Coming to Tampa area in April any advice?

[da2005pizimp]

Hey all i'm going to be coming to the Tampa area in April. I currently live in West Palm Beach. Me and my Mom and Brothers are thinking of moving up there, but i need to know some good areas such as good neighborhoods, and which areas to stay far far far away from. we will probably be looking at the suburbs around tampa and not the city itself. The main reason that we are looking at leaving WPB is due to the fact the city is being over run by crime and becoming very over crowded. It seems as though Miami is moving up and just getting way too big for us. Now i know that Tampa is a BIG city but is there any areas that aren't? We will be looking for some of the new housing developments. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

[Kyle Carrot]

theres a house 4 sale up the street from me in odessa

[da2005pizimp]

lol, ok is that a good area or a bad area?

[GsT Racer]

a friend of mine lives near waters and dale mabrey. its tampa, but where he is located is a nice subdivision. he lives on a street called del prado, or del prago, or something like that, little gated neighborhood.

also, lutz, right outside of tampa, is a nice area, from what ive seen anyways. then spring hill, land-o-lakes, brandon, those are nice areas.

largo blows.

[da2005pizimp]

thanks so much. what about riverview? i saw that they are building new houses there?

[95sleepyeyedpgt]

riverview is alright...it's kind of a calm town yet still close to the bigger cities like brandon and tampa...i live in the area btw

[huntarrr]

Look in the West Chase area.. or Citrus Park. Very nice, new, clean places.

[dragonsrage86]

riverview great area. friendly people too... south st. pete. bad area. you leave so much as a candy bar on the seat and it'll be gone in less then 10 mins. although the area downtown and the pier are better... cops actually pay attention.. welcome to pinellas.

[da2005pizimp]

can someone do me a huge favor and pick up a book on new communities being built around the city? also i need a good place to stay while i'm there, any good hotels in the area where we won't get shot after dark?

[chi town brat]

watch for any and all trucks, suv's and mini vans they just don't give an f about anybody on the road but themselves

enjoy the move

[bigmike1]

you are better off in pinellas county seminole,largo,clearwater area near the beach and 20mins from tampa nice area. g/l with the move

[ssp-lancer]

im closing on a house in wesley chapel that im going to fix up and turn around to sell for 199,000 the house was built in 2001. let me know if you need some more info.

[super_dave9898]

I work in Riverview,Brandon,and Valrico.and I would haveta say Riverview is the nicest of the 3 towns but not much around.I personaly would go with Valrico nice new communities,and yet many things around and Brandon and its shopping and malls like 5 mins up Hwy 60

[I'm Slow]

Welcome to Tr ;)

[da2005pizimp]

thanks everyone, I'm staying at the sailport hotel in tampa just b/c it's close to the airport, I'm getting very excited about the trip, hopefully i can get some parts while i'm in the area. thanks for the information everyone. oh btw i'm driving in a minivan ;)

[I'm Slow]

Just a heads up, I have a 2bed/2.5 bath town home built last year forsale in Riverview. LMK!

[typeronblades]

yeh if you looking for suburbs riverview is it 15 min from tampa

[da2005pizimp]

ok folks i do appreciate the offers with houses but i have never been there and may hate tampa so we are just going to be looking at new homes in the area, such as pulte and kb homes.

[J Phat]

clearwater ftl!