Jacksonville, Florida, also known as The River City and is a long time, culturally diverse city. The tournament players championship is a popular annual golf event in Jacksonville. It’s held in Ponte Vedra, Florida, which is usually considered part of Jacksonville. Many options for music, concerts, and other special events held in downtown Jacksonville, including at a park venue right on the river. The University of Florida and University of Georgia annual football game is held downtown on the river at the NFL Jacksonville jaguars stadium. There is a beautiful baseball sports complex to enjoy fun, baseball games. Since Jacksonville is the largest city, land, wise, each area of town is like its own contained city. Everything you need from banks to grocery stores to shopping. Some of the best medical facilities in the United States, as well as the world, are in Jacksonville, Florida. Such as Baptist, children’s hospital, multiple Baptist hospital, locations around the city, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Saint Vincent’s hospital on the river and Mayo clinic near the beach. The Saint johns river, which runs north, has many park options to enjoy the river. A variety of wildlife can be explored and enjoyed, too. From right whale, watching, to dolphins to the famous manatees to the eagles, nesting on the river, the options are endless. The two most popular areas to hang out in on weeknights and weekends for shopping and restaurants are the St. Johns Town Center and Riverside, which is next to downtown and on the river. Avoid the Baymeadows area near interstate 95 for any hotels. There are some very beautiful springs and rivers to swim, canoe, kayak, and boat down that are easily accessible from Jacksonville. And Saint Augustine, Florida is an easy drive under one hour from Jacksonville. Orlando, Florida is also an easy drive from Jacksonville, Florida. As long as you miss rush-hour traffic in the Orlando area.

Does anyone happen to know where I can live with a pit bull? Having troubles finding places

I'm from Jesup Georgia and we always call Jacksonville the largest city in Southeast Georgia

Great affordable housing in jacksonville florida and senior neighborhoods near the beach and malls and is ther great medical services and dentist and eye care? is ther adult ausitsm services /residentcy? Looking for a great place to retire with a special need adult on the spectrum.

My husband & I would like to consider moving to Jax from the Fl. Panhandle (Santa Rosa Beach). We moved to SRB from Miami because we retired and hated all the crime and LOTS of traffic & people in the 305, so we thought that a quieter beach town would be perfect but WRONG. This place is slammed with people all summer long.....tourists from 5-6 states come here and crowd the beaches and restaurants every single day for at least 90 days in the summer and 2-3 weeks in the spring making traffic horrible too, and PS, we don't have the roadways for all of these people. Anyhow......we'd like to see if Jacksonville is a good fit for us. We love shopping, culture, movie theatres, YMCA, biking and more. The one thing that I'd like to know is if there are "seasons" in Jax? We love cool/cold weather in the winter and it does get cold here in the Panhandle but LOTS of rain :-/ Would you say it gets into the 30's or even 40's at night in Jax? :-)) Thanks!

I'm getting ready to move to Jacksonville. What places would you recommend where the rent is cheap and the area is safe? Thanks!!

What would you say are the safest areas to live at in Jacksonville? They don’t give safety a very high rating. Thanks for any information you can provide.

Hello. Hello, I am 63 yrs.old. Hoping to relocate within the next couple of months while working from home so traffic won't be a problem. My 89 year old mom will accompany me. Any suggestions where to live?

Jacksonville has long been known as the working son among Florida's playboys. It has a very strong blue collar background whereas Miami, Tampa, and Orlando have been the main tourist spots for decades. Also, it doesn't have a very glamorous name and there's a Jacksonville in about every other state so you never know which one people are referring to. If I visit North Carolina and say I'm from Jacksonville they assume I mean the one in there state.

Thanks for all your great information everyone! I’m looking to rent an apartment for 6 months out of the year, as I live in PA and can’t stand the cold weather anymore. I too like the simple life and small town feel. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d appreciate it.