St Augustine is amazing and I would love to live there, except for the fact that it has the flooding and it looks like you can only get into the city by that lion gate. The traffic can be pretty bad. Parking downtown is horrible. But some of the best pizza in Florida is at pizza time on St. George’s Street
I am living here 9 years, never had my street flooded. It only floods in downtown area which is next to ocean water.
Traffic gets really bad downtown during holidays with tourists coming to see entire downtown covered with millions of lights (buildings and trees). But I seldom need to go downtown, my house is about 5 miles away. There is good shopping & medical facilities close to my house. You can enter St Augustine off of I-95 during 3 exits. I can go to beaches without using Lions bridge which connects downtown with beach area.