Growing and Jacksonville...I figured it was going to be one of those fattest cities things.
(06-06-2017, 06:30 PM)HBchbunnie4 Wrote: [ -> ]Growing and Jacksonville...I figured it was going to be one of those fattest cities things.
No, we're all fat.
I'm not shocked, all the freaking growth keeps pushing me further and further out. soon you bastards are going to be bleeding into Putnam county.
I like this news. As someone who comes from the rust belt and a city that is dying a slow death I can tell you, if your city is not growing, it is dying. It might not seem like it at first, but after a decade or two it sneaks up on you.
But...but...tiny podunk town! Can't support an NFL team! Too small! No economy! No fanbase! LA! London!
That's cause we a baby-makin lovin town
Dim those lights.. Pour a little Champagne of Beers baby and put on some Weird Al..
At least we have decent traffic management. I worked in central Texas a couple of months ago and flew in and out of Austin. The place is exploding in growth and they have no interstate loop around the city. Traffic is crazy.
(06-07-2017, 09:56 PM)TJBender Wrote: [ -> ]But...but...tiny podunk town! Can't support an NFL team! Too small! No economy! No fanbase! LA! London!
Unfortunately that's the attitude in many of our local populace and city government. Jacksonville is a city on the verge of becoming a destination but there's still too much old baggage hanging around.
(06-06-2017, 06:30 PM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote: [ -> ]Growing and Jacksonville...I figured it was going to be one of those fattest cities things.
NO KIDDING !! I was expecting an article about weight issues and a pic of the golden corral depicting the City of Jacksonville !!!
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I've seen it on Kernan where I live. We bought our house over there about five years ago. Since then they've added a few stores next to the Academy. Another apartment complex there on the corner next to the JEA building. That hotel there opposite of it on Atlantic.
And then when you go on the other side towards Beach they're building another neighborhood over there to the right just past the overpass and then they've already completed another neighborhood just before it near that Xtreme Wings and DMV place. Then that Tamaya community on Beach they're building also expands into Kernan as well.
Too many damn traffic lights have been added though. They threw in maybe three or four lights down Kernan and it's become a crawl now during the heavy hours. It is what it is. It's crazy though how much we're growing. My dad and my grandfather remember doing ground work back in the mid to late 80's for Kernan and it trips him out just seeing how much it's expanded since then.
I keep threatening my wife with it but I don't like crowds. Might be looking for a new home sooner rather than later way out in the middle of Callahan or somewhere closer to Heckscher to where I get to my fishing spots faster and away from people.
I see Portland, OR made the list as well.
No wonder home prices out here keep skyrocketing.
(06-10-2017, 06:53 PM)Jags02 Wrote: [ -> ]I see Portland, OR made the list as well.
No wonder home prices out here keep skyrocketing.
I visited there a couple of times in 2015 on business trips. Having been a big fan of Portlandia I had certain expectations, none of which were met. Portland feels like a not-so-slightly self conscious little brother of Seattle.
(06-10-2017, 09:03 PM)hb1148 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-10-2017, 06:53 PM)Jags02 Wrote: [ -> ]I see Portland, OR made the list as well.
No wonder home prices out here keep skyrocketing.
I visited there a couple of times in 2015 on business trips. Having been a big fan of Portlandia I had certain expectations, none of which were met. Portland feels like a not-so-slightly self conscious little brother of Seattle.
What were your expectations?
(06-10-2017, 11:50 PM)Jags02 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-10-2017, 09:03 PM)hb1148 Wrote: [ -> ]I visited there a couple of times in 2015 on business trips. Having been a big fan of Portlandia I had certain expectations, none of which were met. Portland feels like a not-so-slightly self conscious little brother of Seattle.
What were your expectations?
Maybe something like this, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZt-pOc3moc
(06-11-2017, 12:03 PM)hb1148 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-10-2017, 11:50 PM)Jags02 Wrote: [ -> ]What were your expectations?
Maybe something like this, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZt-pOc3moc
Aside from the clowns, that's not too far off. You just need more to spend more time out here.
The Portland area is seen as the new place to invest in land by a lot of Californians
(06-11-2017, 08:01 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: [ -> ]The Portland area is seen as the new place to invest in land by a lot of Californians
Perhaps as the rental costs are out of control allowing land owners to make a quick buck, however, the cost of land isn't that far off from California and the residential taxes for owning land are very steep. They tax land in Oregon to make up for their being no sales tax.
The real growth in the area is a tad further north where I'm at, and that's Vancouver, WA. Oregon is already built up but just getting more expensive whereas Vancouver is building bigtime. Peeps are flooding into the city.
(06-11-2017, 12:50 PM)Jags02 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-11-2017, 12:03 PM)hb1148 Wrote: [ -> ]Maybe something like this, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZt-pOc3moc
Aside from the clowns, that's not too far off. You just need more to spend more time out here.
True, I've only spent a couple weeks out there and a lot of that time was spent in a suburb. My main non-work related memories revolve around a surprisingly bad sushi restaurant, heavy traffic, and weirdly courteous drivers (at least by Jacksonville standards).
(06-12-2017, 04:09 AM)O Jags02 Wrote: [ -> ] (06-11-2017, 08:01 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: [ -> ]The Portland area is seen as the new place to invest in land by a lot of Californians
Perhaps as the rental costs are out of control allowing land owners to make a quick buck, however, the cost of land isn't that far off from California and the residential taxes for owning land are very steep. They tax land in Oregon to make up for their being no sales tax.
The real growth in the area is a tad further north where I'm at, and that's Vancouver, WA. Oregon is already built up but just getting more expensive whereas Vancouver is building bigtime. Peeps are flooding into the city.
Not sure why I said Portland, I meant more like Bend. To Silicon Valley folks I'm pretty sure housing costs are viewed as dirt cheap there.