@@tempestates13 have you even traveled down Symmes road in the last couple of years? I'd say starting around 3:30 in the afternoon going on until about 7:00 in the evening it's absolutely horrible. I get what you're saying about Big Bend though. I think that has a lot to do with idiots who know they are going to be getting on the interstate, but do not stay in the proper lane and decide to change at the last second. 🤣
I’ve been in Tampa for 21 years and been a bus driver here for 8 years.. Sulphur springs definitely has more respect and “street credit” that you give it here. Armenia is considered safe aside from waters and Armenia and that’s only because they have a plasma selling center there. Cross fletcher is commonly referred to as “suitcase city”
If you live in Tampa, you definitely know about Sulphur Springs. Parts of Ybor and the Heights (not by Robles Park yet) have already significantly cleaned up and are showing signs of major growth, but the springs hasn’t taken much of a turn at all. It’s a bad area you wouldn’t want to catch yourself in after dusk alone
I love that you call out the realitors that lie when they make videos trying to fool people into moving to Tampa just so they can make a commission. Personally I don’t mind any of the neighborhoods in Tampa. Coming from Chicago I always pay attention to my surroundings and I think the people of Tampa are cool to be around
LoL coming from Chicago obviously you're used to these neighborhoods and when you hear guns popping off all the time it's nothing new to you right? It's nothing new to me I'm a Florida native over here in Pinellas county I hope he's done a video on that... The way a lot of us Floridians are is we don't care where you come from as long as you show us respect you'll get respect and US oldschool people who are in our forties we always like to banging out with our fists it's the proper way to do it ya know and most of the times will be all banged up with some blood on each other and want to sit down and drink a bottle together afterwards. LoL that's southern hospitality
I have lived in Tampa all my life, 61 years I've watched it go from a small town to a metropolitan city. Some of these neighborhoods I will agree But take a ride with somebody that knows these neighborhoods knows them well Before you put something like this on here. I could have taken you through neighborhoods 10 times worse than what you showed on your little video. When you are real good to her Tampa just give me a holler I will show The good the bad and the ugly.
I was born and raised in Tampa if u stay out of trouble then u will enjoy Tampa if u come looking for u will get it. Good n bad is in every city and state thats life.
Your review was pretty spot on. I’ve been a cop in Tampa for 35 years and we do have some bad areas. Some of these places are getting better but we have a long way to go. There are a lot of other places worse off trust me. Get involved in your town and be the change. If you see something say something. Improve your little world where you live . Life is precious. We all need to love one another as neighbors and family. Great video . Being aware of your town can bring positive change. I love Tampa but we can improve. Have a safe day and be the change in your community. ❤️👍👍
Thanks! I try to be a good influence on my channel knowing the youth is watching. Please see our videos from time to time. Your right only so much you can control
@@kennethallen809 is law enforcement no bueno or are you no bueno? I imagine anyone that advocates for burning and looting a gas station because you THINK he’s racist is probably why cops don’t respect you or who you hang out with. Be better first.
I grew up in St. Petersburg and lived in Tampa for 13 years. I used to live in some of these neighborhoods, Sulphur Springs, Cross Fletcher, University... and worked in East Tampa and attended classes at HCC in Ybor City. Let's face it, half of Tampa is a ghetto. Great video. I used to work at the crisis center and helped a lot of the homeless and mentally ill. Tampa is a tough city, but I agree with most of the people commenting. If you show respect, mind your own business and don't go looking for trouble you probably won't find it. Tampa is very diverse, most of the residents are very cool and friendly, unless they are shooting at you or trying to run you over.
Just discovered this channel, great video! I moved from Maine to Tampa about 13 years ago and know many of these. Would love to see a mini map that outlines the neighborhood in the corner or something but great to see live street video!
This is the most legit video I've seen on someone covering Tampa. Other videos show Tampa and only the best parts not showing real struggles people go through and what we see daily. This was really good💛
i don't think that realtors necessarily lie to you in their videos just because they don't show you the hood. yes, they obviously want people to move down here so they're obviously going to show you the nice and presentable neighborhoods. thats like trying to call out an LA realtor for not showing you the streets of compton, or an NYC realtor not showing the hoods in the Bronx. doesn't make sense right? with any city, it has its bad areas, of course, but thats pretty inferable at this point guys. stop acting like the realtors are the bad guys.
