Review of Tampa, Florida


Quality of life gets worse every year in tampa
Star Rating - 5/26/2016
So you love to sit on roads during majority of day as though you are in a parking lot? Then this is the place for you. Regardless of how much construction has been done here, there are saturation points "everywhere" here. There is nice easy drive to the store or anywhere Elise. I lived here the last ten years and also between 85-88, and right now is the worse I ever remember. If you never have to get in a charm then perhaps not so bad. I never tailgate nor stop quickly yet have been hit five times all the other drivers fault, so has every friend I know. Drivers here get ruder every year, of all ages, all cultures, and sexes, people have just gotten nasty here. Trip from the Kennedy to carrollword less than 6 miles may take two hours, trip from Palm harbor to downtown Tampa now 2 hours to get parked, less then 20 miles to work, public transportation between counties is horrible, four hours to get to work for a short distance, ohm and buses stop on the main roads for there are no pull offs. I as here ten years ago for hurricane evacuations, forget it now, there is no way this tri-county area could Handle such an evacuation now. This place is a haphazard place of development, unplanned, and has become downright dangerous, going anywhere has no become no small task, if I were in the edge of the outskirts of Tampa, I could drive to another state faster than I can get across town. Very sad situation. Once again, population growth here just destroys another land mass here, go ahead Tampa government, incentivize business to come here for tax revenue to put in your coffers, while doing nothing that improves overall quality of life here.
Jim | Town n Country, FL
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everything you complain about in Tampa is 20 times worse in Atlanta. In Atlanta, it's impossible to afford to live within 30 minutes of work unless you make at least $80,000 a year, and there's almost nowhere to park in downtown or where the jobs are, and if all the parking places in a lot are taken and you park in the very next parking lot, you will get booted and required to pay $75, no exceptions, even if all the lots in the city are full. And if you make less than $50,000 a year, living within 45 minutes of work is hopeless. Also, only three interstates go through the city and one goes around, and the population is higher than Tampa. And public transportation only goes to the city and four of the suburbs because the racists in the other suburbs vote against MARTA expansions every year, and since you have to make at least $80,000 in order to live comfortably in the city, that clogs the interstates worse than any other city in the country except LA, including Houston. And you have to live in the suburbs to buy a gallon of milk for less than $4. At least Tampa has a gorgeous beach. There's no beauty whatsoever in Atlanta. If you think Tampa's bad, the only cities you'll like are the ones on the West Coast. I finally left Atlanta four weeks ago for college and hope to stay in Florida for a long time
Matthew | Gainesville, FL | Report Abuse
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