University square neighborhood (Tampa, Citrus Park, Oldsmar: best neighborhood, real estate, 2014)

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by VanHalen5150

OWriting this from my safe, protected enclave in Westchase...

Surrounded by Town N Country...

[VanHalen5150]

Originally Posted by MAniacTHW

Surrounded by Town N Country...

But it's not...

It's bordered by Town and County, barely, on one side (the SouthEast Side). Due South is Dana Shores, Due West is Oldsmar, Due North is Citrus Park, Due East is Carrolwood.

So one small sliver is kind of near Town and Country. Not even touching it. There's a very healthy buffer

And Town and Country is nowhere NEAR as bad as SuitCase City... don't go there, it's not even close

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by VanHalen5150

But it's not...

It's bordered by Town and County, barely, on one side (the SouthEast Side). Due South is Dana Shores, Due West is Oldsmar, Due North is Citrus Park, Due East is Carrolwood.

So one small sliver is kind of near Town and Country. Not even touching it. There's a very healthy buffer

Carrollwood never touches Westchase. Ever. Citrus Park is between the two. Citrus Park makes up a very small part of the border with Town N Country making up quite a bit of the eastern border. And bordered by Oldsmar? Is that what we're bragging about now? A nasty, run down flea market on the way home.

Originally Posted by VanHalen5150

And Town and Country is nowhere NEAR as bad as SuitCase City... don't go there, it's not even close

You don't even know where Suitcase City is, so you really can't make that statement.

[VanHalen5150]

Originally Posted by MAniacTHW

Carrollwood never touches Westchase. Ever. Citrus Park is between the two.

Since you are so fond of maps. You will see that "greater carrolwood" extends from roughly Busch West to about Anderson Rd.

And Westchase "area" (not the actual subdivision) more or less extends to Anderson Rd, or are you considering that sliver between Anderson and Sheldon Rd Citrus Park? If so, will concede you are right... but nit picking

Citrus Park makes up a very small part of the border with Town N Country making up quite a bit of the eastern border.

Then you need to define where borders are then. Where does TNC start? I would agree that it starts at about Waters Ave and Sheldon and continues points South and East from there. If so, there is only a small part of Westchase that touches it, and none of the actual Westchase subdivision. That part is actually Country Way.

And bordered by Oldsmar? Is that what we're bragging about now? A nasty, run down flea market on the way home.

Oldsmar is actually quite nice... so it has a flea market. I will agree the flea market is an eyesore, but the rest of the town is fine. Low crime, nicer than average homes. On par with, I would say, Palm Harbor or Lutz, maybe NorthDale or parts of Citrus Park

You don't even know where Suitcase City is, so you really can't make that statement.

You know where suitcase city is the minute you drive into it...

[housingcrashsurvivor]

Originally Posted by VanHalen5150

^^^

REALLY???

It's the same place, you can say it's "Adjacent", but it's the same general area, separated by an imaginary line or boundary some realtor put up to disassociate itself with the stigma that is suitcase city?

You don't seem to know what a simple word like adjacent means.

It simply means next to. There's no reason for you to be paranoid about the use of the word. It neither connotes nor denotes a disassociation of any sort. It means only a shared border, abutting.

Originally Posted by VanHalen5150

But it's not...

It's bordered by Town and County, barely, on one side (the SouthEast Side). Due South is Dana Shores, Due West is Oldsmar, Due North is Citrus Park, Due East is Carrolwood.

So one small sliver is kind of near Town and Country. Not even touching it. There's a very healthy buffer...

AGAIN YOU ARE WRONG.

What you've just said is nonsense.

In fact, Town 'n Country is not merely Westchase-adjacent but shares a significant border all the way from the tributary, just E of Racetrack to Sheldon, a stretch of about 3.5 miles.

Your sliver is three and a half miles long. That's some sliver. What happens when someone asks you to cut them a sliver of cake? I bet the house tilts.

[VanHalen5150]

Originally Posted by housingcrashsurvivor

You don't seem to know what a simple word like adjacent means.

It simply means next to. There's no reason for you to be paranoid about the use of the word. It neither connotes nor denotes a disassociation of any sort. It means only a shared border, abutting.



AGAIN YOU ARE WRONG.

What you've just said is nonsense.

In fact, Town 'n Country is not merely Westchase-adjacent but shares a significant border all the way from the tributary, just E of Racetrack to Sheldon, a stretch of about 3.5 miles.

Your sliver is three and a half miles long. That's some sliver. What happens when someone asks you to cut them a sliver of cake? I bet the house tilts.

Ok, so it's a 3.5 mile segment of border on one side vs being completely surrounded by hood... got it

And that's completely discounting the fact that the worst parts of TNC (up by Hillsborough East of Hanley) are nowhere NEAR as bad as most of Suitcase City. And the area you mention between Race Track Rd and Sheldon is actually decent, includes places like Sickles and Fawn Ridge, right?

Your choice

[housingcrashsurvivor]

Originally Posted by VanHalen5150

Ok, so it's a 3.5 mile segment of border on one side vs being completely surrounded by hood... got it

And that's completely discounting the fact that the worst parts of TNC (up by Hillsborough East of Hanley) are nowhere NEAR as bad as most of Suitcase City. And the area you mention between Race Track Rd and Sheldon is actually decent, includes places like Sickles and Fawn Ridge, right?

Your choice

Just as University Square might be rougher on its west end where adjacent to North Tampa than it might be on its East side where adjacent to Terrace Park. I haven't looked that closely to say.

But just like Suitcase City used to extend East more towards Bruce B. Downs but is being pushed back, concentrating it more towards Nebraska, no one in their right mind today would consider Bruce between Fletcher & Fowler to be Suitcase City though it once was defined as that. I've shown recent crime maps at Bruce and Fowler where it is now extremely safe. I knew it was good yet was surprised by how good those stats came out. And visually that area looks way better than most of Dale Mabry.

I happen to not like planned communities. I lived in south Florida for many years and am very tired of that. But be as proud of your area as you enjoy. Exaggerate your own good fortune, assuming you are even for real, or mischaracterize the neighborhoods of others without facts to back you and don't be surprised when you get called out for such nonsense.

Your choice.

[obewan1]

Is the Tampa Palms area nice?

[mrviking]

Originally Posted by VanHalen5150

But it's not...

It's bordered by Town and County, barely, on one side (the SouthEast Side). Due South is Dana Shores, Due West is Oldsmar, Due North is Citrus Park, Due East is Carrolwood.

So one small sliver is kind of near Town and Country. Not even touching it. There's a very healthy buffer

And Town and Country is nowhere NEAR as bad as SuitCase City... don't go there, it's not even close

This is so funny, stay behind those walls, do not open the gates. Please ignore the peasants with pitchforks.
Face it dude.. Your biggest shopping area for your subdivision is town and country. Weschase is just a housing development!!! Embrace all that is town and country for it is you. When my father moved to tampa back in the early 70's and was stationed at Macdill AFB. Before he retired he asked where the best place was to buy a house. People at the time suggested either town and country or Brandon. Because the crosstown was under consideration to be passed for construction, he went with Brandon. One of the best decision he ever made. I still have business in the TC area and have no problem doing business their. The traffic is always my big concern, I cringe when I have to be in the area around rush hour. Stay behind those walls westchase, perhaps sunglasses and hats will work when you need to go shopping in town.

[EngGirl]

Originally Posted by obewan1

Is the Tampa Palms area nice?

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