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Tampa definitely isn't impressive. But I wouldn't say its underwhelming either. It is a very compact city with only 400,000 people and takes up a small chunk of its 3 million people metro area with St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Brandon. Not to mention, St. Petersburg has a nice little skyline of its own. From my time there, I would say a lot of people go to retire there and it has a lot slower pace than most cities its size, and feels smaller and more local. Anyways, the skyline is respectable and it lights up well at night. It just wouldn't win any awards. With Ybor and Harbor Island, it stretches out pretty well:
Tampa can look big from the right angles. If you look at it from the airport, you see all the downtown high rises, the Westshore business district, and the condos on Bayshore so it starts to look like a real city. However, it’s just too spread out. For a metro this size, Tampa feels a lot smaller than Charlotte and Denver which technically have less people.
I wouldn’t say it’s slower paced and it isn’t full of retirees, it’s just disorganized and spread out.
Houston's growth has slowed down with the shrinking oil industry. Houston was 4th behind Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth for jobs recovered post covid in Texas. Houston has the highest office vacancy rate of any major market.
I think Houston is still doing fine though since it did outpace the US as a whole when it comes to covid job recovery. And Houston has still built more skyscrapers than Dallas (and Austin too) despite Dallas’ healthier economy. Houston has more of a will to build regardless of economic status.
Tampa can look big from the right angles. If you look at it from the airport, you see all the downtown high rises, the Westshore business district, and the condos on Bayshore so it starts to look like a real city. However, it’s just too spread out. For a metro this size, Tampa feels a lot smaller than Charlotte and Denver which technically have less people.
I wouldn’t say it’s slower paced and it isn’t full of retirees, it’s just disorganized and spread out.
Right… If captured from the right angles, it can look okay… Coming in from I-4 around the Selmon Expressway, it looks decent, but downtown as a whole is VERY underwhelming. Both Tampa and Orlando have some lacking skylines, despite the cities having decent levels of density and urbanity within their core areas.
When driving through downtown Tampa on I275, the skyline looks VERY small.
Also, I definitely do not see Tampa as “slow-paced” and full of retirees. It feels no different than Charlotte in most aspects.
Tampa definitely isn't impressive. But I wouldn't say its underwhelming either. It is a very compact city with only 400,000 people and takes up a small chunk of its 3 million people metro area with St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Brandon. Not to mention, St. Petersburg has a nice little skyline of its own. From my time there, I would say a lot of people go to retire there and it has a lot slower pace than most cities its size, and feels smaller and more local. Anyways, the skyline is respectable and it lights up well at night. It just wouldn't win any awards. With Ybor and Harbor Island, it stretches out pretty well:
Tampa definitely isn't impressive. But I wouldn't say its underwhelming either. It is a very compact city with only 400,000 people and takes up a small chunk of its 3 million people metro area with St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Brandon. Not to mention, St. Petersburg has a nice little skyline of its own. From my time there, I would say a lot of people go to retire there and it has a lot slower pace than most cities its size, and feels smaller and more local. Anyways, the skyline is respectable and it lights up well at night. It just wouldn't win any awards. With Ybor and Harbor Island, it stretches out pretty well:
I doubt it. Much of the heavy developments in FL are concentrated in St-Pete and Orlando. Tampa has that Water St stuff going on, but even with that, it still has a long way to go. A lot of downtown is still very run down.
I doubt it. Much of the heavy developments in FL are concentrated in St-Pete and Orlando. Tampa has that Water St stuff going on, but even with that, it still has a long way to go. A lot of downtown is still very run down.
Tampa does have a few interesting developments underway, but St. Pete is really the one blowing up right now. Lots of new towers are going up there, including one building over 500’. I’m less familiar with what’s going up in Orlando, but I’ll say it’s deserving.
Tampa’s tallest building was built in 1992 which says a lot I think.
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