Advice moving to Tampa from Gainesville (Jacksonville, Brandon: apartment complexes, rental, neighborhoods)

[Samkorth]

Me and my best friend are just about to get our GED's. We want to move to Tampa from Gainesville. We plan on going to a community college and working. We are really freakin poor and we do not have any other support for our family's. I asking for any advice.

Good neighborhoods, neighborhoods to avoid, colleges, apartment complexes, etc.

We are looking for a two bedroom.

What is the generic electricity bill for the size apartment we want?

If you know any of these answers, please, please, please, help us out.

Also anything you just want to tell me about tampa you could let me know.

Thanks a bunch!

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Samkorth

Me and my best friend are just about to get our GED's. We want to move to Tampa from Gainesville. We plan on going to a community college and working. We are really freakin poor and we do not have any other support for our family's. I asking for any advice.

Good neighborhoods, neighborhoods to avoid, colleges, apartment complexes, etc.

We are looking for a two bedroom.

What is the generic electricity bill for the size apartment we want?

If you know any of these answers, please, please, please, help us out.

Also anything you just want to tell me about tampa you could let me know.

Thanks a bunch!

Just how poor are you? As Tampa will be a more expensive place to live than Gainesville. whats your budget for a place to stay?do you have a reliable car? Savings? what type of job are you looking for? As you just have high school education you will almost certainly need to work while you are going to college,you up for that? Whats wrong with Gainesville?

[MortonR]

Rental properties are really expensive here as the market is hot and there's a big demand. That being said, if you lower your standards enough I'm sure you could find something, but it's going to be a marginal area.

Hillsborough Community College (HCC as it's known around here) will be your best bet. The Brandon campus is the larger of their locations and has the broadest range of programs. You'll need to identify what you want to take with them, as some programs like allied health sciences are at the Dale Mabry campus.

Prices for everything will definitely be higher here. Public transportation sucks, so if you get in a bind and don't have wheels, you could be in trouble.

If you're only going to community college, I'm not sure I understand the value of coming to Tampa other than to get away from Gainesville. If anything, it would be a far better place since you have a community college there as well as a much smaller, lower cost area to work within. Jobs may not be as plentiful, but if you come here without a healthy reserve of cash to cover any gaps in income or unexpected expenses, you're going to end up on the street.

RM

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by MortonR

The Brandon campus is the larger of their locations and has the broadest range of programs.

You keep saying this and there is no truth to it. From HCC's website directly: "Established in 1970, the Dale Mabry Campus of Hillsborough Community College is the largest and oldest campus."

And if you look up classes at the locations, Brandon doesn't have anywhere near as many, which becomes clear when you see how many go to Dale Mabry from Brandon because Brandon didn't have the class they needed.

HCC Dale Mabry Campus

[MortonR]

Originally Posted by MAniacTHW

You keep saying this and there is no truth to it. From HCC's website directly: "Established in 1970, the Dale Mabry Campus of Hillsborough Community College is the largest and oldest campus."

And if you look up classes at the locations, Brandon doesn't have anywhere near as many, which becomes clear when you see how many go to Dale Mabry from Brandon because Brandon didn't have the class they needed.

HCC Dale Mabry Campus

As someone who has been an adjunct professor for HCC, let me clarify this for you. While there may be more "class" offerings at Dale Mabry, there are more "sections" of most classes offered at Brandon.

But I'm not worried about being most right. :roll eyes: And I really appreciate your following my posts to fact check me.

RM

[paladosa]

o come on, are we helping someone here or not ??

[paradiselost]

Get ready to sit in a lot of traffic, had some friends today stuck on the howard frankland in the rain for 2 hours!

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by paradiselost

Get ready to sit in a lot of traffic, had some friends today stuck on the howard frankland in the rain for 2 hours!

OMG! Wow. There was a car crash there this a.m.

[cjairo191]

I would suggest to go to the community college in Gainesville first or try a city in the panhandle like Pensacola or north Florida like Jacksonville. Rent is getting high in Tampa.

[bentlebee]

Maybe go to the community College in Hernando County or Zephyrhills as that is a cheaper area to live and you can always drive to Tampa to enjoy things over there. Tampa may be above your means or you will get what you pay for.