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Pensacola, FL is a city located on the northwestern Florida Panhandle. It is known for its beautiful beaches, cultural attractions and historic sites, making it a popular vacation destination. With its small-town atmosphere and rich history, Pensacola has many amenities to offer visitors. From outdoor activities like kayaking and fishing to cultural attractions like the Historic Pensacola Village and the T.T Wentworth Museum of History, there are plenty of fun things to do in this coastal city. Visitors also appreciate the area’s delicious seafood restaurants, unique shops and nightlife venues.
The reviews of Pensacola are overwhelmingly positive with travelers praising its beaches,architecture, cultural attractions and overall charm. People also note that the city is very walkable with friendly people who are happy to tell you about their favorite spots in town. The city is also home to great shopping options including several outlets near downtown. The restaurants in town serve up some truly outstanding seafood dishes that have earned rave reviews from locals and visitors alike. Whether you're looking for an adventure or just a relaxing day on the beach, Pensacola has something for everyone.
based on 72 ReviewsGet to know Pensacola with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Pensacola
The City Is Not A Good Place To Live - 6/17/2021
The review of the person saying there is an infestation of drug addicts in Pensacola is correct. I guess that’s why some of the replies are attacking them for telling it like it is. Lived there for 16 years and finally just gave up on even dealing with that place. You would think with the base and beach there it would be a great family city. What a waste of potential due to them catering to the lowest common denominators.
Another thing you notice is the huge homeless problem. All around the city this can be seen. The reason is because city council uses homeless people to get more money from the state for “Mental health” programs. They actually never even spend the money on it. Guess where it goes? That’s right. They get over A Hundred Thousand Dollars for each homeless person and that is why the city is in no hurry to get rid of them and the crime that they bring.
Even the police are told to basically leave the homeless alone unless they did something really
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Pensacole, Race to the Bottom! - 6/6/2021
The reviewer below, Jason hit the nail on the head. That is why they got all the downvotes and hate.
Anyone that tells it like it is about the city overrun by methheads will get those very methheads and tattooed idiots trying to discredit the truth of what thy said.
They actually ended up proving that person right. They came out of the woodwork to try and defend their dysfunctional addict behavior.
I can tell you I lived in Pensacola for almost 15 years and it truly has gone to hell. The drug use is out of control, the crime is bad and no one cares because anyone who would normally care has given up and left. So all you have are criminals as the majority there now. So like the other person said if you are normal you are the odd one out.
You'll be lucky to meet anyone in Pensacola who doesnt have meth mouth, chainsmokes, drinks excessively and has some kind of self destructive habit.
Thos amazes me since there are decent
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The Truth About Pensacola ...CONTINUED - 2/11/2021
Here is my review (Jason) for some reason Sperling did not put the full review so here is where it left off:
People don’t know how to drive, I would blame this on the constant drugged out state of mind the people that live in Pensacola are in, whether prescription drug or street drug. They always appear to be on some kind of mind altering substances. This is why car accidents are common and police don’t really care to respond to them much.
There are a lot of people in Pensacola that live with their parents well into their 30’s. People of Pensacola really have no pride in anything they do. It’s that simple.
If you drive a nice vehicle, live decent, have morals, dress nice, don’t have tattoos, don’t drink or do drugs then you will not be well liked in Pensacola. Doesn’t really matter what part of town you are in , you will encounter meth heads and other garbage. They literally will be walking in the street at night (right in the middle of the
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Pensacola NOT a good place for decent people - 2/5/2021
This is a truthful and raw review of the REAL Pensacola, not the fluffed up junk others will tell you on here.
First of all I no longer live in Pensacola , so I can review it without pretending it’s a great place.
I lived there for 12 years and have seen it go down the toilet rapidly. There are 2 things that contribute to this decline heavily. The drug addict garbage that inhabit Pensacola and the lowlifes who deal the drugs to them. Of course there are othger factors but these are the 2 main ones.
It used to be great but that was in the past. Now its basically full of drug addicted losers, tatted up trailer trash people, no income or low income housing everywhere you look, trash on the side of the road etc.
