Touring the South Photo Threads.. Part 1....JAX!

MIAballinboi · November 2nd, 2004, 03:28 AM

i just first got my digital camera here, brand new, these were the first pics taken of lovely JAX!

good morning jacksonville

this is just part 1 as i toured alot of cities in the south this summer including charlotte, atl, bham, and more...

streetscapeer · November 2nd, 2004, 04:03 PM

Great pics balinboi, Jax's skyline is really beautiful and underrated!

The Mad Hatter!! · November 2nd, 2004, 10:44 PM

jax is uglier than i thought

nimbyhater · November 2nd, 2004, 10:47 PM

ya, jax really is pretty ugly, maybe its just these pics or something, but thats pretty bad, w.e, they got some great stuff goin up, theyre gonna b amazing in a few years... but never gonna b miami! haha! sry, the truth hurts

MIAballinboi · November 2nd, 2004, 10:49 PM

lol stop hating, its not that bad, those pics were ameatur pics taken by me when i first got my camera,

it has a pretty decent skyline and will be hott in a few years,

streetscapeer · November 2nd, 2004, 11:20 PM

uptown and nimby, you two hate way TOO much!

Lakelander · November 2nd, 2004, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by uptown-midtown

jax is uglier than i thought

Beauty is the eye of the beholder.........

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Originally Posted by nimbyhater

ya, jax really is pretty ugly, maybe its just these pics or something, but thats pretty bad, w.e, they got some great stuff goin up, theyre gonna b amazing in a few years... but never gonna b miami! haha! sry, the truth hurts

Sorry, we're have no intentions of becoming another Miami, Tampa, or Orlando. All the other metros may have passed us by in size, but we still have a decent sized historical core and like wine, we'll only get better with age.

streetscapeer · November 2nd, 2004, 11:21 PM

uptown and nimby, you two hate way TOO much!..it's getting repulsive!

The Mad Hatter!! · November 2nd, 2004, 11:23 PM

im not hatin im just sayin jax looks like miami in the '70's cause it looks old and dingy and that they need more modern buildings

The Mad Hatter!! · November 2nd, 2004, 11:41 PM

hey im sorry lakelander hadn't seen your pics looks better than miaballinboi, the building look better at night when you can hardly see them... haha..jk... but you guys stole our illuminated highway, and also if dats dt. jax. then i shouldn't be able to count how many buildings there are with the fingers of my hands also thats the gayest light rail i ever seen,furthermore you might be asking why i hate jax so much well its that they consider themselves the largest city in florida which is the most b.s. i ever heard,lets see miami is 36 miles square and has 376,815 people compared to jax which is 1,965 square miles and has a population of 773,781. if miami were 1,965 miles our population would be over 20 million.while if jax was 36 miles it would only have 14,000 people which is smaller than my 33127 zip code which has 15000+ people.

Lakelander · November 2nd, 2004, 11:44 PM

^The hell with modern buildings, we have several on their way. However, the best thing happening around here is the large amount of historical mid and highrises being preserved, thus making Jax a truley unique and architectural diverse city in state.

The Mad Hatter!! · November 2nd, 2004, 11:51 PM

oh please that just what people say when they know they i ain't got modern new structures or anything breathtaking a.k.a jacksonville

Lakelander · November 2nd, 2004, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by uptown-midtown

hey im sorry lakelander hadn't seen your pics looks better than miaballinboi, the building look better at night when you can hardly see them... haha..jk... but you guys stole our illuminated highway, and also if dats dt. jax. then i shouldn't be able to count how many buildings there are with the fingers of my hands also thats the gayest light rail i ever seen,furthermore you might be asking why i hate jax so much well its that they consider themselves the largest city in florida which is the most b.s. i ever heard,lets see miami is 36 miles square and has 376,815 people compared to jax which is 1,965 square miles and has a population of 773,781. if miami were 1,965 miles our population would be over 20 million.while if jax was 36 miles it would only have 14,000 people which is smaller than my 33127 zip code which has 15000+ people.

How did we still you're illuminated highway? I didn't know Miami was the first city ever to have them. BTW, 3 more of our downtown bridges are currently having lights installed on them. We'll know that I think of it, we are the only large Florida metro to have a couple of kick ass steel truss bridges.

