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Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:14 am to LSUneaux
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Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:18 am to TigerMonkey
Town neighbor 
We love Pensacola and visiting for the day. Going to the Ice Pilots and Wahoos games and the Palafox Saturday Market is always fun to walk on occasion. Some bigger names frequent there for concerts. Like any other city, you can get yourself in the ghetto in the blink of an eye
We love Pensacola and visiting for the day. Going to the Ice Pilots and Wahoos games and the Palafox Saturday Market is always fun to walk on occasion. Some bigger names frequent there for concerts. Like any other city, you can get yourself in the ghetto in the blink of an eye
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:24 am to LSUneaux
Pensacola has a fantastic downtown. Clean, lots of stuff to do, to riff raff. It's a perfect size.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:35 am to LSUneaux
Had to make an over night stay there last year and expected it to be nicer. I was only a couple of miles from the interstate but the area looked run down.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:42 am to LSUneaux
It definitely could of been because of how naturally good that port is. There is a reason why it was was one of Spain's first colonial cities
From what I understand, they're pretty content with what they are, a navy/beach town and never really sought industrial, manufacturing, or tech growth. A lot of people move there to retire. The port is dominated by the Navy and the tourism industry would probably oppose any kind of large scale industrial development on the waterfront. Mobile is close enough that it never became a major Healthcare center (although you can make a good buck treating Navy veterans). There isn't a research university nearby, UWF is a good school but isn't known for cranking out startups.
Its a lot like other medium sized cities in the south, if you're not in education, healthcare, or a specialized trade it's not the best place for a career.
From what I understand, they're pretty content with what they are, a navy/beach town and never really sought industrial, manufacturing, or tech growth. A lot of people move there to retire. The port is dominated by the Navy and the tourism industry would probably oppose any kind of large scale industrial development on the waterfront. Mobile is close enough that it never became a major Healthcare center (although you can make a good buck treating Navy veterans). There isn't a research university nearby, UWF is a good school but isn't known for cranking out startups.
Its a lot like other medium sized cities in the south, if you're not in education, healthcare, or a specialized trade it's not the best place for a career.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 7:52 am
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:00 am to Defenseiskey
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UWF is a good school but isn't known for cranking out startups.
Division II Athletics, the wasteland of college sports for the smarties who can play ball okay and are okay with just a partial scholarship.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:02 am to LSUneaux
Metro size all comes down to industry and jobs. Industry brings jobs, and Pcola has never had major industry. As said it has the navy base, a small port, and the beaches which really didn’t take off until more recently.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:04 am to LSUneaux
Probably because Mobile dominated the shipping/industry in the region for a long time.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:08 am to Defenseiskey
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From what I understand, they're pretty content with what they are, a navy/beach town and never really sought industrial, manufacturing, or tech growth. The port is dominated by the Navy and the tourism industry would probably oppose any kind of large scale industrial development on the waterfront. Mobile is close enough that it never became a major Healthcare center (although you can make a good buck treating Navy veterans). There isn't a research university nearby, UWF is a good school but isn't known for cranking out startups.
I think that's probably a big part of it. With other areas getting more focus, Pensacola's waterfront growth went far more residential than the more popular places. Pensacola Beach, for example, pretty much locked down commercial growth a while back to just the boardwalk area (with some grandfathered spots like Peg Leg Pete's and the Tom Thumb next to it).
As long as the base is there and the area brings in shitloads of tourism dollars, I don't think they feel a strong need to start re-zoning for industry so it just remains the same.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:42 am to Bard
Pensacola city limits is 60K. Pensacola Metro is over 500K. It’s growing, The city will always be 60K, the actual city limits make it very small.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:46 am to LSUneaux
Just far enough off I-10 to make getting there quickly a hassle
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:50 am to LSUneaux
It’s always been a more lowkey living and vacation destination compared to South Florida.
South Florida wins out in the climate part for retirement and vacationing. Miami and the Keys very rarely get below 70 degrees from November to February whereas Pensacola easily gets into the 40s and 50s during those months. It’s a huge difference.
