As a Life Long Resident I'll share everything there is to know about living in Pensacola & The Emerald Coast. I'll share all the great things and the not so great things too. I hope you enjoy the video and subscribe to see the next one.
Thanks this was great! I plan on moving to Pensacola soon. I thought I heard you say your a real estate agent. If you are it would be great to talk to you and gets some information. Appreciate it!
I am confused. How are you a life long resident yet in the video you say clear you never heard of it till you moved there and you are from the desert in Arizona? That makes zero sense my guy.
Moving to your beautiful city in April 2023 To become semi retired and as a Navy and Army I truly believe this will be perfect for me!!!! I’m so excited!!
My wife and I vacationed in that area in 2015.Perdido Key to be exact, we instantly fell in love with the place and decided that when we retire that's where we want to be.
I moved to Pensacola, Florida in November and i love it. I have a daughter with special needs and they are so amazing with accommodating her with all of her needs I will never leave Pensacola.
I'd say the views are fair enough. Didn't mention that you can watch the Blue Angels rehearse 3-4 days a week. Watching the video i noticed several clips were not from Pensacola .
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Pensacola has no even one good public HS. The good ones are outside of the city, Cantonment *Tate*, Milton, Pace, Navarre and Gulf Breeze.
Not to mention The Drugs and crime rate. People getting shot and killed every day. And being a father of 4 kids living in Pensacola I can tell you the schools are vary bad. Also The homeless number is far more then it should be. The Panhandlers have taken over areas of this town to the point its hard to even walk into a grocery store without people begging for change. Don't get me wrong Pensacola has some Pros but the Cons are far more then the Pros. Hoping to move out of the town soon so my children have a chance at a decent Education.
The best band in Pensacola is KALIUGA!!! Their ep, TROUBLED DAUGHTERS, came out yesterday! Check them out! They’re on Spotify and all that jazz, even TH-cam!
Can you expand on the weather, particularly compared to San Diego and time of year? I lived in SoCal all my life and it can be very different depending on exactly where you live because of all the microclimates here. I live in Ventura, which is almost exactly like SD weather wise, very mild winters/summers with low humidity even when the cities 35 miles over are +- 20 degrees Both times I have visited Pensacola, I got lucky and the weather was nice with low humidity so it's hard to judge. Pensacola is on my short list of places to move to and I'm going to be visiting this November again to try and make a decision.
Hi Mario, thanks for watching. I lived in San Diego for years as well. In my opinion the weather is pretty similar except it gets a little more humid here. It doesn't get too cold for too long and too hot for too long.
From about April 1st to October 1st you can expect 85-90F and 75% or over humidity. It's truly dreadful unless you're heading to the beach. Most of the time you're sweating just by stepping outside because of the humidity. That said, it's wonderful for beach days, there's plenty of wonderful nature areas, and downtown is great.
The weather in Pcola is nothing like the weather in San Diego. In the summer you sweat at midnight if you step out for 2 minutes. The humidity even makes our mild winter seem much colder because it seeps thru your clothes right to your bones .
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida yeah the last time I went I was like 10 with my dad but haven’t been back since because I will be hit with emotions because my dad passed away when I was 12
I lived in pensacola most of my life one thing I couldn't stand was rude tourist. and hurricanes especially ivan it destroyed everything we owned pensacola is a huge tourist destination they said only like one person died but that was false I saw an entire truck filled with bodies and I knew someone who worked at sacred heart and said every morgue in the pensacola milton and gulf brezze area was filled so bad that bodies where staked outside the morgues.they said only one person died because the area is a tourist spot and that's where the money is ..
Americans are superb at taking beautiful, unspoiled places and over-publicizing them which in turn brings more and more people thereby spoiling the reason the place was great in the first place. Pensacola is one such place. I cringe every time I see one of those "10 Best!" articles that has Pensacola on it. Do we have to turn this place into Ft. Lauderdale? Oh, and while I'm at it, why does the host of this video claim in the text above to be a "life-long resident" but in the video he says he's lived in Phoenix and San Diego? If you've lived anywhere else in the country, you're not a life-long resident of where you were born (if indeed he was eve born here). Proponents of Pensacola often focus solely on the many good points of the city while downplaying the very real negative aspects. Our homeless problem gets worse every month. Traffic is horrible - a teenage computer geek could program the traffic lights better than whichever nitwit is responsible now. Speaking of traffic, it's bad all around town - Davis Highway, Nine Mile Road(!), Michigan, Fairfield...the list goes on. It's like friggin' Manhattan here - inexplicably! Pensacola...yeah, beautiful city...great place to live...unless you want to drive out to the beach on the weekend. So let's publicize the area and make *more* people want to move here! Good plan.
The fact that you are from San Diego and love it is what makes my heart sing🤩 People from CA think it's better here but I'm trying to convince my husband that Florida is the place for is weather wise and politically
Don't get me wrong, I love San Diego but Pensacola and this area is phenomenal. The people, culture, beaches and lifestyle are great. Yu should definitely come check it out. This area is different than south Florida.
I was born in San Diego and used to live in Pensacola (at the whim of my mom who moved us all over). I'd be happy to settle down in either location if I could afford it. Mission Beach and Pensacola Beach are the fun giant bath tubs of my childhood. Equally gorgeous.
We loved Pensacola. Biggest Con for us though were the wages. Companies tend to not pay very well thus you have a lot of neighborhoods which need a lot of tlc. I have lived all over the country and I would say that issue is fairly common for beach cities. My wife and I only moved in order to find higher paying jobs. I agree with the location. Only 10 hours to Dallas or Houston, 12 to San Antonio, 5 to Jacksonville, 5 to Atlanta, and about 6.5 to Nashville. Another con though is that traveling by air from Pensacola tends to be a bit pricey.
This is so true. I moved away from Pensacola for a better opportunity and my income quadrupled. Growing up there, I never realized how economically depressed it was until I moved away. Now when I go back to visit, all I notice are the things Pensacola lacks compared to other cities.
Saville Quarter!!! The mini French Quarter. Navarre has the longest pier in the US. Maybe the world. And this is the extension of Cajun food area. Plus tons O seafood. Joe Patties is da bomb.
This place is horrible. Don't move here. High unemployment, too many homeless people for a small town and there's also big city crime and traffic in a small place.
My uncle moved to Florida at 22 and hadn’t left since. He always shared that love to me and now at 21 Im making that same move to Florida. These videos really help me weigh which town is the one for me!
This city is great for older people in my opinion. If you are young and would like to have a lot of resources for you and your family this is not the place. I like Pensacola because the beach’s remind me of home in San Diego California, but it is definitely for older people. Great vid, thanks for sharing.
An honest con not mentioned is the lack of affordable housing and/or lack of jobs that pay enough to afford the average housing cost. While it is true that the average housing cost in Pensacola is relatively low, it is also true that the average wages in Pensacola are too low to afford the available housing.
Thank you for watching and commenting. There actually is quite a bit of affordable housing. We are actually going to do a video on that next week. Also according to the US Census Bureau, Escambia county has a median household income of $48,000. I think that is pretty good. There are tons of jobs here!
While there are jobs, high paying professional jobs are in short supply, although that situation is improving in recent years. A great many college graduates have to move away to make use of their degrees.
Fr I work at the neighborhood market in gulfbreeze I gota take garcon point bridge every day to get to work now so do most of my coworkers and it makes it like and extra 30 mins
Great video... hit all the high spots. Love the editing and b.g. music. Would like to see one feature other Pensacola "Pro's", like our fast rising University of West Florida, our outstanding health care facilities; and our great and conveniently located airport that offers non-stop flights to Denver, Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and 15 other major cities. "
Moved here in August off ft Pickens - the people! The people here are the sweetest! People just start having conversations with you - that didn’t happen in St. Louis where I moved from. The nature is goregous - the beaches - the monarchs migrating - there’s millions of them in my backyard! It’s truly a magical place and I can’t see myself happier anywhere else
Just moved here. God wants me and my mom here. The plane trips were so smooth and everything fell into place on the day of the flight, and the months leading to moving day... it just fell into place. I'm in ferry pass.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida me and my mom need to find a pet friendly rental in ferry pass... asap. Monthly to 6 month lease max. Until she gets a mortgage
I have lived here twice due to being Navy. The city had a better feel back in 05-08. Now it is just an old retirement city geared towards drinking more than anything. If you don’t enjoy alcohol then Pensacola doesn’t offer much else. Pensacola Beach sucks (I have lived all over the world) Orange Beach /Destin is much better. There is NO diversity of people or tastes. There is NO viable nightlife other than a few places downtown. The logistical layout of the city is horrible, you can’t get anywhere fast. This is truck/beer/boat/old money/retirement/slow living country. It’s way more Alabama than Florida. Best things are warm weather, lack of random crime, seafood, and pretentious. You can roll right out of bed and wear whatever you had on, and fit right in. Put on something nice and expect weird looks.