We also don't have light rail, its a people mover system, similar to downtown Miami's metromover system. Still, its a great thing to have considering this is a metro of only 1.3 million people. How many similar sized places in the US have rail systems?

BTW, you shouldn't lose much sleep over Jax being a consolidated city. Nobody else does. Its clearly for taxation purposes and to streamline the local government. Nobody here cares about childish city limit population statistics. IMO, it would be a good idea, if Florida's other large cities followed Jax's example.

One last thing, If Jax were only 36 sq miles, it would probably be somewhere around 150,000 - 160,000 people or roughly the same size as Fort Lauderdale.

Lakelander · November 2nd, 2004, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by uptown-midtown

oh please that just what people say when they know they i ain't got modern new structures or anything breathtaking a.k.a jacksonville

You seem to be a very young fellow and new to the world of urban design. As you grow older, you will learn to value historical buildings, landscapes, and the things that they can do for an urban city. You should try taking a trip to New Orleans, Savannah, or Charleston. These are three great beautiful southern cities that kick ass, despite not have many, if any modern towers.

BTW, these twin 750ft tall towers is one of our new developments on the way. Are these modern enough for your liking?

How about this twin midrise infill office project scheduled to break ground early next year.

How about this planned 31 story office/condo addition?

We may not be seeing the skyscraper growth of South Florida, but we do have a nice amount of things going on.

The Mad Hatter!! · November 3rd, 2004, 12:03 AM

do you know how 2 do math 773781 divided by 1965=393 people per mile now times 36=14176 pop. also miami also used to be that large in square miles but then you notice its impossible to have enough police,fire dept, and other services to control 1965miles of a city, and areas like to incorperate themselves to have the own city laws and ordinances. jax may be 1965 sq miles now but in like 10 years i doubt it'll still be that size. and whether its a peoplemover system or not that train cant possible hold more than 10 people at a time.and looking at it again it still looks gay

Lakelander · November 3rd, 2004, 12:15 AM

I don't know why I'm still replying, but you're comments are pretty funny so I'll respond. You don't need to do much math when looking at a consolidated city like Jax. Do you really believe every square inch of the city has an equal amount of people? I don't know if you ever been here, but clearly most of Duval County is still uninhabited, marshland, and rural. Another easy statistic to find is Jax's population numbers before its consolidation in 1968. At the time of consolidation, the 30 square mile city had a population of 205,000, which equals out to a density of nearly 7,000 people per square mile. That this "suburban" city most have an urban core. That urban core, although not as dense as it was years ago, still has a population density far above 393 people per mile. BTW, now that I think of it, my apartment complex has twice as many people as the density you think every inch of the city is.

FYI, those gay 2-car skyway trains can carry up to 56 people each.

nimbyhater · November 3rd, 2004, 12:33 AM

i was baseing wat i said on the miabol's pics, seeing these, jax is alot nicer than i tought, but still not comparable, ur much more historic, southern, old skol, and conisderably smaller... alotta people like that better, and u got some really nice things goin on downtown that will make it great in a few years, but as far as skyline goes, this citys got a lotta work to do, but i think downtown atmosphere in general, urs is better, but miami gettin alot better and in a few years will be one of the best in the country, untill then...

like i said, its a matter of choice, i would rather take the miami type city over jax, but to each their own, downtown is alot nicer than i thought it was tho... ill give u that and take bak wat i said b4

im with uptown about the population thing, it does really tick me off, cause to the ignorant viewer, makes jox seem bigger than miami, but not something that we can blame u for, just the way it is, wont b that way for long tho wit the number of condos goin up in miami

and ur "people mover system" is pretty fruity, isnt really enough of a system to accomplish anything, wat are the ridership numbers on it?

Lakelander · November 3rd, 2004, 01:27 AM

This thread was never intended to become a comparision or competition thread. You guys are starting to turn this Florida forum into another rediculous Southeast forum. Its okay to like Miami, Clewiston or any other city better, but leave that competitive stuff for another thread.

