[Chanticleer]

I don't know about PC, but it is definitely becoming . . . developed. Lots of nice shopping, restaurants, etc. Still has wonderful museums, but a lot of high rise condos going up, blocking the view of the water. They still do fireworks on the Bay on the 4th. They had a wonderful holiday light display in the park along the water -- including a large manger scene. There's a new campus for St. Petersburg College downtown, and the USF St. Petersburg campus is expanding. There's been a bit of hospital expansion, too.

A lot of the development is good and useful, especially for tourists and the very wealthy, but it is driving up property values and costs, and displacing smaller businesses. (Gulf Golf on Treasure Island is closing -- looked really sweet, but with property values the way they are, I can't blame the owners for selling.) The condos -- very high priced -- draw the most ire. I think it's typical of what many Florida communities are facing.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

That's what I've been reading.

So many places aren't the sleepy little towns they once were.

The bad comes with the good, I guess.