Jax Downtown Apartment

[thelakelander]

What are these amenities that you speak of in Springfield?  Drive though chicken restaurants, pawn shops and sporadic gunfire?

Yes, Downtown Jacksonville still has a long way to go, unfortunately. The exception may be the Brooklyn area, but as Max says the apts may be out of your price range. The surrounding neighborhoods should provide you with about anything you'd need, whether you chose to live in them or Downtown.

If you do decide on Downtown, I'd suggest you get the lay of Riverside, Springfield and San Marco where you'll find a lot of the amenities. If you decide on one of the surrounding areas you can get to Downtown relatively easily by bike or bus. I'm in San Marco and there are several apartments here for less than $1000. In northern San Marco there's now a good bus line that goes straight downtown and also the people mover. I expect Riverside and Springfield will be similar.

You probably have in-unit W/D.  That's pretty huge.

Other amenities that stand out to me include a culturally diverse and engaged population, a mature landscape and having places like Waffa & Mikes, Uptown, Three Layers, Carl's and even Suntrust, Wells Fargo and the post office within close proximity of your residence.

[Tacachale]

What are these amenities that you speak of in Springfield?  Drive though chicken restaurants, pawn shops and sporadic gunfire?

Yes, Downtown Jacksonville still has a long way to go, unfortunately. The exception may be the Brooklyn area, but as Max says the apts may be out of your price range. The surrounding neighborhoods should provide you with about anything you'd need, whether you chose to live in them or Downtown.

If you do decide on Downtown, I'd suggest you get the lay of Riverside, Springfield and San Marco where you'll find a lot of the amenities. If you decide on one of the surrounding areas you can get to Downtown relatively easily by bike or bus. I'm in San Marco and there are several apartments here for less than $1000. In northern San Marco there's now a good bus line that goes straight downtown and also the people mover. I expect Riverside and Springfield will be similar.

You probably have in-unit W/D.  That's pretty huge.

Other amenities that stand out to me include a culturally diverse and engaged population, a mature landscape and having places like Waffa & Mikes, Uptown, Three Layers, Carl's and even Suntrust, Wells Fargo and the post office within close proximity of your residence.

Smartassery aside, these are the types of amenities I was thinking of in Springfield. Plus there's a dog park and a public pool. There's a hardware store in Brentwood that may be the easiest one to get to from Downtown. Et cetera et cetera.

[Crabernacle]

Also a disc golf course, if you're into that sort of thing.

[Bill Hoff]

^ and tennis courts, community & events spaces, a dozen places to eat or so, some nightlife, a number of public events, playgrounds, community gardens, some shops, etc. You know, a kinda progressive neighborhood : )

[simms3]

What are these amenities that you speak of in Springfield?  Drive though chicken restaurants, pawn shops and sporadic gunfire?

Yes, Downtown Jacksonville still has a long way to go, unfortunately. The exception may be the Brooklyn area, but as Max says the apts may be out of your price range. The surrounding neighborhoods should provide you with about anything you'd need, whether you chose to live in them or Downtown.

If you do decide on Downtown, I'd suggest you get the lay of Riverside, Springfield and San Marco where you'll find a lot of the amenities. If you decide on one of the surrounding areas you can get to Downtown relatively easily by bike or bus. I'm in San Marco and there are several apartments here for less than $1000. In northern San Marco there's now a good bus line that goes straight downtown and also the people mover. I expect Riverside and Springfield will be similar.

You probably have in-unit W/D.  That's pretty huge.

Other amenities that stand out to me include a culturally diverse and engaged population, a mature landscape and having places like Waffa & Mikes, Uptown, Three Layers, Carl's and even Suntrust, Wells Fargo and the post office within close proximity of your residence.

Smartassery aside, these are the types of amenities I was thinking of in Springfield. Plus there's a dog park and a public pool. There's a hardware store in Brentwood that may be the easiest one to get to from Downtown. Et cetera et cetera.

I hope you weren't thinking I was being a smart-ass by presuming that most apartments in Springfield have an in unit W/D.  That is a super rare commodity in many many cities, even having working W/D in the basement of your building can be an "amenity" where the OP is coming from, so I promise by saying that I was being serious.

The one thing I'd have to ask, though, is are there really a lot of young people in Springfield?  Seems like the pioneers that move there are generally family, older gay couple, or young military couple perhaps on the verge of having kids.  I'm recalling this from all the interviews that MJ/some other site used to do years ago of the "new faces of Springfield" and I just don't remember singles in their 20s/30s, nor do I recall where all the apartments are (seemed like it was all single family homes?).

