Orlando Sentinel

[Fruit Cove's friend]

How bout we get back onto the subject.... J-Ville will grow and become better than Orlando believe that!!!!!

[Fruit Cove]

good call blaine.

[F-L-A]

And then you woke up.

Stop spamming. And if you insist on spamming, stick to one screenname.

[Fruit Cove]

uhh buddy my friend is actually a person named blaine. we go to school together. maybe sometime ull see both of us online at once. but thanks anyway. you know a lot

[Fruit Cove's friend]

I agree with my buddy on that one!! Good call James!!

[Fruit Cove's friend]

But anyway....Who is going to host the superbowl????!!!!.....Oh ya thats right J-Ville. Do you actually think they considered this to be a horrible place? I dont because if they thought that then we wouldn't be hosting it. They probably think that this will help us GROW. Probably even help us grow bigger than Orlando someday!!!

[Fruit Cove]

uhh we are bigger than orlando. i think

[wolfdawg54]

I think that it is somewhat difficult to compare the cities because they are so different. Do you agree?

[Fruit Cove]

I would but im being biased.

[Fruit Cove's friend]

I agree with wolfdawg. The cities are totally different. I mean look at Orlando they have all these great parks, but what if they weren't there? Would Orlando be any better than J-Ville. It's hard to tell. If Jax got any Parks would that make it better than Orlando?

[Urban_Legend]

Two different economies, two different landscapes, two different sports franchises...the list goes on and on. Basically, it's like comparing apples to oranges; each city is in a league of its own, and hard to compare with the other.

[Fruit Cove's friend]

All in all.....Orlando sucks and J-Ville rocks out!!!!!

[F-L-A]

Can someone give me a good reason why he isn't banned yet?

And Jacksonville is the smaller metro. With the way Orlando is growing, it always will be.

[bobliocatt]

Tone it down guys, just let this tread die peacefully. Anyway, metro Orlando is about twice the size of metro Jax and the gap is widening.

[downtowngal]

I never should have posted it...who knew things would get so nasty...

[Hisma]

Fruit Cove you're doing a wonderful job representing your city.

(sorry, I will now let this thread die peacefully)

[bobliocatt]

I never should have posted it...who knew things would get so nasty...

Don't worry about that, it was a good article. Personally, I like seeing news about what people think about the city, regardless of whether its good or bad. People just shouldn't get to serious about things like this because both are great places, for different reasons, imo.

[Fruit Cove]

are you being sarcastic?

[Fruit Cove's friend]

Sorry about that last comment. I admit it was a little harsh. But, Jacksonville is growing at a rapid pace. No one knows if Orlando could have something happen to it and then Jacksonville would be better. Orlando may have a bigger metro but, i wasn't talking about metros i was talking about the specific place.

[wolfdawg54]

I agree. Both places as I have said before are really unique in their own way.

[Fruit Cove]

and f-l-a why would you ban someone for their opinion if theyre not insulting an ethnic group, religion, etc. i was in orlando last weekend and it didnt seem like theyre downtown was much bigger than ours as announced in this forum. and out of their downtotwn all they have is hotels, attractions, and cheap electronic places. btw rock the universe was great this year. you keep saying orlando is growing a lot building wise but when comparing the two cities projects it appears to me that jax is on top....but all the projects might not be presented in the two forums encompasing building projects in this forum. anyway both cities are great..i prefer one to the other. its all about where you live so yea?? go jags. 1-0

[F-L-A]

and out of their downtotwn all they have is hotels, attractions, and cheap electronic places.

You obviously weren't even in downtown. That's called I-Drive.

[Fruit Cove]

i didnt say i was. if you read i said all you have out of downtown is hotels, attractions, and cheap electronic places. but thanks for restating what i said.

[Urban_Legend]

What exactly is a "Cheap Electronic Place"? Can you give me an example of one?

[Fruit Cove]

those stores that are in chain malls or shopping centers that advertise cheap electronics. have sony, jvc, etc posters and lighted signs in the windows. if you dont know what m talking about uve never been to orlando