Which is the most popular city among college students entering the working world? It ain’t anywhere in Tampa Bay. According to a new study by CareerCast.com and Going Global, a majority of college students are looking toward the biggest cities: Despite being the largest and most-expensive urban center in the U.S., New York reigns supreme among [...]
Reader Julie sent us a question… I am a 34 yr old, single girl with a dog. I am looking to move to Tampa from Sarasota and am wondering the best places to live. I have been thinking about Hyde Park, Channelside and Ybor City. Any suggestions? For fun, Ybor, Hyde Park, and Channelside each [...]
In a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 34% of Americans said that they would want to live in Tampa, good for 4th place nationwide: When asked about specific metropolitan areas where they would like to live, respondents ranked Denver, San Diego and Seattle at the top of a list of 30 cities. Tampa, Orlando, [...]
Lucinda has a question about the Tampa Bay area job market, so she contacted us through the old Ask-a-Tampan gimmick. Hi everyone, My fiancee and I are moving to Tampa in Early May of this year. He currently works at John Hancock in Boston, and I am a paralegal. We make roughly 35-40k a year individually. Based [...]
According to an AOL article written by Carol Vinzant, Clearwater City, Florida is one of the Worst Places to Retire: Clearwater City, Florida: Too Many Fellow Seniors This Tampa Bay area hamlet has the highest percentage of seniors of any city in the United States. The 2000 Census found 21% of Clearwater’s population was 65 or older, [...]
For those of you who think growth can just be completely stopped, think about this. Imagine a January Monday “up there” somewhere – you wake up early, pile on a bunch of clothes, put a parka on over that, and go start the car. Then you grab your snow shovel, create a path for [...]
Tommy wrote last year about how Forbes ranked Tampa-St. Pete #35 (of 40) on their list of “best cities to be single.” The most important factor in this list is the number of singles, or percentage of people 15 or older and never married. Only Las Vegas has fewer than us. Forbes’ 2007 ratings are here, and [...]
What’s the statute of limitations on claiming you’re “new in town”? This past weekend marked a year since I moved to Pinellas from New Tampa, and yet I’m still using the “new in town” trick to explain why I don’t really know anyone on this side of the bay. I made my core group of [...]
Found in the St. Pete Times: The online edition of Forbes magazine, with help from business prognosticator Moody’s Economy.com, touts the Tampa Bay area as the No. 1 place in the country to buy a house. From the Forbes article (I bolded): Tampa is a perfect candidate for a V-shaped recovery, according to research [...]
