Cost of Living in Jacksonville
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6/23/2012
Jacksonville or what is known as the first coast is a great city to live in if you make about $50k a year and you better have the job before you come here as unemployment is really high. If you are on a fixed income I would not recommend the area. Housing costs are high for Florida especially if you rent as are the costs of groceries and gas but electricity rates here are killer. If you run you AC at all below 78 degrees plan on a $400 plus electric bill more if the home is not energy efficient. Summers here can get very hot 100 degrees plus and some of the older homes can not even cool below 80 degrees running the AC full time. I am now on a fixed income and this is the second house I have rented that was foreclosed on. Now I am leaving the area for a lower cost of living area.
Pearl | Jacksonville, FL