Moving To Jacksonville 🌴 Everything You Need To Know

[@willbygosh4887]

Back in 1970,Jacksonville had a dynamic downtown and downtown Tampa was struggling,now it's exactly the opposite.Hopefully,things will improve ,but it's going to take time.

[@incandescentcandy]

I really appreciate ur perspective with these videos...ur honest and u objectively give both the good and bad points...I trust what u have to say and know that I'm getting the real insider info...thanks!

[@brclark56]

Did I miss the parts about the river, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Brooklyn??? We have amazing historic districts, parks, and riverfront access.

[@chefanglincreations3664]

None of that was covered. City leaders in Jax went to Tampa to get some ideas on how Tampa built up its Riverwalk. So much missing data here

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Its all hoods

[@Celestinewarbeck]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS no it’s not. How ignorant

[@jimmymcgee5919]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS lmao what? You ever here a block makes a difference? Riverside is beautiful definitely not the hood just dont cross the tracks that's when the hood starts just because these places are near hoods doesn't mean their apart of them? Have you ever even been here what??

[@dreydenransom2313]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS riverside is full of hippies what are you talking bout

[@overbanked]

The Westside is not all country. It covers a huge area. Alot of it is suburban.

[@LarryScruggsJr]

I have lived in Jacksonville area for my entire life. The crime is not bad. Wonderful place to live and raise your family.

[@msharp6887]

Crimes pretty high

[@cius2112]

@@msharp6887 its really not. maybe you should travel more. go hang out in Philly if you want to see what high crime is.

[@msharp6887]

@@cius2112 well you clearly can't read. I said crime is pretty high,not crime is the highest in the country. And i have lived in LA Nyc, and oakland. Don't make assumptions

[@3goldentruth510]

Pssssh born there lived for along time also lived in Philly lol ain't ain't to far apart

[@eddiebrock7821]

people always talk about crime like it's the entire city lol. Every city has its section where it's high crime and its always in the ghetto areas. Don't live in those areas problem solved lol

[@treverpitts]

I've not once had a bad experience where I felt like I was going to get robbed anywhere. Jacksonville Florida how come most of the footage in this video is not even Jacksonville Florida

[@chefanglincreations3664]

EXACTLY LOL

[@novadhd]

he spent like 10min talking about St Augustine lol

[@Delta922]

One dude tried to rob me downtown so I bashed him in the head with my phone and knocked him out. Broke my phone but it was worth it.

[@deannadavid9210]

best comprehensive review and information about a city!! Also love the humor as well haha

[@marywegrzyn506]

Hi, thx so much for this Video, it's so full important history n other facts n interesting things, well just like all of your Videos, but one of my most favorite parts is when we get to see a glimpse of you guys !!! It puts a smile on my face when I think, "oh ! there he is or there she is !!" It just adds to your videos n makes these places look more real when we actually get to see you guys really there doing something like walking on the beach near the water or collecting interesting shells or rocks or whatever. It's just so cool !!!!!!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

THANK YOU! GLAD YOU MENTION THAT, I BEEN REMOVING MYSELF FROM THE VIDEOS~ might show more of us!

[@marywegrzyn506]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Oh yes, I hope you do !!! We love seeing you guys. Like you are our friends !!!!

[@johnb7736]

The Jacksonville Metro area consists of 4 main Counties. The one the city of Jacksonville is in is Duval, Fernandina Beach is in Nassau (which is the one that borders Georgia),St. Augustine is in St. Johns (one of the 3 fastest growing Counties in the USA) and the fourth County south west of Jacksonville is Clay County which I think you missed which is a beautiful, low crime area along the St. Johns River. The only part with a high crime problem is parts of the north and the west side of the city of Jacksonville. But nothing like as bad as Miami. And people only go downtown for Football, baseball and the Arena and Amplitheater shows because the City leaders have failed for the last 30 years to provide anything else for people to do downtown and there are very few places to live downtown. It is not because of crime. The Riverside and San Marco areas across the river from downtown are vibrant areas with lots of shops, restaurants and beautiful neighborhoods with history. The main huge shopping and restaurant area in Jacksonville is the St. Johns Town Center, right next to the University of North Florida, which has thousands of condos, apartments and houses all less than 25 years old. It is a very multi-cultural area as well. This is the center of action in Jacksonville instead of downtown. You seemed to have missed that entire area.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Inner city crime in JAX way worst than Miami. Miami is cleaning up at an unbelievable rate

[@bibistvlife8732]

@john b Yup 💯.. I live by Town Center. BTW your post is very accurate

[@nick8243]

Baker County is also part of the Jax metro area. But it's definitely out there.

[@TRex595]

@@bibistvlife8732 Are their any inner city areas in Southside Jacksonville?

