• Old wooden cabin in the trees in Jacksonville, FL

    Living With Florida's Small Print: Bugs, Lizards, and the Pest Reality

    Okay, Let Us Talk About The Thing Nobody Puts In The Brochure The first one you meet is usually on the lanai, at night, and it is roughly the size of a matchbox car. You will make a sound. Somebody in your house will laugh at you. Then a week later you will notice the little gecko living behind the

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  • City and river landscape in Jacksonville, FL

    How Driving Changes When You Move to Northeast Florida

    What Is It Actually Like Behind The Wheel Down Here? Nobody thinks about driving when they pick a place to live. Then you move, and within three weeks you have a strong opinion about a specific bridge. Northeast Florida is a driving region. Not in the punishing, ninety minute crawl way that defines

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  • Two-story porch home in the Abbott Tract, St. Augustine, FL

    Your First Year in Northeast Florida: What Actually Changes

    What Does The First Twelve Months Down Here Actually Feel Like? The first month is a vacation that will not end. You keep driving over the Intracoastal bridge and looking at the water like it is going to disappear. You eat outside constantly. You send pictures. Then somewhere around month four, some

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