The only thing I would say is that everyone would agree that Sulphur Springs should be higher on this list. And Armenia is generally safe even though it's run down.
I was born in Tampa and still here. I agree with most of these but a couple of neighborhoods you rated as 10, 9, 8 should be top 5 worse. I would also add Nuccio and the area near 50th street.
@@Volkswagenplanet that's the worst God damn thing too is they give out all these government loans to foreigners and they buy up apartment complexes and houses and turn them all into section 8 so they don't have to worry about getting rent late they've done that to almost every apartment complex and condos throughout all of Pinellas county really nice apartment complexes that I lived in me walking outside cops pulling guns on me I'm asking what the hell's going on they said we got the call shots fired. WTF LOL
Visited Tampa for the 1st time last year. Thought I was in a nice area, staying by USF, which is bordered by Fletcher Ave. But just going a few blocks west near Copeland Park, you start to see the poverty & decline. Then going south past Busch Gardens you see poverty. I was like damn, I’m surrounded by the hood. Still a nice city tho
Lifelong Tampanian here and I can tell you where you live in Tampa by the zip code... Tampa has long been a working-class city. Fun fact - During the 1940s-1960s, the city "used" to be controlled by notorious mobsters, and corruption used to be rampant. However, as any other longtime resident can attest, gentrification, accelerated by the pandemic, has drastically changed the city's character. Living comfortably and/or completely crime-free within the city limits itself is becoming more expensive with more middle-class people, particularly white residents, having to move to far-out Hillsborough suburbs (i.e., Wesley Chapel, Citrus Park, Brandon) who can't afford to live in South Tampa or Carrollwood.
Born and raised in Tampa. This list is SPOT on, however I didn't even think about Sulfur Springs. Totally forgot that place. Just goes to show you, there's always something to learn about home.
40 years ago I worked in construction in Miami and Homestead with a crew of Cubans. I'm of Italian heritage and never felt more accepted, like family. Probably the best experience I ever had in Florida and the food was the best. Great choice of music at the end of your video "Chan Chan".
Great video! Awesome information. Keep in mind that gentrification has made its way into some of these questionable areas changing the landscape. Maybe you can do a video in Tampa on low-income zip codes that are experiencing gentrification and how we anticipate this affecting those who can't afford a tax increase. Thanks again, love your channel, sharing it with friends and family.
Man I lived in every district from Sulphur springs, cross fletcher, Armenia, South Tampa, New Tampa, East Tampa. I never had a problem anywhere. I love Tampa ❤️ Bay
Although Tampa has it's bad areas, it never feels like there is a desperate situation your walking into. The locals in any hood are pretty much not messing with you unless your looking for trouble. Even in jail the problems are kept at a minimum
@@theworldpodcast1801 I've lived here my entire life in different areas that include the most crime ridden areas. You rarely if ever hear about any gang shootings and even in jail people don't take hoods seriously. Yes you may run into some trouble but you literally have to look for it or place yourself in bad situations as far as any violence goes. Now getting your car stolen or homes being broken into is another story and a bit more common. Our murder rate rate is actually very low and nothing compared to other major city
@@theworldpodcast1801 also, there's no racial tension between blacks and Latinos like there is in cities like los Angeles or Chicago. It used to be bad in college hill old projects back in the 90s before they tore them down and built newer ones in a kind of gentrification like rebuilding although they are still low income homes that were built. Even in ybor city throughout most clubs are generally safe with the occasional fight breaking out that include mostly drunk or intoxicated people. Only in Mexican based clubs do you really see any tension between different hoods and cities because Mexican and Chicano gangs have historically been territorial and many of these gangbangers run into each other in nightclubs and or events like quinceñeras and they really mostly come from outside the city limits.
@@xbrowsingvidzx2998 oh yea so your telling me if I were to stop at any respective neighborhood store for gas I have be cautious of a possibile armed robbery or assault? No kid so is not the case. Yes if your out in the middle of the night trying to cop some dope well here just like any city or town you have to be careful. But to say that if my car breaks down in some rough part of town that I'm at a high or medium risk of being hurt is not the reality for the most part. Now if you left your car in the streets in a bad area then you may be a victim of car theft or having it broken into and even then only after a car has been left for a significant amount of time. Bro Tampa is a good city this isn't no rap song here
Great content. I've lived in and around Tampa for 17 years. I love it. Beautiful scenery and history in all of these neighborhoods. Moonlake though, IMO, not a Tampa neighborhood. It's almost an hour outside of the city in another county. Loved the tour though, thank you.