[thelakelander]

I believe he was referring to AngryChicken's comment about chicken restaurants, pawn shops and gunfire.

[UNFurbanist]

This guy asks one question and look how far this thread goes lol

[CCMjax]

What are these amenities that you speak of in Springfield?  Drive though chicken restaurants, pawn shops and sporadic gunfire?

Yes, Downtown Jacksonville still has a long way to go, unfortunately. The exception may be the Brooklyn area, but as Max says the apts may be out of your price range. The surrounding neighborhoods should provide you with about anything you'd need, whether you chose to live in them or Downtown.

If you do decide on Downtown, I'd suggest you get the lay of Riverside, Springfield and San Marco where you'll find a lot of the amenities. If you decide on one of the surrounding areas you can get to Downtown relatively easily by bike or bus. I'm in San Marco and there are several apartments here for less than $1000. In northern San Marco there's now a good bus line that goes straight downtown and also the people mover. I expect Riverside and Springfield will be similar.

You probably have in-unit W/D.  That's pretty huge.

Other amenities that stand out to me include a culturally diverse and engaged population, a mature landscape and having places like Waffa & Mikes, Uptown, Three Layers, Carl's and even Suntrust, Wells Fargo and the post office within close proximity of your residence.

Smartassery aside, these are the types of amenities I was thinking of in Springfield. Plus there's a dog park and a public pool. There's a hardware store in Brentwood that may be the easiest one to get to from Downtown. Et cetera et cetera.

I hope you weren't thinking I was being a smart-ass by presuming that most apartments in Springfield have an in unit W/D.  That is a super rare commodity in many many cities, even having working W/D in the basement of your building can be an "amenity" where the OP is coming from, so I promise by saying that I was being serious.

The one thing I'd have to ask, though, is are there really a lot of young people in Springfield?  Seems like the pioneers that move there are generally family, older gay couple, or young military couple perhaps on the verge of having kids.  I'm recalling this from all the interviews that MJ/some other site used to do years ago of the "new faces of Springfield" and I just don't remember singles in their 20s/30s, nor do I recall where all the apartments are (seemed like it was all single family homes?).

In my opinion Springfield has the same problem that San Marco has in trying to attract young people and that is a lack of apartment options.  Seems like a lot of young people would be interested in these neighborhoods if they had other options other than buying a house.  The infrastructure is set up nicely for more apartments in both neighborhoods.  Why can't a project like East San Marco get off paper?  It seems like a no-brainer for a vibrant neighborhood like San Marco now that the economy has picked back up.  And so many vacant or underused lots on Main Street right in the heart of the most historic neighborhood in the city?  I'm guessing Springfield won't really pick up until downtown picks up but I don't see any reason for San Marco not having more options especially the northern part of it.  I've heard the wealthy home owners in SM don't want any apartments but some nice apartment options may increase the value of their homes and make the neighborhood even more vibrant.

[Tacachale]

What are these amenities that you speak of in Springfield?  Drive though chicken restaurants, pawn shops and sporadic gunfire?

Yes, Downtown Jacksonville still has a long way to go, unfortunately. The exception may be the Brooklyn area, but as Max says the apts may be out of your price range. The surrounding neighborhoods should provide you with about anything you'd need, whether you chose to live in them or Downtown.

If you do decide on Downtown, I'd suggest you get the lay of Riverside, Springfield and San Marco where you'll find a lot of the amenities. If you decide on one of the surrounding areas you can get to Downtown relatively easily by bike or bus. I'm in San Marco and there are several apartments here for less than $1000. In northern San Marco there's now a good bus line that goes straight downtown and also the people mover. I expect Riverside and Springfield will be similar.

You probably have in-unit W/D.  That's pretty huge.

Other amenities that stand out to me include a culturally diverse and engaged population, a mature landscape and having places like Waffa & Mikes, Uptown, Three Layers, Carl's and even Suntrust, Wells Fargo and the post office within close proximity of your residence.

Smartassery aside, these are the types of amenities I was thinking of in Springfield. Plus there's a dog park and a public pool. There's a hardware store in Brentwood that may be the easiest one to get to from Downtown. Et cetera et cetera.

I hope you weren't thinking I was being a smart-ass by presuming that most apartments in Springfield have an in unit W/D.  That is a super rare commodity in many many cities, even having working W/D in the basement of your building can be an "amenity" where the OP is coming from, so I promise by saying that I was being serious.

