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Old 01-02-2023, 05:35 AM
 
Location: Eastern Tennessee
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Strongly considering Pensacola at this point.
You'll love P'cola!! Some of our favorites in that area;
Bagleheads for breakfast.
Cactus Flower or Pegleg Pete's for lunch.
Grand Marlin for a nice seafood dinner.
Joe Patti's for fresh seafood market.
The downtown Farmer's Market.
The Blue Wahoo's for minor league baseball.

If you are a fisherman hire a guide and get to know the bay and nearshore fishing spots.
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Old 01-03-2023, 06:19 AM
 
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You'll love P'cola!! Some of our favorites in that area;
Bagleheads for breakfast.
Cactus Flower or Pegleg Pete's for lunch.
Grand Marlin for a nice seafood dinner.
Joe Patti's for fresh seafood market.
The downtown Farmer's Market.
The Blue Wahoo's for minor league baseball.

If you are a fisherman hire a guide and get to know the bay and nearshore fishing spots.
5 Flags Speedway if one likes Stock Car racing and Biloxi or Atmore AL for gambling, is a short drive away
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Old 01-11-2023, 09:44 AM
 
Location: Gulf Coast
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While living in beach towns is nice for some obvious reasons, traffic from spring to Labor Day is absolutely horrendous and can be aggravating to a local. Long waits at restaurants, empty grocery stores (especially on Saturday during condo turnover days), etc. Also, lots of jobs there are tourism related--hospitality/retail, etc. You'll have alot of transients, younger crowds vs career professionals. You'd have to learn to handle your grocery shopping on mornings during the week and avoid Friday/Saturday/Sunday venturing out unless you want to sit in gridlock traffic. Saturdays are the worst.

Tallahassee seems boring unless you're in college there. It's just an average city; not really close to the water, higher crime. I've never cared for it.

Pensacola should suit you best. New Orleans---no, dirty with lots of crime and traffic (but lots of culture); Mobile--no, lots of crime and people are moving more toward the Eastern Shore. Lived in Mobile a great deal of my life, and it's pretty depressing. The demographics have changed quite a bit for the worse. They have a huge Mardi Gras, but not much else.

Pensacola allows you to live closer to the water (higher risk of hurricane damage) or more inland. We love Flounders in Pensacola Beach; it's a fun atmosphere but crowded during tourist season. Someone already mentioned Peg-Leg Petes and the Grand Marlin, which are also very good. Downtown has all kinds of events and festivals, plus the sports teams (baseball and hockey). Mobile can't keep a sports team to save its life. Yes on Joe Patti's! It's an awesome, bustling seafood market with great prices and fresh-off-the-boat selections.

The main disadvantage to Pensacola is that lots of areas are dumpy/old with some unsavory characters. No place is perfect, though.
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