or ghet·toes. 1. A usually poor section of a city inhabited primarily by people of the same race, religion, or social background.

Arlington has no ghetto area. It does have poor area's and area's of "hood," with all that implies including gangs and muggings. Peaceful Arlington neighborhood's are becoming rarer each day. In fact the only remotely "ghetto" area I can think of is the inner urban west side of Jacksonville near Beaver St and McQuade St. including the Lackawanna area. And even that's not ghetto as its not crowded enough.

A poor section of a city is essentially a ghetto. The same can be said for the inner urban Northside of Jacksonville (where I came up) from the numbered streets on the east and west sides of 95 to the Moncrief area, Norwood Ave/Golfair Blvd on up to NW Jax