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Quality of Life: Are you satisfied with the quality of life in your community?
Comment: I have been out of work basically since November. I have a wife and two kids at home. I would love to leave the area but thanks to the Bush family I can not. I know the hurricanes caused us trouble but most of our problems stem from the greed of our own government and big business. Local government seems to be willing to throw money away on anything that comes down the pike. Except government cut backs! Over half the people holding high salary positions in this town are not needed nor are they qualified! from Pensacola/Florida by Roger
Comment: Pensacola lacks both the ability and the resources, to attract any young people to begin jobs here. Everyone I know that went to school here, went away to college and never returned. It is really disappointing that we are unable to break out of the mold of 'Navy town' or 'Tourist spot'. If changes aren't made and real ideas and plans not implemented soon we will continue to be a 'great retirement community', but not a growing and exciting city to raise a family!
from Pensacola by Erin
Comment: Not happy at all. Infrastructure is awful, too few sidewalks, poor streets, and a mounting trash problem that is growing in unkept neighborhoods. pensacola has a poor choice of shopping retailer and you can go find great shopping within 40-50 miles in either direction. City leadership is a joke and other cities the size of pensacola have so much more to offer. from Pensacola, FL by Larry
Comment: NO, I'm not satisfied as long as there are crack dealers within walking distance and repeated calls to police does not make any difference. from pensacola, fl by denise
Comment: I am so sick of hearing people complain about all the cuts that need to be made. Why does a fifth grader need a photo lab or journalism class? Are they hitting the job market in middle school? Being overbloated like this is why things are getting worse, well that and the fact that the Bush family is trying to starve out all but the countrys richest! No I am not at all happy being out of work while all of this goes on! from Pensacola/Florida by Roger
Comment: Our leadership ia doing a good
job of advancing their individual issues for obtaining personal gain financially or for one of their financial backers. The tgood of the community is seldom made better because of thier personal goals. from Pensacola, Florida by Ralph
Comment: Let's just say if Ike comes this way my life in this area will be over. Being without a real full time jobe and trying to feed a family of four for nine months now there will be no reason what so ever to stay here! from Pensacola/Florida by Roger
Comment: I left here in 1999 to move to Pittsburgh to get married. I moved back here in 2004 because I feel the local government there is criminaly corrupt and the taxes up there where killing us. All was beutiful when we got here. Now I feel like we are back in Pittsburgh. All forms of government from local to federal seem to have excuses why they want more money out of my pocket ,which is now empty, and they are unwilling to give me anything in return! from Pensacola/Florida by Roger
Comment: Let's face it; from Pensacola to Panama City the main emphasis is on opening tee-shirt shops as opposed to bringing in real businesses. Northwest Florida is going nowhere. If the government ever pulls out this will be the poorest area of the country. from Crestview FL by Robert
Comment: I wished I knew about this survey, as I feel the same way as the majority. I am currently in the USN, and will be retiring in 2010. I had hopes of wrapping up my career in the military and staying in the Pensacola area. My views have definately changed in the last 3 years. Pensacola has nothing to offer. You either get paid min. wage or you own a business that will go out of business within 6 months. And people want a ballpark? How about JOBS and something with stability and staying power. Wish I could afford to retire and stay in Pensacola, its not looking that way as of now. Build the ballpark, enjoy it as it wont last, especially on the water front with hurricanes blowing it down every 3 years. from pensacola, fl by fred
Comment: It seems as though taxes are rising and I don't see anything changing in my neighborhood. People are very apathetic. There are more and more renters on my street and they wont even cut their grass! from Mary Esther, FL by Danny
Comment: the only attraction we have
here is the beach. from pensacola, fl by john
Comment: The quality of life in Escarosa has been going south for the last few years and it has nothing to do with any hurricanes.
in Santa Rosa, the development along highway 98 is totally haphazard and unplanned. There are almost as many empty storefronts as there are businesses. There is no landscaping requirement for business. The area is just plain junky looking!
Pensacola in particular is declining from trying to be something it's not! It has a maritime history yet the "developers" are dying to get their hands on all that waterfront property instead of expanding the port itself and bring in new business that way. Too much focus is on "big buck", "upscale" "high end" hoorah.
What made p'cola enticing WAS the small town quaint,the little businesses that have been forced out...jobs lost.
Finally is the lack of real job opportunity. Jobs with a decent income and a future. not tourism-service jobs. Tourism is NOT an industry. from Gulf Breeze by Carol
Comment: 4 of my boys age 19-31 have moved and found better paying jobs.I have a daughter that plans on moving when she graduates nursing school in May. from Pensacola/Fl by Diane
Comment: As a resident for exactly 4 years, I am greatly disappointed at the rate of progress. The overlapping levels of local gov't seem incapable of formulating a direction for the community and any rapid decision-making.
There are too many we versus they discussions in the area. Without consensus and a mutual desire to improve the level of our economy, our schools, and our environment, we will forever bicker.