[@DJV94022]

@@nick8243 thats where meth is made 😂😂😂🥴 and it stays there

[@robertmoore2049]

Excellent presentation, Jose! I like this moving to different cities in Florida. I live in Atlantic Beach just east of Jacksonville. A very nice place. St. Augustine and Amelia Island are beautiful. They call Jacksonville and the rest of north Florida is considered by many, South Georgia. As it is said, the further north you go up in Florida, the more southern it gets (culturally speaking). Atlantic Beach is a nice, beautiful, and safe community, as well as Neptune and Jacksonville Beach.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@ronaldowens5025]

Jax Beach is nice now. When I lived there 95 -01 it was different. Gentrification hadn't happened the Hill was still Really dangerous. Flashbangs, automatic weapon fire, and police helicopters circling that 12 square blocks every night. Jax Beach was where you went to party hard not drink in bars( of witch it had the best or worst depending on your outlook) hookers, Crack dealers/heads and heroin were everywhere from south 13 to 7th north. It was a good time had by all.

[@sherribell4032]

I live in AB too lol

[@robertmoore2049]

@@sherribell4032 a beautiful place!

[@noway8077]

Considered by many south Georgia?? No sir, born and raised in Jacksonville...NEVER heard that before

[@eddiexmccallum]

Being from Scotland, growing up in Australia but moving to Jacksonville soon…. Idk why I find roundabouts that go anticlockwise so funny to look at

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

i would love to met you just for the accents LOL - you should like it sir. i wanna see Scotland

[@janassyjoachim1623]

Moving there too!!

[@janassyjoachim1623]

@Charming Chowder will do

[@Samhain606]

First thing to know about moving to Jacksonville is find I-295 so you can go around it and move anywhere in Florida besides Jacksonville.

[@darlameeks]

I live in Jacksonville Southside (the suburbs). It's pretty nice here with a lot of new amenities being built, as well as new housing starts. My neighborhood in the Baymeadows area is pretty quiet most of the time. The Towne Center mall is here with great shops and restaurants. Since Jacksonville is so huge area-wise, it really isn't fair to say "Jacksonville has lots of crime". Which part are you talking about? We only have less than 1,000,000 residents, so that is a relatively small number of people spread over a lot of land mass. I would also point out that we are a military town.

[@user-xl6vt7ev2s]

Can you recomend a great place to rent a house in gated community in Jacksonville?

[@brittneyg2449]

@@user-xl6vt7ev2s anywhere on the Southside of jax,FL unless you want to move further out on the Westside or Oakleaf is more su urban which is more cheaper and Mandarin area is nice too.

[@deanstein3093]

the best thing I did was move from this city nothing to do lil jobs, I live in Hallandale Beach Fl which is close to Miami and Hollywood Beach Fl the night life is great it's a lot of jobs that's available and paying good.

[@debbbieallen240]

2010 I had chance to visit Saint Augustine was beautiful

[@keekee1984]

I love Jacksonville. I want to move there. What about Orange Park?

[@so420media8]

Yes orange park is a really nice place to stay

[@MrArcherSterling]

Looks good. Since Handsome Truth is there thinking about going there too.

[@cookingwithchefeandfriends3017]

It all depends where you live in Jacksonville.. Im from New York and everywhere has an area where there is high crime. If you belive everything you hear you won't get to experience it for your self. Do your research and visit before you go.

[@internalhappiness5238]

yea you need to go back up North and take the rest with you

[@Beeaaa08]

@@internalhappiness5238 asshole. Everyone is welcome in Florida, especially Jacksonville.

[@carolynwillett3055]

It seems everybody wants to consider Fernandina Beach as part of Jacksonville/Duval Cty. Well it is not. It happens to be in a county called Nassau, along with Yulee, Callahan, Hilliard & Bryceville. Our county, Nassau, is between Duval Cty, where Jax is, and Georgia. The St Marys River separates Nassau Cty & Georgia. Jax doesn't touch GA at all. Fernandina Beach is beautiful but it is not part of Duval Cty/Jax. Duval Cty sits between St Johns Cty & Nassau Cty. In case you were mistaken about Duval Cty/ Jacksonville's location.

[@lovebeach3973]

When you talked about each community , city, country, location…, please show the Florida map

[@Arpege92]

Loved your presentation. My husband and I are planning to move to Florida from NY within the next twelve months. I was looking around Jacksonville Florida and came across some beautiful communities that were affordable. I was really interested in those communities until I watched your video. Jacksonville is beautiful and I'm sure their are lots of wonderful people in that city but I'm just looking for a quiet safe neighborhood where I can go and get gas at night without getting robbed. I hope Jacksonville gets its act together and starts to turn it around.

[@lawhispersasmr6124]

Did you find any towns that were affordable? Without the crime?,

[@Learned333]

Jacksonville is so massive and there are plenty of super nice neighborhoods with no problem getting gas at night.

[@LatoyaDeSoleil]

Did you end up moving here? I came in june

[@Arpege92]

@@LatoyaDeSoleil No, we ended up in a beautiful community in North Carolina. We are close to the ocean too.