I lived in Tampa Bay for 5 years and loved it! I actually felt much safer there than in PA. I sold final expense life insurance and 90% of my clients made under 20K/year. Yes, they were poor but I NEVER felt unsafe in Tampa and only felt unsafe twice in all of Florida. Once in St Pete just north of Tropicana Field and once in Tallahassee. Not sure if PA just sucks but the people in Florida were so much more gentle/kind/respectful than up north. Wish I still lived there!!!
I'm from Tampa, raised in Cross Fletcher neighborhood and been in every neighborhood here from South Tampa, North Tampa, Nuccio, Grant park and etc. You name them I been in the area and still go in them. I learn a lot do and don't no matter the neighborhoods if you go in just show respect or it will be a bad experience for you. Anyone from the 813 area will say the same thing young or old.
I'm a native and you nailed it. I got sober at a halfway house in Sulfur Springs, as much that it is dangerous, I was given a safe place to get my junk together. There is hope for some of these places. You shared in good taste. Thank you for the respect.
I would be very interested in seeing you talk about the suburbs east of Tampa, valrico, plant city, seffner, Brandon, Bloomingdale, Riverview, fishhawk, lithia etc.
Pretty accurate list, although I would put Fletcher higher on the list. Fletcher and University got really, really bad a few years ago when St. Pete outlawed pan-handling and all of the beggers crossed the bridge and posted-up all along Nebraska Ave. Speaking of Nebraska Ave., I once walked past a dead guy on Nebraska by a bus stop just south of 109th -- in broad-daylight.
That's funny because I actually witnessed a double murder at the 7-11 on 109th & Nebraska in broad daylight two spice heads stabbing each other. Learned from a local cop I know one died on the scene the other died at the Hospital. So it was a win win for Tampa two spice heads gone that is great population control.
Not only do I like the video but these COMMENTS. I absolutely LOVE how hella natives showing up with the real. I’m highly considering moving cross country just honestly after trying out Jax for ‘bout a year pre-Covid. I don’t know what it is but I just fell in love with FL & been trynna go back every since. Lol but not duval again. Great video but also great people/natives commenting. Y’all really showed up and shed light on the city. Thank you. 💛🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great video! I lived in university near Busch and Fowler from 2018 to 2021. So terrible seeing the champs and marathon burned down. We moved into channel district shortly after….Despite some bad areas I believe Tampa offers a ton of good industry, entertainment, and overall living quality. Also, I love history and was fascinated by your info on Robles park being built on a cemetery. Never knew that!
Hey my brother I got to give you credit your statistics are right on the money I have hung in all those neighborhoods that you mentioned the only one I really stay away from is the university area but all those neighborhoods that you know I'm very familiar with them and the reason is I always used to go there to buy my weed and Robles Park yes at one time it was number one but guess what you forgot to mention college Hill which is located on 22nd avenue I have worked there and I have friends that live there and I think that that right now is the most hottest area ever but all the statistics that you said and each neighborhood that you numbered was precise
I used to do private Secruity on Fletcher, I’ve had dirty needles thrown at me, guns pulled, multiple physical altercations, seeing drug deals everyday and more
Completely agree! Lived here all my life & wish all these CZcams videos on Tampa would be as accurate & realistic as yours. Yes there are nice areas, but you can’t ignore these areas that are very clearly making up a lot of Tampa.
Thank you for sharing this I'm so glad I watched because most of my family lives in different parts in Tampa. I go visit from time to time so it's good to know these things. Building the projects on top of a cemetery is just wrong. Poultigiest wrong
Overall I think you are spot on and wish young people just getting their license in these areas would watch or view these types of videos rather than get caught out of bounds taking a wrong turn off a highway especially late at night. I used to drive for Uber and I would have to go to some of these areas to pick up and drop off and most I would avoid. Sometimes your would be surprised like there are air bnb right off 7th avenue ybor a family would rent staying a couple days before getting on a cruise, If you wanted to make a new video and exploring Tampa Bay and surrounding areas I would say South St pete is notorious and a surprising rural hood is Sefner with high drug traffic.
Wow! I was born in Dallas and raised in Tampa,Florida. I lived in Seffner as a pre-teen. Of course that was many years ago…. It wasn’t nothing what you just said. It was country-like….My how time flies and things have really changed!!!
