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When it comes to big cities on the East Coast, the top three are New York, Philadelphia and Jacksonville. New York may be the city that never sleeps, but the cooler winter winds are already starting to creep in; upstate they’re talking foliage and getting ready for ski season. Philadelphia is cooling off too and it won’t be long before people start wondering if it was the winter cold that cracked the Liberty Bell.

But in Jacksonville, despite fall favorites like college football games and the NFL in town, it’s possible to keep summer alive longer. In the midst of your favorite fall activities, you’ll still be able to make time to get outside (tailgating in Jacksonville doesn’t mean a heavy coat and hand warmers like it does in Phillie).

Up North, water parks are already closed for the season; in Jacksonville, you’ve still got some time to enjoy water slides and wave pools. Fishing is still good, and if you want to go out for a great round of golf, not only will you have the chance to pick from 70 or so courses in the area but you won’t have to worry about how the early morning frost will affect the way your ball acts on the putting green or when it comes down on the fairway.

Let’s face it, the cold weather isn’t for everyone. Living in Jacksonville gives you the chance to enjoy all the best of living in an East Coast city - shopping, museums, arts and culture, along with sports and just having fun - without limiting summer fun to just a few short months.

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Florida Coastal Real Estate - Seaside Views

Worried that a condo won’t have the number of bedrooms that you need? Have teenage daughters who just can’t share a bathroom? Not willing to compromise on the beauty of the area, the waterfront location of your home, and other characteristics that you’ve been looking for?

When you choose one of the Beach Club Cottages at Ponce Inlet as your Florida waterfront home, you’ll find everything that you need.

• You’ll find that the beauty of the area - the relaxing calm of the sea, landscaped yards and more.
• You’ll find that there is plenty of space - 4 bedrooms, 3 and a half baths - so that your family can spread out and not get in each others’ ways.
• A guest suite because, well, when you have a Florida waterfront home you know that you’ll have family and friends who want to visit.

Each of the Beach Club Cottages has nearly 3000 square feet of space - some a little more, some a little less. That’s plenty of space for living comfortably and plenty more space for entertaining, relaxing and just being yourself.

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Florida Coastal Real Estate - Seaside Views

Most people have images that come to mind immediately when they hear the word vacation. There are thoughts about beaches, relaxing and generally getting away from it all.

Toss in the phrase Florida vacation and visions of Disney World and Universal Studios and all of the other theme parks and tourist sites like the Kennedy Space Center come to mind. For some, so do those hotel rooms that just didn’t quite meet their expectations.

When you have a Jacksonville Beach vacation home, you won’t have to worry about lackluster hotels. You won’t have to worry about dining out for every meal and you won’t have to worry about long trips to the theme parks and attractions because they just aren’t that far away.

Plus, Jacksonville Beach offers plenty for the family as well - time on the beach, great shopping and restaurants, fishing, boating, nightlife - so if you get up in the morning and don’t feel like traveling for the day, you won’t have to; likewise, you’ll be able to find ways to spend the day if the weather isn’t ideal.

With a vacation home in Jacksonville Beach, you’ll have access to everything you want and more; you’ll have a place the whole family can go back to year after year.

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Florida Coastal Real Estate - Seaside Views

Living in Ponce Inlet, you’ll understand why Ponce de Leon chose to stay and then return back to the area after he initially landed there. There’s a natural beauty, and there’s plenty to explore.

Take for example Ponce Inlet Beach. Not only was the beach rated to be one of the ten best beaches in the US for 2007, but also it offers a many opportunities for discovery - chances to explore, and opportunities to learn more about some of the best features of the area.

Walking among the dunes in early October, you’ll have the chance to see hawks, falcons and other migrating birds of prey that stop in the area during their migration from north to south.

The area’s Marine Science Center offer guided walks that will let you know more about these species, sea birds in the area and other animals, including sea life like squid. Great for kids, families and even adults on their own, guided walks on the beach, through the dunes and even on boat tours.

Why settle for viewing the area - Ponce Inlet, the Atlantic, dunes on the beach - from your oceanfront home? Get out there and discover it for yourself.

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Florida Coastal Real Estate - Seaside Views

Let’s face it: when you start looking at oceanview properties there’s one thing you want more than anything else - a view of the ocean. But that doesn’t mean that you want to look out at the ocean only if you climb up onto the roof and pull out a telescope. You want to be sure that you have real ocean views - from your living room or your bedroom or any other room in your home, just glance out the window and there it is.

Can you find an oceanfront home in St. Augustine, Florida with ocean views that are for real? You bet you can - just check out this view from the second floor of the condos at The Abacos at Salt Run:

While it’s true that construction is still in progress, you can’t argue with the fact that you’ll have a clear view of the Atlantic. With a view as crisp and clear as the one above, you’ll know that you’ll be able to watch the sun come up in the mornings, watch as the clouds burn off and the sky clears and know that you’ll have a chance to unwind while looking at the sea any time you choose throughout the day.

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Let’s face it: Florida’s climate is ideal for golf. Folks travel there on vacation just to play some of the world class courses - travel companies even book golf vacation packages. But that doesn’t mean that all of Florida’s golf courses are filled with tourists.

In fact, it doesn’t even have to mean that the courses are crowded. It also doesn’t have to mean that the courses are expensive.

When you live in Jacksonville or in Jacksonville Beach, you’ll find that there are some great affordable golf courses right in your neighborhood.

In fact, if you’re looking for great golf that won’t break the bank without having to travel far from home, consider these two courses as featured in an article by travelgolf.com:

Jacksonville Beach Golf Course, Jacksonville Beach: This is the sort of place where the regulars laugh and joke at their favorite corner table in the clubhouse as they wait for tee times on a dreary winter morning.

Thoroughly renovated in 1987 and regularly tuned up since (many of the fairways and greens have been redone in the last four years), Jacksonville Beach G.C. is kept in solid shape.

Bent Creek Golf Club, Jacksonville

At 6,609 yards with a 131 slope rating from the gold tees, Bent Creek is no bear, but nor it is a cupcake. Locals will tell you it plays a few shots easier with the removal of hundreds of trees over the years. But it is also heavily mounded, which adds flavor to the flat Florida terrain and can waylay the wayward.

Both courses will give you a great day out on the greens - and help to keep more green in your pockets.

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Florida Coastal Real Estate - Seaside Views