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Old 09-03-2012, 08:02 PM
 
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What has anyone to say about New Tampa? Where in that area should I stay far away from?
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Old 09-03-2012, 08:29 PM
 
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New Tampa is a traffic nightmare. However if you work in New Tampa, it's a great place to live.
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Old 09-03-2012, 08:31 PM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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New Tampa is a traffic nightmare. However if you work in New Tampa, it's a great place to live.
No worse than most of Pinellas County.
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Old 09-03-2012, 08:38 PM
 
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Much worse.
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Old 09-04-2012, 04:52 AM
 
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No worse than most of Pinellas County.
I dont think you have any clue what you are talking about. I can throw dozens of locations in Pinellas County where you have the same "traffic lights every 50 feet" like Bruce B Downs has. Morning rush might be worse in New Tampa, I will give you that, but "the rest of the day" or on weekends, Pinellas is just as bad.
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Old 09-04-2012, 07:02 AM
 
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I dont think you have any clue what you are talking about. I can throw dozens of locations in Pinellas County where you have the same "traffic lights every 50 feet" like Bruce B Downs has. Morning rush might be worse in New Tampa, I will give you that, but "the rest of the day" or on weekends, Pinellas is just as bad.
I agree with this. Pinellas is the worst, I work in Clearwater, my Pinellas trek is the worst part by far. There is 1 real highway that doesn't even run north to south its like an S that starts in the middle, at the very least I275 should connect to us19 so you can go north, its just crappy all around.
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Old 09-04-2012, 07:11 AM
 
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I agree, Pinellas is WORST! We just had to drive through all of Pinellas yesterday and all I can say is O.M.G.!! Holding my breath til we got home. Glad we don't live there!!! I will say that St. Pete isn't too bad, it's when you get north of there it really gets bad.
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Old 03-12-2013, 12:50 PM
 
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Default STILL the SAME after all this TIME?

Im picking back up on this thread because it has given me the best information as far as neighborhoods, And its been hard, Ive talked to a few management companies, but they seem to be just interested in your application fees, and not ready to tell you their rental is in a run down ghetto part of town!...... I have been looking at schools near east Tampa, and they are almost all 2-3 rated out of 10, and well the crime maps matches up well with those low scored schools...................so while I initally, thought living in Temple Terrace, or Town N Country might work, Im not so sure now!

Im thinking of looking at Seminole Heights, the Lowry Park Zoo area, maybe some area near downtown?

Not sure, Im very confused, and to top it off, the property manager I talked to yesterday said the rental market is very competitive right now, so for a person with bad credit it doesnt sound like I will have much of a choice of living in a bad area, and hence, my daughter going to a ghetto school.. I mean I have money, good job, no evictions, no judgments, no felonies, or anything serious.. but I have a car loan, some old utilities, old bounced checks.. ect.. and yeah I know, pay them off and then move- right? Thats not an option, Im being tranfered and I dont have 10k to pay of creditors first! Just wondering if this old poat is still valid information???

Any new additions to this list over the last year? What is palmetto point like? areas of south Tampa are not far from work (Netpark)..I would love to go to St. Petes, or Clearwater but just seems like the drive to Netpark (Hillsborogh/56th st) would be about an hour..............Am I right about that?
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Old 03-12-2013, 01:23 PM
 
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Im picking back up on this thread because it has given me the best information as far as neighborhoods, And its been hard, Ive talked to a few management companies, but they seem to be just interested in your application fees, and not ready to tell you their rental is in a run down ghetto part of town!...... I have been looking at schools near east Tampa, and they are almost all 2-3 rated out of 10, and well the crime maps matches up well with those low scored schools...................so while I initally, thought living in Temple Terrace, or Town N Country might work, Im not so sure now!

Im thinking of looking at Seminole Heights, the Lowry Park Zoo area, maybe some area near downtown?

Not sure, Im very confused, and to top it off, the property manager I talked to yesterday said the rental market is very competitive right now, so for a person with bad credit it doesnt sound like I will have much of a choice of living in a bad area, and hence, my daughter going to a ghetto school.. I mean I have money, good job, no evictions, no judgments, no felonies, or anything serious.. but I have a car loan, some old utilities, old bounced checks.. ect.. and yeah I know, pay them off and then move- right? Thats not an option, Im being tranfered and I dont have 10k to pay of creditors first! Just wondering if this old poat is still valid information???

Any new additions to this list over the last year? What is palmetto point like? areas of south Tampa are not far from work (Netpark)..I would love to go to St. Petes, or Clearwater but just seems like the drive to Netpark (Hillsborogh/56th st) would be about an hour..............Am I right about that?
It sounds like your priority is your daughter's school. I would recommend the South Shore area, you can go east to 301 and take that down to the norther part of riverview , where you would go to Symmes Elementary, thats a 30 min drive, if you step that drive up 15 min you can go to the Bloomingdale area of brandon/valrico, that would be my suggestions if you are on a budget. Otherwise the commute goign north to either New Tampa or WEsley chapel would be a killer, no easy way to cut across to Carrolwood/citrus park, as far as South Tampa the closest area would be the hyde park area, another choice would be I guess if you head down 56th it will turn to 50th then that will run you into the crosstown, then you can take that down to gandy and then you could look into Ballast Point Elementary area which is a pretty good school, cheaper area lots of military families. If money is no object then look into the Gorrie or Mitchell elementary boundaries.
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Old 03-12-2013, 01:46 PM
 
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WOW.. Thank you so much! I will outline those areas and thank you for the info!!!!!!!!!!
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