[@Oldplace-xc7pb]

Here's what you need to know. It used to be nice here. Now it pretty much sucks. Traffic is horrible and super crowded. Born and raised here since 1970

[@lwilliams7448]

I live in Jacksonville on the Northside near Edgewood and Commonwealth. I've also lived in the Arlington neighborhood. I go to the gas stations at 3am in the morning all the time. I've never felt unsafe, however I do have a conceal carry permit and carry my Smith and Wesson M&P 9MM all the time. I also have an AR-15 in the crib lol. I'd say you'll definitely get your fair share of beggars approaching you in front of stores. Alot of the crime I've seen are gang members killing each other. I'll agree: Jacksonville has the best food I've come across and I've lived in several states including Minnesota and Virginia. There are also some very nice areas of Jacksonville with great restaurants and shopping. Not to mention, you are just minutes away from the beach!

[@Learned333]

I don't stop at Edgewood & Commonwealth during the DAY to get gas let alone drive through there at night.

[@brandongovreau9218]

it's only barely more violent than the town I live in and I think but I'm not really sure possibly 50% less property crime I currently live in Farmington Missouri I want to try to find cheap rent in Jacksonville Florida I found one place but I don't know if it's one of those kind of towns or cities or whatever where the places go for rent fast or slow ?

[@robertmoore2049]

There’s not too much to Jacksonville’s downtown. It’s a ghost town on the weekends after six pm on the weekdays…

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

i was just walking downtown Fort Myers at night video coming soon

[@robertmoore2049]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS I look forward to watching it, Jose! Gracias 🙏🏼!

[@parker4861]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS sweet I'm moving there soon

[@jshalls1983]

Next time you’re up this way, take a trip west. I see you’ve done perry and steinhatchee but I think you’ve missed some of coolest small towns in the state between live oak and Monticello. Madison in particular is a blast from the past, especially northeast of town in the hickory grove area around pinetta.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

We have at some point or another driven thru most of those areas. I stayed in a motel in madison many many years ago and the room next to us was a pimp and his female coworker 😅🤣

[@PopDukes420]

That video was shot in Fernandina Beach on reefer road just north of Jacksonville

[@PopDukes420]

The first part only

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

YES, its about the JAX METRO AREA. nice little area too

[@ezzatmohamed3699]

If my work in Jacksonville, where should i relocate there ? Am in Indiana.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Along the beach, stay far from urban core high crime. St john county is nice

[@robertdominicanrepublic]

From Arlington. My last address in Duval was 1630 North Liberty Street on the Eastside. I left 25 years ago back in 2000. The city is not a place with a very high quality of life. Good luck to ya.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Lots of crime

[@Sarabethd]

The first 30 seconds were Fernandina Beach, FL!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

yes, this review is for the JAX METRO AREA. love that spot cant wait to go back to the duval

[@Learned333]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Fernandina Beach is not Jax Metro Area. It's an entirely different county. Your use of the terms "metro area" are not how most people use that. Metro is metropolis, or what would be considered the downtown area. When you look at a city or country map, many maps have blow outs of the smaller "metro"/ downtown area. The suburbs of Jacksonville are not even considered metro, let alone the surrounding areas in different counties you're trying to define as "metro".

[@marcusmarkus3266]

You didn't mention the Southside, Riverside, San Marco and Town Center areas are very nice and safe areas

[@lillians.4384]

They absolutely are, I live there and love it!!

[@alexbay5347]

I agree. It almost seems like he didn't want to. I sensed a bias of some kind. Crime is everywhere. in Jax mostly in the North West do you need to be seriously concerned.

[@mothekidd6647]

true these are the only nice ares. 5 percent of city. the other 95 percent is a dump...

[@Learned333]

@@mothekidd6647 You're percentages are flipped and don't match reality. It's 95/5% the other way.

[@robinmadden5312]

Thank you for being honest about the area

[@lovebeach3973]

Please show each place that you talking about on the Florida map, which help us understand location better. Thanks

[@JayCProps787]

I moved from central Florida and here is much better than Kissimmee/Poinciana area. Been here yr already and haven’t decided yet were to establish.

[@Bei2310]

Would you happen to know how Marion St Jacksonville Florida is? I am asking because their A house I’m interested in buying on that street and I from another state & I was wondering how the neighborhood is on Marion St., Jacksonville, FL? This video was very helpful thank you so much I appreciate it! 🙏

[@debbbieallen240]

I'm staying in zip code 32222 but wanting to rent from s Chicago but in kcmo hate it.

[@Ms.pretty314]

I live here in Chicago & im shocked that it’s that bad 😭😭😭.. I was thinking of moving there

[@lucylou4973]

I felt safer in Tijuana Mexico then I ever have in Chicago...ppl in jacksonville are super friendly

[@Ms.pretty314]

@@lucylou4973 yeah Chicago is terrible… living here is just straight paranoia every day literally

[@judahgamermedia]

295 lets you get around the entire city fatser then anyway else. I live off 295 and 103rd and I work on US1 if tehre no traffic on the bridge its only a 15min drive! Just moved here from ocala FL earlier this year

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

How you like the change??? What are you liked more?

[@MasonWright1234]

I love Jacksonville and I would want to move they’re.