I grew up around north Brandon, Seffner area most my life....it's always been run down and a little shady in certain sections, but... last time I was there (5 years ago) I was at Winn Dixie wit my pops off MLK after dark and I turned and asked him "u strapped?" God bless my pops he was like "duh" lol I miss him... I lost him this year, but yeah i never had 2 ask him that before, but that night I could just feel it in the air.... lots of goons outside and inside the store
Hey do you have a video about the areas in between Tampa and Lakeland? Like Plant City or Zephrhills, or Auburndale? I am planning a move south to FL. Not because of my state, lol. I live in VA. I am moving for my health. So I would appreciate some beforehand knowledge of these areas. Thank you. :)
Plant City and Auburndale BOTH cities we did videos on in the last 2 months... now enjoy scrolling thru my list of videos since we upload ALOT of content. These are kinda bland areas, nothing special just regular little towns. Good people. Lakeland is the larger city and we did like 6 videos there in the last 3 months as well. Meth and Pills we still have not done a video of but its mostly gated mobile home parks and retired folks, a Publix for groceries and your all set. Sebring is also affordable and has it all, a little further south. The areas west of 27 are best there, east of 27 is a little run down. Enjoy the videos once you find them, and feel free to ask anything. My sister is a realtor if your gonna buy.
As a Tampa native I fuckin died when you said " diverse landscape " as the video pans over a buncha beat up old trailers 😂😂 good video though , subscribed 🤘. As far as the worst neighborhoods, I couldn't even tell ya man, depending on the day...
I grew up in sulphur springs! It is in Fact a bad neighborhood. I actually called for succession of the part of the neighborhood south of Busch Blvd, East of Florida Ave, North of Hillsborough River, and (WEST OF NEBRASKA), because the area (where i grew up) is being brought down by all the disaster the rest of the neighborhood has. It is plagued with crime ever since i moved in! We always talked about the “other side of Nebraska” it’s that bad!
Love the comment about how far Florida has come. I'm very pleased with the diversity in the Tampa area...Especially how friendly all people are to each other!
I was born and raised in Tampa and to be honest with you I still love it. I will admit that I live in the lake Magdalene / carrollwood area away from those neighborhoods so that's probably why. And I will say that your assessment of the neighborhoods are spot on. It was funny because I grew up in South Tampa and South Tampa was kind of a hood and now it seems to be the high rent high class place where everybody is flocking to. All I have to say is they can enjoy their floods! 🍻🤣
Carrollwood isn’t really tampa forreal😂😂 it’s apart of the metropolitan area but it isn’t in East , North , west or the south it ain’t tampa (I’m just saying) I’m tired of people living in carrolwood, Brandon , lutz claiming they live in Tampa but they aren’t actually on any side of Tampa
@@alh9338 that’s actually why it’s a nice area to live but Tampa got nice area to its neighborhoods in between neighborhoods that ain’t necessarily a hood .. it neutral spots in the city too😂
Thanks for making this, I have a friend from Wisconsin who wants to move somewhere in Florida and I'm trying to steer them clear of places like Tampa lol.
I've been in Tampa for about 3 years now. I've been doing Uber eats since and have accumulated about 800 orders. So I've been in virtaully every neighborhood in Tampa. I can say without a doubt that the surrounding USF area (university) is by far the sketchiest.
Thanks for the videos as always Jose and Katie. I truly enjoy them. What areas near Tampa would you recommend for working class people given all the changes over the past couple of years?
Hard time to know. Smh.. its a mess out there right about now. Everything is expensive and nothing makes sense. 😞 sad to say i wouldn’t even know where to start. If i had tampa area on my mind it would be Dunedin
Tampa is not a city for working classes. If you are not rich you won't survive. If you rich you will lose money here. Plus everyone hate each other here. Best city is miami.
@@Volkswagenplanet WTF? What percentage of the population of Tampa do you imagine owns real estate? What fraction of those own real estate they don't live in?
Pretty good video - you seem to do the place justice. Speaking as a former overnight Uber driver here, I never had any problems in any of the neighborhoods you mentioned.
Good video. I'm local to the area and I would say you did a good job. A bad area that was missed is Seminole Heights just south of Sulphur Springs. You don't want to end up over there on accident. Or in Sulphur springs for that matter.
