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I like to wear a Miami Hurricanes shirt or hat sometimes, especially on the weekends. Photo by Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Heck yeah! The thing I miss least about Orlando.the traffic. I can walk to my local watering hole without sweating before I get there. It’s still Florida so it gets plenty hot, but being closer to the water and 140 miles north of Orlando makes a big difference. I-4 was, is, and will always be a nightmare, even with the new toll lanes. Growing up in Orlando, I was a first-hand witness to the growth, and as a result, increased traffic across the city.

The convenient location, the many highways to mitigate traffic, the beaches, and the vastly underrated restaurant scene make living here a pleasure. I just love what Jacksonville, and north Florida as a whole, has to offer. I’d rather live there than many other cities. That’s not to say Orlando isn’t a great place.

Two years into living in Jacksonville, I can honestly say I don’t miss Orlando at all. That said, I was expecting to miss Orlando as I had grown up there, and came back to live as an adult, for many years. I knew the city somewhat well and was looking forward to a new start. It’s a city I used to travel to for work with past jobs. I moved to Jacksonville in October of 2020.

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