[@sherribell4032]

I saw a panhandler downtown the other day that said "I Need A Beer" at least he was honest😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@life_Of_Bowie]

Hey Man, My wife and I live in Little Village in Chicago and thinking of moving. Are you currently living in Jacksonville

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

No fort myers

[@lynno3235]

This was a great piece! My entire fam is from Jax, but my parents moved to GA before I was born. I’ve been down on Jax for a long time, but you did a great job pointing out the upsides I had forgotten. Agree with going to St. John’s county. The schools there are great.

[@BigCheech-wy9os]

I can sum up this video in 5 seconds. I moved to Florida from Jersey. Jacksonville is a…… Sh it hole!!!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

NJ has the highest standard of living for any state tho. imagine jackson mS, mongomery Al, and the rest of the deep south... JAX is good compared to that crap

[@parrisjackson7102]

I don't know, there's some rough spots in Jersey. Every city has has its good and bad. FACTS.

[@natturner5337]

Go back to dirty ass jersey then. we don't need you here

[@BigCheech-wy9os]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS true

[@BigCheech-wy9os]

@@natturner5337 lol

[@Savannah.Grissom]

I just moved here and don’t know much at all. Any insight on my area? Looking for honesty! I’m near the zoo/north side

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

caution getting gas after dark

[@christophersolomon2053]

I have been in this city for long time, been here for 30 years being from Georgia. My wife is from the north? You, are right abou the people here they love this city. If you say anything about this city bad you wl get checked. Plus I know about the hoods here,you just have to know where you at. Like Grand park, they call me OG because I know lot people.

[@smithterrance459]

Jacksonville is nice to visit but I wouldn't want to live there it's too dangerous have high crimes and shootings.

[@Learned333]

A lot of the footage in this video is of Fernandina Beach, which is not Jacksonville. I don't think I saw any footage of Jacksonville's beaches Neptune, Atlantic & Jacksonville. And that route along the shore of A1A going south to St. Augustine is St. John's Country which again is not Jacksonville. And reading the comments it's astounding how many people have a distorted view of reality. Jacksonville's land mass is unique as the entire large county is also the city. So when you look at statistics such as crime compared to other cities, the stats don't paint a comparable picture when Jax is 10X more spread out. There is crime in Jacksonville, but you're more isolated from it because everything is so spread out. Example also is the public transit. We can't have "good" public transit because the area is so massive. You would need NY money to create a system like that. Jax doesn't have NY money.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Maybe should have just shown moncrief

[@mamacarrol5799]

on the historical thing I'm surprised you did not drive down old king's road is the king's road you were very close to it quite often

[@michaelburns4823]

You need to get your bearings straight. Amelia Island aka Fernandia Beach is in Nassau County and St. Augustine is in St. John’s. Yes crime in the inner city can be bad like other big city. Some of your shots representing Jax was not shot in Duval county. Yes we do have some good BBQ!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

THE VIDEO CLEAR DENOTES its about the JAX AREA...

[@jimmymcgee5919]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS jax isnt the surrounding towns tho🤣🤣🤣

[@Learned333]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS ^^ Don't put this guy in charge of a country. He'll start to expand it! 🤣

[@Teenitesy]

“Gotta make some prank calls tomorrow.” 😆😆😆👍🏻

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

“Hi, this is Obama.. your cars extended warranty is a national emergency”

[@altoncampbell4958]

There's no Walmart parking lot downtown

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

4250 Philips Hwy, Jacksonville, FL 32207

[@crazychicSHENA]

Jacksonville FL I've been once real huge city 🏙️ I remember a few 🏖️ Beaches and St. Augustine FL is beautiful and historical.

[@natturner5337]

I'm from the hood in Jacksonville but I don't go in in the hood anymore sense I moved into the suburbs. But I do have a hood pass anywhere in DUUUUUUVAL Northside for life

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

💯👌

[@latenighthustler8158]

If you don’t like a big city vibes, move to Vero Beach or Fort Pierce. It’s all about where you prefer to live. Great beaches wherever you go pretty much

[@blairbrownie1223]

This is an excellent video👍🏻. This type of presentation is very professional without being overly slick. You seem to have a good grasp on this area with some interesting insight. 🙌🏻

[@AllThingsVon1277]

Sir could you do a video of Lakeland Fl.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Soon

[@williamsheen837]

Umm, this guy has no clue. Crime is only an issue in certain parts of Jax, just like any other city. The murder reputation came from a gang war a few years ago. That issue has eased up and again the crime in Jax is related to the low income areas.

[@chefanglincreations3664]

You not lying man. None of the people that drop reviews on Jacksonville will actually go in to the neighborhoods and show the real side of Jacksonville. 90 percent of the crime in Jacksonville is spread out between 3 different zip codes and that's 32208, 32209 and 32210. Jacksonville is a very huge place. It would take 25 different cities to equal one Jacksonville and all these KZbinrs come on here saying the whole city is Bad 😂😂😂😂. These youtubers have no clue. Maybe I need to do a video of Jacksonville. I'm not scared to go into greater Jacksonville and to show what's really going on. I see why they ran this guy outta Alabama. You can't be talking shit about where ppl live, and think it's going to go over well. Like you said there is a crime problem in Jacksonville, but it's closely related to the low income areas. You can go to Southeast Jacksonville in the Town center and you see people smiling, sitting outside eating dinner with their families, people enjoying life. I respect dudes work but this video is Pure Fiction at best.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Theres a war going on right now, i just dont like to mention gang stuff

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

@@chefanglincreations3664 i never said anything bad about alabama living there we played our cards the whole time to buy out time

[@sharonsteelman6330]

It is so pretty. Love your video.