I feel bad that you have such a bad taste in your mouth. Hopefully you don't live here and you are happily living somewhere else.....This is a great place with new young money, young thriving people and families.
I love it here in Pensacola! One of the downsides to me, the crime is starting to get pretty rampant. Also you cant go hardly anywhere without someone asking you for money
Yes Pensacola used to be a more conservative, peaceful and productive community, drugs undesirables moved in, living in the street, but oh not politically correct. Truly sad.
@@byronmouton9527 democrats escaping their failed democratic states flocking here. The problem is, some keep voting that same BS that they are escaping from. Talk about the dumbest people on Earth, Democrats take that prize hands down.
Also why didn't you mention in the cons the hurricanes, the flooding, the tornadoes, the alligators and sharks, the mosquitos, noseeums, the horseflies, the rising crime rate, the lack of jobs, the lack of competitive job pay, and the horrible schools???? Housing costs are through the roof as well. I grew up there so I would know😒
Thanks for watching and commenting....Like I have said, just like any city there are parts that may have more crime than others. I always recommend for people to check with the local police department if they are concerned about a certain area.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida we were thinking of moving to the Southwest side of Pensacola or the Pace area...what is your take on both of these? I've tried to do some research and cannot find much info. Thanks 😏
Why didn't you mention Cajun food or Joe Patties???? And as far as traffic, Have ya been on I10 in LA? That is traffic. Or in Destin during season? With the construction? Yes I live in Midway. Lived in Niceville and Desin. This place is awesome.
Me and my wife are in the navy and getting stationed in pensacola in 5 weeks! We can’t wait!! Lived in Massachusetts for most of our lives so this will be a breath of fresh air
I used to live in CT 7 years ago when i moved down here with my wife, i don't think i could ever live up north again, the people are nicer, the traffik is so nice down here, like what they consider traffik up north we consider a very nice drive. The beaches are great the rivers are so much fun, you are gonna have a blast
Hi from England! I've been about 20 times to Pensacola, lovely place, people and a brilliant way of life. Not so many cons about this place. My parents even own property in Pensacola, hopefully we'll all get over there again when Covid is over.
Here's some truth about Pensacola from someone who has lived here most of their life: •If you're not already wealthy or a member of one of the elite families that run Pensacola don't move here, you won't be able to find work that pays much more than minimum wage out the gate. •Pensacola has the worst surfers in the world because we have some of the worst surf possible. •Downtown might be a decent size but there's literally nothing to do downtown, it's nothing like downtown in a real city. Downtown Pensacola literally consists of like 3 bars, 6 restaurants (including Subway). •Gallery night is nothing, they block a small section of a street and sell over-priced street beers •The bridge was already destroyed a couple months after it opened, our economy is currently suffering big time because the bridge is out, Gulf Breeze is turning into a ghost town when that's where all the money is around here. •We don't have a lot of festivals, we have like two, the crawfish festival and seafood festival and the entirety of those festivals is paying 12-20 bucks for entry into said festival and the ability to spend even more money on over priced soggy hushpuppies. •There's zero culture in this town, we have one performing arts theater. We have four kinds of restaurants: overpriced seafood (why is Gulf caught seafood SOOOO expensive when you're literally eating on the Gulf?), garbage Mexican restaurants, fast food and actual good restaurants that the community won't support so they go under in a year. •Don't move here. He's really making it sound SO much better than it actually is. Pensacola is honestly a terrible place to live, has been my entire life. •Be careful, a lot of people move here and get stuck never to leave again. This place is an economic black hole. You'll find a decent place live, sure it's overpriced for what you're getting but you're just happy to have found a spot. Your job has no room for growth because everyone who makes any real money at the company you work for has an under qualified nephew who needs a job. Now you're stuck making 12 bucks an hour for a job you're wildly over qualified for while your rent gets steadily raised if you live anywhere affordable until you barely make enough to survive, no hope of ever saving up any money to move to a real city. •If you're one of those types of people who has to make money to survive this is a terrible town for you. If you're already wealthy (like...really wealthy) and want to live near a pretty beach...there are much better options. I'm sure you represented your experience in Pensacola (clear to any locals you embellished pretty hard for the video) but if you come from a working class family this will not be your experience. Just wanted to add some honest balance for anyone watching this video.
Thank you cause this place is so boring I live in here 5 years now ready to leave cost of living is cheaper to what I'm use to in miami but pensacola is not for me
Thanks for watching. I'm sorry you feel that way and I completely disagree with you with everything you are saying. I am not from here, no ties to money here and have worked my butt off. So if you want to work, there are jobs and money to be made. Sounds like you need to move to Portland, lol....
Thanks for watching. I think overrun is a little much but with the new homeless thing they are doing and getting them in the same place and hoping to get them into shelters I think it will help. Under the 110 now looks a little crazy, I will agree with that.
This was a good review,I'm a local,Joe Patty needed to be mentioned,it's the best place to get seafood to eat or prepare yourself they have a wine shop also,it's on the water on Main St. and yes this place makes it hard to want to live anywhere else love my town!
I'm a Floridian I've gone through a blizzard and tornado while I was in the military up north, I would choose a Hurricane anyday we get like 3 months advance warning lot easier to prepare.
Thanks for watching and commenting. This was the first hurricane that slammed this area in over 15 years and if you think this is cold as sh*t you should go up north, lol.....yes it does get cold here but not for the whole winter
The weather is nice, really nice only several months of the year. The humidity is a bear, muggy and buggy. In May come the horrible yellow flies for several months, then its July and hot, unbearably hot and or tons of rain. Then come the biting flies in July and jellyfish and that is that, unless another horrific hurricane blows through, just saying.....! Beaches are beautiful when conditions are favorable.
Thanks for watching. I have to disagree with you. I don't find the humidity is a bear, muggy or buggy. Go to south Florida and compare that. I do agree the biting flies can be annoying but they have spray for those things, lol....Jellyfish are bad for a very short period and last year was the first horrific hurricane in over 15 years.....just saying
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida I am very familiar with South Florida and my daughter lives in Miami so we agree to disagree. Summer here is worse than in Miami!
My wife and I used to live on Maui, too expensive to retire there, moved to Austin, Texas, but just purchased a small lot near Sacred Heart Hospital and plan to build a home there in 2022 - love the downtown nightlife; the area beaches make us forget Maui; strong sense of community, conservative values and Blue Wahoos baseball make it an incredible place to call our future home! Great video - shared it with friends and hit that like button, too
i lived in pensacola for 5 years, i would say your con about the food is spot on. if you like seafood you'll be in heaven but there's hardly any variety of mexican food. also the traffic on hwy 98 is ridiculous and they need to add more lanes. with that said though, i have been all over the world and i still miss pensacola, i may move back some day.
Traffic is brutal especially if you are in one of these neighborhoods out near Perdido Key. I have literally had to wait 15 minutes to turn left onto Gulf Beach Highway to go east into town.
I've lived in Pensacola off and on since 1986. Great fishing and that's about all. Rarely go to the beach and I hate Pensacola Beach. Locals don't go to Pensacola Beach. The cons of weigh the pros in my opinion. He said the weather was a pro, I say wait until hurricane season, then tell me what you think. Also Pensacola isn't business friendly in my opinion.
Thanks for watching. Sorry you feel that way about Pensacola Beach. I have never heard of a local not going to Pensacola Beach. Every local I know loves it. Since I have lived here I have never had to worry about hurricanes except this past year with Sally. It depends on what kind of business you are referring to. I know a lot of business owners and there are a lot of resources here to help new and existing business' be successful.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Florida did not have active hurricane like in the 1990's but the entire area is prone to hurricanes regardless of your location
Thanks for watching and the comment. I disagree as I have been here for 10 years and sally was the first hurricane. So for it to be the biggest con.....
