Relocating to Tampa

Beachy · **Joined:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:20 am **Posts:** 1104

Hey WIXers, looks like I'll be relocating to the Tampa area in a few weeks.........any advice?????

RickH · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:50 am

Uh,..don't take any candy from strangers in shiny cars ?...

Be sure you go up the road to Fantasy of Flight right away ?

Anything specific you were looking for ?

retroaviation · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:58 am

Good luck with your move, Beachgirl. I hope it all works out well for you!

Gary

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:09 am

That's a nice area. My mom lives arout 30 miles north in Homosassa on the Crystal River.

K5DH · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:06 pm

The Tampa / St. Petersburg area is nice. I guess I wouldn't mind living there. My whole family lives in Charlotte County, about 100 miles south of there. My company has two facilities in the area, but so far no jobs for me.

Unfortunate side effect if I moved there... no B-17 to play with...

Best of luck in the Sunshine State!

Cheers!

Beachy · **Joined:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:20 am **Posts:** 1104

RickH wrote:

Uh,..don't take any candy from strangers in shiny cars

Yeah, Rick, that's just what I was looking for!!! :wink:

Actually, I guess I should have been a bit more specific!!! Being much more familiar with the MCO/ISM area, I was just kind of wondering if anyone knew of any specific areas I should avoid while house hunting!!! That kind of stuff...............

phil65 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:45 pm

Take as many Cohogs & Del's Lemonade that you can fit in your car

No Sox or Pats = NO WAY :wink:

Phil

Beachy · **Joined:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:20 am **Posts:** 1104

Never mind all that, Phil -- I'm a long-time Bruins fan!!!! <sigh> :roll:

RickH · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:05 pm

Sorry, I just couldn't help myself !

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:03 pm

great aviation area, my bro in law lives in dunedin, a nice suburb town. what will you be doing their?? new job?? transfer?? i've had the area in mind when i move in the next year or two as ohio is economically wrecked.

Owen Miller · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2004 9:28 pm **Posts:** 614

Suggest you contact Jay Wisler.
He's been there a long time, raised
a fmily, and so on. I bet he's have
some good info for you.

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:05 am

owen, i've known jay for many years, an amazing guy. i appreciate your taking the time to give me the lead though. best, tom

systemofadown1162 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:24 pm

I actually live in Tampa.
If you want PM me with specific questions and Ill be happy to answer.

Beachy · **Joined:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:20 am **Posts:** 1104

Thanks! Check your PMs, sorry for the delay!

When I stopped to think about it, I realized that this is my 10th move in 20 years (I didn't count when I was a kid or when I went away to school)....The only thing that has remained constant in all these moves is the fact that I have WAY TOO MANY books! I've even parted with the majority of my shoes! :wink:

I'm down to only about 40 pairs now!

Bill Greenwood · **Posted:** Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:45 pm

I have never lived there, but years ago I went to a fly-in at St. Petersburgh Whitted Airport, the small one in the south part of Tampa. It has a long history, is a really nice looking place with a flight school and some vintage planes doing rides, and no control tower or TSA hassles. I came back by car a few years ago to look around, and it is pretty much the same. It wasn't really friendly, nobody bothered to say hello, sort of had a big city feel to it. There's a seafood resturant on the end of the pier just north of Whitted, adn a cruise ship dock just south. Looks like there is quite a bit of crime in the area.

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