Local politics seem dominated by those who remember the 1950s fondly and are trapped in the past. I'm encouraged by the creation of the PYP organization, the future development of UWF, and the potential for downtown Pensacola and our surrounding communities if we will just work together. from Pensacola, FL by Rick
Comment: As a resident for exactly 4 years, I am greatly disappointed at the rate of progress. The overlapping levels of local gov't seem incapable of formulating a direction for the community and any rapid decision-making.
There are too many we versus they discussions in the area. Without consensus and a mutual desire to improve the level of our economy, our schools, and our environment, we will forever bicker.
Local politics seem dominated by those who remember the 1950s fondly and are trapped in the past. I'm encouraged by the creation of the PYP organization, the future development of UWF, and the potential for downtown Pensacola and our surrounding communities if we will just work together. from Pensacola, FL by Rick
Comment: Roger, what on G-od's green earth does any 'Bush' have to do with you staying or moving? There are no fences anywhere in the United States and we are all free to live wherever we wish. Yes, there are economic considerations, but those are usually short term hindrances. Pick your spot on the map, research it for yourself and your family, and go for it - get rid of your victim mentality! from Pensacola, FL by Rick
Comment: i am very disappointed in this area. the quality jobs and people are not abound here. all that is left is the low paying jobs and the lowest quality people that work at these jobs. most are all too often not educated, not cultured, too religiously bounded, conservative, close-minded, and openly (and even proudly)bigotted. i find it very hard as a asian minority to find people who will even associate or even go out with me because these folks have a stigma against my race, culture, education, political viewpoint, and income level. most of these fine folks i know were driven out of here because of the lack of progress, lack of industry, and lack of job opportunities, sever lack of tolerance by the folks left here to other religions/race/political views/culture/etc...than the dominate views people have here...(ever notice that places that have more acceptance to those mentioned above have better economies and quality of life than places that are close minded to more liberal ideals?) from p'cola fl by h
Comment: No. With the economy the way it is and the cost of living constantly leaping upward, it would be nice to have some community activities that are free or low cost and that enrich the lives of the residents. Create Memories for a lifetime! from Milton, FL by Kim
Comment: A resident for 18 years, I have been out of work for 7 mos. with no hope in sight, and no new business moving in. from Pensacola, Fl. by J.
Comment: A resident for 18 years and a widow, I have this time been out of work 7 months with no hope of work. Twice I have left the state to find work, still keeping my home here. I don't know why, there is nothing here.
Jenell from Pensacola, Fl by Jenell
Comment: Not too crowded, not too expensive, beauiful beaches and friendly people! from Pensacola, FL by Don
Comment: The job availibility is horrible here and the pay does not balance out the cost of living here. I have been here for over 8 years and I'm still stunded on the poor hourly wages we have plus the lack of jobs. by Laurie
Comment: Well the old country bumkin politicans and old money folks sure don't help. Take a look at Gulf Shores AL, and FWB to Destin. They are lot more in tune with the times. Escambia is poky slow. Too many Walmarts in the Pensacola area as well. by Jax
Comment: I've lived in this area since 1985 and the beaches are great and the people are friendly but in 23 years Ive seen the standard of living go down so far that I,ll be moving to Alabama because they are producing good paying jobs that stimulates a growing economy . Insurance rates and property taxes in florida are out of control. County spending by both Escambia and santa rosa is braking the taxpayers back. Education isn't improving enough to entice young professionals to raise their children here. There also seems to be a constant effort to keep wages low. My daughter is at college now and knows their won't be any decent opportunities here when she graduates,shes also planning to move.
from Gulf Breeze by Dennis
Comment: we will soon be forced to leave as homeowners in florida due to high insurance costs on home, we are unable to meet the riseing cost of electric, gas, just about everything, Iam unable to secure medical treatment as a disable person, no one know whats wrong with me, and medicaid has sent me to 5 doctors in 2 month, I have no medicines of pain killers,My wife is diabled and in my care, and now Im down! they cut our food stamps in half because we get $900.00 a month in ss/and ssi, we are no longer able to live here, social security says we can get $1500.00 a month in most any other state, why is this, we send 40 billion to Georgia and americans are starveing here at home, with mortage of $434.00 electric $160.00 and tags due, phone, trash, we are at whits end, we are saleing off jewlery pawned, everything we own is in the paper. we are unable to get mediacal help thru healthease, refused treatment, Iam beridden most of the time, and Iam suppose to cook for my wife. we will try to sale our life long home and find a trailer some where in another state as the value of homes are the lowest in along time. sick and hungry and worried in the sunshine state. from milton, fla by dana
Comment: Area is devoid of quality jobs with no major efforts to obtain them. State and County officials do nothing to recruit companies for this area. from Molino, FL by James
Comment: I am a third generation Floridian from the central part of the state. I won't go back down there, and if you really don't like Pensacola, try Orlando or Miami for a while and see how enjoyable they are, with their high crime and high cost of living. from Pensacola, Florida by Dave
Comment: i AM VERY SATISFIED with my community lifestyle. I spent many years travelling (not of my own choice) and have lived in some very unfavorable places. The best thing about our community is that we are blanketed in our legal system. We have laws, and a means to legally disagree. In a lot of places in this world, disagreement with policy IS NOT ALLOWED. from Mary Esther, FL. by Tom
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