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida You can disagree as much as you like BUT the fact of the matter is that statistically you will get a hurricane here sooner or later maybe u got some hard storms you prob dont count as direct hit a hurricane but I double that was ONLY storm that hit that area!
I’ve been in Pensacola all my life and the beach is not the beach anymore. Between hotels and business and no sand dunes things have changed dramatically. I don’t enjoy the beach anymore. It’s still beautiful and nice when the tourists aren’t around. But then again I’ve lived here for 40 years. Awesome video man. Good info for people whom visit man.
I don’t even go over there anymore. Haven’t been in 20 years and don’t ever plan on going. Not ever again. I’m 63, my wife is 63 and both of us knew what it was like for us in our teenage years/20s etc. it was 100% better. We could ride three wheelers on the beach back then, we could ride horses, 4x4. Over at what is called Fort McRee, you still could all the way to the very end and you could stand and see Fort Pickens. My mothers side of the family has been here for 4 generations. Not my fathers side. What I tell people I am an accident. The only reason I was born here is my dad was a Navy captain during the Korean War and after the war he got stationed here and met my mom and she got pregnant with me after they met one night at a Marine/Navy Officers Ball. They got married. My dad is, well was from NW Montana. Beautiful little town of Eureka. Which I have a lot of family in Northwest Montana and SW Montana and I go back quite often. I don’t work here, never have except when I was a teenager. I work in North Dakota Montana and Wyoming and I much prefer that and I prefer the weather. I have a home I inherited over off Scenic Highway, I rent out to a cousin of mine that is a helicopter pilot offshore in Louisiana.
@@garlandremingtoniii4679 Well ,that's inevitable with ever increasing human population on this planet until we find out another planet or people start thinking outside their chicken heads and stop having more kids.
Dont do it , more the. 50 percent of people here are junkies and this place is TERRIBLE ..... And ima pensacola native and my grandfather is the founder of Pensacolas search and rescue ....this place is Florida's septic tank
Moved to Pensacola 15 yrs ago. I have a BBA in Marketing and minor in Geography and French. Jobs here, you must know someone to get a good paying job. I am still seen as an outside. NFCU hired me at $13/hr with exceeds expectations on their Performance reports. Worked there 4 yrs until I was placed in a satellite location and get sick - alot of building have mould here and I have COPD. The building has been condemned but was still used. Had to leave on a work injury - mould cause alot of illness. Got some hotel jobs. Offered Asst Gen Mgr of a chain hotel - $9.50/hr. Other chains working overnight $10/hr. In 15 yrs in Pensacola, I have 4 yrs of medical coverage - jobs here don't offer (forget any paid holidays), I average about $18k/yr full time. Crime - I lived in Warrington and eventually sold my home as the crime was out of control during Sheriff Morgan's tenure. Had county commissioner at my home to discuss drug dealing, prostitution, theft, and general trash allowed. He said they way county is set up, sheriff isn't responsible back to commissioners. Sheriff found it easier and profitable to go after tourist at the beach vs the actual crime hot spots. Before you move here, look at the shift in population FROM Escambia County (Pensacola) to other counties. Everyone moving to Santa Rosa. Pensacola newest problem is the homeless camps on Cervantes, Davis Hwy, Mobile Hwy, W St, Jackson St - these are real street with trash from camps and people sleeping on sidewalks. I will soon be moving from this area. Yes Pensacola is in Florida but called 'Lower Alabama'. Last ai heard, Escambia County is the poorest county in FL and had the highest STD rate. You have a decent chance at getting shot at a random drive by. Also Pensacola has US 3rd worst Superfund EPA site that no one is talking about - 3910 N Palafox St.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Hopefully, it will be another ten years before we see another hurricane in our area. I like the idea of naming the storms after serial killers. Nobody is likely to evacuate for a storm named Sally but tell people hurricane Manson or Bundy is coming and people will get the heck out of the way:)
Tons of jobs, you just have to want to work which a lot of people don't! Not sure what you consider low salary but I know a lot of people that do well. Shopping? You can go to destin or orange beach if you are looking for LV...
Retail jobs. Try being an attorney, physician, CPA, chemical or electrical engineer snd getting a job there-only low-paying, retail jobs there. The mall there is a joke-tacky, third-rate stores except for Dillard and Belk.
A con is that the city builds and builds new developments without building the necessary infrastructure to deal with the increased capacity. Plus, developers are out of touch with how much $ people make here like someone said below wages are lower. Wages haven't risen with cost of living. People who make modest incomes are being pushed out in favor of new ugly eye sore developments. We are letting them ruin our neighborhoods by building on every open surface they can and killing the ecology. They said the hurricane damage was worse due to all of the development because those kinds of yards do nothing to stop flood water. It's a mess. I love it here because its historic and it's beautiful. So calm. Great live music community.
The city gov wants us to grow rapidly and act like a big city so they are bringing in all these big city developers. Pensacola isn't a big city, that's what I love about it and what most people love about it. Move to a big city if you want! Pensacola is losing its charm.
I pay 900 a month for my modest home in the tanyard and up all around me they are building 200K homes. They don't even blend in with the neighborhood. We need more nature and community, not studer.
As a Pensacola native since the 70s, born and raised. This is spot on. Pensacola is great, it's old time charm with a beach vibe. Always something to do too.
Where is the cheapest apartments to rent until i get established. I have no credit, but 6 grand in the bank. I need an apartment that will take me without a job. Id pay 3 months ahead so i have enuff time to find a job. I have a cdl so high paying job is easy for me, and eventually i will move to nicer area but for now im happy with cheap ghetto apartments. Can u help me out?
I’m from Puerto Rico! And I really want to try something new. But I can’t live without going to the beach. That’s why I’ve been doing a research about this place. This video helped me a lot!♥️
Conveniently forgot to mention Pensacola has some of the highest crime rates in the entire state, the job wages suck, and the cost of living just keeps going up (but not the wages). This is where old ppl retire or middle income families relocate on military orders or with whatever company they work for. If you're not middle class forget it, otherwise you'll either live in one of the MANY gang-infested ghettos or live in a car
Born in Tucson, AZ, most of my life and currently in Phoenix. Also lived in San Diego from 95 to 2005 or 10 years. Had a beach house rental in Corpus Christi Texas and made the biggest RE mistake by selling it after 8 yrs. Now that I’m 50, I should’ve kept that rental, it would’ve been paid off but it is what it is…. Have about $150K equity here in PHX …. Still want to end up in Texas or Pensacola… my elderly parents still in Tucson so trying to remain close to home but plotting to buy in future
Texas we have perfect weather, lots to do, we're our own little country, we have the coastline that's beautiful, low taxes, and convenient roadways🙂 the heat is the 5th ring of hell but you'll survive 😀
Nice video but ditch the selfie stick. The moving camera is distracting. Make the camera stationary, move it occasionally, change the zoom in editing to mix it up.
Freedom boat club is pretty cool. Check that out or just google boat rentals. My brother and sister in law rented a pontoon last year, was pretty cool.
I lived in south east Florida only, I have traveled all over and am lookin for affordable place to live: 200k preferably more like 100-150k I’m not rich. And they are price gouging bad. Selling 150k homes for 400k in 2 years time it’s ridiculous. I hope the housing crashes and I’ll buy its criminal what they are doing with prices.
How are the drivers!? The Tampa police doesn’t have enough people to patrols the maniac drivers Lookin got leave this overpriced city but I love the beach. Been in Tampa, FL off and on 20 years. Do they offer services like Uber and Lyft there? Door dash? How are the rent prices. I lived in PHX and it was horrible and PHX has horrible Mexican food lol 😂 ( no offense) I lived in San Diego and LA and they have great Mexican food
Thanks for watching and the comment. Drivers here are just chilling, haha. Yes there are Uber, Lyft and door dash and all those companies. Not sure where you had mexican food in Phx but I will have to disagree with ya on that one, lol.
Sorry if this was posted in one of the previous 800 comments but the elephant in the room for me is the homeowner insurance. One must factor in the higher premium that would otherwise pay for a home with $100k more value. In the event of a hurricane, I have read reports that the storm surge flooding is not covered but is what is generally responsible for most of the damage. Is that true? Somebody please correct me on this if untrue. We love Florida and plan to visit Pensacola but personally consider the insurance issue a relevant “con” while on the topic of real estate.
