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View Poll Results: Best downtown in Florida
Miami 35 55.56%
Tampa 7 11.11%
Orlando 5 7.94%
Jacksonville 2 3.17%
St. Pete 7 11.11%
Ft. Lauderdale 6 9.52%
Tallahassee 1 1.59%
Daytona Beach 0 0%
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-06-2010, 10:54 AM
 
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He said rank. So In Order

Tampa
Ft.Lauderdale
Miami
Orlando
St. Petersburg
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
Tallahassee
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Old 06-06-2010, 12:03 PM
 
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i'm not trying to, but the fact remains that Gainesville is a much more 1-D city compared to places like Miami and Orlando, and that 1-D is being a college town. It lacks a great airport, the restaurants, the shopping etc. of these bigger cities.
What does restaurants, shopping, or airport have to do with downtown? There are no restaurants in downtown Orlando sans a pizza shop and a daytime cantina that turns into a club at night... What are you even talking about?

We're discussing downtowns to me that is the social atmosphere not the airport. And neither Orlando or Miami has an airport in downtown..

This is a 1 Dimensional Ranking thread. It didn't ask rank these cities. It asked rank these downtowns.
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Old 06-06-2010, 12:22 PM
 
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Gainesville has the best lounge scene, bars, and social scene in general (not as good as Miami but close when cost is taken into account and accessibility). One of my closest friends went back for her Master's there at the moment. Its got the best college football and basketball. It has a huge live music scene. And most of the scene is very easy to get to and at least once you're there you can walk between bars, lounges, and clubs. Same thing with underground arts which it also has a lot of.

What's not to like?

Gainesville was ranked #1 best place to start a band by Blender Magazine in 2008 The Best List 2008: Travel - Blender (http://www.blender.com/guide/61220/thebestlist2008travel.html - broken link)
Gainesville was ranked #1 best place live by the NY Times in 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/re...6cov.html?_r=1
Gainesville was listed one of the 9 best places to Live and Play (unranked list) by National Geographic Best Places to Live '07 - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Gainesville is the only city in the Nation to achieve the Gold Well City award by the Wellness Council of America WELCOA | Wellness Councils of America the first city to earn it in 2003 and thus far still the only city to have it.

And I believe the correct phrase is "you never cease to amaze me..."

lmao please.... especially @ lounge scene.

I agree with everything chop chop said... I've been to Gainesville plenty of times. Even Tallahassee is better as far as downtowns go, and its barely worth mentioning.
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Old 06-06-2010, 12:58 PM
 
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What does restaurants, shopping, or airport have to do with downtown? There are no restaurants in downtown Orlando sans a pizza shop and a daytime cantina that turns into a club at night... What are you even talking about?

We're discussing downtowns to me that is the social atmosphere not the airport. And neither Orlando or Miami has an airport in downtown..

This is a 1 Dimensional Ranking thread. It didn't ask rank these cities. It asked rank these downtowns.
There are no restaurants in downtown Orlando?
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Old 06-06-2010, 01:08 PM
 
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there are no restaurants in downtown orlando?


yes there are.
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Old 06-06-2010, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Orlando - South
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yes there are.
Thats what I thought. Cause I'm pretty sure that place that I ate at a few months ago in downtown Orlando was a restaurant...
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Old 06-06-2010, 01:19 PM
 
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What does restaurants, shopping, or airport have to do with downtown?
Restaurants and shopping are an important part of any downtown IMO

and as for downtown restaurants in Orlando:

Downtown Orlando Restaurants: Orlando DiningGuide

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We're discussing downtowns to me that is the social atmosphere not the airport. And neither Orlando or Miami has an airport in downtown..
well Orlando technically does: Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) - Home Page

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It asked rank these downtowns.
Well your post didn't stick to just downtown:

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Gainesville has the best lounge scene, bars, and social scene in general (not as good as Miami but close when cost is taken into account and accessibility). One of my closest friends went back for her Master's there at the moment. Its got the best college football and basketball. It has a huge live music scene. And most of the scene is very easy to get to and at least once you're there you can walk between bars, lounges, and clubs. Same thing with underground arts which it also has a lot of.
One of the best spots for live music when I was in Gainesville wasn't even in downtown (although it's pretty darn close). Basketball is in the o'connell center and football is in BHG stadium, neither of which is in downtown. The Amway arena is much closer to Orlando's downtown. There's quite a few bars near campus that are classic that I wouldn't consider part of Gainesville's downtown (Grog House, swamp etc.)

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Old 06-06-2010, 01:40 PM
 
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Miami for sure.. I had great time in Orlando though, not going to lie.
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Old 06-06-2010, 01:48 PM
 
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Restaurants and shopping are an important part of any downtown IMO

and as for downtown restaurants in Orlando:

Downtown Orlando Restaurants: Orlando DiningGuide

well Orlando technically does: Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) - Home Page

Well your post didn't stick to just downtown:



One of the best spots for live music when I was in Gainesville wasn't even in downtown (although it's pretty darn close). Basketball is in the o'connell center and football is in BHG stadium, both of which aren't in downtown. The Amway arena is probably closer to Orlando's downtown. There's quite a few bars near campus that are classic that I wouldn't consider part of downtown (Grog House, swamp etc.)
Amway arena is in downtown.
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Old 06-06-2010, 01:49 PM
 
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Thats what I thought. Cause I'm pretty sure that place that I ate at a few months ago in downtown Orlando was a restaurant...


LOL There are, especially near Lake Eola and on orange Avenue. I assume he only though downtown is where the buildings were as that one poster said the same about Amway Arena being close to downtown when it is downtown.
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