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im with uptown about the population thing, it does really tick me off, cause to the ignorant viewer, makes jox seem bigger than miami, but not something that we can blame u for, just the way it is, wont b that way for long tho wit the number of condos goin up in miami

Despite, the large construction boom going on in Miami, in reality, its city population will never catch Jacksonville's, unless the city consolidates with Miami-Dade County, which will be pretty difficult to do, due to the numerous amount of established municipalities already there. Jax/Duval just has too much land in its boundaries and its growing also. Anyway, who cares, outside of Dade County,........everyone knows South Florida is and will always be the largest metro in Florida.

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and ur "people mover system" is pretty fruity, isnt really enough of a system to accomplish anything, wat are the ridership numbers on it?

Its no fruitier than Miami's metromover or Detroit's people mover. They're all basically the same system. The only reason metromover has been more successful is the fact that it ties into the metrorail and tri-rail systems. The Skyway's ridership numbers will continue to grow as more residents move downtown and the new BRT and streetcar systems tie into it in the future.

JFDinJax · November 3rd, 2004, 03:08 AM

This just in: 12 year olds don't like Jacksonville. And they can't type, either.

MIAballinboi · November 3rd, 2004, 04:48 AM

^ come on quit it guys,

in plain terms my pics were crappy, i snapped them quick from a interstate goin 70 miles, and it was my first turn

Jax is a very nice city amazing view and bridges when your there in person and travelling and the skyline,

Drop the B.S. everyone, i dont want a topic i started to cause trouble or get locked, or else i just wont share any more pics if this is what happens

drop it

November 2nd, 2004, 03:28 AM	#1
MIAballinboi Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,784 Likes (Received): 0	Touring the South Photo Threads.. Part 1....JAX! i just first got my digital camera here, brand new, these were the first pics taken of lovely JAX! good morning jacksonville this is just part 1 as i toured alot of cities in the south this summer including charlotte, atl, bham, and more...

November 2nd, 2004, 11:44 PM	#11
Lakelander Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jacksonville/ Lakeland, FL Posts: 2,253 Likes (Received): 7	^The hell with modern buildings, we have several on their way. However, the best thing happening around here is the large amount of historical mid and highrises being preserved, thus making Jax a truley unique and architectural diverse city in state. __________________ Metro Jacksonville

November 3rd, 2004, 12:15 AM	#16
Lakelander Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jacksonville/ Lakeland, FL Posts: 2,253 Likes (Received): 7	I don't know why I'm still replying, but you're comments are pretty funny so I'll respond. You don't need to do much math when looking at a consolidated city like Jax. Do you really believe every square inch of the city has an equal amount of people? I don't know if you ever been here, but clearly most of Duval County is still uninhabited, marshland, and rural. Another easy statistic to find is Jax's population numbers before its consolidation in 1968. At the time of consolidation, the 30 square mile city had a population of 205,000, which equals out to a density of nearly 7,000 people per square mile. That this "suburban" city most have an urban core. That urban core, although not as dense as it was years ago, still has a population density far above 393 people per mile. BTW, now that I think of it, my apartment complex has twice as many people as the density you think every inch of the city is. FYI, those gay 2-car skyway trains can carry up to 56 people each. __________________ Metro Jacksonville

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JFDinJax Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Florida's First Coast Posts: 32 Likes (Received): 0	This just in: 12 year olds don't like Jacksonville. And they can't type, either. __________________ "Admiral, I am picking up whale song!"

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November 2nd, 2004, 04:03 PM	#2
streetscapeer hmmm...... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York Posts: 2,377 Likes (Received): 18	Great pics balinboi, Jax's skyline is really beautiful and underrated!

November 2nd, 2004, 10:44 PM	#3
The Mad Hatter!! P.E.C.K CREW Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: miami Posts: 3,061 Likes (Received): 0	jax is uglier than i thought

November 2nd, 2004, 10:47 PM	#4
nimbyhater Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Miami Posts: 1,311 Likes (Received): 0	ya, jax really is pretty ugly, maybe its just these pics or something, but thats pretty bad, w.e, they got some great stuff goin up, theyre gonna b amazing in a few years... but never gonna b miami! haha! sry, the truth hurts

November 2nd, 2004, 10:49 PM	#5
MIAballinboi Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,784 Likes (Received): 0	lol stop hating, its not that bad, those pics were ameatur pics taken by me when i first got my camera, it has a pretty decent skyline and will be hott in a few years,

November 2nd, 2004, 11:20 PM	#6
streetscapeer hmmm...... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York Posts: 2,377 Likes (Received): 18	uptown and nimby, you two hate way TOO much!

