Ikea coming to Jacksonville

[TimmyB]

TimmyB, you're the man !!! It's always rather amazing to me when I run into folks (some on this board) who can't seem to grasp what you just plainly expressed.

Thanks, Rattler.  Sometimes, people get too accustomed to where they live and take it for granted.  To us, Jacksonville has everything we were looking for, EXCEPT for a light-rail to move between burbs and DT.  That would be nice, but is not a deal-breaker. 

[TimmyB]

Thanks TimmyB. I agree with your assessment. I was raised in Ohio, have live in Wisconsin, Maryland, Massachusetts, Atlanta and JAX twice. The city is much improved from my first stay in the late 80's. If you make the effort there is a lot to enjoy, much of it free, and without the hassles of a larger Metro as in ATL.

I love ATL, but hate the traffic.  It does have the MARTA system, which we love using when we visit there.  Funny enough, JAX now sort of resembles ATL with the large 295 ring around it, but without 80% of the traffic!  (Obviously, not talking about SJTC during the holidays, lol.)

Every time we have been to JAX, we almost hope for something to show us "This is NOT the place for you!", because you'd rather find that out before you move there.  We've not had that experience! 

And, now that IKEA is coming, that whole Southside ("Midtown"?) is going to be even better, IMO.  SO looking forward to it.

[I-10east]

Jacksonville, Fla. BMI: 26.3

Yup, just a bunch of overweight country bumpkins here, yee-haw.... What in the hell does that say about San Antonio with a 29.1? SA has the 'elite and distinguished' Zara BTW.   

[Adam White]

Jacksonville, Fla. BMI: 26.3

Yup, just a bunch of overweight country bumpkins here, yee-haw.... What in the hell does that say about San Antonio with a 29.1? SA has the 'elite and distinguished' Zara BTW.

You know what they say: Everything's big in Texas!

[spuwho]

Maybe Ikea isn't coming after all.....


Residents at town hall meeting skeptical of IKEA plans to come to Jacksonville

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-11-05/story/residents-town-hall-meeting-skeptical-ikea-plans-come-jacksonville

Abby Howard Murphy is a fan of IKEA who's made long-distance drives to Tampa to roam the aisles of the Swedish super-store.
But Murphy is dead set against the Jacksonville site that IKEA has zeroed in on for a 294,000-square-foot store off Interstate 295 at Gate Parkway on the Southside.

"I'm sure all of us like IKEA," she said. "They do wonderful things and I love the store, but it doesn't belong in a residential neighborhood."

Murphy, who lives in the Hampton Glen subdivision, was among the area residents who turned out Thursday night for a town hall meeting sponsored by City Councilman Danny Becton to field  questions about what  IKEA means for traffic congestion.

[I-10east]

Typical, a bunch of old residents for the most part...Some of these people probably won't even make it to 2017, the year that the IKEA WILL open. 

[TimmyB]

Maybe Ikea isn't coming after all.....


Residents at town hall meeting skeptical of IKEA plans to come to Jacksonville

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-11-05/story/residents-town-hall-meeting-skeptical-ikea-plans-come-jacksonville

Abby Howard Murphy is a fan of IKEA who's made long-distance drives to Tampa to roam the aisles of the Swedish super-store.
But Murphy is dead set against the Jacksonville site that IKEA has zeroed in on for a 294,000-square-foot store off Interstate 295 at Gate Parkway on the Southside.

"I'm sure all of us like IKEA," she said. "They do wonderful things and I love the store, but it doesn't belong in a residential neighborhood."

Murphy, who lives in the Hampton Glen subdivision, was among the area residents who turned out Thursday night for a town hall meeting sponsored by City Councilman Danny Becton to field  questions about what  IKEA means for traffic congestion.

Gate and 295 is residential???  Oh, yeah, I was going to build my house there, but... nimby's are everywhere, I guess.

[RattlerGator]

Yep.

[jaxdan3]

Maybe Ikea isn't coming after all.....


Residents at town hall meeting skeptical of IKEA plans to come to Jacksonville

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-11-05/story/residents-town-hall-meeting-skeptical-ikea-plans-come-jacksonville

Abby Howard Murphy is a fan of IKEA who's made long-distance drives to Tampa to roam the aisles of the Swedish super-store.
But Murphy is dead set against the Jacksonville site that IKEA has zeroed in on for a 294,000-square-foot store off Interstate 295 at Gate Parkway on the Southside.

"I'm sure all of us like IKEA," she said. "They do wonderful things and I love the store, but it doesn't belong in a residential neighborhood."

Murphy, who lives in the Hampton Glen subdivision, was among the area residents who turned out Thursday night for a town hall meeting sponsored by City Councilman Danny Becton to field  questions about what  IKEA means for traffic congestion.

Gate and 295 is residential???  Oh, yeah, I was going to build my house there, but... nimby's are everywhere, I guess.

I think these residents are really just concerned about their property vales/property taxes going up after Ikea is built.

[Adam White]

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-11-05/story/residents-town-hall-meeting-skeptical-ikea-plans-come-jacksonville

Abby Howard Murphy is a fan of IKEA who's made long-distance drives to Tampa to roam the aisles of the Swedish super-store.
But Murphy is dead set against the Jacksonville site that IKEA has zeroed in on for a 294,000-square-foot store off Interstate 295 at Gate Parkway on the Southside.

"I'm sure all of us like IKEA," she said. "They do wonderful things and I love the store, but it doesn't belong in a residential neighborhood."

Murphy, who lives in the Hampton Glen subdivision, was among the area residents who turned out Thursday night for a town hall meeting sponsored by City Councilman Danny Becton to field  questions about what  IKEA means for traffic congestion.

Abby Howard Murphy may be a fan of IKEA, but she's also a massive hypocrite. She seems to have no problem driving 3 hours to shop in an IKEA located in someone else's neighborhood.

[I-10east]

^^^+100

[I-10east]

Here's the obligatory NIMBY news report. The person concerned did seemingly have a legit argument, opposed to the typical NIMBY attitude.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/possible-ikea-raises-traffic-concerns/36291454

[Adam White]

Here's the obligatory NIMBY news report. The person concerned did seemingly have a legit argument, opposed to the typical NIMBY attitude.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/possible-ikea-raises-traffic-concerns/36291454

To be fair, I can appreciate most NIMBY arguments. That's not to say I always agree with them, but who wouldn't speak up if he or she was going to be impacted by a development?

These sorts of things have to go somewhere, though.

[mtraininjax]

People complaining now can always make a "Realtors" day and move further out into Nocatee, where the same stuff will be coming in a few years. Then they can move further into Hastings, where nothing will ever disturb the Potato crops.

[copperfiend]

Abby Howard Murphy may be a fan of IKEA, but she's also a massive hypocrite. She seems to have no problem driving 3 hours to shop in an IKEA located in someone else's neighborhood.

Yep