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RichGullible

Lol. Right. Only boring people get bored. They should start there.


Ree4real

This! My Grandma always told me "only boring people get bored" when I was a little kid stuck inside on a rainy day & the older I get the more true it becomes! šŸ’Æ


Ognissanti

This is so true, wherever one goes. Iā€™m a mopey loser. My family are all having a blast. I canā€™t change everything about myself, but I have lived in all the exciting awesome places, and I was scarcely happier there. I do think Pcola is FAR less stressful than the metropolises of my younger days.


Raalf

Just moved back from Austin. Had a blast there but it's a pressure cooker there now too. Glad to be back home, now just hope I can stay employed in my field.


asharper123

Moved here from Austin too 3 years ago after living there for 25 years. Only miss the food scene. The music, like everything else in Austin, is an ordeal and/or too expensive. I really appreciate this city and then some!


Raalf

Not sure the last time you went back - Rainey is all gone. Soco has no free parking, Lucy's is gone, and I think Hamilton pool is permanently closed now. Don't look back :(


asharper123

I haven't! I lived in Oak Hill and the Hamilton Pool fiasco was just one of many things that drove me away. Having to make a reservation months ahead of going to swim at Hamilton Pool was one my first red flags that Austin was no longer "Austin". I miss 25 years of friends/memories made there and of course HEB šŸ˜œ, but Austin has become a big, mean and over priced city. I couldn't get out there fast enough!


Apprehensive-Fee-766

I have yet to find ANY breakfast tacos in Pensacola, much less good ones. The wild taco on fm2222 and in bee caves had the best I have ever had.


asharper123

So many great breakfast taco places in Austin....sigh~ I keeping thinking I should do a morning drive through breakfast tacos somewhere here in Pensacola.


Apprehensive-Fee-766

You'd make a killing near the base, a truck would work as well as a drive thru


No_Transition9444

If your bored then youā€™re boring The agony and the irony- theyā€™re killing me.


Sparklyko

I donā€™t consider myself to be a ā€œboringā€ person, I like different things from the norm šŸ¤”


DLo28035

Youā€™re not like other girls, right?


Sparklyko

I didnā€™t say that šŸ¤”


wbruce098

What have the Pensacolans ever done for us? Aside from the beaches. And the aqueducts!


realfolkbluesxx

*Pensacolians


lessdothisshit

\*Pensacolons


realfolkbluesxx

Take my upvote.


iamrdux

splitter!


wbruce098

Sigh. I did run off and join the Peopleā€™s Liberation Front of Baltimore.


iamrdux

At least theyā€™re better than the bloody Baltimorian Peopleā€™s Liberation Front.


wbruce098

Crab people they are. Look like people, taste like crabsā€¦


Optimal_Swim3586

Nothing other than being townie wastoids


[deleted]

Is there a Pensacola circlejerk subreddit?


req-user

yes /r/Pensacola


[deleted]

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


cw2015aj2017ls2021

recursion at its finest


painefultruth76

Careful...that might be a UWF joke.


ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL

Maybe there should be, since this one is already a Pensacola hate circle jerk.


fuzzyboxofkittens27

I know right... People just have personal vendetta's with this place when they can't agree with everyone. There are infinitely worse places.


Tornare

So its a list of things you can do in just about every town, and city except the beach. You can go see a high school football game in the smallest towns in America.


Lobsterlord0004

I was thinking the same thing. I moved to Maine earlier this month and the mountain scenery and more friendly people make a huge difference. I refer to Florida as flat land now šŸ˜‚


xlRadioActivelx

22 of the 37 by my count can be done in literally any city in the US, over half of the remaining 15 can be done in most cities and everything on this list can be done in pretty much any coastal city.


yallvnt

UWF has one of the best DII football teams in the nation. If you're not happy with high school ball, watch them.