[@Boardwiser62]

Jacksonville was the original Hollywood before the fire in 1901, that when they went to California while the city was rebuilt and they never came back... I'm glad growing up in Jax Beach it would be a different city if Hollywood would have come back

[@alenagw]

Thank you for telling it like it is

[@letangangum8088]

All places across this Country have beauty in it~ from the deep South to the West Coast..& in between..in the hoods & in the wealthy Communities..America should be a Caring Country for alllllllll! people~ and give these areas better resources & stop allowing " HUMANITY" to suffer~ and YES!! I'm sure you know what I'm talking about...

[@frankrodasky5260]

Great info

[@leolapennington264]

Don't move here. Just, don't.

[@bobbygene4418]

Duuuval!

[@LisaAlfordSellsHomes]

Moved here from NC two years ago and we love Jacksonville. This city is beautiful! I really wish you hadn't spent so much time talking about high crime and "murder capital" I just don't agree with that at all and I'm afraid you might scare people into not coming here. The crime is no more than anyplace else and it is very area related. You didn't even talk about the south end of town which to me is by far the best area of town (not including beaches). You also talked about so many investor owned properties. Yes in 2021 & 2022 a lot of investors bough ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST but the biggest group moving to Jacksonville is Gen X and that's a fact. I'm a Realtor/Broker and I study these facts constantly. As to the BBQ, well, I'm a vinegar based gal and you can't find that anywhere here I'm sorry to say but they do a fine job with flavorful cooking of the meat itself around here. Lucky for me I do know how to make the vinegar sauce 😊

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Hey, were in Jacksonville now recording videos inside all the homeless camps here.. 🙂

[@jerryhenson3916]

I lived there for a couple of months, and I liked it. I'd probably go back.

[@Annie-bs5fw]

Awesome vid as usual, thanks for sharing Jose! Can you drive on the beaches there?

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

I think daytona not too far

[@johnb7736]

You can drive on the beach at Vilano Beach and St. Augustine Beach.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

@@johnb7736 thats what it looked like 🤔

[@alexbay5347]

There are areas where you can drive onto the beach near Amelia/Fernandina's southern side.

[@gorgemetz8062]

IMO St Augustine is the 1st landmass to be explored in the US. I think it gets mirky because the Spaniards left without developing it like in James town. The Spanish architecture is crazy beautiful in Augustine. I like Jville it has lots of nice surrounding retail stores that seem to be doing well. If you golf you can't beat Jville. The skyline is disappointing considering it's a major city in Fl. Orlando IMO has the best skyline in Fl. I give Jville 2 thumbs up. I only know of 2 good barbecue places in S. Fl, and they aren't in Miami.

[@NotEvenGinger]

Thank you sir. Your videos are a masterpiece. You are a master of showing the true beauty and potential of this great city!!!!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

My pleasure

[@criticfortheuploader2035]

*Jaxville is a nice place just mind the business that pays you and move in silence... Some of these people like to do the questioning but not the answering...*

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Yup

[@Boardwiser62]

The St John's river and the Nile are the only 2 rivers that flow northward....now you know

[@zuluwarrior963]

Been in JAX for 23 yrs and have yet found a BBQ joint worth eating at. I go to Memphis annually and that’s where great BBQ is.

[@AryC3937]

Exactly, never knew they had good BBQ. I could never find the good stuff.

[@so420media8]

Well you have been saved today you just found one in i mean the very best BBQ in JACKSONVILLE u would bite you fingers

[@bigt6314]

Memphis 🤣please South Carolina real bbq tf

[@zuluwarrior963]

@@bigt6314 no augment from me. Born and raised in SC.

[@zuluwarrior963]

@@so420media8 where

[@speedfiend925]

I had heard that Jacksonville has good tech opportunities but maybe I heard wrong. Also, you mentioned the high crime but when looking into the numbers further you said it actually was average in terms of crime numbers?

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

The problem is, its all in one area near center of town. So OVERALL and CITY CENTER not the same. its also larger by population.. which means, average numbers still equals are larger area where crime goes down on the regular

[@sherribell4032]

I live in Atlantic Beach/Jacksonville and there is average crime. Shootings are getting bad in certain areas. The Arlington area and the Northwest area of town are pretty bad. If anyone has a app with a crime map you can check by zip codes. I think JSO has a crime map also. Be Blessed ya'll go Jaguars 🙄🙄🙃😎🏖🌞

[@49control]

Lived in Jacksonville since 80 and you did excellent job!

