Moving my family to Tampa, work in Lake Egypt... Where to live?

[Pragmaticus]

I would say Carrollwood/Citrus Park/Westchase

I would also say don't rule out Town N County completely. Dana Shore, for example, is nice place to live.

[Sunscape]

Carrollwood and Citrus Park is my suggestion.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by DUNNDFRNT

30 min? Yea not so much.

Originally Posted by DUNNDFRNT

Do you know where Egypt Lake is?
To go west to Palm Harbor/East Lake you have to cut across the million people trying to get to or out of Carrolwood/Lutz/Northdale then Citrus Park/Westchase, that traffic doesnt die down until 7pm, depending on how you cut across you might have to deal with the flooding at Hillsborough during the summer.

Sorry, from your "well-written" original post I thought you were referring to the trip between East Lake and Clearwater Beach. I do know where Egypt Lake is, NE of the intersection of Hillsborough and Dale Mabry. The OP would take SR580/Hillsborough Ave east to Dale Mabry, then north about a mile. The OP also stated they would be working from 10am to 6pm (non-rush hour) and the trip is about 12-13 miles, so care to explain how it's going to take an hour in your scenario??? I would recommend to the OP to try the drive when you arrive before making decisions based off of some of these recommendations.

[FloridaKash]

Northdale has several homes for rent in your price range.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by MeInDenudinFL

This..

Going to east lake/palm harbor would be way more than 30minute. There is no way you can do it at that time. May be 50minutes to 1 hour, if you are lucky. I doubt if you can do 30 minute at mid-night let alone in daily traffic. When you come here, do the commute and see it for yourself.

I'm really wondering about some of these posts. I make the drive frequently at that hour (9:30-10am) from Safety Harbor which is even further than East Lake and I routinely make it to the Veteran's Expressway in under 30 minutes.

[DUNNDFRNT]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Sorry, from your "well-written" original post I thought you were referring to the trip between East Lake and Clearwater Beach. I do know where Egypt Lake is, NE of the intersection of Hillsborough and Dale Mabry. The OP would take SR580/Hillsborough Ave east to Dale Mabry, then north about a mile. The OP also stated they would be working from 10am to 6pm (non-rush hour) and the trip is about 12-13 miles, so care to explain how it's going to take an hour in your scenario??? I would recommend to the OP to try the drive when you arrive before making decisions based off of some of these recommendations.

North a mile to go where Carrolwood? Have you driven Hillsborough going west in the afternoon rush hour? btw 6pm still rush hour. Dale Mabry on a friday afternoon it can take your 30 min to drive that mile which again would put you in Carrolwood not East Lake.

To the OP,

If you can find something in Old Carrolwood that would be ideal, The subdivisioned Carrolwood would also work you would be fine in the morning in the afternoon it would probably take you the 25-30 min in very slow traffic, depending on how far in you are, I would also look at Northdale if you want to push your commute by 10 min in the afternoon, thats really nice area, I would prefer that over subdivisioned Carrolwood.

[DUNNDFRNT]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

I'm really wondering about some of these posts. I make the drive frequently at that hour (9:30-10am) from Safety Harbor which is even further than East Lake and I routinely make it to the Veteran's Expressway in under 30 minutes.

Yea we all know once you hit the veterans you are home free right? No traffic there, not to mention you still have to cut across, lets say you take Waters, the light at Dale Mabry can change 3 times before you make that intersection.

To the OP,

Log into google maps or betthetraffic at 6 pm and look at all the dark red.

[Pragmaticus]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

I'm really wondering about some of these posts. I make the drive frequently at that hour (9:30-10am) from Safety Harbor which is even further than East Lake and I routinely make it to the Veteran's Expressway in under 30 minutes.

The OP is not looking to get to veterans. Go back and read. As always you fail to understand what's being asked.

The distance he is looking to drive is not 12 to 13 miles as you put it. Using a generous calculation it is around 18miles. That is from Egypt lake to the intersection of McMullen and Curlew, where the area you originally suggested, Eastlake or Palm Harbor starts. Now you are talking about distance from Safety harbor to veterans? I drive everyday in that direction and I know how much it takes. I usually drive 5mph over the posted limit and take more than 30minutes for less distance than the OP. How is this difficult to comprehend?

[MAniacTHW]

I live either in, or just outside of Egypt Lake (I live around the Sligh/Dale Mabry area). I've been here two years now. I like it. It's a nice area. A lot of Cuban food (a weakness of mine). The biggest downside that might turn a few people off is the fact that it is a heavily Hispanic area. That may bother you, may not. Just be aware. Outside of that, there's easy access to Citrus Park, Westshore, Raymond James is across the street, HCC is right up the road, and you are in the middle of north and south Tampa. I, personally, wouldn't move anywhere else in the city. Some would probably prefer more south Tampa, though.