Is Tampa a Rural City? (Spring Hill, Mayo: real estate, 2013, wedding)

[gypsychic]

For some of you naysayers here, I am posting a link to a TBO article from a year ago; about how New York is feeding our population:

New York feeding Florida growth | TBO.com and The Tampa Tribune


It seems quite a few younger people from NEW YORK are finding Tampa just fine, and are enthused about what Mayor Buckhorn is doing.

Also, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia, with a few more accolades:

<<In 2008, Tampa was ranked as the 5th best outdoor city by Forbes.[17] A 2004 survey by the NYU newspaper Washington Square News ranked Tampa as a top city for "twenty-somethings."[18] Tampa also ranks as the fifth most popular American city, based on where people want to live, according to a 2009 Pew Research Center study.[19] Tampa is now ranked as a "Gamma+" world city by Loughborough University.[20] According to Loughborough, Tampa ranks alongside other world cities such as Phoenix, Charlotte, Rotterdam, and Santo Domingo.[21] In recent years Tampa has seen a notable upsurge in high-market demand from consumers, signaling more wealth concentrated in the area.[22] Tampa hosted the 2012 Republican National Convention and the 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards in April 2014.[23][24]>>>

Tampa is moving along just fine; some of you here are unrealistic and overly negative. Things don't happen overnight, and everything costs a lot of money. And for those of you who "can't wait til the old-farts die off" - you should be ashamed of yourselves. How about you just go where you think it's utopia - oh, wait, it doesn't exist.....

[AES328]

I find nothing wrong with casting off people who try to shove themselves in the way of positive progress. Besides, most of them live too far away from downtown to really matter, anyway.

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by Vannort54

When I lived in Joliet Illinois witch is about 30 miles from Chicago people here always went to Chicago fo dinner of entertainment and to work. You would park your car at the Metra train station parking lot and off you go. When you get to the city they have plenty of cabs, and mega buses witch look like slinkeys. And the L the subway in the city. Every day the city is packed with people working or having fun. Have restraunts like pizza UNO Chicago deep dish pizza, Lowerys steak house, and Gibsons steake house,Al's Italian beef , and Chicago hotdogs being sold on the street. So if Tampa can bring that kind of atmosphere then Tampa could be busy all the time. Chicago like NY are cities that never sleep. And they also have ride share bikes throughout the city. My wife and I are thinking about moving back in April or may.

This is exactly how Tampa SHOULD be. I went to New Orleans in February and said to myself, "This is Ybor had Ybor been done properly." Mayor Buckhorn is doing his part to make Tampa the next great city. Between the Encore project and the Riverwalk (of which is converting to an open carry) we're making progress. Add in Vinik's new Channelside and we'll watch downtown SLOWLY transform into a more bustling area of town.

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by AES328

Besides, most of them live too far away from downtown to really matter, anyway.

This is another HUGE problem with Tampa. People who don't live IN Tampa hindering it's progress. Notice how most naysayers on here don't live in Tampa? Notice how some don't even live in Hillsborough County?

[AES328]

Originally Posted by MAniacTHW

This is another HUGE problem with Tampa. People who don't live IN Tampa hindering it's progress. Notice how most naysayers on here don't live in Tampa? Notice how some don't even live in Hillsborough County?

Bingo!

I don't see anyone who actually lives downtown complaining. Just old suburbanites who fear Tampa becoming something more than a heehaw Mayberry dump.

[gypsychic]

Originally Posted by MAniacTHW

This is exactly how Tampa SHOULD be. I went to New Orleans in February and said to myself, "This is Ybor had Ybor been done properly." Mayor Buckhorn is doing his part to make Tampa the next great city. Between the Encore project and the Riverwalk (of which is converting to an open carry) we're making progress. Add in Vinik's new Channelside and we'll watch downtown SLOWLY transform into a more bustling area of town.

I agree - and not sure, but I think I read somewhere they will be expanding that streetcar and trolley service too, once all of that gets going. I wouldn't be surprised to see some private company come along and start up some sort of transit service. I can't say enough about how pleased I am with Mayor Buckhorn. True, I am one who does not live in Tampa anymore, but as I said before it is my hometown, and my husband has worked for the government downtown for 15 years now, so I definitely have a vested interest. I love to see downtown cores developed. The fact is, Tampa is NOT the only city with suburban sprawl - you find sprawl in most states. It doesn't matter, those who want to live in suburbs can live in suburbs. Those who want urban living can be URBAN PIONEERS! That is how places start to take off. That is why all those younger New Yorkers coming to downtown are paving the way for more things to happen.

I think it is exciting to see all these things taking place. Don't forget about the InVision Master Plan - I am reposting the link here for those who have forgotten, or have never seen it in the first place:

InVisionTampa - Home

Eventually, all of those inner city neighborhoods will be developed and you will have a very vibrant urban core.

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by gypsychic

Don't forget about the InVision Master Plan - I am reposting the link here for those who have forgotten, or have never seen it in the first place:

InVisionTampa - Home

Eventually, all of those inner city neighborhoods will be developed and you will have a very vibrant urban core.

I was not aware of this project. Thanks for sharing.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by JasonAnc

Huh?

You literally think that "everyone" actively spends their lives running around trying to compel others to live the way they do? Mmmkay...

Isnt that what you are doing?

[Spring Hillian]

And if it became the mega-city some envision it will loose its attraction and be just like any other
mega-city.

Originally Posted by gypsychic

For some of you naysayers here, I am posting a link to a TBO article from a year ago; about how New York is feeding our population:

New York feeding Florida growth | TBO.com and The Tampa Tribune


It seems quite a few younger people from NEW YORK are finding Tampa just fine, and are enthused about what Mayor Buckhorn is doing.

Also, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia, with a few more accolades:

<<In 2008, Tampa was ranked as the 5th best outdoor city by Forbes.[17] A 2004 survey by the NYU newspaper Washington Square News ranked Tampa as a top city for "twenty-somethings."[18] Tampa also ranks as the fifth most popular American city, based on where people want to live, according to a 2009 Pew Research Center study.[19] Tampa is now ranked as a "Gamma+" world city by Loughborough University.[20] According to Loughborough, Tampa ranks alongside other world cities such as Phoenix, Charlotte, Rotterdam, and Santo Domingo.[21] In recent years Tampa has seen a notable upsurge in high-market demand from consumers, signaling more wealth concentrated in the area.[22] Tampa hosted the 2012 Republican National Convention and the 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards in April 2014.[23][24]>>>

Tampa is moving along just fine; some of you here are unrealistic and overly negative. Things don't happen overnight, and everything costs a lot of money. And for those of you who "can't wait til the old-farts die off" - you should be ashamed of yourselves. How about you just go where you think it's utopia - oh, wait, it doesn't exist.....

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

And if it became the mega-city some envision it will loose its attraction and be just like any other
mega-city.

Like Atlanta lost its attraction and just became a mega-city? Like New York lost its attraction and became a mega-city? Like L.A. lost its attraction and became a mega-city? Last I checked, millions of people want to live in those cities.