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frankfrank Posts: 13,292 AG
edited January 2018 in Off Topic #1

Money magazine has ranked St Augustine as the #1 place in Florida to live. Hmmmm
Sure there are good places there and it's quaint, but the best?

Discuss

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  • dave44dave44 Posts: 18,943 AG

    @frank said:
    Money magazine has ranked St Augustine as the #1 place in Florida to live. Hmmmm
    Sure there are good places there and it's quaint, but the best?

    Discuss

    Doesn’t seem like a stretch. Another post said Florida is the worst place to live.
    That makes St Augustine the best of the worst.
    I like St Augustine. Don’t know about living there, though.

  • PolarPolar Posts: 22,492 AG

    havent been there since I was 8

  • Tarpon65Tarpon65 Posts: 7,242 Admiral

    I'm in St Augustine at the moment. Every once in a while when I have time I drive over by the fort and walk around. It's a pretty place, not sure I'd move here from Sarasota though.

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  • frankfrank Posts: 13,292 AG

    here's music you > @Tarpon65 said:

    I'm in St Augustine at the moment. Every once in a while when I have time I drive over by the fort and walk around. It's a pretty place, not sure I'd move here from Sarasota though.

    I'd rather have the traffic of St Augustine over Sarasota, but of all the places in Fla i'd like to live in the Dunedin area

  • The VilleThe Ville Posts: 457 Deckhand

    Love St Augustine, love St Augustine beach even more

    It's not my job to provide your education look it up yourself!
  • LuckyMrSwLuckyMrSw Posts: 3,208 Captain

    Give it a lil time that will change. As fast as they are putting up neighborhoods and apartments they will suffer the fate as everyone else in the state. Once upon a time, just a few years back it was a quiet cozy area to live and visit, but that is quickly coming to a close.

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  • Mark O.Mark O. Posts: 3,448 Captain

    I spend a lot of time in St. A but live in Jax. I looked at moving there, but very few places to rent in St. Augustine especially after two years of hurricanes...even FEMA commented on how scarce rental properties were...so rents are...yes...Too **** high!

  • frankfrank Posts: 13,292 AG

    i was up in Jacksonville today and told someone about the Money magazine rating and he said "Money must never have seen St Augustine after a rain storm, because the whole place floods"
    That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but he has a point, I've been there after the rain and there was a lot of standing water

  • mustang190mustang190 Posts: 10,104 AG

    I remember when we would drive onto the beach at Matanzas, surf fish, drive up the beach to Anastasia fish and have lunch and drink beer. Do that today and your probably going to jail!

  • mindyabinessmindyabiness Posts: 7,999 Admiral

    Since its "Money" magazine, the absence of state income tax might have something to do with it. There are a lot of Real Estate ventures to involve yourself with as well.

    Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon... No matter how good you are, the bird is going to crap on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
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  • mplspugmplspug Posts: 16,014 AG

    Saint Augustine isn't even good enough to hold Debary's jockstrap.

    Just dropping grenades in OT
  • stc1993stc1993 Posts: 10,612 AG

    @mplspug said:
    Saint Augustine isn't even good enough to hold Debary's jockstrap.

    That's where my 1st wife was from. So not much any good comes from there.

  • jcbcpajcbcpa Posts: 2,638 Captain

    Lol. That's what I always say about Baker County.

    "Winners take responsibility, losers blame others"

    Megyn Kelly

  • MelbourneMarkMelbourneMark Posts: 3,843 Captain

    I have family in st aug, and visit often. The uncontrolled growth over the past 10 years is astounding. The city is very very cramped now. Still beautiful place, and very unique city. Luckily, the downtown area cannot build anymore, but the crowds will only get worse.

    I guess that's the case for most of the state tho...

  • FS BlairFS Blair Posts: 1,857 Admin

    My daughter has been there 10 years, first as a student at Flagler, now a teacher. She loves it. I wish I had bought a house there 6-8 years ago. Prices keep going up and up and up.

  • RyanTRyanT Posts: 35 Deckhand

    Cool to visit.... not sure about living. Wouldn't doubt that development is at a breakneck pace right now. Beginnings of a mini bubble?

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  • mustang190mustang190 Posts: 10,104 AG

    Mostly it’s people fleeing Jacksonville.

  • SeaSpySeaSpy Posts: 410 Deckhand

    St auggy
    Aka south Jacksonville.

    Wide area from beach to the river.
    Massive growth now south and west.

    Traffic going to be bad in out Jacksonville.

    Huge development east 95 on 207 underway.

    If you work close the south beaches best place to live.

    Not much lower income and tourist stay in old city.

    Some developers building massive rentals soon to be projects east of 95 south of beltway.

    Not good for housing prices and demographics about to change.

    Seen that happen in Melbourne south last 8 years.

    Look for more foot traffic and debris at bus stops.

    Ron Alford Expert Investigations & Surveillance
    www.seaspy.theplan.com
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