I used to live in Tampa Heights and that place is crazy haunted and then moved on to Fletcher and 22nd Avenue and the killings here are crazy. They kill, rob and do home invasions here so much that it doesn't even come out in the news because it's nothing new. Just another normal day but I love my city.
@@Volkswagenplanet yes sir. I lived in suphur springs too on hillsborough lane also lived in highland pines by grant park in east tampa. The video showed some ghetto places but he missed a few imo. sulphur springs,nuccio,college hill area but good video
Very interesting I'm native new Yorker moved to Tampa 10 years ago living in Brandon suburbs I have seen large migration from east coast and very happy I did
Was really upset about the looting and burning down businesses, it was a very gloomy week when that happened 😒I had to ride pass the gas station where a man lost his life.ITs always another way to be heard💔
A riot is the language of the unheard, said Dr. King. A way to think of the businesses destroyed in these things is that they are not owned by locals, but by transnational corporations who limit the extent of their investment to merely what's necessary to siphon as much wealth as possible out of the communities they come to roost on, whether that's in the labor of the locals they underpay for, or in the overpriced goods they sell, extracting the meager wealth of their customers as well as their labor. Occasionally you hear of someone poor and local who had a business whose place of business was destroyed, but what you invariably find is that they didn't own that structure, they were having the wealth they produced with their labor extracted by a landlord, who likely was having a lot of their take extracted by a Wall Street mortgage company. As one woman in Minneapolis said when she was asked why her neighbors were destroying their own businesses, she said "we don't own none of this!"
What everyone overlooks is that the hot weather just increases the anger and attitude of struggling people that live paycheck to paycheck and commonly pushes them over the edge and causes crazy habits to constantly happen.
People also place to much of their paycheck into the cars that they try to keep running and whatever they are smoking wether it is weed or cigarettes which also keeps them poor and just flat out in a death cycle ! Tampa firmly agrees with staying as high as you can and they just respond with"0 well, whatever",alot of them are brainwashed and the majority of them work in the retail business.Alot of them never worked 12 hour days,and 84 hours a week in a factory or know what it is like to live without a cell phone!
Having lived 31 of my 44 yrs in the Busch Gardens/USF (3 blocks from burned down Champs) I confirm everything in this video 100%. Gotta keep your wits about ya ❤ #myFL
Born and Raised in Tampa, as a single white female, the only place I have been that I didn't feel comfortable was Robles Park. Stopped there to check out the river for fishing, Chatted with some older guys not catching much but they kinda said it's not safe for me there and I respected their opinion. Ybor use to be a lot scarier. It's pretty nice now. University area has gone to complete garbage. (still have some great ethnic food!) I'm seeing more homeless creeping into Forest Hills/Carrollwood. We are even having issues with squatters in some of the empty homes. And the house Flippers make it hard for the average working family to buy a nice house without the prices being jacked out of sight! I enjoyed your list.
I used to live in Carrollwood Village, very nice are. The only areas I can personally say I wasn’t crazy about was the neighborhoods near Ybor and near University mall. Not that anything ever happened to me, but let’s just say I wouldn’t drive by there at night. Great video!!!
I live in Tampa, used to live right next to USF/University. I have to agree with this list. Ybor, like you have mentioned is a fun place to go, but you have to be careful
I’ve lived in Tampa Bay Area for 3.5 years and have only known a few of these hoods. Port Richey is a pretty tough spot too. The mayor had a shootout with the SWAT team!
Born and raised in North Tampa. This area was great growing up, but has gone down hill for over 30+ years. Would love to hear your take on the Riverview and Balm area.
Ahhh i always comment before I watch the video haha, u got it bruh! My car broke down one time in Tampa Park right off 7th Ave and I was working, I had like $300+ on me, but thank God it started raining like super hard so nobody was around or coming up fucking with me, definitely could have been a situation though.
If u show respect, and show that u ain't no bitch and can joke and laugh wit the locals u gonna be more then straight. I had a .357 magnum under my seat, I'm bald with tattoos on my skull and have like 5 tattoos on my face, and everywhere else u can see. That shit don't make u hard but it does show most people u ain't no easy walking lick
I remember when SOG used to be 10 shades of awful. Now it's about as safe as it gets. Did a lot of Habitat for Humanity work in the Port Tampa near Picnic Island in the early 90's and it was depressing/bad.
wesley chapel - DONT end up in Pinellas its FULL of predators. FULL. Sun city center is okay in a gated area. riverview is good but traffic sucks. Dunedin is nice. Avoid city limits of tampa. keystone, pebble creek. good areas. south tampa isnt bad but not cheap.
