I am near Jacksonville, and love the area.
My hometown. It has a lot more to offer now by way of entertainment and amenities than it did in the 70s and 80s BUT....the influx of Yankees and especially foreigners has made it different. Its more violent now than it was and the drivers who used to be nice and polite are now really aggressive jerks. Jax was a LOT more Southern when I grew up and was one of the only large cities that was reliably conservative. Unfortunately, that too is changing and not for the better. The city voted by a slight majority for Brandon. Sickening.