November 2nd, 2004, 11:21 PM	#8
streetscapeer hmmm...... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York Posts: 2,377 Likes (Received): 18	uptown and nimby, you two hate way TOO much!..it's getting repulsive!

November 2nd, 2004, 11:23 PM	#9
The Mad Hatter!! P.E.C.K CREW Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: miami Posts: 3,061 Likes (Received): 0	im not hatin im just sayin jax looks like miami in the '70's cause it looks old and dingy and that they need more modern buildings

November 2nd, 2004, 11:41 PM	#10
The Mad Hatter!! P.E.C.K CREW Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: miami Posts: 3,061 Likes (Received): 0	hey im sorry lakelander hadn't seen your pics looks better than miaballinboi, the building look better at night when you can hardly see them... haha..jk... but you guys stole our illuminated highway, and also if dats dt. jax. then i shouldn't be able to count how many buildings there are with the fingers of my hands also thats the gayest light rail i ever seen,furthermore you might be asking why i hate jax so much well its that they consider themselves the largest city in florida which is the most b.s. i ever heard,lets see miami is 36 miles square and has 376,815 people compared to jax which is 1,965 square miles and has a population of 773,781. if miami were 1,965 miles our population would be over 20 million.while if jax was 36 miles it would only have 14,000 people which is smaller than my 33127 zip code which has 15000+ people.

November 2nd, 2004, 11:51 PM	#12
The Mad Hatter!! P.E.C.K CREW Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: miami Posts: 3,061 Likes (Received): 0	oh please that just what people say when they know they i ain't got modern new structures or anything breathtaking a.k.a jacksonville

November 3rd, 2004, 12:03 AM	#15
The Mad Hatter!! P.E.C.K CREW Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: miami Posts: 3,061 Likes (Received): 0	do you know how 2 do math 773781 divided by 1965=393 people per mile now times 36=14176 pop. also miami also used to be that large in square miles but then you notice its impossible to have enough police,fire dept, and other services to control 1965miles of a city, and areas like to incorperate themselves to have the own city laws and ordinances. jax may be 1965 sq miles now but in like 10 years i doubt it'll still be that size. and whether its a peoplemover system or not that train cant possible hold more than 10 people at a time.and looking at it again it still looks gay

November 3rd, 2004, 12:33 AM	#17
nimbyhater Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Miami Posts: 1,311 Likes (Received): 0	i was baseing wat i said on the miabol's pics, seeing these, jax is alot nicer than i tought, but still not comparable, ur much more historic, southern, old skol, and conisderably smaller... alotta people like that better, and u got some really nice things goin on downtown that will make it great in a few years, but as far as skyline goes, this citys got a lotta work to do, but i think downtown atmosphere in general, urs is better, but miami gettin alot better and in a few years will be one of the best in the country, untill then... like i said, its a matter of choice, i would rather take the miami type city over jax, but to each their own, downtown is alot nicer than i thought it was tho... ill give u that and take bak wat i said b4 im with uptown about the population thing, it does really tick me off, cause to the ignorant viewer, makes jox seem bigger than miami, but not something that we can blame u for, just the way it is, wont b that way for long tho wit the number of condos goin up in miami and ur "people mover system" is pretty fruity, isnt really enough of a system to accomplish anything, wat are the ridership numbers on it?

November 3rd, 2004, 04:48 AM	#20
MIAballinboi Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,784 Likes (Received): 0	^ come on quit it guys, in plain terms my pics were crappy, i snapped them quick from a interstate goin 70 miles, and it was my first turn Jax is a very nice city amazing view and bridges when your there in person and travelling and the skyline, Drop the B.S. everyone, i dont want a topic i started to cause trouble or get locked, or else i just wont share any more pics if this is what happens drop it