[FSUZeta]

baci, one of the best ways to learn about some place is to visit there.meet the locals, ask them about the schools, the safety, the good neighborhoods. then visit the schools and the neighborhoods.

as to traffic, i think the traffic is better in tallahassee than it is on panama city beach, but as in most decent sized cities, it's not perfect, especially on football game days. if you know backroads (i do), you can often circumvent the traffic snarls.

i did not respond before because as angelove said, i have not lived in tally for years and years. my parents live near there, so i make several trips there a year. i hear that crime is high, but i have no personal knowledge. i feel safe when i am there, but i keep to the more mainstream areas of town. if i go to the mall, i am aware of my surroundings when i walk from and to my car-in other words, i use common sense and act no differently than i do here in naples.

you should be able to get school information online-percentage of students who go to college, average sat/act scores, # of students per teacher, etc. you should also be able to get the names of the schools in tallahassee online too.

maclay school(private/college prep) has a good academic reputation. it is on the northside of town. i had several friends who attended tallahassee christian school when i was at fsu. they seemed well prepared for college. this is not to say that the public high schools are deficient-i just do not know enough about them to offer an opinion.