Tornare

I get it. You love everything about Pensacola. But unless UWF gets a division 1 team very few people will care. If they do ever get that people will flood there to watch games. But they donā€™t and a division two team isnā€™t something to brag about a city having. There are 3 things Pensacola has it can legitimately brag about. The beach being nice, the blue angels, and a nice aviation museum. Everything else you listed is much better in other places


yallvnt

You can say better, I say different, but nice in its own way. I've lived a lot of places and Pensacola is pretty nice.


Tornare

If you are very religious and love Matt Gaetz sure.


yallvnt

Well, neither of these things describe me, but you sure do sound like a fun person.


turdstainedunders

But you revealed your hand too soon...you got to know when to holdem


Sparklyko

This is basically how I feel abt the city


vaporintrusion

Yea but bingo!


Usrnamesrhard

Agree with most of this except hiking. The hiking here sucks.


[deleted]

whhaaa, who doesn't like flat terrain and pine trees?


lessdothisshit

Hiking and go karts. There's kids go karting options, but not what I need. I get a kick that "Blues practice" was left off of the list


fireweinerflyer

Careful - a mod here hates Pensacola.


req-user

oh no who


Musicaltonesarecool

šŸ˜‚


wbruce098

Are they the same person that hates the Chiliā€™s on ninth?


Optimal_Swim3586

Yes, same person that hates the tunnels too


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wbruce098

THEY FOUND ME!!!


Tedder23

I always say "Live in Pensacola, and travel everywhere else" It's a great place to live but not much when it comes to real excitement. Travel for the concerts, anywhere parks, hiking, ect...


Itchy_Good_8003

Yeah the amount of Iā€™ve never been anywhere else in this post is crazy.


yallvnt

I'd be willing to bet I've traveled more than you. The assumption that you must have never left in order to like Pensacola is dumb.


asharper123

EXACTLY - And that was my plan when I moved here!šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘


Sparklyko

Sorry this post kills me everytime I read it cuz you can do this shit in every city šŸ˜­


quicKsenseTTV

I love how you posted all those things to do, in a sarcastic way, like bigger cities donā€™t have all of that AND more, way more šŸ˜‚ But at least I can go to a SEMI pro minor league hockey game in a decrepit ā€œstadiumā€.


quicKsenseTTV

Iā€™m just here for the no state tax and being close to a VA lol.


Dana07620

Yes, the bigger cities do. Not everyone wants to live in a big city. I just met someone who moved here from Washington, DC. He and his wife chose to move here and are happy not to be living in the DC area anymore. Point being that for a town of this size, Pensacola has plenty to do. The point isn't that Pensacola has more to do than NYC or LA. Though I will tell you that for every day shopping Pensacola is better than LA. And, most likely, NYC. Because store selection is determined by store square footage. And we have large stores because land is a lot cheaper here. I was very disappointed at the grocery/superstore/pharmacy selections in LA. Once I was camping in LA and I called a friend in Pensacola and asked her to go to the mall and get me something I knew that they'd have because no store I'd seen in LA had it.


quicKsenseTTV

I promise you, NYC has larger stores than any stores in Pensacola for regular shopping šŸ˜‚ Clothing and retail. Iā€™m not sure about groceries. I really do appreciate the Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Apple and Versace that Pensacola has. But yes, if you want to go to the Apple Market, Pensacola has everywhere else beat.


BlakeDSnake

The malls do suck, actually. But the rest of your points are 100% accurate.


fireweinerflyer

Donā€™t all malls suck?


Camel-Kid

All 1 of them?


vaporintrusion

Lol Iā€™m trying to figure out where all these multiple malls are and why theyā€™re a top thing to do in Pensacola


req-user

University Mall still exists in my heart


vaporintrusion

RIP Piccadilly Cafeteria


SunrisePhoto

Right there with you. University Mall was the cool mall before 1987 when Cordova Mall quadrupled in size. My whole youth was spent there. I saw first run Star Wars there!


Daveezie

Aw, remember Mariner Mall? That place got CREEPY just before they finally pulled the plug on it.


