Exploring Nocatee

[thelakelander]

Located halfway between Jacksonville and Saint Augustine, Nocatee is one of America's most rapidly growing master planned communities.

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/exploring-nocatee/

[Kerry]

Will there being a walking tour anytime soon?

[thelakelander]

LOL, they may say there's some smart growth components mixed into the area but it isn't exactly walkable for much outside of recreational purposes. It's night and day from places like Seaside, Celebration or Baldwin Park.

[Kerry]

I would kill myself if I had to live in that nightmare.

[Tacachale]

I would kill myself if I had to live in that nightmare.

Said the guy from Mandarin.

[Kerry]

I would kill myself if I had to live in that nightmare.

Said the guy from Mandarin.

Yeah, Mandarin sucks too but atleast I'm still inside the beltway.

[thelakelander]

The people out there seem prefectly fine with their choice and likely don't prefer being inside the beltway. Let them be. To each his own. Just stop wasting time and money on gimmicks trying to attract these types to visit downtown on a consistent basis. They locate to places like Nocatee for a good reason.

[thelakelander]

lol, actually the NW section of Nocatee is in Duval County already!

[I-10east]

Exploring an urban Jax neighborhood typical response:"Here are good ways to improve vibrancy, maintaining historical standards etc".

Exploring an out of the beltway neighborhood typical response: "It shouldn't exist; muh costly new roads; walkability is zilch, errrrr; damn those expense savvy large families that worry about stupid things like safety and good schools".

[Tacachale]

Exploring an urban Jax neighborhood:"Here are good ways to improve vibrancy, maintaining historical standards etc".

Exploring an out of the beltway neighborhood: "It shouldn't exist; muh costly new roads; walkability is zilch, errrrr; damn those expense savvy large families that worry about stupid things like safety and good schools".

Did you read the article?

[I-10east]

^^^Yes.

[thelakelander]

I-10 is that what you really got out of the actual article or just the replies in this thread? The article doesn't vilify the community in any way.

[I-10east]

^^^The article is fine. My bad, I should've prefaced with "typical responses to types of articles". Suburban articles are often met with grievances about lack of walkability etc etc etc.

I totally agree with your take here below.

The people out there seem prefectly fine with their choice and likely don't prefer being inside the beltway. Let them be. To each his own. Just stop wasting time and money on gimmicks trying to attract these types to visit downtown on a consistent basis. They locate to places like Nocatee for a good reason.

 

[Kerry]

^^^The article is fine. My bad, I should've prefaced with "typical responses to types of articles". Suburban articles are often met with grievances about lack of walkability etc etc etc.

I totally agree with your take here below.

The people out there seem prefectly fine with their choice and likely don't prefer being inside the beltway. Let them be. To each his own. Just stop wasting time and money on gimmicks trying to attract these types to visit downtown on a consistent basis. They locate to places like Nocatee for a good reason.

But they aren't fine with their choice.  The vast majority won't live there after 10 years because the "neighborhood" they were sold never actually materialized.  Several years ago Nocatee actually had a billboard up on US1 saying living there would make your commute to work better.  How bad would your commute to work have to be that moving to Nocatee would make it better?

[thelakelander]

^Tons of people are moving there right now and it's pretty clear what it is since you can drive through it, feel it, play with it, touch it, etc. I seriously doubt people are being duped. Also, I wouldn't assume the majority of people there are commuting downtown to work.