Hey Mike, when this video was made, insurance wasn't an issue but you nailed the nail on rather head. Insurance is crazy but there are things getting in place to help that, thank goodness
Lived here for 6 months on navy base, will be moving back in 4 years. This place is gorgeous. It’s everything you want, big city, small city, good bars (badlands #1), New Orleans and Biloxi were awesome. Does have some military a holes but take that over a ghetto city. West of P’cola can be somewhat scary but honestly enjoyed every second of this florida city.
This guy is nuts! On the cons the worst this is not so much the heat, it's the humidity! There is nothing like the constant smell of MOLD in that town. I lived there for 6 years and every frickin' day, the smell of mold!
I'm from Pensacola, the con I don't like is they build houses in neighborhoods with ridiculous prices. Many folks can't afford to live in there areas due to increase of property taxes.
Thanks for watching. At the current time there are 136 properties under $200,000 in Pensacola alone. While I do agree with your statement there are still many affordable places :)
Thanks for the comment......Alabama is actually to the west and north of Pensacola. Right under pensacola is the Gulf of Mexico. Appreciate you watching
Crime is everywhere in the world. I wouldn't say there is more crime here than in a major city...not even close. There can be hurricanes and there are alligators up in the country. I have never seen one here though
Don't forget about the toll roads .... those can be costly and will shock you if you don't know about them ahead of time. -- Traffic everyone always mentions traffic, come live up here in B'ham the traffic is crazy stupid .... from Florida line up to B'ham the accidents are just crazy, I guess it's because it's a one way in and one way out of Florida so all the traffic flows right on through .... with a lot of bumps .... All the times I have been down there the traffic to me was never an issue at all...maybe I am just used to it......"Shrugs"
Thanks for watching, we only have 1 toll here and is very avoidable. Most people don't even use it. Traffic is a breeze here unless trying to get to the beach during the peak season.
My wife and I lived in Pensacola for 5 1/2 years and we hated it. Couldn't wait to move... The housing market has gone up. The crime has gone up... You can't tell what's the ghetto from the middle class... We moved 50 mins away and found a way better house for cheaper the price. The only thing we miss is how late restaurants stayed opened.
As a Life Long Resident I'll share everything there is to know about living in Pensacola & The Emerald Coast. I'll share all the great things and the not so great things too. I hope you enjoy the video and subscribe to see the next one.
Thanks this was great! I plan on moving to Pensacola soon. I thought I heard you say your a real estate agent. If you are it would be great to talk to you and gets some information. Appreciate it!
Thank you for making this
I am confused. How are you a life long resident yet in the video you say clear you never heard of it till you moved there and you are from the desert in Arizona? That makes zero sense my guy.
@@Reacherthebreacher what do you mean
I've read that crime is on the rise... this is a big deterrent for my wife and I to move there. Is this accurate?
Moving to your beautiful city in April 2023 To become semi retired and as a Navy and Army I truly believe this will be perfect for me!!!! I’m so excited!!
I am thinking to get in April 2023, I worked in the Ecuadorian Navy as Academic Coordinator and hope to meet you and get a friendship
Wow nice! If ever you need anything... Call me at 850-637-8622
My wife and I vacationed in that area in 2015.Perdido Key to be exact, we instantly fell in love with the place and decided that when we retire that's where we want to be.
I love Perdido
I moved to Pensacola, Florida in November and i love it. I have a daughter with special needs and they are so amazing with accommodating her with all of her needs I will never leave Pensacola.
Awesome, thank you for the comment. If there is anything we can ever do, let us know. I love it as well.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Me and my family we love Greek food is there a nice Greek restaurant around here?
I'm from Atlanta, but I use to go fishing there all the time. Do they still have the little kids amusement park on, I think it's Palafox?
@@lifendeathchzlife5159 we have a place call Fun City me and my kids love it.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida
If you live there and traffic and parking are a hassle - how is public transportation or bicycling?
Glad I found this!! I'm retired and my wife is about to retire. We are considering moving there from San Antonio.
Awesome! You will love it here.
Pls don't its not so
I'd say the views are fair enough. Didn't mention that you can watch the Blue Angels rehearse 3-4 days a week.
Watching the video i noticed several clips were not from Pensacola .
Also we are in the top 10 cities for the worst water quality in the country. Plus we have like 8 superfund sites so....
I haven't grown an extra arm or anything, lol.....You can get water delivered to your house for very inexpensive.
i am considering moving to pensacola and i found this video very helpful
It’s gets cold in the winter . Great video
Thanks for watching
Found this vedio extremely helpful. Where are some homes for sale exactly here?
Thanks for watching. Please feel free to reach out and we can get you any info you need.
I came from Phoenix too. You forgot to mention how bad the public schools are here.
Schools are bad everywhere. We have some great schools here. Thanks for watching
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Pensacola has no even one good public HS. The good ones are outside of the city, Cantonment *Tate*, Milton, Pace, Navarre and Gulf Breeze.
Not to mention The Drugs and crime rate. People getting shot and killed every day. And being a father of 4 kids living in Pensacola I can tell you the schools are vary bad. Also The homeless number is far more then it should be. The Panhandlers have taken over areas of this town to the point its hard to even walk into a grocery store without people begging for change. Don't get me wrong Pensacola has some Pros but the Cons are far more then the Pros. Hoping to move out of the town soon so my children have a chance at a decent Education.
@@brisdadmatt11 thanks for the info!!
Looks like a fabulous place - thanks for sharing!
Thank you David, it truly is a fabulous place
Stay put sir
My son has Autism. So I like Pensacola because he loves the beach & it's not so big and heavily trafficked like PCB or Miami. Its kid/family friendly.
We have a great community for ya'll:)
Thank you so much for sharing! Really appreciate the video :)
Glad it was helpful!
The best band in Pensacola is KALIUGA!!!
Their ep, TROUBLED DAUGHTERS, came out yesterday! Check them out! They’re on Spotify and all that jazz, even TH-cam!
Where do ya'll play?
Oh no this was made before sally. RIP new bridge.
I know.....;(
Greetings from Malaysia ! Thanks Tim for the video. It sure enhances our knowledge of Pensacola. Hope to invest in Pensacola and contact you on this.
Wow awesome. Thanks and hope to hear from you.
In general, are allergies bad in Pensacola?
The pollen gets bad. Thanks for the question:)
Yep Affordable compared to Utah. Try to find anything under 600k, Any jobs there? We're tring to keep people out of here.
I'm going to move to pensacola in March.. What is the most common crime ? And what neighborhood is good to live in?
Awesome, if there is anything I can do to help let me know. Unfortunately I can't say what is good or bad but I can help you find a place to live ;)
No where by the projects
Can you expand on the weather, particularly compared to San Diego and time of year?
I lived in SoCal all my life and it can be very different depending on exactly where you live because of all the microclimates here.
I live in Ventura, which is almost exactly like SD weather wise, very mild winters/summers with low humidity even when the cities 35 miles over are +- 20 degrees
Both times I have visited Pensacola, I got lucky and the weather was nice with low humidity so it's hard to judge.
Pensacola is on my short list of places to move to and I'm going to be visiting this November again to try and make a decision.
Hi Mario, thanks for watching. I lived in San Diego for years as well. In my opinion the weather is pretty similar except it gets a little more humid here. It doesn't get too cold for too long and too hot for too long.
We would love to show you around and answer any questions when you come in town.
From about April 1st to October 1st you can expect 85-90F and 75% or over humidity. It's truly dreadful unless you're heading to the beach. Most of the time you're sweating just by stepping outside because of the humidity. That said, it's wonderful for beach days, there's plenty of wonderful nature areas, and downtown is great.
@@zykarionng6633 keeps you younger the sweating🤗
The weather in Pcola is nothing like the weather in San Diego. In the summer you sweat at midnight if you step out for 2 minutes. The humidity even makes our mild winter seem much colder because it seeps thru your clothes right to your bones .
Does Pensacola have:
Thai food?
Cuban food?
Some of the best Thai food, Vietnamese. I have not found much Cuban except great Cuban sandwiches.
