Posted on 06/24/2005 10:24:24 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Oh, man..... that 's just wrong. LOL
Ybor City. Lots of bad craziness there. Gets worse every year even though they have security cameras, curfews and swarms of police.
I used to go there a few times a year for some concerts visiting friends at USF or seeing a concert in nearby St.Pete. It started going to hell around 1999.
COC used to be a staple on Headbangers Ball in the early to mid 90s,I saw them open for Ozzy yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeears ago on his Theater of Madness tour.
Exactly. We moved to Sarasota in '95 when it was a sleepy, old community. We'd go up to Tampa for dinner then hit Ybor and bar hop with people our own age. It was lots of fun but we always remembered to get out before midnight.
It changed for the worst around '99. I have no idea why. We never used to see it on the Tampa news but, now, hardly a week goes by without something bad happening there.
Fortunately, Sarasota has developed a vibrant night life so we stay local.
This will sound soooooooo lame,but when the Clinton years hit full stride with high school grads who wound up at USF...that is truly when I noticed the place fill up with the worst that the state had to offer.Such a shame.Used to be a cool place to go hang out at on the weekend.
Oh, to be young, and stupid, and have no future . . . .
The suspect sounds like the runaway goat I had to catch last week.
Brought a fist to a knife fight.
After the Dimebag Darrell shooting,I can't believe any club allows any weapon present beyond the front door. Insanity.
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Yep. Darned if I'd bar hop Ybor City on Friday night.
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