Things to do in Jacksonville

[AFC-911]

Jax is awful. I've been visiting family there for nearly a decade and wouldn't recommend the place.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by K9Torro

Ranks as one of the most violent crime cities in the state of Florida consistently in the top three for homicides a recent one was a guy who came for a football game and got his throat cut at a pub at the Landing for talking to the wrong woman.

One of the reasons for this is that the city limits extend to the county line. So all the redneck trailer park shootings out in the woods ends up being included in the City's numbers.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by K9Torro

Ranks as one of the most violent crime cities in the state of Florida consistently in the top three for homicides a recent one was a guy who came for a football game and got his throat cut at a pub at the Landing for talking to the wrong woman.

While that is true, those murders are mostly in the Black community(not the trailer parks, but section 8 housing), Black on Black crime, not visitors, and the guy who got his throat cut, was the women's husband, and there is more to that than a random killing, my spidy senses say she was giving the guy who committed the crime some sort a BS story, as the husband had to go looking for her, she was in that pub without him, and with the idiot who did the deed.

[K9Torro]

As to the high crime rate it does not help that every time you turn around JSO is laying people off for a lack of funding when the mayor is giving his staff raises and cutting the ribbon on a mega courthouse downtown.

[ShakinJoe]

Originally Posted by Roosterrusek

Yo ShakinJoe and Black73....is this to mean that you don't like Jax and think I would need to scram as fast as possible or that you don't want me in your town?

Not my town and you are welcome to visit and play. My experience having experienced most of FL is that is a lack of good bootie in JaX.

[ShakinJoe]

Originally Posted by tmsautoart

And Shakin Joe....I beg to differ. Not to be shallow, but all my college buddies from CT were always amazed at the amount of beautiful girls here. Not sure where you were looking, but that comment is just not true!

Whoops. I was referring to Caucasian women. None in Jax compared to ANYWHERE else in Florida.

[URY914]

When I was going to college at UNF in the early '80's you could drive up to the window at a Jax's Liquor store and order a mixed drink and they'd pass it to you thru the window and drive off. It was a PITA holding a Jack and coke and shifting my 914.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by URY914

When I was going to college at UNF in the early '80's you could drive up to the window at a Jax's Liquor store and order a mixed drink and they'd pass it to you thru the window and drive off. It was a PITA holding a Jack and coke and shifting my 914.

Those were the days...

As to the high crime rate it does not help that every time you turn around JSO is laying people off for a lack of funding when the mayor is giving his staff raises

Yea, but the areas where the shootings generally happen, they won't talk to the police, and throw fits when a Drug dealer is killed in a shoot out with police, everyone in those areas comes out & says that the dealer didn't deserve to die, the police didn't have to shoot them and the perp was a good person, never caused any trouble, of course, the long rap sheets don't show that. You forgot, Brown also creates positions for his friends too, with large salaries,
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/timothy-gibbons/2012-04-02/jacksonville-mayor-hires-artis-gilmore-and-ju

But, there are fun places & things to do in the area, just depends on your interest. As long as you don't go out looking for drugs, you will be safe.

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