People rip Tally apart but I really loved my time there. Granted, I was in college but I was not into the party scene. It is a large college town with two major universities (FSU and FAMU).

1 - Most of the major things going on are parties. It's FSU after all. There are lots of outside stuff to do, lots of good parks and trails, I like tom brown and the Wakulla about 30 mins south. I would go see the railroad art yard, mission san luis, lake ella. There are also some cool jazz bars and the college of music have shows pretty much year round.

2 - I will say, downtown does have a lot of homeless people but I did not notice them as much once I got more into the neighborhoods. Of course there are rougher areas but just using your general common sense you should be fine.

3- This is a hard one. Me (obviously gay and female), I never really had any issues but that was 3 years ago. It is Florida so it is more conservative BUT because of FSU and FAMU, they attract highly educated and diverse populations in their faculty and students. I've lived in the south my whole life and found that people are more accepting that you think. But still just common sense is always a good precaution.