Posted on 09/19/2014 9:21:07 AM PDT by Iron Munro
But how do they rank in cost of living?
Without knowing that the other information doesn’t mean much.
I work with two guys who are from the Tampa area. They get upset when you call the city Tampa Bay. They tell us that only the NFL team and the water around Tampa are called Tampa Bay.
Convenient report, Charlie Crist will be all over this, just an honest report from the Tampa Times, no agenda here. /s
Well, the Tampa Bay area voted ‘FOR” Bowbama! That’s all that needs to be said.
I heard they had an NFL team too, but after watching the first quarter my nephew and brother in law went outside to watch the storm
Pravda West Coast!
From the article:
"On the plus side, Tampa Bay has been much more affordable than other major cities. Tampa and Jacksonville have the lowest cost of living of any metro areas along the eastern seaboard, Vitner noted."
Generally speaking, The middle class is getting wiped out. All the good manufacturing, assembly, small local business is fading quickly. These used to be the source of good paying blue collar jobs. The kind of job that you don't need a college degree but could still feel good about yourself, raise a family, take vacations and even put a little money aside.
In their brain dead ideologically driven heads, Lib-tards are prioritizing “The Poor” (whatever that means) and thus creating an ever expanding and permanent class of do-nothing sheep.
“The Rich” will always be insulated from economic downturns. But the middle class is paycheck to paycheck riding the tide up and down...always hoping tomorrow will be at least as good as today...but having no guarantees.
Bottom line TampaBay will always be Home Sweet Home and a Beautiful place to be...but then I was raised and moved from Flint Michigan in 1974.
Well, your wages are stagnant, but you’re now saving $2,500 a month on your health insurance due to 0bamacare, so you’re ahead of the game. /S /S /S
From the article:
On the plus side, Tampa Bay has been much more affordable than other major cities. Tampa and Jacksonville have the lowest cost of living of any metro areas along the eastern seaboard, Vitner noted.
There are also Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Lightning. Why are all of sports team called Tampa Bay ________, rather than just Tampa, if the term Tampa Bay is so resented in that area????
To those who know Tampa only as a vacation spot, it may come as a surprise to learn that the city is a thriving agribusiness center. Hillsborough County markets an abundance of citrus fruit, beef cattle, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, ornamental plants and flowers, and tropical fish. As a result, many agriculture-related industries have been attracted to the area, including food processing firms; feed, fertilizer, and insecticide companies; and paper and metal container manufacturers. Two breweries, Anheuser-Busch and Pabst, also have facilities in Tampa.
Tampa has attained the status of a foreign trade zone, an area where goods can be unloaded for repacking, storage, or transshipment without being subject to import duties.
It looks like Housing construction peaked around 2005 and even now is still at 1995 levels according to city-data.
Don”t forget Yeungling
I should think the large number of retirees in Florida would drag income figures down.
The professional sports teams are supported by the entire Tampa Bay metro area which includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, etc.
We just don’t like it when some no nothing says Tampa Bay FL because there exists no place, except the body of water between Hillsborough & Pinellas counties
I think it was Forbes who recently voted Tampa was a great city for millenials
Tampa Bay sounds classier. Some of the dumpier small cities in South Florida have added Beach to their names to make them sound like nicer places.
Both Vitner and Brown cited the housing collapse and subsequent mixed recovery...
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Whatever you do, don’t blame our Dear Leaders.
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