The one thing I'd have to ask, though, is are there really a lot of young people in Springfield?  Seems like the pioneers that move there are generally family, older gay couple, or young military couple perhaps on the verge of having kids.  I'm recalling this from all the interviews that MJ/some other site used to do years ago of the "new faces of Springfield" and I just don't remember singles in their 20s/30s, nor do I recall where all the apartments are (seemed like it was all single family homes?).

I was referring to AngryChicken's comment.

[AngryChicken]

It seems like the local neighborhood school situation would keep most middle and upper middle class people with kids out of Springfield (and most of North & North West Jacksonville) unless they got them into a magnet school or were willing/able to pay for private school.

What are these amenities that you speak of in Springfield?  Drive though chicken restaurants, pawn shops and sporadic gunfire?

Yes, Downtown Jacksonville still has a long way to go, unfortunately. The exception may be the Brooklyn area, but as Max says the apts may be out of your price range. The surrounding neighborhoods should provide you with about anything you'd need, whether you chose to live in them or Downtown.

If you do decide on Downtown, I'd suggest you get the lay of Riverside, Springfield and San Marco where you'll find a lot of the amenities. If you decide on one of the surrounding areas you can get to Downtown relatively easily by bike or bus. I'm in San Marco and there are several apartments here for less than $1000. In northern San Marco there's now a good bus line that goes straight downtown and also the people mover. I expect Riverside and Springfield will be similar.

You probably have in-unit W/D.  That's pretty huge.

Other amenities that stand out to me include a culturally diverse and engaged population, a mature landscape and having places like Waffa & Mikes, Uptown, Three Layers, Carl's and even Suntrust, Wells Fargo and the post office within close proximity of your residence.

Smartassery aside, these are the types of amenities I was thinking of in Springfield. Plus there's a dog park and a public pool. There's a hardware store in Brentwood that may be the easiest one to get to from Downtown. Et cetera et cetera.

I hope you weren't thinking I was being a smart-ass by presuming that most apartments in Springfield have an in unit W/D.  That is a super rare commodity in many many cities, even having working W/D in the basement of your building can be an "amenity" where the OP is coming from, so I promise by saying that I was being serious.

The one thing I'd have to ask, though, is are there really a lot of young people in Springfield?  Seems like the pioneers that move there are generally family, older gay couple, or young military couple perhaps on the verge of having kids.  I'm recalling this from all the interviews that MJ/some other site used to do years ago of the "new faces of Springfield" and I just don't remember singles in their 20s/30s, nor do I recall where all the apartments are (seemed like it was all single family homes?).

[ProjectMaximus]

Out of curiosity, where do Superintendent Vitti's kids go to school?

[strider]

Springfield is gaining apartments all the time though many are really duplexes.  And there are lots of children from many social economic groups of many different ages in Springfield today, which includes Historic Springfield as well as New Springfield. (1st to 12th, 12th to 20th).  The rents drop at 12th. They come with and without w/d - depending upon whom you rent from ($$$). But there are several decent laundry mats close by.

I do think most do the magnet school thing but the local schools are not that bad and a couple which are magnet schools are ranked pretty high. My grand-kids (12, 2 and 0) now live in Historic Springfield and the 12 yr old goes to a private school, but not because the school is bad but a personal reason that also comes with a grant.

[simms3]

^^^I would never live in a place like Jacksonville that didn't have space and in-unit W/D.  Honestly, one of the biggest draw backs of living in an incredibly expensive, old, dense city (of which we only have a few in this country) is that many if not most don't have room for an in unit W/D, and many don't even have in their building.  I would consider access to W/D as one of the top 3 most important apartment selection criteria for living in an urban environment - you can be within 5 blocks of a full grocer or metro stop, but you should definitely be within a block at most of a very solid laundromat/Laundry Locker and a dry cleaner, and if not you should have W/D in your building.

In Jax, it really should come in unit.

As cheap as Jax is, it does really blow my mind to learn that there are shit small units in bad parts of town without W/D that rent out to people not considered in poverty.  Does a $30K salary in Jax get one a W/D at least in the building, if not in unit?

[ProjectMaximus]

^^It really depends on the specific circumstances. Some of the desirable units in desirable places to live just happen to not have W/D because of design or space issues. Obviously the higher end ones have a much higher chance of having it, but it's far from 100% in the historic homes.

In fact, in two of our units we have W/D hookups with the tenants opting not to put in their own units or have us install for a bump in rent. i.e., they are choosing to go to a laundromat instead.

[Bill Hoff]

It seems like the local neighborhood school situation would keep most middle and upper middle class people with kids out of Springfield (and most of North & North West Jacksonville) unless they got them into a magnet school or were willing/able to pay for private school.

Yup, most go the magnet school route. It's not difficult to access.