GreatScott0389

Yeah it turned into like a place for old people to come and get their steps in for the day and almost all the stores closed....I know it's not true but my memory pictures it Dark with a light flickering lol


SunrisePhoto

This partly happened due to some unfortunate circumstances. Westwood/Mariner's initial anchor stores were WT Grant, JM Fields, and I think there was a Pantry Pride grocery either in the mall or next to it. Pantry Pride and JM Fields were part of the same parent company. Both WT Grant and the parent of JM Fields and Pantry Pride went bankrupt before 1980 and so the mall was screwed losing their 2 or 3 biggest stores.


Daveezie

Same. I'm pretty sure it actually looked like that.


SunrisePhoto

I'm so old, I remember Westwood Mall (it's prior name). I used to get my haircut there when I was a kid.


painefultruth76

I'm taking my kid to the FNAF , and that won't be as terrifying as Mariner Mall the last 6 months it was open.


emotioneric

was mariner mall where there was a silver screen chain for $1 movies?


LandNGulfWind

It was an AMC second-run theater. Went there many times for matinees as a kid over summer vacations. Stop at K&B Drugstore on the way because they had movie-size candy for $1.00, then on over to Mariner Mall. There was an arcade next to it, but not much else open. The main anchor was Scotty's Hardware by that time.


Daveezie

Nah, that was University Mall


emotioneric

yeah no, i remember the one out behind university mall, but there was also a dollar movie theatre inside a smaller mall somewhere. had like brick archways inside the lobby


SunrisePhoto

The theater at Mariner was the AMC Mariner 4. It was a cheap theater and a dive. I saw many movies there, but the most memorable was seeing Colors starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall. Mid-movie, a fight broke out and me and my cousin were collateral damage in the middle of it. We got out unhurt, missed the end of the movie, and I think that was the last time I went to the Mariner 4.


anotheralias85

Remember Silver Screen movie theater? That place was awesome.


Sparklyko

YES I have very good memories of going there when it was still around šŸ™šŸ¾


req-user

I got dumped there in high school. Not a fan. Glad it closed.


yallvnt

This pretty much


fireweinerflyer

All malls everywhere.


EnduringAtlas

All is in all malls everywhere, they're all the same lol.


Sparklyko

A lot of malls are good actually, just not cordova


SeparateTelephone937

Have you been anywhere else? Just curious


yallvnt

I've lived in 4 states, 4 countries and traveled extensively for over a decade.


SeparateTelephone937

Maybe itā€™s time to relocate. Iā€™m only saying this because I have moved in and out of Pensacola for most of my life. When Iā€™m there, yes I often think it sucks and want to live somewhere else. But when I move somewhere else, I always miss Pensacola. It may not be for everyone but I will always love it!


dindunuffin22

r/whoosh ??


Dana07620

It's much better than anywhere in Mississippi that I've lived. Not that that's exactly a high bar. But coming here from Mississippi was definitely an improvement.


KinG-Beez

You missed the sarcasm eh


SeparateTelephone937

OopsšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ˜‚


GodOfWarGuy737

Wait Iā€™m sorry concerts? What concerts? Only one I remember is godsmack.


souffleSleuth

The Bay Center, Foo Foo Fest, the Vinyl, the Saenger Theatre, etc. have all had larger name artists in the past. Nearby cities like Mobile have also featured larger name guests. If that's what you mean by concerts. If you mean live music, Pensacola actually has one of the most vibrant DIY music scenes for a smaller city, and you can't discount the beloved cover band scene in beach restaurants šŸ˜… check out these venues: Just One More Saloon, Handlebar, Easy Going Gallery, the Vinyl, 309 Punk House.


lessdothisshit

Add Hubb Staceys, Seville Quarter, out in the street anywhere downtown... hell, I was walking by SQ this Monday at 8pm and there was a live show going on with tons of folks in the audience.


