Tampa is very remote (Orlando, Clearwater: 2013, house, gated communities)

[lair8]

1) Florida is a remote state, being a very large peninsula.

2) The Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater area, outside of that, is quite remote. As the west coast is far less populated than the east coast. And since driving out of Tampa takes such a long time, people aren't really encouraged to go too far outside of that metro area.

So combining 1 and 2, Tampa is basically a remote area within a remote area.

[FL_Expert]

Point 2 could be made about most cities. However, in terms of an urban area Tampa is nearly connected with Orlando and Sarasota at this point so it isn’t really remote. If you want to call out a city for being remote, you should have chosen Key West.

[gypsychic]

Originally Posted by lair8

1) Florida is a remote state, being a very large peninsula.

2) The Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater area, outside of that, is quite remote. As the west coast is far less populated than the east coast. And since driving out of Tampa takes such a long time, people aren't really encouraged to go too far outside of that metro area.

So combining 1 and 2, Tampa is basically a remote area within a remote area.

LOL - alrighty then!

[lair8]

Google estimates Tampa to Orlando to be 1h24m, which wouldn't be that bad. But you have to be lucky with traffic. Realistically, it's probably closer to 2 hours than 1.


It could take you 30-35 minutes just to get to Brandon.

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by lair8

Google estimates Tampa to Orlando to be 1h24m, which wouldn't be that bad. But you have to be lucky with traffic. Realistically, it's probably closer to 2 hours than 1.


It could take you 30-35 minutes just to get to Brandon.

I make the drive to and from Orlando every Friday afternoon, and Sunday evening and/or Monday morning. It's 1.5 hours from downtown to downtown. And there are several fairly large towns in between.

Same with going South of Tampa. There's St-Pete, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte, Fort Myers.........



What is this thread?

[mrviking]

Originally Posted by lair8

Google estimates Tampa to Orlando to be 1h24m, which wouldn't be that bad. But you have to be lucky with traffic. Realistically, it's probably closer to 2 hours than 1.


It could take you 30-35 minutes just to get to Brandon.

Could or as little as 12 minutes.

[kyle19125]

The Tampa Bay metro area is the second largest in FL and 16th largest in the US. Nothing about that says remote...smdh.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

I make the drive to and from Orlando every Friday afternoon, and Sunday evening and/or Monday morning. It's 1.5 hours from downtown to downtown. And there are several fairly large towns in between.

Same with going South of Tampa. There's St-Pete, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte, Fort Myers.........



What is this thread?

It's a thread that don't make cents jed. The gulf is crammed packed with peeps all alone the coast.

[Lillie767]

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

What is this thread?

One of many started by the OP similar to this one about gated communities.

Originally Posted by lair8

Unless you're a celebrity/public figure, probably no one cares where you live.

They make inviting friends and family over a hassle; you always have to be on standby to make sure someone can get in.

It adds a cost to your HOA.

It even adds an extra step for you to enter your own house. Part of owning a house should feel like you can come and go as you please with no one else's permission. As an analogy, it feels like paying for software yet still having to endure the extreme anti-piracy DRM measures.

[AndySipowicz]

OP, as a wise woman (Dr. Jennifer Melfi, ala The Sopranos) once said..


discontinue the lithium.


What a pointless and ridiculous thread.