[@kayw1771]

I’d really appreciate it if people not flock to Jax. I have to move there for work and the housing prices have sky rocketed and apparently traffic is bad? People say there aren’t job opportunities there so why are people flocking (other than the people I work with)? Go to Atlanta like everyone else lol. Oh and the east side of the saint johns river which I believe is considered south side, it’s pretty nice there. Maybe explore that section for the folks who are trying to steer clear of all this crime you speak of.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

they dont offer those jobs to the poor inner city people.. if the did.. you wouldnt be moving there.

[@kayw1771]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS My coworkers & myself would still be moving there for work regardless. I’m not a civilian employee. I’ve done my due diligence though to learn about the city and found that there’s opportunities in healthcare due to there being many medical facilities in the area and then of course the civilian jobs on the military bases. I think it would be strange to offer jobs to people who would have to relocate to have said job because typically the prospective employee would (or at least should) negotiate their salary to be compensated for their willingness to relocate and so why not pick from the qualified people who are already in the community as it would be cheaper to do so? So are you saying the inner city people are not being offered higher paying jobs due to discrimination or do you think this is more so an issue of them not being offered the positions because they aren’t qualified for them?

[@novadhd]

Went to school back in the day in Jax and it was a decent neighborhood. *Arlington? Now is straight up hood. Went to the area recently and enjoyed it especially Ponte Vedra Beach area. Thanks for the video.

[@eddwingduran]

Great info! Whats your profession?

[@ghostface3302]

That’s what I’m doing in 2026 but Jacksonville Florida is a beautiful place tho❤️🪙❤️🪙🏖

[@thomasraven]

Clearly states "I don't know Jacksonville all that great" in the middle of making a video about Jacksonville. *CLICK*

[@clarawagner2031]

I live in Jacksonville. I moved here from south america at the beginning of this year. Things I like: maybe weather (I cant deal with very cold temperatures), and Jacksonville can be hot but not as hot as South Florida . and you are not far from the beach, you have lots of restaurants. you are 30 min from St Augustine which is a very beautiful and historical city. Things I dont like: its overdeveloped (just like all Florida I think), you dont have very exciting land scapes because its a really flat state. Also homeless people. And I think with Jacksonville especially its a very big city in measurements so sometimes you have to drive a lot and deal with traffic to get to a place. everything is so spread out, Its like lots of completely different districts together, i dont think it was well designed.. its hard to understand this city. If you go to downtown it looks like a ghost city, people go to work overthere and thats it. nobody will hang out there except the homeless. So the "heart of the city" is not specifically that... i love your channel, I just suscribed.

[@sherribell4032]

Welcome to FLORIDUH lol . I hope you love it here!! I complain about Jacksonville but I love my crazy beautiful state and Hometown of Jacksonville. It's like everywhere else lol their is bound to be culture shock but think you will find some fantastic people here. Be Blessed

[@valchris11]

Great job, quite informative 👏. Thank You 😊👏🙏.

[@wyattandwill12]

I went there over the summer and long story short I had to come back to my home town for a bit. Especially for my situation right now I like living at the place I found near Oakleaf, I couldn’t say how safe it is but it’s not the worst area. Living without a (running) car temporarily it’s great where I am because I’m within an hour, hour and a half walk from almost everything I need and I can catch a bus on Blanding Boulevard to basically anywhere. I haven’t been able to fully gauge how safe it is but nothing happened to or around me in my time there.

[@leolapennington264]

Oakleaf is safer than most areas, it's considered more of Clay County.

[@jordanbatka033]

It is a beautiful spot but not really in comparison with Tampa

[@MikeX3000]

Not the place for me to live,don't really fit in with the demographic.

[@groovin2thagroove159]

So your an old fat racist white guy is what you mean to say

[@AdvancedLawn]

Crime is seriously located to a few areas. Don’t be that guy

[@gayleschaefer6300]

Jacksonville is no longer affordable. Jacksonville is Southern...Lynyrd Skynrd is in Jacksonville. It's very racist. This narrator doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@Yoursistersazz]

False

[@Beeaaa08]

As a first generation Hispanic kid from there, no it’s not. It’s like any other city, there are racists but not any more than any other other city & if anything I think people in Jax would give others the shirt off their backs.

[@KRUCIALmuzikgeniusguy]

I THINK YU MEAN THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER...NOT ST. MARY'S RIVER🤔 BUT IM FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IM PLANNING ON RELOCATING TO JACKSONVILLE SOON FROM CHARLOTTE QUEENCITY N.C....IMA CHEF / MUSIC ARTIST WANNA OPEN UP MY FOOD BISTRO EVENTUALLY....PLUS I LOVE WATERWAYS

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

both are in the area. JAX is cheaper, but very violent. wish you the best with the business ideas

[@honeybeejourney]

Thanks.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

You're welcome

[@stuartofJax]

I cannot agree with your assessment of Jacksonville. I have lived here since 1996. There are good and bad parts of any city. The good parts WAY out weigh the bad parts. Your focus and pictures showed a lot of the low income area of Jacksonville. You did not show the historic nor growing areas of Jacksonville. Yes downtown Jacksonville is lacking but that’s in part because there are so many other great areas of Jacksonville to go and visit. Jacksonville also has the largest urban park system in the country. I feel your assessment came with the preconception of crime crime crime and so that’s what you focused on. It’s the news headlines but not the real Jacksonville.