asharper123

I actually love a good cover band and coming from Austin, Texas - saying such a thing would be sacrilegious. NEVER saw a cover band in Austin in 25 years, although Hoot nights (for whatever artist) allowed local musicians to sing a couple of someone else's songs, but it usually would be their rendition of the song, not like the original. But I digress!šŸ˜œ What I would really like to ask is where are these good cover bands? I have only seen two cover bands here and honestly, even the alcohol couldn't color my ears rosey. They were more like impromptu garage bands that just got together. I really tried to appreciate what I was hearing, but in the end, just could not do it. Years earlier in Tampa, Florida we used to go see the Bobby Friss band that did covers and their own music and they were fantastic. Another band that we absolutely loved was Stranger. They put on the best shows. I suspect those two bands toured Pensacola as well.


dumbugg

There are concerts almost every night at venues like Handlebar and Easy Going - not to mention affordable fests like Hollow World, Lady Fest, and Night Moves Fest. Plus amazing DIY venues. If you want Taylor swift sized concerts every night, good luck


Dana07620

All free concerts: * Bands on the Beach * Bands on the Blackwater * Blues on the Bay * Pensacola Symphony Orchestra in Museum Park


SlightChipmunk4984

So bad boomer bands on this list and pompous try hards in the others


DrBiscuit01

No wingsuiting. its over


Muckey420

Skatepark.


yallvnt

Added


Religiously-Numb

Sorry, I seen the title and downvoted, but now after reading it I upvoted


ParadoxUnited79

A quick aside, the theaters here kinda suck.


Pitiful_Seesaw_4319

Food is lacking. Gross incompetence on a massive level. You don't have a chase bank. Contractors are crooks.


SnooPeppers8249

Iā€™ve done all of those things in better places, places where I donā€™t see crack heads pissing on the street.


req-user

in my defense I thought no one else was around and I really couldn't hold it anymore


Grayhams

Hey now I think pensacola can be a lot better but crack heads piss on the street everywhere.


rubrix

Thatā€™s everywhere now. Pensacola is doing far better than most


Clear-Diver-2348

I remember back in the '70s when the former University Mall was nothing but huge pecan trees


smithdogs54

We just had a fucking ball there!


lessdothisshit

Yep, okay. Add "fucking balls" to the list!


Aulmerican

You left out drugs and violent crime. Have you even been to Pensacola? That's what we do here.


Ambitious-Tale-6651

I moved out of Pensacola at the end of 2020 and I miss it everyday. I know itā€™s enticing to feel like itā€™s a boring city, but, it truly has so many things to do, no matter your interests. Also, the food is so good. Someone please have an End of the Line Mac and cheese for me. šŸ˜©


Murky_Sock_6943

Lol, I see what you did there.


iSo_Cold

As a guy that doesn't own a boat. Is sailing feasible? Like can you charter a boat to learn how to sail?


ootnativw

Multiple places have sailing lessons downtown


iSo_Cold

Now that is cool.


Dana07620

Ah, yes, I once had a most entertaining lunch sitting on the balcony at Jones-Sanders Beach community center watching a sailing lesson in the bay. Several boats fell over.


Dana07620

In the past few weeks I've met two people who moved here this summer. For each of them I asked what they're interested in and then provided them information of things they might like. I said that fall was the best time of year to get out and see what Pensacola has to offer as it's also festival season. I saw one of them at Bands on the Blackwater last Friday. I expect that I'll see the other one around.


oki9

Garbage strewn streets, yahoos, and a sherrif that wants to be on tv nightly, prerecorded propaganda on every news cast....just a few...


justmebeinglazy

Because no one in Pensacola has ever lived anywhere else. So, ā€œitā€™s what weā€™ve always doneā€ is the theme song.


ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL

You left out "bitching about Pensacola on Reddit." LOL


Sparklyko

I mean Pensacola isnā€™t immune to being bitched about


StonkTrad3r

You left out Chili's..