You forgot the sand castle competition
I love a good sand castle competition...San Diego used to have killer ones
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida yeah the last time I went I was like 10 with my dad but haven’t been back since because I will be hit with emotions because my dad passed away when I was 12
I lived in pensacola most of my life one thing I couldn't stand was rude tourist. and hurricanes especially ivan it destroyed everything we owned pensacola is a huge tourist destination they said only like one person died but that was false I saw an entire truck filled with bodies and I knew someone who worked at sacred heart and said every morgue in the pensacola milton and gulf brezze area was filled so bad that bodies where staked outside the morgues.they said only one person died because the area is a tourist spot and that's where the money is ..
Can't stand rude people in general, lol
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To much crime ask Chief Simmons
From what I know most of the crime is gang on gang or petty car thieves.
Pensacola is a good place
yes it is!
Godzilla is out there and he’s living there and we don’t know why
Do you know anyone that works at Apex Cybernetics. I would love to interview them ;)
Americans are superb at taking beautiful, unspoiled places and over-publicizing them which in turn brings more and more people thereby spoiling the reason the place was great in the first place. Pensacola is one such place. I cringe every time I see one of those "10 Best!" articles that has Pensacola on it. Do we have to turn this place into Ft. Lauderdale?
Oh, and while I'm at it, why does the host of this video claim in the text above to be a "life-long resident" but in the video he says he's lived in Phoenix and San Diego? If you've lived anywhere else in the country, you're not a life-long resident of where you were born (if indeed he was eve born here).
Proponents of Pensacola often focus solely on the many good points of the city while downplaying the very real negative aspects. Our homeless problem gets worse every month. Traffic is horrible - a teenage computer geek could program the traffic lights better than whichever nitwit is responsible now. Speaking of traffic, it's bad all around town - Davis Highway, Nine Mile Road(!), Michigan, Fairfield...the list goes on. It's like friggin' Manhattan here - inexplicably!
Pensacola...yeah, beautiful city...great place to live...unless you want to drive out to the beach on the weekend. So let's publicize the area and make *more* people want to move here! Good plan.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Beautiful places like this unfortunately end up growing more than most people want them to.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida that’s the thing, this place is grown to capacity now. Do not need or want anymore growth. Period
The fact that you are from San Diego and love it is what makes my heart sing🤩
People from CA think it's better here but I'm trying to convince my husband that Florida is the place for is weather wise and politically
Don't get me wrong, I love San Diego but Pensacola and this area is phenomenal. The people, culture, beaches and lifestyle are great. Yu should definitely come check it out. This area is different than south Florida.
I was born in San Diego and used to live in Pensacola (at the whim of my mom who moved us all over). I'd be happy to settle down in either location if I could afford it. Mission Beach and Pensacola Beach are the fun giant bath tubs of my childhood. Equally gorgeous.
We loved Pensacola. Biggest Con for us though were the wages. Companies tend to not pay very well thus you have a lot of neighborhoods which need a lot of tlc. I have lived all over the country and I would say that issue is fairly common for beach cities. My wife and I only moved in order to find higher paying jobs. I agree with the location. Only 10 hours to Dallas or Houston, 12 to San Antonio, 5 to Jacksonville, 5 to Atlanta, and about 6.5 to Nashville. Another con though is that traveling by air from Pensacola tends to be a bit pricey.
Thanks Terry....
Earn more.
I agree but Pcola's economy is structured for young Navy families and the Navy paycheck.
This is so true. I moved away from Pensacola for a better opportunity and my income quadrupled. Growing up there, I never realized how economically depressed it was until I moved away. Now when I go back to visit, all I notice are the things Pensacola lacks compared to other cities.
Saville Quarter!!! The mini French Quarter. Navarre has the longest pier in the US. Maybe the world. And this is the extension of Cajun food area. Plus tons O seafood. Joe Patties is da bomb.
Great comment, thanks @old gamer dufe
I guess you can add Godzilla attacks to that list of cons now
Lol
This place is horrible. Don't move here. High unemployment, too many homeless people for a small town and there's also big city crime and traffic in a small place.
Sorry to hear you don't like it here. This is a great place...
it's really not. Only a person who hasn't been away from here would think it's great.
@@Jedi_Luke Lived there 3 years, and it was miserable 😢
Cons of living in Gulf Breeze: the constant traffic, the bridge not being fixed yet.
I'm with ya. I live in East Hill land now my commute is so long when it used to be so short.
My uncle moved to Florida at 22 and hadn’t left since. He always shared that love to me and now at 21 Im making that same move to Florida.
These videos really help me weigh which town is the one for me!
Awesome
Pls tell me which cities you like there.. thanks
This city is great for older people in my opinion. If you are young and would like to have a lot of resources for you and your family this is not the place. I like Pensacola because the beach’s remind me of home in San Diego California, but it is definitely for older people. Great vid, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching and the comment. I lived in SD for a while, loved it....bartended downtown
that is true but pensacola Beach is party central but once you go over the bridge gulf brezze is all retirement and rich neighborhoods.
Everybody gangsta until a big radioactive lizard starts attacking.
We are a conservative town. Born and raised. If you come.. come conservative. Your Welcome!
Thanks for watching :)
Dont let it get ruined by the left. Look what happened to other states.
Im from CA and I couldn't agree more we are looking to move there for that same reason and hope to help keep it that way!!
@@realityobserver7521 Welcome to the panhandle of Florida! We love GOD COUNTRY AND FAMILY..WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU SIR!
Eww conservatives
An honest con not mentioned is the lack of affordable housing and/or lack of jobs that pay enough to afford the average housing cost. While it is true that the average housing cost in Pensacola is relatively low, it is also true that the average wages in Pensacola are too low to afford the available housing.
Thank you for watching and commenting. There actually is quite a bit of affordable housing. We are actually going to do a video on that next week. Also according to the US Census Bureau, Escambia county has a median household income of $48,000. I think that is pretty good. There are tons of jobs here!
Affordable housing? Uhhhh. It’s way more affordable then the west coast. Houses over there are a dream.
@@_ForestFae_ true
YES
While there are jobs, high paying professional jobs are in short supply, although that situation is improving in recent years. A great many college graduates have to move away to make use of their degrees.
I plan on moving in January after I graduate undergrad and this video was recommended to me. So TH-cam is listening to me.
Join the moving to Florida group on fb! Tons of discussions
Yep
You know how the government is...
@@iMr.Jetpacks the government isn’t TH-cam my guy
@@allisontallantmcculley1047 you're crazy if you don't think the government has its hands in all media platforms... my girl.
Keep in mind this was made right before the 3 mile got knocked out
Bro tell me about it....The bridge being out has been a major impact on people....Sucks, made us realize how much we take the bridge for granted...
Fr I work at the neighborhood market in gulfbreeze I gota take garcon point bridge every day to get to work now so do most of my coworkers and it makes it like and extra 30 mins
The main bridge is out?
we bought that bridge from wish
Great video... hit all the high spots. Love the editing and b.g. music. Would like to see one feature other Pensacola "Pro's", like our fast rising University of West Florida, our outstanding health care facilities; and our great and conveniently located airport that offers non-stop flights to Denver, Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and 15 other major cities.
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So true, there are plenty of things I left off just for the sake of time. Thank you for bringing up a few great points ;)
Lol🤪😥
They just added LGA in NYC too finally!
Moved here in August off ft Pickens - the people! The people here are the sweetest! People just start having conversations with you - that didn’t happen in St. Louis where I moved from. The nature is goregous - the beaches - the monarchs migrating - there’s millions of them in my backyard! It’s truly a magical place and I can’t see myself happier anywhere else
Yes, love it!
Just moved here. God wants me and my mom here. The plane trips were so smooth and everything fell into place on the day of the flight, and the months leading to moving day... it just fell into place. I'm in ferry pass.
We are glad you are here. Thanks for watching.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida me and my mom need to find a pet friendly rental in ferry pass... asap. Monthly to 6 month lease max. Until she gets a mortgage
I have lived here twice due to being Navy. The city had a better feel back in 05-08. Now it is just an old retirement city geared towards drinking more than anything. If you don’t enjoy alcohol then Pensacola doesn’t offer much else. Pensacola Beach sucks (I have lived all over the world) Orange Beach /Destin is much better. There is NO diversity of people or tastes. There is NO viable nightlife other than a few places downtown. The logistical layout of the city is horrible, you can’t get anywhere fast. This is truck/beer/boat/old money/retirement/slow living country. It’s way more Alabama than Florida. Best things are warm weather, lack of random crime, seafood, and pretentious. You can roll right out of bed and wear whatever you had on, and fit right in. Put on something nice and expect weird looks.