The truth is if you live within 1 mile of a Family Dollar store, you in da hood. I moved to Tampa and have chosen to stay for 30+ years. And I had 5 FD stores within 2 miles in Temple Crest. Now I live in New Tampa. Love my Bucs! Good video.
@Maria Cyza surrounding would be Tampa Bay, area. Don't you think? Not a completely different county when you are trying to highlight different areas of " TAMPA".. then do different surrounding areas.. there's plenty of shitty places in Tampa that you can stay with in the city limits and not have to leave the county because your out of idea's. Just saying.... there's plenty of that he could have otherwise. I've lived and grown up in Tampa my entire life of 48 years.
I was born and still live in Tampa, and I agree with must of the neighbors picked. At the top would definitely be Robles Park. If I will go at night I don't consider it to be that bad, and Robles Park is a place I would not go to at night. I can also see how north of Fletcher area has changed. I lived in the area over 30 years ago, and it has definitely gotten very bad. Suitcase city is a suitable name for the area.
I can understand rough neighborhoods. What bends me about the greater Tampa area is the selfish rude people that live in the nice areas. I use to live in Lake Mary and Sanford. Those towns have issues but the wealthy rarely was ever rude to me. Here in Apollo beach. It is me first and the gimmie's all over. The only good things are the skate park and MUV. There rest I could do without. I plan to move to the desert when my wife retires. Her career is based here. I retired and sold my truck when I was 41. Good video I think you were fair and accurate.
Im born in raised in the springs all I got to say is you got alot of heart coming threw 17th n idell with a video camera I still stay over here rite now today
I’m a realtor and we have to abide by fair housing laws. It kind of sucks because we have clients who ask about certain areas, but we can’t tell them the “truth” because we could get fined or lose our license. Instead we tell them to call the police for crime stats. That is how things like redlining started.
you dont have to show a house.... do a showing at 9:30 pm on a friday night. listen to police radio while in the car with your client LOL - i mean get creative LOL. you also dont have to show a house and not give .. i've said too much. sorry ..
South tampa is alright. Wesley chapel is nice. Lakeland is ok. Davis island if you can afford 😂 - hyde park is nice but not cheap. Now dunedin is the hidden gem
Surprised you didn't have a mention for the Palm River/Clair Mel/Progress Village area of far South Tampa. I've lived on this side of town since 1985, and there are so many police copters overhead like every two days there's somebody flying over. The gas station on the corner of 78th Street and Madison avenue has had like four shootings over the past 10 years.
@@rt5815 exactly. Know what was happening in my neighborhood while I was reading the channel owners reply to my post? Police and fireman were here for a drug overdose in the family across the street, and there was a police copter overhead. Not making this sh*t up, it's a true lol moment
I know I dont live in tampa but I work there on the bridges during the day and at night doing anything from fixing potholes to cleaning homeless debris and it's always a sad thing to see. No doubt tampa has a homeless problem. And not every person that's homeless are bad if you talk to them. Some of the people I've talked to lost their home because of covid. Things that could happen to anybody. Alot of times drugs or alcohol could be a factor but not every time from what I've learned while working here
I've lived in Tampa over 40 years. You hit most of the bad areas. Seminole Heights, although historical, scares me, as does Town and Country. They're are great areas too, like Carrollwood, Oldsmar and West Chase.
You’re more likely to get killed in a car accident than getting killed in the hoods of Tampa. That’s a fact. The people are reckless on the roads.
I have always said that about Florida
OMG! Yes! Thank you for that. Riverview's just as bad.
@@tempestates13 as someone living in Riverview, you are not lying there. 🤣
At least we aren't Gibsonton though. 😁
@@zaodedong9935 Big Bend's the worse after or before 301.
@@tempestates13 have you even traveled down Symmes road in the last couple of years? I'd say starting around 3:30 in the afternoon going on until about 7:00 in the evening it's absolutely horrible.
I get what you're saying about Big Bend though.
I think that has a lot to do with idiots who know they are going to be getting on the interstate, but do not stay in the proper lane and decide to change at the last second. 🤣
If you’re thinking of moving somewhere in the city in Tampa, drive around there at night before you decide.
LOL at around 6:15 PM LOL
I like living in the hood low prices and you can do what every you want no rules
I’ve been in Tampa for 21 years and been a bus driver here for 8 years..
