The little city that wants to be a big city.
The city and county are in decline. Public and private costs are increasing as services decline. Fidelity is moving, Raymond James is moving and others as well. The smart money is leaving. They’re moving to Pasco, near the Veterans expansion. I left 2 years ago to relocate to this area. The county’s response to the decline is to increase public costs via marginal public works projects.
People aren’t moving to Pasco because of attractive (on paper) public works and nice restaurants (it hardly has any). They’re moving for its smaller, less-intrusive government and fewer, full-spectrum moochers.