I feel bad that you have such a bad taste in your mouth. Hopefully you don't live here and you are happily living somewhere else.....This is a great place with new young money, young thriving people and families.
The best pro of living here is:
GODZILLA'S PENSACOLA THEME
Its coming!
Yesss indeed!
What godzilla pensacola theme?
@@areallyusefulengine2764 Godzilla attacks Pensacola in the GvK movie and his theme was dubbed Pensacola, Florida
I love it here in Pensacola! One of the downsides to me, the crime is starting to get pretty rampant. Also you cant go hardly anywhere without someone asking you for money
Thansk for watching brother
That’s due to all the over development. The keep building and no infrastructure for it
@@kleinster99 I agree
Yes Pensacola used to be a more conservative, peaceful and productive community, drugs undesirables moved in, living in the street, but oh not politically correct. Truly sad.
@@byronmouton9527 democrats escaping their failed democratic states flocking here. The problem is, some keep voting that same BS that they are escaping from. Talk about the dumbest people on Earth, Democrats take that prize hands down.
Also why didn't you mention in the cons the hurricanes, the flooding, the tornadoes, the alligators and sharks, the mosquitos, noseeums, the horseflies, the rising crime rate, the lack of jobs, the lack of competitive job pay, and the horrible schools???? Housing costs are through the roof as well. I grew up there so I would know😒
Thanks for the comment
I was so happy about moving until I read this comment 😔 I guess I was wanting to believe the bugs aren't as awful in Pensacola 😒
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That’s all common sense 🤦♀️
Just depends on what part you go to. Tell these people to be careful cause there are some dangerous parts too bro.
where? I’m considering Pensacola as well
Thanks for watching and commenting....Like I have said, just like any city there are parts that may have more crime than others. I always recommend for people to check with the local police department if they are concerned about a certain area.
Where you thinking of moving to....I can answer questions for you
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida we were thinking of moving to the Southwest side of Pensacola or the Pace area...what is your take on both of these? I've tried to do some research and cannot find much info. Thanks 😏
@@heatherclark5219 pace is a separate city and county, if you weren’t aware 😄
Why didn't you mention Cajun food or Joe Patties???? And as far as traffic, Have ya been on I10 in LA? That is traffic. Or in Destin during season? With the construction? Yes I live in Midway. Lived in Niceville and Desin. This place is awesome.
Oh forgot about Crab Island.
I will be doing a lot more videos on food, haha
Me and my wife are in the navy and getting stationed in pensacola in 5 weeks! We can’t wait!! Lived in Massachusetts for most of our lives so this will be a breath of fresh air
Thank you for your service. If there is anything we can do please don't hesitate.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida thank you !
I used to live in CT 7 years ago when i moved down here with my wife, i don't think i could ever live up north again, the people are nicer, the traffik is so nice down here, like what they consider traffik up north we consider a very nice drive. The beaches are great the rivers are so much fun, you are gonna have a blast
Hi from England! I've been about 20 times to Pensacola, lovely place, people and a brilliant way of life. Not so many cons about this place. My parents even own property in Pensacola, hopefully we'll all get over there again when Covid is over.
Hey hey, that's cool.
Here's some truth about Pensacola from someone who has lived here most of their life:
•If you're not already wealthy or a member of one of the elite families that run Pensacola don't move here, you won't be able to find work that pays much more than minimum wage out the gate. •Pensacola has the worst surfers in the world because we have some of the worst surf possible.
•Downtown might be a decent size but there's literally nothing to do downtown, it's nothing like downtown in a real city. Downtown Pensacola literally consists of like 3 bars, 6 restaurants (including Subway).
•Gallery night is nothing, they block a small section of a street and sell over-priced street beers
•The bridge was already destroyed a couple months after it opened, our economy is currently suffering big time because the bridge is out, Gulf Breeze is turning into a ghost town when that's where all the money is around here.
•We don't have a lot of festivals, we have like two, the crawfish festival and seafood festival and the entirety of those festivals is paying 12-20 bucks for entry into said festival and the ability to spend even more money on over priced soggy hushpuppies.
•There's zero culture in this town, we have one performing arts theater. We have four kinds of restaurants: overpriced seafood (why is Gulf caught seafood SOOOO expensive when you're literally eating on the Gulf?), garbage Mexican restaurants, fast food and actual good restaurants that the community won't support so they go under in a year.
•Don't move here. He's really making it sound SO much better than it actually is.
Pensacola is honestly a terrible place to live, has been my entire life.
•Be careful, a lot of people move here and get stuck never to leave again. This place is an economic black hole. You'll find a decent place live, sure it's overpriced for what you're getting but you're just happy to have found a spot. Your job has no room for growth because everyone who makes any real money at the company you work for has an under qualified nephew who needs a job. Now you're stuck making 12 bucks an hour for a job you're wildly over qualified for while your rent gets steadily raised if you live anywhere affordable until you barely make enough to survive, no hope of ever saving up any money to move to a real city.
•If you're one of those types of people who has to make money to survive this is a terrible town for you. If you're already wealthy (like...really wealthy) and want to live near a pretty beach...there are much better options.
I'm sure you represented your experience in Pensacola (clear to any locals you embellished pretty hard for the video) but if you come from a working class family this will not be your experience.
Just wanted to add some honest balance for anyone watching this video.
Thank you cause this place is so boring I live in here 5 years now ready to leave cost of living is cheaper to what I'm use to in miami but pensacola is not for me
You nailed it to a T
Thanks for watching. I'm sorry you feel that way and I completely disagree with you with everything you are saying. I am not from here, no ties to money here and have worked my butt off. So if you want to work, there are jobs and money to be made. Sounds like you need to move to Portland, lol....
I completely agree!
I was waiting the con of the city being overrun by homeless people. Because it is!
Thanks for watching. I think overrun is a little much but with the new homeless thing they are doing and getting them in the same place and hoping to get them into shelters I think it will help. Under the 110 now looks a little crazy, I will agree with that.
"fur babies" is one of the cringiest things in the early 21st century
This was a good review,I'm a local,Joe Patty needed to be mentioned,it's the best place to get seafood to eat or prepare yourself they have a wine shop also,it's on the water on Main St. and yes this place makes it hard to want to live anywhere else love my town!
I will be doing a video on Joe Pattis by itself....it deserves that because it is so good. Thanks for watching
I went to Joe patty over a weekend when I was working nearby on an assignment in Mobile AL and boy was that shrimp delicious.
Shhhhh there are somethings we need to keep quite
slammed by hurricanes and cold as sh^t in the winter
You clearly have not lived in the Midwest lol, I choose hurricanes over tornado/ blizzard alley, just my opinion
@@Peacesoulution I am from Indiana :-) Now transplanted to southern Fl
@@Cam-wi3tpso you do know, from Chicago, heard from family it’s -24 today 🥶
I'm a Floridian I've gone through a blizzard and tornado while I was in the military up north, I would choose a Hurricane anyday we get like 3 months advance warning lot easier to prepare.
Thanks for watching and commenting. This was the first hurricane that slammed this area in over 15 years and if you think this is cold as sh*t you should go up north, lol.....yes it does get cold here but not for the whole winter
The weather is nice, really nice only several months of the year. The humidity is a bear, muggy and buggy. In May come the horrible yellow flies for several months, then its July and hot, unbearably hot and or tons of rain. Then come the biting flies in July and jellyfish and that is that, unless another horrific hurricane blows through, just saying.....! Beaches are beautiful when conditions are favorable.
You nailed it
Thanks for watching. I have to disagree with you. I don't find the humidity is a bear, muggy or buggy. Go to south Florida and compare that. I do agree the biting flies can be annoying but they have spray for those things, lol....Jellyfish are bad for a very short period and last year was the first horrific hurricane in over 15 years.....just saying
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida I am very familiar with South Florida and my daughter lives in Miami so we agree to disagree. Summer here is worse than in Miami!