Sulphur springs definitely has more respect and “street credit” that you give it here.
Armenia is considered safe aside from waters and Armenia and that’s only because they have a plasma selling center there.
Cross fletcher is commonly referred to as “suitcase city”
Definitely
You mean respect like police and drug dealers working together? No respect here bro you talking crap.
True
YES YOU RIGHT TO ME THE MOST DANGEROUS PARTS OF TAMPA IS 40 ST AND HILLSBOROUGH AVE
Cross Fletcher is the trenches
If you live in Tampa, you definitely know about Sulphur Springs. Parts of Ybor and the Heights (not by Robles Park yet) have already significantly cleaned up and are showing signs of major growth, but the springs hasn’t taken much of a turn at all. It’s a bad area you wouldn’t want to catch yourself in after dusk alone
Tampa still struggles with bad areas
I've been around Tampa since 1963 , we called it suffering springs.
Tampa heights and Robles park are not the same area floribraska separate them
I stayed cross busch but ik not to be in nuccio, the sprangz or robles
I was born and raised in sulphur springs!!! I love my city.
They have NOT tried to fix it up. Cross fletcher aka suitcase city!
I love that you call out the realitors that lie when they make videos trying to fool people into moving to Tampa just so they can make a commission. Personally I don’t mind any of the neighborhoods in Tampa. Coming from Chicago I always pay attention to my surroundings and I think the people of Tampa are cool to be around
LoL coming from Chicago obviously you're used to these neighborhoods and when you hear guns popping off all the time it's nothing new to you right? It's nothing new to me I'm a Florida native over here in Pinellas county I hope he's done a video on that... The way a lot of us Floridians are is we don't care where you come from as long as you show us respect you'll get respect and US oldschool people who are in our forties we always like to banging out with our fists it's the proper way to do it ya know and most of the times will be all banged up with some blood on each other and want to sit down and drink a bottle together afterwards. LoL that's southern hospitality
Bro it's not that dangerous at all
I have lived in Tampa all my life, 61 years I've watched it go from a small town to a metropolitan city. Some of these neighborhoods I will agree But take a ride with somebody that knows these neighborhoods knows them well Before you put something like this on here. I could have taken you through neighborhoods 10 times worse than what you showed on your little video. When you are real good to her Tampa just give me a holler I will show The good the bad and the ugly.
Yea they wildin on the rent!
@@gregorywoodcock2472 what neighborhoods would be in your top 5 sir?
I was born and raised in Tampa if u stay out of trouble then u will enjoy Tampa if u come looking for u will get it. Good n bad is in every city and state thats life.
And thats real 💯 respect goes a long way
Shit, I live in riverview, and visit Tampa a lot. You are 100% correct.
100% true
There sum good weed plugs im finna be moving from Wisconsin
Best green plugs in the south
Your review was pretty spot on. I’ve been a cop in Tampa for 35 years and we do have some bad areas. Some of these places are getting better but we have a long way to go. There are a lot of other places worse off trust me. Get involved in your town and be the change. If you see something say something. Improve your little world where you live . Life is precious. We all need to love one another as neighbors and family. Great video . Being aware of your town can bring positive change. I love Tampa but we can improve. Have a safe day and be the change in your community. ❤️👍👍
Thanks! I try to be a good influence on my channel knowing the youth is watching. Please see our videos from time to time. Your right only so much you can control
Law enforcement in
Tampa
Is
No bueno
especially district 3
@@kennethallen809 is law enforcement no bueno or are you no bueno? I imagine anyone that advocates for burning and looting a gas station because you THINK he’s racist is probably why cops don’t respect you or who you hang out with. Be better first.
@@cameronjohnson4830 that's exactly why no one asked for you opinion G💀🤡
How safe is Temple Terrace?
I grew up in St. Petersburg and lived in Tampa for 13 years. I used to live in some of these neighborhoods, Sulphur Springs, Cross Fletcher, University... and worked in East Tampa and attended classes at HCC in Ybor City. Let's face it, half of Tampa is a ghetto. Great video. I used to work at the crisis center and helped a lot of the homeless and mentally ill. Tampa is a tough city, but I agree with most of the people commenting. If you show respect, mind your own business and don't go looking for trouble you probably won't find it. Tampa is very diverse, most of the residents are very cool and friendly, unless they are shooting at you or trying to run you over.
