{"id":484789,"date":"2026-01-01T13:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/484789\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:19:21","slug":"nicole-and-antonio-luciano-resident-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/484789\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole and Antonio Luciano \u2013 Resident News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicole and Antonio Luciano take pride in their hometown and are quick to defend it against those who call it boring, claim there is nothing to do, or that the area will never be developed.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially now, we have a reason to defend it,\u201d Antonio said. \u201cI\u2019m constantly sticking up for Jacksonville. I have friends who live in Miami and Orlando, and I\u2019ll send Snapchats about the developments happening along the river.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lucianos grew up in the Arlington area. They met at their first jobs at McDonald\u2019s and have been together ever since. Throughout that time, they have witnessed the city\u2019s growth. They are interested in what\u2019s happening locally and get excited about new developments and community activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see, as people who grew up in Arlington and kind of had dreams for what the city could become,\u201d Antonio said. \u201cAnd then kind of seeing it start to take shape is awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Nicole and Antonio live in Point La Vista with their son, Leo. They first fell in love with the area years ago while attending a Halloween party.<\/p>\n

\"LeoLeo Luciano is a true Jags fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were just in love,\u201d Nicole said. \u201cWe loved the look of the historic homes. It was just this level of charm and an area that we really hadn\u2019t experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n

And they knew one day they would live there, too. Now, they spend a lot of time renovating, landscaping and hosting family events and holidays at their home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just heavily family-focused people,\u201d Antonio said.<\/p>\n

\"AntonioAntonio and Leo explore Riverside\u2019s new skate park. <\/p>\n

Antonio, Nicole and Leo enjoy visiting new parks and attending different events. A family favorite is the playground at Friendship Fountain along the Southbank and the Artist Square skate park in Riverside. When they visit the skate park with their son, they typically park and walk around the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call those our city days,\u201d Antonio said. \u201cAnd [Leo] loves it.\u201d<\/p>\n

They enjoy getting outdoors as much as they can, as long as it\u2019s not during the incredibly hot summer days. They enjoy taking their 20-foot Airstream camper out and exploring the outdoors. Ocala, Rosemary Beach and areas in the Panhandle are among their favorite places to visit. They enjoy exploring on two wheels as well as four and often bring their mountain bikes to experience new places.<\/p>\n

\"AntonioAntonio and Nicole enjoy mountain biking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just kind of a way to be able to do some of those biking trips and get outdoors with the family,\u201d Antonio said.<\/p>\n

As lifelong Jaxsons, the Lucianos are also wholly devoted to the Jaguars. They are season ticket holders and spend seven Sundays out of the year down at the stadium. They have also been a part of a large tailgate group for nearly 10 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first started doing it, we were the younger part of the group and we didn\u2019t have kids,\u201d Antonio said. \u201cAnd now the next wave of us have young kids, and it\u2019s a nice little cycle to see a new group of kids come along.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AntonioAntonio and Nicole Luciano at a Jaguars game.<\/p>\n

They admit their son enjoys tailgating and playing with his friends more than watching the actual game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tailgate is really fun for him because he can play with his friends and run around,\u201d Nicole said. \u201c\u2026And he\u2019s all about the snacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trio really enjoys their Sunday gamedays.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd even if you lost the game, you still won the tailgate,\u201d Antonio said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicole and Antonio Luciano take pride in their hometown and are quick to defend it against those who…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":484790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-484789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115820046930802394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}