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florida is deadliest state for walkers

March 19, 2010Leave your thoughts!

We often complain about the lack of pedestrian safety here in the Bay area. But it doesn’t do much good. After we learned that Tampa Bay ranks second in pedestrian danger, and we noticed that the top four most dangerous places are in Florida, USA Today breaks out a state-by-state graphic with an unsurprising headline: Florida remains the [...]

tampa is second in auto insurance scam

March 12, 2010Leave your thoughts!

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says Tampa ranks second to Brooklyn in the number of questionable insurance claims investigated last year. Los Angeles, Orlando and Miami round out the top five. Three of the top five areas are in Florida. National Insurance Crime Bureau spokesman Frank Scafid says Florida is a popular state for fraud [...]

tampa prices fluctuated more than most

February 26, 2010Leave your thoughts!

Of local home prices, the Business Journal says Tampa’s growth to its peak was the fifth highest in the nation behind Miami, Los Angeles, Washington and San Diego. They also tell us that we’re ranked fifth in decline since then, too.

tampa bay dangerous for pedestrians

February 12, 2010Leave your thoughts!

Walkable Tampa The Tampa Bay area is not a very safe for pedestrians. According to a recent report, the bay area ranks second in pedestrian danger. Check out the Transportation For America » Dangerous By Design report: The most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, [...]

bay area remains average

February 5, 2010One comment so far, add yours!

Every six months, the Tampa Bay Partnership compares the Tampa Bay area to five other southern metros – Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Jacksonville and Raleigh-Durham - for a Regional Economic Scorecard. For fall 2009, we finished third in the measurement once again. Here’s the breakdown: For income & productivity, Tampa Bay ranks 2nd – up from 4th [...]

tampa number 2 in coupon use?

January 22, 2010Leave your thoughts!

Are we a bunch of cheapskates? A recent study (ok, so they just did a bit of math), by Coupons.com says Atlanta and Tampa residents get the most savings from online coupons. The average Coupons.com user in Atlanta saved over $531 using coupons from the site in 2009. Tampa, Florida follows closely in the number two position. The [...]

walking dead

According to the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership and Transportation for America, the most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, Raleigh, Louisville, Houston, Birmingham and Atlanta. That’s right. The top four places most dangerous to those of us walking around outside are all in Florida – [...]

florida is no good for kids?

September 16, 20096 comments - add to the conversation!

In a mystical survey of 100 cities by Children’s Health, Tampa ranks 94th in the “Best (and Worst) Places to Raise a Family.” Burlington, VT is ranked number 1.  VT is short for “Vermont,” which is somewhere past Canada, I think.  If it exists at all – I’ve never heard anyone claim to be from [...]

tampa bay & co. tweets more

August 3, 2009One comment so far, add yours!

In a survey of visitor bureaus nationwide, the Tampa Bay visitor bureau has been named among the top five "Tweet Elite" for using Twitter effectively.

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