Essentially people in Pensacola have ZERO pride in how they take care of themselves so how could you expect them to take pride in the city. Most people are junkies with tattoos or thug wannabes who act ignorant and annoying.
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Please stay away! - 12/24/2018
Pensacola has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country, and downtown is a pretty nice place to be. Those are the only things this place has going for it. The weather is awful, hot and extremely humid most of the year. I know that everyone says that their city has bad drivers, but this place is terrible. I worked for a local government entity so I have much better knowledge than most who live here about things. Car accidents are far to commonplace for a city/county of this size. At least twice a day there is a pedestrian or bicyclist that is run over, on top of the other crashes here. The reason? Pensacola PD and the Escambia Sheriff's office do not enforce traffic laws. They simply do not have the manpower after dealing with all the crime. There have been many times people have had to wait over two hours for an officer to arrive at the scene due to the volume of nonsense they have to deal with. Different police tv shows film in this county year round. Speed limits and turn
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Lots of history...and great beaches nearby! - 12/13/2018
Pensacola is a really nice place to live and visit. The downtown area is very nice. If you like micro brews go to Pensacola Bay brewery and Gulf Coast brewery. Atlas Oyster House during happy hour on .25 cent oyster night is another great stop. Lots of history...Pensacola is the oldest settlement in the State of Florida. Nearby beaches are great...cross the bridge to Pensacola Beach or go west from downtown to Perdido Key.
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Looking for area N FL where we can improve way of - 9/15/2016
Looking to move to Northern Florida we are wanting to go to a place where we have the ability to purchase mobile home or small home for 35000 in auction or foreclosure then to resell for extra income we also want to buy and resell cars in the same manner.
We don't have a lot of money but enough to do something like this so that we can make more money
Pensacola was our Target but it seems like that may not be a place where we can do those two things do you know where we can go in Northern Florida that would be a place we could do this thank
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Sunshine and Sand - 5/22/2016
The quality of life here is very poor. It's hot, humid and sticky almost year round and suprisingly there's still a lot of housing without central air. Bugs and flying insects love it here. They crawl up your sinks, out of your cupboards, and through any cracks they can find. And forget about making a decent living - the State of Florida expects you to live on Sunshine and Sand. The beaches are beautiful but if you want to live there, you better come with a lot of money.
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SoCal to Pensacola - better place to raise kids - 1/28/2016
Just my $0.02 as I relocated a ton growing up, and just came here from Huntington Beach 2 years ago - some of these reviews seem a little jaded.
Pensacola could be considered a small town. I think the City population is about 60K, but tie in outlying areas and it has a sizeable population that supports a lot of commerce and jobs. The downtown is awesome and I was very surprised with I came for the interview. I was expecting more of a run-down, small town feel but a lot of money has moved into the downtown area recently and renovated just about everything. It has a nice pedestrian strip with lots of restaurants/bars, art galleries, and theatres mixed in with the municipal buildings.
I think the schools in Pensacola, or Escambia County overall may be questionable. I spent time in grade school in FL as a kid and the desegregation attempts cause some weird things like bussing kids back and forth to meet quotas. We chose to live in Gulf Breeze which is in neighboring Santa Rosa
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Pensacola, things you need to know - 1/24/2016
First is lack of real jobs. You will not make a lot of money working here. While the beaches are very nice, the crime is very bad. The majority of the crime lies in the fact we have over 15 large housing projects. Pensacola is a very small area and we shouldn't have this much poverty in an area this small. We have a lot of gang activity in these areas and there is no one to counsel young people to keep them away from the streets where drugs and violence rule the day. Pensacola is the 6th most violent small city in the United States. Until we find some way to help at risk young people and find them mentors we will continue to have this problem. The county government is useless. Everyone wants to point their finger at the police for all the crime but this is a community problem. The high cost of living is ridiculous. Rents are sky high and to buy a house you'll overpay what the house is actually worth. You have rich people, lower middle class people and poverty. While the mayor of
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