Jacksonville Florida Pros and Cons You Need to Know!

So you're thinking about moving to Jacksonville Florida and you want to know the good and the bad you want to know the pros and cons well in this video that's exactly what we're going to cover and we're getting after it right if this is your first time to this Channel and you want to know everything about eating sleeping working playing in Jacksonville Florida tap the bell for notifications and subscribe below so you can be the first to know about the market current market here in Jacksonville Florida my name is Jay and we get calls texts and emails every day from people just like you they're looking for help to make their move here to Jacksonville Florida and we absolutely love it so give us a call shoot us a text send us an email we're happy to help you make a smooth move to Jacksonville Florida so like I mentioned before we're here in Jacksonville Florida and we're going to cover some pros and cons today so let's get started so the first con I would say is Jacksonville's size it's over 840 square miles it's one of the largest cities in terms of area in the United it's 63 miles on the I-295 Loop to to drive all the way around the city the city's connected by Seven Bridges at different points that crisscross back and forth at St John's river and we do have a St Johns River Ferry which connects in up at by Mayport which connects over to Jacksonville so the St John's river we are known as a River City here in Jacksonville the St John's river actually comes in from the Atlantic Ocean and it separates the city from north and south and there's a bridge across is right there and then there's numerous Bridges which separate the city when the river runs East when the river runs north and south and it separates the city from east and west if that makes sense hopefully it does and yeah there's numerous counties which surround Jacksonville Duval County pretty much consists of all of Jacksonville Duval County and then you've got six neighboring counties around which also include more of course areas to live in and more suburbs and and cities and towns so one of the great Pros for Jacksonville is its proximity to military bases we have Naval Air Station Jacksonville Naval Air Station Mayport we have Coast Guard Station Jacksonville and then there's Kings Bay Kings Bay submarine base Naval submarine base up in Kings Bay Georgia which is just across the Florida state line there's great housing available in close proximity to all of those military bases great schools and if you're looking to make a relocation here we can definitely help you we can get on a zoom call and talk about when you're moving and the time frame that you have if if being able to come here is not an option to see it's always best to see houses in person impossible but if you can't do that we can definitely help you with that and help you make a purchase from remotely if you want to we can do some high def filming and give you access to those links so you can see exactly what's going on and make an informed decision we can help you with property inspections all of that that's not a problem another Pro with Jacksonville is its location to some nice major cities we're two hours from Orlando three hours from Tampa five hours from Miami five hours from Atlanta two hours from Savannah and then if you want to get up into the mountains you can get up into the Carolinas within six hours say up into the mountains of North and South Carolina Georgia and Tennessee a lot of people go up there enjoy the winter weather or they just want to get out of here and escape the heat which I can't blame them so one of the pros of Jacksonville is its amount of parks there's over 80 000 acres of land dedicated to parks in Jacksonville some of the most in the whole United there are three state parks sorry three national parks seven state parks and over 400 city parks plus we have the gardens arboretums and of course we have the Jacksonville Zoo let's not forget that everybody loves to go up there bring their kids up there it's a great place to go lots of animals lots of gardens they have reptiles they even have a saltwater aquarium there and if kids want a pet stingrays they can pet the Stingrays they do seasonal events involving like thousands and thousands of pumpkins during Halloween and they also do a great deal of lighting up beautiful Christmas lights at Christmas time too so there is a con it is the allergens and pollen we do have quite a few if you have allergies and you're sensitive you might want to talk to your doctor about getting on some antihistamines or possibly consuming some honey local honey something like that but we do have a lot of flowers and blooming plants and grass and that does put allergens in the air it's just something that we learn to deal with living around here and I'm sure that you will as well it's not that bad there are some there is yellow pollen which will get on your car in the springtime it can get pretty thick of course you can wash it off but it's a little bit annoying but it doesn't last that long and it's a seasonal thing so of course being a real estate agent I'm gonna have to say one of the best Pros that we have is available housing you have Duval County which is huge you have all of the area that consists of that plus six neighboring counties Jacksonville