My wife and I used to live on Maui, too expensive to retire there, moved to Austin, Texas, but just purchased a small lot near Sacred Heart Hospital and plan to build a home there in 2022 - love the downtown nightlife; the area beaches make us forget Maui; strong sense of community, conservative values and Blue Wahoos baseball make it an incredible place to call our future home! Great video - shared it with friends and hit that like button, too
Wow you're being fooled
@@cailyajones3173 how so?
This man said weather is the number 1 con 🤨 man i done seen my dog get shot on FB live body laying on the concrete it dateline in 85
Sorry to hear that bro...
i lived in pensacola for 5 years, i would say your con about the food is spot on. if you like seafood you'll be in heaven but there's hardly any variety of mexican food. also the traffic on hwy 98 is ridiculous and they need to add more lanes. with that said though, i have been all over the world and i still miss pensacola, i may move back some day.
Nice! I appreciate your comment. Yes, Pensacola is an nice,great and awesome place to live. If there is anything u need I'm always here to help ya :)
Traffic is brutal especially if you are in one of these neighborhoods out near Perdido Key. I have literally had to wait 15 minutes to turn left onto Gulf Beach Highway to go east into town.
I've lived in Pensacola off and on since 1986. Great fishing and that's about all. Rarely go to the beach and I hate Pensacola Beach. Locals don't go to Pensacola Beach. The cons of weigh the pros in my opinion. He said the weather was a pro, I say wait until hurricane season, then tell me what you think. Also Pensacola isn't business friendly in my opinion.
Thanks for watching. Sorry you feel that way about Pensacola Beach. I have never heard of a local not going to Pensacola Beach. Every local I know loves it. Since I have lived here I have never had to worry about hurricanes except this past year with Sally. It depends on what kind of business you are referring to. I know a lot of business owners and there are a lot of resources here to help new and existing business' be successful.
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida please do this video again you missed the biggest con the hurricanes is major con
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Florida did not have active hurricane like in the 1990's but the entire area is prone to hurricanes regardless of your location
Thanks for watching and the comment. I disagree as I have been here for 10 years and sally was the first hurricane. So for it to be the biggest con.....
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida You can disagree as much as you like BUT the fact of the matter is that statistically you will get a hurricane here sooner or later maybe u got some hard storms you prob dont count as direct hit a hurricane but I double that was ONLY storm that hit that area!
I’ve been in Pensacola all my life and the beach is not the beach anymore. Between hotels and business and no sand dunes things have changed dramatically. I don’t enjoy the beach anymore. It’s still beautiful and nice when the tourists aren’t around. But then again I’ve lived here for 40 years. Awesome video man. Good info for people whom visit man.
Thanks for sharing! I appreciate your comment. :) I've lived here for years now and I'm loving every minute of it. still do... :)
I don’t even go over there anymore. Haven’t been in 20 years and don’t ever plan on going. Not ever again. I’m 63, my wife is 63 and both of us knew what it was like for us in our teenage years/20s etc. it was 100% better. We could ride three wheelers on the beach back then, we could ride horses, 4x4.
Over at what is called Fort McRee, you still could all the way to the very end and you could stand and see Fort Pickens. My mothers side of the family has been here for 4 generations. Not my fathers side. What I tell people I am an accident.
The only reason I was born here is my dad was a Navy captain during the Korean War and after the war he got stationed here and met my mom and she got pregnant with me after they met one night at a Marine/Navy Officers Ball. They got married. My dad is, well was from NW Montana. Beautiful little town of Eureka.
Which I have a lot of family in Northwest Montana and SW Montana and I go back quite often. I don’t work here, never have except when I was a teenager. I work in North Dakota Montana and Wyoming and I much prefer that and I prefer the weather. I have a home I inherited over off Scenic Highway, I rent out to a cousin of mine that is a helicopter pilot offshore in Louisiana.
@@garlandremingtoniii4679 yup, they’ve over developed it and keep on building. Our beaches and Land are disappearing.
I’ll trade you the beach for a bunch of cornfields I live around
@@garlandremingtoniii4679 Well ,that's inevitable with ever increasing human population on this planet until we find out another planet or people start thinking outside their chicken heads and stop having more kids.
Thanks for telling the pros and cons, me and my family or moving to Pensacola soon and I just needed first before going btw im 11 years old
I appreciate it. Thank you! You guys will love it here.
Dont do it , more the. 50 percent of people here are junkies and this place is TERRIBLE ..... And ima pensacola native and my grandfather is the founder of Pensacolas search and rescue ....this place is Florida's septic tank
Moved to Pensacola 15 yrs ago. I have a BBA in Marketing and minor in Geography and French.
Jobs here, you must know someone to get a good paying job.
I am still seen as an outside. NFCU hired me at $13/hr with exceeds expectations on their Performance reports. Worked there 4 yrs until I was placed in a satellite location and get sick - alot of building have mould here and I have COPD. The building has been condemned but was still used. Had to leave on a work injury - mould cause alot of illness.
Got some hotel jobs. Offered Asst Gen Mgr of a chain hotel - $9.50/hr.
Other chains working overnight $10/hr.
In 15 yrs in Pensacola, I have 4 yrs of medical coverage - jobs here don't offer (forget any paid holidays), I average about $18k/yr full time.
Crime - I lived in Warrington and eventually sold my home as the crime was out of control during Sheriff Morgan's tenure. Had county commissioner at my home to discuss drug dealing, prostitution, theft, and general trash allowed. He said they way county is set up, sheriff isn't responsible back to commissioners. Sheriff found it easier and profitable to go after tourist at the beach vs the actual crime hot spots.
Before you move here, look at the shift in population FROM Escambia County (Pensacola) to other counties. Everyone moving to Santa Rosa.
Pensacola newest problem is the homeless camps on Cervantes, Davis Hwy, Mobile Hwy, W St, Jackson St - these are real street with trash from camps and people sleeping on sidewalks.
I will soon be moving from this area. Yes Pensacola is in Florida but called 'Lower Alabama'. Last ai heard, Escambia County is the poorest county in FL and had the highest STD rate. You have a decent chance at getting shot at a random drive by.
Also Pensacola has US 3rd worst Superfund EPA site that no one is talking about - 3910 N Palafox St.
Hurricane season should have been a CON.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I have lived here almost 10 years and have not had to worry about hurricanes until this year......
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Hopefully, it will be another ten years before we see another hurricane in our area. I like the idea of naming the storms after serial killers. Nobody is likely to evacuate for a storm named Sally but tell people hurricane Manson or Bundy is coming and people will get the heck out of the way:)
This has been the worst hurricane season here ever. It was pretty bad back in the 90's as well.
Major Cons: no jobs, no professional culture, very low salaries, and bad shopping.
Tons of jobs, you just have to want to work which a lot of people don't! Not sure what you consider low salary but I know a lot of people that do well. Shopping? You can go to destin or orange beach if you are looking for LV...
Retail jobs. Try being an attorney, physician, CPA, chemical or electrical engineer snd getting a job there-only low-paying, retail jobs there.
The mall there is a joke-tacky, third-rate stores except for Dillard and Belk.
They have awesome flee market rain or shine..I myself rented a table for $10 all day and sold all my dresses I made myself
@@anitacampos5657 so flea markets are important to you. That explains why you like Pensacola. 🙄
A con is that the city builds and builds new developments without building the necessary infrastructure to deal with the increased capacity. Plus, developers are out of touch with how much $ people make here like someone said below wages are lower. Wages haven't risen with cost of living. People who make modest incomes are being pushed out in favor of new ugly eye sore developments. We are letting them ruin our neighborhoods by building on every open surface they can and killing the ecology. They said the hurricane damage was worse due to all of the development because those kinds of yards do nothing to stop flood water. It's a mess. I love it here because its historic and it's beautiful. So calm. Great live music community.
The city gov wants us to grow rapidly and act like a big city so they are bringing in all these big city developers. Pensacola isn't a big city, that's what I love about it and what most people love about it. Move to a big city if you want! Pensacola is losing its charm.
I pay 900 a month for my modest home in the tanyard and up all around me they are building 200K homes. They don't even blend in with the neighborhood. We need more nature and community, not studer.
Thank you and I agree the infrastructure does need to catch up. Appreciate you watching.
As a Pensacola native since the 70s, born and raised. This is spot on. Pensacola is great, it's old time charm with a beach vibe. Always something to do too.
