wealthiest part of the Tampa Bay Area (Miami, Fort Lauderdale: 2013, rent)

[EuroLT]

Hello All,
Hope all of you are doing well. I am a writer for a major European magazine publication and I am doing a story about Tampa Bay in Florida (USA) and their expansive growth industries. I wanted to ask you all if you can help me with this question. Which part of the Tampa Bay area (Tampa, St. Pete. etc) is considered the most affluent, ritzy, and expensive ? This part of town would be where all the you would see people driving exotic cars like Bentley, Ferrari, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin…… etc. This would be the part of town where people would people wearing high end designers like Prada, Channel, Louis Vitton, Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Rolex, and Burburry.etc. I am doing an article on the growth of the Tampa Bay Area, and wanted to know where the wealthy in this area are living. Thanks for the help

[BucFan]

My first thought was Bayshore Blvd/Hyde Park or Davis Islands. Also coming to mind was Avila Golf and Country Club | Tampa, FL where many of the professional sports stars live.

[floridagirl777]

I'm thinking the Bayshore area, including Davis Island, Hyde Park, etc.

If you are including Pinellas Country, look into Bellaire Beach and the north end of Clearwater Beach.

Here's a map/article that may help: http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/...zip-codes.html

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by EuroLT

Hello All,
Hope all of you are doing well. I am a writer for a major European magazine publication and I am doing a story about Tampa Bay in Florida (USA) and their expansive growth industries. I wanted to ask you all if you can help me with this question. Which part of the Tampa Bay area (Tampa, St. Pete. etc) is considered the most affluent, ritzy, and expensive ? This part of town would be where all the you would see people driving exotic cars like Bentley, Ferrari, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin…… etc. This would be the part of town where people would people wearing high end designers like Prada, Channel, Louis Vitton, Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Rolex, and Burburry.etc. I am doing an article on the growth of the Tampa Bay Area, and wanted to know where the wealthy in this area are living. Thanks for the help

I don't know of any area where a significant or noticeable portion of the residents are that affected/flamboyant. Certainly in Palm Beach or a handful of areas in Miami, Miami Beach or Naples but definitely not in the Tampa Bay area.

[kmarc]

This is a GREAT question and it really speaks to the character of the Tampa Bay area, because wealth in the area tends to diffuse rather than congregate. You'll find pockets of it in South Tampa: Bayshore/Hyde Park/Davis Islands, and in the gated community of Avila, as BucFan said. There're also some money in Lutz, for example. And I think there's an enclave or two over in the St. Pete area.

The International Mall in Tampa is where people shop when they want high end goods. As I understand it, it was designed to capture the affluent traffic from Tampa's international airport, and when I've been there, that's exactly what I've seen.

Now, some people consider Sarasota to be part of the Tampa Bay area and some don't, but that's where you'll see more overt displays of wealth: European cars and European designer clothing and accessories. Closer to the city of Tampa, you're more likely to see someone driving a restored American classic car as a vehicular expression of affluence, so to speak. The Tampa Bay area is not really a "if you've got it, flaunt it" type of place.

Please post your article here when you're done. I'd like to know what our "expansive growth industries" are.

[kmarc]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

I don't know of any area where a significant or noticeable portion of the residents are that affected/flamboyant. Certainly in Palm Beach or a handful of areas in Miami, Miami Beach or Naples but definitely not in the Tampa Bay area.

Exactly, kyle. I sort of chuckled when I read the post. Having lived in South Florida, Manhattan, Fairfield County in Connecticut and in Boston, I have a pretty good idea what the OP is looking for. As I said, the closest to that is in Sarasota, and that depends on whether or not one could consider it part of the Tampa Bay area.

[PhotoProIP]

Originally Posted by EuroLT

Hello All,
Hope all of you are doing well. I am a writer for a major European magazine publication and I am doing a story about Tampa Bay in Florida (USA) and their expansive growth industries. I wanted to ask you all if you can help me with this question. Which part of the Tampa Bay area (Tampa, St. Pete. etc) is considered the most affluent, ritzy, and expensive ? This part of town would be where all the you would see people driving exotic cars like Bentley, Ferrari, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin…… etc. This would be the part of town where people would people wearing high end designers like Prada, Channel, Louis Vitton, Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Rolex, and Burburry.etc. I am doing an article on the growth of the Tampa Bay Area, and wanted to know where the wealthy in this area are living. Thanks for the help

So, you're writing an article on Tampa's SNOBBERY epidemic? That should be interesting!

[PhotoProIP]

BTW....The town you're looking for that fits the description of your post is called Scottsdale, and is found in Arizona. Tampa doesn't have an area you describe that stands out in the way you are describing it. You may want to choose Miami Beach/Ocean Drive or Fort Lauderdale's stretch of A1A.

I go to South Tampa quite frequently and Tampa simply doesn't have an area that looks like what you described; just an epidemic of BMW's, and some Land Rover's for our heavily rough terrain! (hahahahahahahahahah LMAO) Ohh yeah, and we're probably #1 at Suburban's and Cadillac SUV's ownership! Because one kid needs a lot of vehicle space here, and so they use as a playroom since traffic in South Tampa is quite BRUTAL! LOLOLOLOLOL

[BucFan]

Bradenton/Sarasota has areas of wealth. Usually look for the exclusive private golf course communities. I think the Concession Golf Club - Bradenton, FL is attracting money to its Jack Nicklaus designed golf course. There are a lot of high rent golf course communities where the wealthy seem to congregate - but a lot of that money came from the northern states and is just the winter homes for wealthy individuals and doesn't really show the growth industries of our area.

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by EuroLT

Hello All,
Hope all of you are doing well. I am a writer for a major European magazine publication and I am doing a story about Tampa Bay in Florida (USA) and their expansive growth industries. I wanted to ask you all if you can help me with this question. Which part of the Tampa Bay area (Tampa, St. Pete. etc) is considered the most affluent, ritzy, and expensive ? This part of town would be where all the you would see people driving exotic cars like Bentley, Ferrari, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin…… etc. This would be the part of town where people would people wearing high end designers like Prada, Channel, Louis Vitton, Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Rolex, and Burburry.etc. I am doing an article on the growth of the Tampa Bay Area, and wanted to know where the wealthy in this area are living. Thanks for the help

I am not sure about anyone else, but I have a hard time believing someone with a major European magazine publication would find this forum as a source for their info, not to mention have a subject matter written the way this one is.

If you want to have fun on the internet with a question like this, you will probably get a better rise out of people by posting it in the Miami forum where all the beautiful people live.