versus major metropolitan areas nearby within the State of Florida we have some of the lowest housing availability pricing there's definitely tons of new construction available all over the place thousands of homes and there's still more yet to be built if you want a vintage home or an older home or a home that's been updated can definitely help you with that as well if you want a homeless more acreage if you want to a place closer to downtown or if you want country living we can definitely help you with that as well you get just tons of choices tons of options and plantless plan a call to talk about it and see what our options are and we'll get you lined up so one of the cons that people talk about is the weather it can get kind of humid here there's no denying it you're going to have some good hair days and bad hair days or just use a lot of hair but yeah we do have humidity that's just a fact of life you run your HVAC that's going to drop the humidity way back we don't have extreme heat here you can pretty much count on it getting up into the 90s it can get up into effort or upper 90s it rarely gets up into the 100 degree weather it might be a hundred where where the heat index but true temps we don't get up into the 100 degree weather for like months on end like some parts of the country are we're not having problems with droughts we're not having problems with cracking soil we don't have problems with dust we get plenty of rain here not an excessive amount but it rains here pretty much sometimes on a daily basis in the summertime usually it doesn't last more than an hour it will be sometimes some thundershowers but it keeps things nice and green and blooming and keeping your lawn watered as well a lot of places do a lot of housing developments do use reclaimed water which is like a a great type of water it's not sewer water it's just not extremely treated which you can water your lawn with and it is a lower rate lower cost rate but yeah now as far as winter goes let's talk about winter it snowed here one time and stuck on the ground in the 80s and people have never forgotten it and it was pretty fun and it was pretty exciting but it was not something I would recommend you would want to get out on the road or try to cross over the bridges or anything like that it's happened one time in over 30 years and I was here when it happened and it was not something you wanted to get out in other than that we don't really have snow you might see a couple of flurries fall during the winter time I bet we have a sum total of a week's worth of days where you might want to wear a heavier coat other than that you can get by with a light jacket or a sweater you don't need like wool socks wool anything unless you want it you can get by with a hoodie or a cap or a hat we do get some northeasters occasionally where it will be blowing some fairly cool air here and when it's moist air and it's cool it does it it can feel like it's cutting into you but it doesn't last very long and it's nothing to be afraid of there are times when you get a burn your fireplace here if you have a wood burning fireplace or natural gas or a chiminea outside you can definitely enjoy the cooler weather I I look forward to fall and winter here it's a wonderful time of year a lot of people continue to play tennis and golf and fish run just lots of activities that you can continue to do here year round and you're not going to you're just not going to sweat that much and it's just great weather to enjoy in the wintertime as well a great Pro for Jacksonville is the cost of living Jacksonville's cost of living is six percent lower than the national average the housing is 13 lower than the national average and utilities are three percent lower than the national average huge Pro is that we do not have state income tax at all here in Florida so that's great and you can also of course use the homestead exemption on your primary property that you live in to keep your property taxes in check and if you move there's something that they call affordability which I'd be glad to help you with but you can actually move your homestead and your portability to another property if you sell one and make a move oh and I wanted to add one more bonus I am going to be doing a video coming up on cost of living where I'm going to be focusing on not boring stuff I'm going to be focusing on groceries consumables that you spend money on every day and gasoline and I'm going to compare different areas here in Jacksonville so you get a good idea of all those costs and look for that video as be coming out soon so I hope you got a good idea of some pros and cons here in Jacksonville I definitely definitely think that the pros outweigh the cons and I hope you'd look forward to moving here we'd be happy to have you here it's a great place to live I've lived here a long time and I don't plan on going anywhere I definitely love living here in Jacksonville and if you if you are a Jacksonville resident and you have any pros or cons that you'd like to add please feel free to leave a comment or let me know what your thoughts are and just remember if you're thinking about making a move whether in nine days or 90 days give us a call send us a text shoot us an email we're happy to help you make a smooth move here to Jacksonville Florida until next time hope to see you around