I do like it. I never cross the ditch unless I go to the Town Center/downtown. Being close to the beach is nice. The night life is cool enough. There really is no reason to leave the area at all honestly.
I came down here from South Jersey/Collingswood/Camden County area about 4 years back for a job down here. I previously worked in Philly.
there aint no "night life" at the beach.. what, Ritz..?

beach is terrible.. lacks any culture, diversity, anything.. place is like Kentucky with a beach..



the spot right behind buckets, on 1st.. i forgot the name of it, they change the names of places so much..
(After 11, Late Night, The Grand) They stay open to like 6 or 7, sell alcohol (even malt liquor
) and you can blaze
But these spots be SUPER hood, so they not for everybody. It's funny though, I never seen as much as a fight in the late night spots, nikkas be chilling. Plus all of them got a dirty cop on duty, but he be in uniform. (He's dirty because these operations are illegal and break just about every code there is
)
this cat knows the deal.. the after hours spots, are some of the best spots in Jax.. less knockleheads.. better music.. plus, you don't gotta quit drinking when their clock says 1:50.. btw, alot of them bars set their clocks 15-20min ahead..