Please help me compare. (Jacksonville, Jackson: real estate, job market, living)

[wjsluvskaz]

If anyone has lived in the Jacksonville FL area and in the Triangle could you please compare and contrast them for me. Concentrating on 3 main factors: cost of living, Job market and availability of affordable housing. Sincere opinions are appreciated.

[lovebrentwood]

All information is available online for you to do research, including the city info here on the city-data site.

You can check job listings on the major job boards according to what your job is and compare vacancies in each area.

You can check real estate listings on popular sites and compare each city according to the real estate you can afford.

You can check sites that compare cost of living rates between cities.

Then after you have all that info, you may have specific questions about the Triangle area, and it will be easier for people to help you.