Is this a small town thing, a FL thing, or a small town FL thing??? (Tampa: home, to live in)

[PhotoProIP]

Originally Posted by gulfporter

For the last 11 years we've lived in cities in the US and in Mexico that don't have mailboxes. We're newbies to Gulfport and amused and delighted by the mostly home-grown artistic mailboxes. I took these photos within a 3 block radius of our home.

Hope the link works:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/membe...mailboxes.html

Here's my question to you: if we're not all twins, then why should we all have the same mailbox? Does the mail get an allergic reaction if it's not being put into an ugly black box? "What does the mail say?"

[Sunshinecc]

Originally Posted by PhotoProIP

Here's my question to you: if we're not all twins, then why should we all have the same mailbox? Does the mail get an allergic reaction if it's not being put into an ugly black box? "What does the mail say?"

[vaughanwilliams]

Originally Posted by Sunshinecc

I have a question rather than starting a new thread since it's sort of the same - is it a St. Pete (Florida?) thing to have the cobblestone/brick-layed streets? I just love that look and noticed it's in the Old Northeast section as well.

At one time, St. Pete had 340 miles of brick streets. About 95 miles of city streets and alleys are still bricks. Historically, the areas with brick streets have had less road flooding because of the porous nature of bricks.

[Sunshinecc]

Originally Posted by vaughanwilliams

At one time, St. Pete had 340 miles of brick streets. About 95 miles of city streets and alleys are still bricks. Historically, the areas with brick streets have had less road flooding because of the porous nature of bricks.

Hey, thanks for the info. That's interesting about the flooding too, I didn't even think of that. Aesthetically speaking, though, it really gives the neighborhoods a nice feel.

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by vaughanwilliams

At one time, St. Pete had 340 miles of brick streets. About 95 miles of city streets and alleys are still bricks. Historically, the areas with brick streets have had less road flooding because of the porous nature of bricks.

Interesting info.

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by Sunshinecc

Hey, thanks for the info. That's interesting about the flooding too, I didn't even think of that. Aesthetically speaking, though, it really gives the neighborhoods a nice feel.

Nice look, bumpy feel.

[BucFan]

Love the cobblestones - reminds me of driving in European cities.......I think Ybor has some stretches of cobblestone, but I could be wrong (might be thinking of NOLA).

[Sunnydee]

Thanks for posting the mailbox pictures. They are really creative and so representative of Gulfport. I associate such mailboxes with artsy areas of Florida. They remind me of what we call "old Florida," the Florida that preceded master planned communities, gated communities, and age restricted communities.

[Sunshinecc]

Originally Posted by PriusH8r

Nice look, bumpy feel.

yes, this would be true, lol. I was up in Portland, ME and going out to some bar/night club on a side street that had cobblestone. I can't remember what I was wearing but the other girl wore stillettos. She looked like one of those circus people on stilts trying to maneuver through. Actually, change that to a tightrope walker.

Sunnydee, if that is what "old Florida" is, then I like it!

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by Sunshinecc

yes, this would be true, lol. I was up in Portland, ME and going out to some bar/night club on a side street that had cobblestone. I can't remember what I was wearing but the other girl wore stillettos. She looked like one of those circus people on stilts trying to maneuver through. Actually, change that to a tightrope walker.

Sunnydee, if that is what "old Florida" is, then I like it!

LOL!


Must be old Florida, as I have seen and felt it in many places here.