ok, i live in lutz outside of Tampa and there seams to be no real urban to it. There are some large buildings in downtown and their is a great skate scene but tampa doesn’t have much atmosphere, no one walking the streets during the day only Ybor has night life most of Tampa just seems like suburbs that grew close together, their are not food stands, graffiti groups, punk houses, STREET ATMOSPHERE, places to loiter it, doesn’t seem like a city. Maybe Im just missing something, maybe its just cause Im from Jersey? But were is the urban to Tampa?
That’s how pretty much every city in America is, except part of New York City and parts of Los Angeles, and college towns, and colleges, they tend to be cultural and stuff, otherwise, every city in America is as you described, with suburbs, and everyone in their homes. I know Canadian cities are much more urban. Even cities like Vancouver, Canada which only has 2 million people, is much more urban and has much more buildings than Tampa, which has like 2.5 million people. Also, all of Europe is pretty much urbanized, with people on the streets at all times. You would love Europe.
Most Americans live in suburbia, and that’s the direction that most cities have gone in.
The atmosphere you’re describing is more St. Pete than Tampa. Taht’s where you tend to find the better clubs as well.
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Really the entire tampa bay area does not have an urban scene like you used to.
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Street art canvas and graffiti:
http://www.ZELEBRITY.it
http://www.myspace.com/ZELEBRITY133
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That’s how pretty much every city in America is, except part of New York City and parts of Los Angeles, and college towns, and colleges, they tend to be cultural and stuff, otherwise, every city in America is as you described, with suburbs, and everyone in their homes. I know Canadian cities are much more urban. Even cities like Vancouver, Canada which only has 2 million people, is much more urban and has much more buildings than Tampa, which has like 2.5 million people. Also, all of Europe is pretty much urbanized, with people on the streets at all times. You would love Europe.
Most Americans live in suburbia, and that’s the direction that most cities have gone in.
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