What's up with Spring Hill? (Tampa, Palm Harbor: sale, homes, schools)

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by mandy_tampa

trust me being a buyers agent I know where spring hill is! and it wasn't supposed to be a negative comment some people prefer the "middle of nowhere" or per say the rural areas others don't.... thats all

Being 45 minutes from Tampa Airport is hardly the middle of nowhere no matter what connotation it has to you.

As far as the comment in your other post about Spring Hill being a true bubble area, are there any areas within a 100 mile radius of Tampa that was not a bubble area?

The only difference between up here and many other areas is the median price here hit $159K back last October and has stayed right around that number while other areas around Tampa continue to drop.

[mandy_tampa]

Originally Posted by Mike Peterson

Being 45 minutes from Tampa Airport is hardly the middle of nowhere no matter what connotation it has to you.

As far as the comment in your other post about Spring Hill being a true bubble area, are there any areas within a 100 mile radius of Tampa that was not a bubble area?

The only difference between up here and many other areas is the median price here hit $159K back last October and has stayed right around that number while other areas around Tampa continue to drop.

well to me 45 min away from Tampa is in the middle of nowhere I am a city girl!

of course I know other areas were in the bubble - but i refuse to paint a picture of spring hill that I personally don't see.... to me it is in the middle of nowhere PERIOD and I am not going to get into a pissing contest over this with you either - so what great job offers are up there? people that want a decent paying job will have to travel to tampa - period - and the people that can afford to live in Pinellas County will always chose Pinellas over Spring Hill ... unless like I said they prefer the rural live style!

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by mandy_tampa

well to me 45 min away from Tampa is in the middle of nowhere I am a city girl!

of course I know other areas were in the bubble - but i refuse to paint a picture of spring hill that I personally don't see.... to me it is in the middle of nowhere PERIOD and I am not going to get into a pissing contest over this with you either - so what great job offers are up there? people that want a decent paying job will have to travel to tampa - period - and the people that can afford to live in Pinellas County will always chose Pinellas over Spring Hill ... unless like I said they prefer the rural live style!

To characterize Spring Hill as the middle of nowhere because it is 45 minutes away from Tampa is ridiculous.
It takes longer to get from Palm Harbor to Tampa. You may be closer but you have all the traffic.

No one ever claimed to have big industry here but some people do not wish to live near warehouses and manufacturing plants.

And yes people may choose to live in Pinellas if they want to pay twice as much for a nice home in a safe neighborhood.

If you don't want to get into pissing matches do not start commenting on areas you do not know much about.

[daniellefort]

It's quite amusing that the 2 arguing in this thread are both real estate agents pulling for their own areas. I guess that's typical with realtors.

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by daniellefort

It's quite amusing that the 2 arguing in this thread are both real estate agents pulling for their own areas. I guess that's typical with realtors.

It's not about pulling for my area. It is about someone coming into a thread and misrepresenting an area. It does not matter whether it is another agent or not.

[ConeyIsBabe]

Soooooo....... what's Spring Hill REALLY like ?

What's Spring Hill like from the perspective of a retiree looking for a safe community, with a downtown which offers nice stores, good restaurants, excellent facilities, a town where there are friendly people, NO GANG activity, and near the coast ?????

[Mike Peterson]

Originally Posted by ConeyIsBabe

Soooooo....... what's Spring Hill REALLY like ?

What's Spring Hill like from the perspective of a retiree looking for a safe community, with a downtown which offers nice stores, good restaurants, excellent facilities, a town where there are friendly people, NO GANG activity, and near the coast ?????

Well it is definately a safe community.
There are many nice stores but no actual downtown, you would need a car to get around.
The restaurants here are mostly chain restaurants though we do have a few nice independents.
I find the people friendly but there have been others that post here that think otherwise. I truly think that friendly people will find other friendly people and unfriendly people the opposite.
There is no gang activity though you will always find some wannabe teenagers in any community.
We are close to the coast, 5-6 miles, but there are no true beaches when you get up this far north. It is mostly salt marsh though they do have a man made beach at Pine Island which is nice.
You also have many thousands of acres preserved land that you can hike and horseback ride in.
It is surely not a cosmopolitan area but it is also not in the middle of no where.

[House4Sale]

There are plenty of stores, two major hospitals, restaurants galore, doctors, vets, dentists and government jobs for work. Huge newspaper distrib. center just down Cortez. One gal started her own cleaning service and is doing quite well.

As for me, I landed the first job I applied for. No huge ticket/paying jobs (that I found) but they say retirement/pension are going the way of the Edsel anyway and we will have to save for our own.

I always maintained, if a person wants a job, they can find one. And there's always Tampa for a commute which people are pooling to anyway, with the green thing and gas prices. Again, S H is better than Detroit.

[buggyboo522]

What about Hudson, Holiday and Port Richey? Any thoughts on these areas?

[buggyboo522]

I definitely would like to be in an area that has some retails close by. I do not like to drive and I currently work as a photographer for Sears and plan to stay in that same line of work, but not necessarily for the same company. I really don't care to drive no more than 15 -20 minutes to work. I also want to be somewhat close to coast, I have 4 daughters who LOVE to swim. We want to be able to take a 15-20 minute drive to the beach on my days off to spend the day there. I understand Pasco county has cheaper taxes, so maybe somewhere in Pasco. Any suggestions? You all have been extremely helpful. Thank you soooo much.