[@chefanglincreations3664]

Agreed.

[@alexbay5347]

Totally agree.

[@tryjesus2101]

I love Jacksonville, Florida❤ I have lived here for 5 years and Jacksonville keeps getting better and better. After living in multiple areas in Jax I have figured it out. Like most large cities there are good areas and bad areas. Jax is a huge massive city land wise. I would say 40% of Jax is low income high, crime, and neglected "Bad" areas. These are near downtown on the Westside, Downtown on the eastside north of stadium, alot of east arlington, near St Nicholas... These areas are lower income or economically disadvantaged. Generally speaking the majority of the entire west side of jacksonville is lower income or lower middle class. Where is the best places to live then? If your family is making near or over 6 figures you would enjoy buying in a middle to upper middle class area you should consider Bartram, Communities in St Johns County, Mandarin, The Beaches Jax Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach, Ponte vedra Beach, Generally anything East of 295 beltway toward the beach.

[@melissamcadams9145]

I noticed that you didn't mention Camp Mose. Maybe you should learn about that.....

[@ProNastoe]

hi, I'm from Croatia (Europe), we're doing a USA roadtrip. I have to admit that of all the cities, Jacksonville disappointed us the most. Ghost town. A city of homeless people and weirdos. I believe there are beautiful people, but they are nowhere to be seen. In the first 15 minutes of walking around the city, we felt like we were in an apocalyptic movie. A city without culture, without any style. As a European who has seen a lot of the world, I can tell you that life here is very sad. The advantages are that the architectural city is beautiful, quite neat and elegant, but there are literally no people, no events, no socializing. I don't want to offend anyone, I'm just sharing my view and experience. maybe it will help someone

[@dariush3587]

They are all inside their houses.

[@ProNastoe]

we also visited the beaches, that improved our impression a little. there we saw for the first time people with children on the street, smiling faces, people who don't talk to a trash can and poop in their pants while walking, with shit falling out of their pants (this is exactly what we experienced walking on the bridge in Jacksonville) . And the most important thing, for the first time we didn't feel threatened, because we weren't alone, we finally experienced normal people. Jacksonville left a strong impression on me, it's hard for me to describe it, a really sickening impression. The first day when we were walking around, there were no people anywhere, only homeless people and crazy people, we didn't want to risk returning to the apartment on foot, so we ordered an Uber. We waited for him at 7eleven because there were a bunch of weirdos in front. When the taxi driver was driving us, suddenly my cell phone started buzzing for an Amber Alert that someone had kidnapped the child. Later I just looked up what an Amber Alert is. All in all, I do not recommend Jacksonville. Now we are in Miami, which is a real renaissance, in terms of tourism.

[@dariush3587]

@@ProNastoe you have not been in Miami long enough

[@Beeaaa08]

Honestly downtown Jacksonville does suck. They are building a lot of apartments, grocery stores, and shopping but it still has a long way to go. A lot of homeless people downtown. I will say Jacksonville has of Croatians, Bosnians, and Serbians almost entirely located on the southside. Jacksonville is very suburban, so most people aren’t out walking. You will see a lot of cars on the road but no one on the streets. That’s how most of FL is with the exception of Miami and Ft Lauderdale areas. Did you get to stop by any of the Balkan Cafes in Jacksonville at least?

[@texastravelers210]

As a German living in Texas who has been around the block in Europe and the U.S. quite a few times , Florida isn't just all about Mickey Mouse , coconut palms and Miami. Florida is a big state you can't compare North Florida with South Florida . The same goes for northern and southern California that comes each with a different vibe and scenery. Jacksonville isn't a tourist city by any means but it provides locals job opportunities other than selling t-shirts and shells. Just like Germany isn't all about sausages and the alps. KZbin is a great tool for researching maybe you haven't done your research about Jax . Sorry to hear your disappointment. P.S. speaking about homeless people you haven't been to L.A. , Seattle and Portland yet. They're called tent cities for a reason but all major cities come with big city problems.