Appreciate ya
Where is the cheapest apartments to rent until i get established. I have no credit, but 6 grand in the bank. I need an apartment that will take me without a job. Id pay 3 months ahead so i have enuff time to find a job. I have a cdl so high paying job is easy for me, and eventually i will move to nicer area but for now im happy with cheap ghetto apartments. Can u help me out?
Our family always enjoy the flyovers and practice of the Blue Angels.
So awesome
I’m from Puerto Rico! And I really want to try something new. But I can’t live without going to the beach. That’s why I’ve been doing a research about this place. This video helped me a lot!♥️
I'm with ya, this is a great place.
If you don't move to pensacola then move to Miami with meeeee. Hahaha I want a roomate to move to miami
# 1 Con - The worst drivers in America
# 2 Con - Skanska barges
HAHA, you should try driving in a large city with over 5 Million people... This place is a breeze
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida after living in pensacola for 5 years and moving away to a bigger city... you are 100% correct lol
I have to agree. I love Pensacola but the worst drivers anywhere I've lived. Including big cities of Dallas and Atlanta
Come to Orlando and deal with dickheads with NY and NJ License plates. You'll STHU then and be thankful for Pensacola drivers.
Conveniently forgot to mention Pensacola has some of the highest crime rates in the entire state, the job wages suck, and the cost of living just keeps going up (but not the wages). This is where old ppl retire or middle income families relocate on military orders or with whatever company they work for. If you're not middle class forget it, otherwise you'll either live in one of the MANY gang-infested ghettos or live in a car
Thanks for watching and the comment :)
Born in Tucson, AZ, most of my life and currently in Phoenix. Also lived in San Diego from 95 to 2005 or 10 years. Had a beach house rental in Corpus Christi Texas and made the biggest RE mistake by selling it after 8 yrs. Now that I’m 50, I should’ve kept that rental, it would’ve been paid off but it is what it is…. Have about $150K equity here in PHX …. Still want to end up in Texas or Pensacola… my elderly parents still in Tucson so trying to remain close to home but plotting to buy in future
Awesome.
Texas we have perfect weather, lots to do, we're our own little country, we have the coastline that's beautiful, low taxes, and convenient roadways🙂 the heat is the 5th ring of hell but you'll survive 😀
@@farfetched9296 Perfect weather ? HA!
The seafood is fabulous
No it's not!! Most restaurants serve frozen seafood!!
@@bettybryant7509 BS
Lookin 2 move to Pensacola fl from ohio in 2 weeks having trouble locating a house for rent
Did you move to Pensacola? I'm in Ohio and it looks nice there
Nice video but ditch the selfie stick. The moving camera is distracting. Make the camera stationary, move it occasionally, change the zoom in editing to mix it up.
Thanks man
Hi, any artistic music friendly areas? 😁
I’m in L.A. currently (zombie apocalypse here)!
Lots of great music around.
What place would you recomend renting boats from? I want to check out an abandoned Battery in Pensacola near Robertson Island.
Freedom boat club is pretty cool. Check that out or just google boat rentals. My brother and sister in law rented a pontoon last year, was pretty cool.
I lived in south east Florida only, I have traveled all over and am lookin for affordable place to live: 200k preferably more like 100-150k I’m not rich. And they are price gouging bad. Selling 150k homes for 400k in 2 years time it’s ridiculous. I hope the housing crashes and I’ll buy its criminal what they are doing with prices.
We can help you. Call me
How are the drivers!? The Tampa police doesn’t have enough people to patrols the maniac drivers
Lookin got leave this overpriced city but I love the beach. Been in Tampa, FL off and on 20 years. Do they offer services like Uber and Lyft there? Door dash? How are the rent prices. I lived in PHX and it was horrible and PHX has horrible Mexican food lol 😂 ( no offense) I lived in San Diego and LA and they have great Mexican food
Thanks for watching and the comment. Drivers here are just chilling, haha. Yes there are Uber, Lyft and door dash and all those companies. Not sure where you had mexican food in Phx but I will have to disagree with ya on that one, lol.
Sorry if this was posted in one of the previous 800 comments but the elephant in the room for me is the homeowner insurance. One must factor in the higher premium that would otherwise pay for a home with $100k more value. In the event of a hurricane, I have read reports that the storm surge flooding is not covered but is what is generally responsible for most of the damage. Is that true? Somebody please correct me on this if untrue. We love Florida and plan to visit Pensacola but personally consider the insurance issue a relevant “con” while on the topic of real estate.
Hey Mike, when this video was made, insurance wasn't an issue but you nailed the nail on rather head. Insurance is crazy but there are things getting in place to help that, thank goodness
Lived here for 6 months on navy base, will be moving back in 4 years. This place is gorgeous. It’s everything you want, big city, small city, good bars (badlands #1), New Orleans and Biloxi were awesome. Does have some military a holes but take that over a ghetto city. West of P’cola can be somewhat scary but honestly enjoyed every second of this florida city.
Thinking about moving to Pensacola, Florida? One word.....DON'T!
Why would you say that? This is an awesome city....
Why not?
elaborate Betty
This guy is nuts! On the cons the worst this is not so much the heat, it's the humidity! There is nothing like the constant smell of MOLD in that town. I lived there for 6 years and every frickin' day, the smell of mold!
Not sure why you would smell mold, must have your nose in the wrong areas....
Hey, more about the Naval Base and Naval Museum and Perdido Keys would have broaden the pros of this video.
Every time I do these I always think of things I missed....I am going to do a video just on those, thanks
I'm from Pensacola, the con I don't like is they build houses in neighborhoods with ridiculous prices. Many folks can't afford to live in there areas due to increase of property taxes.
Thanks for watching. At the current time there are 136 properties under $200,000 in Pensacola alone. While I do agree with your statement there are still many affordable places :)
Funny how this clown didn't mention Alabama, which is geographically right under Pensacola
Thanks for the comment......Alabama is actually to the west and north of Pensacola. Right under pensacola is the Gulf of Mexico. Appreciate you watching
How is work down there for general contractors? Can you make a decent living? I want to be down there. Lol
You would be so busy....especially if you do good work
As a fellow TH-camr & Gamer, I will say however, the $150/mo Cox wifi is worth it to me being here. Haha! (If its in your neighborhood)
Hahaha, love it....thanks for watching and commenting
North West Pensacola has a horrible litter problem. It's so GROSS!!!
I have never seen a horrible litter problem except at the landfill, ;)
I'm looking into property purchase next year. What areas are high crime? Safety is my #1 priority then beach access🤸
what about the extremely high crime rate ???? more crime there than in a major city. and the hurricanes ? and alligators ?
Crime is everywhere in the world. I wouldn't say there is more crime here than in a major city...not even close. There can be hurricanes and there are alligators up in the country. I have never seen one here though
Don't forget about the toll roads .... those can be costly and will shock you if you don't know about them ahead of time. -- Traffic everyone always mentions traffic, come live up here in B'ham the traffic is crazy stupid .... from Florida line up to B'ham the accidents are just crazy, I guess it's because it's a one way in and one way out of Florida so all the traffic flows right on through .... with a lot of bumps .... All the times I have been down there the traffic to me was never an issue at all...maybe I am just used to it......"Shrugs"
Thanks for watching, we only have 1 toll here and is very avoidable. Most people don't even use it. Traffic is a breeze here unless trying to get to the beach during the peak season.
If those are the cons I'd better buy a house there before too many people discover the area. Thanks for posting.
We would love an opportunity to help in any way we can.
My wife and I lived in Pensacola for 5 1/2 years and we hated it. Couldn't wait to move... The housing market has gone up. The crime has gone up... You can't tell what's the ghetto from the middle class... We moved 50 mins away and found a way better house for cheaper the price. The only thing we miss is how late restaurants stayed opened.
Sorry you had a bad experience.
Good please do not, I repeat, DO NOT MOVE TO PENSACOLA!!!!
Why do you say that? Where do you live? Have you lived here and when? What did you do?
I came here cause this has to do with Godzilla.
When is he coming? Maybe he can do a video with me...
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida he will be in 2024 I think.
If you surf, go to Thunder beach. My Uncle help found that beach back in the 70s.
Thanks.... where is that?
@@LivinginPensacolaFlorida Panama City
If you look up u.s whitest sandy beach it comes up Walton Beach right next door to Pensacola. So same beach basically
The most beautiful beaches....Thanks for watching and commenting