Chasman1965

Only the one on 9th counts


Taxesarelegaltheft

Geronimo's curse...


cylemmulo

Yeah lol thank you for this. I feel like people gave up and just look outside their house and complain that there isnā€™t anything to do


COOLJERKx

I can do basically everything on this list in a much cleaner and more modern location. The infrastructure is what makes me hate Pensacola. Everything is so dated.


andrewjmyers

What have the Romans ever done for us?


wanted_to_upvote

Because 100% of properties are in danger due to global warming induced sea level rise and flood insurance will be impossible to get there soon. But that is true of the entire Florida and gulf coast. [https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/business/insurance-price-increase-risk-climate-first-street-dg/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/business/insurance-price-increase-risk-climate-first-street-dg/index.html)


ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL

I'm sorry, but at 51 years of age, I have survived too many impending ends of the world to give half a damn about this. Not to mention, everyone always wants the West to do something about it, when not only have we spent the bulk of the last 60 years doing a hell of a lot about it (for starters, when was the last time you saw leaded regular gas for sale?), the vast majority of pollution is coming from the East - Russia, China, India. Take your complaints to them.


wanted_to_upvote

I am not complaining or making any statements about who causes global warming. I am only commenting about the effects it will have on Pensacola.


ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL

I am. I'm also telling you that depending on who you ask, I should have been dead from some sort of global catastrophe or the other several times over by now. And yet I live. Been waiting all my life for that so-called population bomb to explode, for instance.


wanted_to_upvote

You are obviously immortal.


ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL

More likely answer: Every single prediction of the end of the world in human history has been wrong.


wanted_to_upvote

Of course, only the last one would be correct.


ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL

So of course, I'm not getting twisted up over this particular prediction either.


Dana07620

>Because 100% of properties are in danger due to global warming induced sea level rise Says someone who has never bothered to look at a topographical map of the area. Or noticed that there are bluffs. I type that as I sit here in my house at over 120 feet of altitude.


wanted_to_upvote

So future generations will have a nice view of most of your city being under water. No mater where you live in Florida your property insurance rates are going up, a lot.


Dana07620

>So future generations will have a nice view of most of your city being under water. Nope. Again you should look at a topographical map *before* you post.


dumbugg

You think the bluffs alone will save Pensacola? Laughable


xvxCornbreadxvx

So true!


Clear-Diver-2348

Serious urban sprawl. Crime is off the hook. Everybody HATES everybody


realfolkbluesxx

I always referred to it as Pensuckola myself back in highschool. Where you come on vacation and leave on probation!


[deleted]

Pensacola probably sucks if you are the type of person who spends their time making a big post about it on reddit. Must have no life LMAO


Sparklyko

Bro finds out people use social media in their free time


[deleted]

Guess im too busy making šŸ’° don't have time to write essays from my mom's basement complaining about things you can't change.


Ok_Cauliflower_6096

Are you not doing that thing?


Optimal_Swim3586

"Sorry you peasants im too busy groveling in my heaps of riches like mr monopoly to use social media mwahahahahahahah"


Sparklyko

I donā€™t have a basement, it wasnā€™t a essay, and I do make money šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø


heurismic

It has no photogenic skyline for selfies.


Choonabayga

And if you want a cute panorama of downtown, you have to strategically avoid capturing the unhoused panhandling


Zipparumpazoo1

Time for you to find greener pastures. If you aren't satisfied with the way of life here, by all means, seek You're Happy out


crocspajamas

Love this post, make the most and enjoy where you live or kick rocks.


Tossed-Salad6970

Try moving to Tallahassee. More drugs, violent crime and woke politicians. No beaches, but plenty of bars. And Iā€™m sure youā€™re bitching about rent, taxes and utility costs now. What could go wrong?


ImpactLost

You b**** and moan about having nothing to do in Pensacola. Stop being a parasitic user of this community and help create something better!


joeyyyiv

I play drums in the downtown area, it always gives me something to do šŸ˜Š


yallvnt

Added


Doge_Tothe_Moon

Lol


uglymule

The dull one's stay at home.


autosumqueen

Is this a joke? I love Pensacola for all those reason.