[@chefanglincreations3664]

Jose, I been following you for a while buddy and love your work, but your perception of Jacksonville is wayyy left field my friend. Jacksonville is definitely the largest city in the United States by Size. Yes the Crime in Jacksonville is very much out of control. There are Organized Gangs in Jacksonville. Yes there are rappers like Youngen Ace and Foolio that make diss songs about young black youths that died due to gun violence. Yes its not safe to go to Gas Stations at Night. But there are some good things about Jacksonville. The Riverwalk downtown is being rebuilt as we speak. Jacksonville city leaders have gone to the City of Tampa to study how Tampa built their Riverwalk. City leaders are trying bring change to the city after being out of touch after all these years. What about the history of Jacksonville landing? What's being put in place of the landing? Jacksonville has some of the best restaurants that you'll find in the world Jose. All you gotta do is take a ride thru the (The town Center) on the South Side. Back to Crime, again Jacksonville is out of control with Crime. However if you look at the crime map of the Jacksonville Sheriff website going back in previous till today, you'll see that Jacksonville's most deadliest zip codes are 32208(Northside) that contains areas like Moncrief and Washington Heights. 32209 which has areas like Durkeville also Northside. However the entire Northside isn't bad. Jacksonville's Northside also contains a zip code called 32218 which covers the Jacksonville Airport. Very nice communities border the airport. Gone up further north up Max Leggett Parkway, you got the River City Shopping center, which has even more restaurants and shopping venues. Jacksonvilles Westside contains a zip code 32210 which has a well known strip known as 103rd Street. There's hoods off 103rd, but deeper down 103 there's beautiful secluded Subdivisions that you wouldn't even know existed. So again Jacksonville is bad, but its primarily 32208 32209 and 32210 zip codes. I mean it's so much stuff you missed friend, I could type all night. San Jose and Manderin are not trash areas. SAN Jose and Mandarin are Southside going towards the St John's River. GOING back Southeast there's Emerson Rd, Spring Park areas. During the day this area is dead. But at night it's like a totally different place, lots of criminal activity. You got Arlington area, that's another huge area that's hit and miss. You got the Beaches, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach. Atlantic Beach is a very beautiful part of Jacksonville that's never covered in no KZbinrs videos. The beaches are in Duval County but never covered because Jacksonville has such a bad name that people are afraid to put boots on the ground to show the good parts of the Jacksonville. Jacksonville no different than any other large city, you have goods and bad. I honestly think you should have consulted with somebody before you made this video my friend. I feel you need to scrap this one and remake it. You narrate the video from the point of view of someone that's trash the city. You're not even going thru the hoods at all. Moncrief, Soutel, Washington Heights, Durkeville, Lackawanna, Out East, By the Stadium, Norwood, Myrtle, Arlington just to name a few are hardcord but they don't cover the whole narrative of Jacksonville. One good thing about Jacksonville at least several people per week hit a million dollars on scratch offs. Jacksonville produces millionaires courtesy of FL lottery. You're Right, Jacksonville does have a heavy Ga influence. So much not covered in this video . Again I love your work, but honestly the narration isn't all that accurate at all here. Somebody needs to really get out there and put boots on the ground and show the Good and Bad sides of Jacksonville rather than riding down a few main roads and bridges saying it's the Hood. Some of the best people that you'll ever meet in your life are in these so called Really bad neighborhoods. Got to really back street these main roads in order to really get a scope on what's going on in the city of Jacksonville

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Spot em got em 😬🎵 lol

[@transit770]

I lives in Jacksonville for 3 years now ,am from NY lived my whole life there am 66 years old ,I like Jacksonville the people are real nice & the weather is awesome ,I have no problem down here I live on the west side in a nice area called spring creak ,I go out early and am home before dark ,it's my retired home now and I love it.

[@Kingleekofficial]

How is orange park?

[@northcountryrebel33]

Busy

[@echevarriamanuel5]

St. Augustine = Fountain of Youth. And ghosts.

[@treverpitts]

i lived in jackI moved to Jacksonville in 2010. from california .do I think gas stations at night or dangerous absolutely not .I've not once had a bad experience where I felt like I was going to get robbed anywhere. Jacksonville Florida is a place you would move to if you want to build a family or start a career .Jacksonville Florida is a place you would move to if you want to build a family or start a career .it also has decent beaches . but yes there are certain areas that have higher crime than others just stay out of those areas

[@jonjonn18]

u live in the suburbs u probably live in clay county

[@treverpitts]

@@jonjonn18 I stay east Arlington what's Clay County Orange Park Green Cove Springs Middleburg I've never lived in those towns but again like I said before. I've never felt unsafe anywhere I've ever been in Jacksonville but also. I don't go to a Moncrief are any of those areas I typically stay on the Southside or the beaches but most of the footage in his video is not Jacksonville

[@jonjonn18]

@@treverpitts the part around regency and Justina are the parts of arlington u gotta stay away from cus they shootin everyday around there but yea i feel you

[@jonjonn18]

@@treverpitts Like near the beaches Is where everyone usually is safe and more down south other than university

[@treverpitts]

@@jonjonn18 that is true but like I said before I travel up and down Atlantic around Regency Monument I've never felt unsafe but to be honest I'm not stopping I'm just driving through but I always say if you're not looking for trouble usually trouble doesn't find you and I've had family and friends who've lived in Jacksonville for over 10 years and selves and never felt unsafe

[@johnwesterlund]

i love fl

[@willhopson1277]

The first ten seconds arent even Jacksonville lol. It’s Fernandina

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

the video clearly denotes were talking about the METRO AREA

[@anthonygambitta6220]

Crime is very high, traffic is bad, and housing is expensive. I lived there 3 years, then moved to Ocala. Night and day.

[@Yoursistersazz]

This is false.