South Florida wins out in the climate part for retirement and vacationing. Miami and the Keys very rarely get below 70 degrees from November to February whereas Pensacola easily gets into the 40s and 50s during those months. It’s a huge difference.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:51 am to LSUneaux
It’s always been a more lowkey living and vacation destination compared to South Florida.
South Florida wins out in the climate part for retirement and vacationing. Miami and the Keys very rarely get below 70 degrees from November to February whereas Pensacola easily gets into the 40s and 50s during those months. It’s a huge difference. There’s a reason why the Panhandle is dirt cheap to visit in the winter months.
South Florida wins out in the climate part for retirement and vacationing. Miami and the Keys very rarely get below 70 degrees from November to February whereas Pensacola easily gets into the 40s and 50s during those months. It’s a huge difference. There’s a reason why the Panhandle is dirt cheap to visit in the winter months.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 6:53 am
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:55 am to XenScott
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Pensacola city limits is 60K. Pensacola Metro is over 500K. It’s growing, The city will always be 60K, the actual city limits make it very small.
Isn’t Pensacola Beach, its own town/city?
Plus that area is prime hurricane exposure real estate.
But if you live in the Northwest part of the city, you are definitely good from storm surge, but if a hurricane blows through good luck getting out as all the pine trees will cover the roads like match sticks and it will smell like you are in a saw mill for a few weeks.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 7:05 am to LSUneaux
Good question as we live west of it. My observations:
Lots of neighborhoods with older, smaller one story ranch style homes. Nothing that you look at and say I want to bring my family here. Though there are some areas that are being revitalized close to the wahoos stadium for instance, so it is being updated.
Near the jail and surrounding areas, particularly west, there is an issue with homeless/maybe drugs/ maybe mental illnes/ maybe all of the above. Since it is a military base and VA hospital town with a reasonable climate, my guess has been a lot of vets with drug issues
As others have said though, downtown is small but nice. Very few high rise buildings (which limit growth) but older and smaller with decent amount of character.
Last point, and possibly biggest, is the limitations of the airport. Usually parking is almost always near capacity, flights are mostly to hub cities, though Chicago and New York and Miami flights are seasonal. If the airport could expand and add more flights, which is happening, it would help, but always will be limited as Atlanta and Orlando are “drivable” .
But with the new remote work economy, this entire region from Folry to Panama City is growing
Lots of neighborhoods with older, smaller one story ranch style homes. Nothing that you look at and say I want to bring my family here. Though there are some areas that are being revitalized close to the wahoos stadium for instance, so it is being updated.
Near the jail and surrounding areas, particularly west, there is an issue with homeless/maybe drugs/ maybe mental illnes/ maybe all of the above. Since it is a military base and VA hospital town with a reasonable climate, my guess has been a lot of vets with drug issues
As others have said though, downtown is small but nice. Very few high rise buildings (which limit growth) but older and smaller with decent amount of character.
Last point, and possibly biggest, is the limitations of the airport. Usually parking is almost always near capacity, flights are mostly to hub cities, though Chicago and New York and Miami flights are seasonal. If the airport could expand and add more flights, which is happening, it would help, but always will be limited as Atlanta and Orlando are “drivable” .
But with the new remote work economy, this entire region from Folry to Panama City is growing
Posted on 1/12/26 at 7:09 am to JasonDBlaha
Has everyone kissed the moose at McGuire's?
Posted on 1/12/26 at 7:23 am to SoFla Tideroller
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Has everyone kissed the moose at McGuire's?
Can’t say I kissed the mouse, but I do have souvenir mayonnaise jar that my drink came in.
First and only time I went was in 2002 or 2003 for a regional academic conference at UWF.
For a small school they had a lot of technology there that Nicholls didn’t. Evidently, one of the former students was married to one of tobacco settlement attorneys and made a huge donation after the settlement.
Fun fact, Nicholls President Jay Clune worked at UWF for many years in the administration before coming back home to Nicholls.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 7:27 am to LSUneaux
Cause mobile is a much better port
Posted on 1/12/26 at 7:30 am to LSUneaux
Thought the same about Bunkie
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