Detroit is 100% Ghetto
@@357pghguero Mid western states are 100% trailer trash
FLINT IS MORE GETO THAN DETROIT
Just discovered this channel, great video! I moved from Maine to Tampa about 13 years ago and know many of these. Would love to see a mini map that outlines the neighborhood in the corner or something but great to see live street video!
We did that for some of the other videos
For someone that lives in Florida I appreciate the time you took to make this video
We work hard for our audience
Thanks for sharing and being honest moving to Tampa soon so this was very helpful.
Great video man. Keep it up
This is the most legit video I've seen on someone covering Tampa. Other videos show Tampa and only the best parts not showing real struggles people go through and what we see daily. This was really good💛
i don't think that realtors necessarily lie to you in their videos just because they don't show you the hood. yes, they obviously want people to move down here so they're obviously going to show you the nice and presentable neighborhoods. thats like trying to call out an LA realtor for not showing you the streets of compton, or an NYC realtor not showing the hoods in the Bronx. doesn't make sense right? with any city, it has its bad areas, of course, but thats pretty inferable at this point guys. stop acting like the realtors are the bad guys.
The only thing I would say is that everyone would agree that Sulphur Springs should be higher on this list. And Armenia is generally safe even though it's run down.
Respect for what you did on this video. You were honest and calling people out for their BS.
Your end message is wonderful!
I was born in Tampa and still here. I agree with most of these but a couple of neighborhoods you rated as 10, 9, 8 should be top 5 worse. I would also add Nuccio and the area near 50th street.
Yesss
How is Temple Terrace?
@@Volkswagenplanet that's the worst God damn thing too is they give out all these government loans to foreigners and they buy up apartment complexes and houses and turn them all into section 8 so they don't have to worry about getting rent late they've done that to almost every apartment complex and condos throughout all of Pinellas county really nice apartment complexes that I lived in me walking outside cops pulling guns on me I'm asking what the hell's going on they said we got the call shots fired. WTF LOL
@@Volkswagenplanet thanks you stay safe too.
@@Volkswagenplanet thanks. What other affordable decent areas to live in Tampa?
Visited Tampa for the 1st time last year. Thought I was in a nice area, staying by USF, which is bordered by Fletcher Ave.
But just going a few blocks west near Copeland Park, you start to see the poverty & decline. Then going south past Busch Gardens you see poverty. I was like damn, I’m surrounded by the hood. Still a nice city tho
Yea USF area and Busch is super hood
Tampa is ghetto everywhere. East west north central city and parts of south. Tampa is the 2nd blackest city in Florida too. Look it up.
Tank Shots ok so WestChase, Citrus Park and Carrolwood is ghetto….
@@iverson2k10 fr what is he talking about? 😂
Lived in both areas while I was on Tampa and can say...... Tampa got some hood shit poppin.
thanks for sharing your thoughts!
My pleasure!
Thank you!!
Lifelong Tampanian here and I can tell you where you live in Tampa by the zip code... Tampa has long been a working-class city. Fun fact - During the 1940s-1960s, the city "used" to be controlled by notorious mobsters, and corruption used to be rampant. However, as any other longtime resident can attest, gentrification, accelerated by the pandemic, has drastically changed the city's character. Living comfortably and/or completely crime-free within the city limits itself is becoming more expensive with more middle-class people, particularly white residents, having to move to far-out Hillsborough suburbs (i.e., Wesley Chapel, Citrus Park, Brandon) who can't afford to live in South Tampa or Carrollwood.
Tampanian 😁
I was a kid and got bused to Tampa Booker T Washington from Brandon it was awful
I lived in 33610
Born and raised in Tampa. This list is SPOT on, however I didn't even think about Sulfur Springs. Totally forgot that place.
Just goes to show you, there's always something to learn about home.
No doubt
Armenia?
Great video! I love my city, but there's a lot to improve still :) But this is pretty spot on!
Great job young man. Thank you for telling the other side. Now if we could begin to fix this problem.
40 years ago I worked in construction in Miami and Homestead with a crew of Cubans. I'm of Italian heritage and never felt more accepted, like family. Probably the best experience I ever had in Florida and the food was the best. Great choice of music at the end of your video "Chan Chan".
yes! that's my own version i made on FL STUDIO. so far the machine hasn't registered it and flagged it for rights issues.
Great video! Awesome information. Keep in mind that gentrification has made its way into some of these questionable areas changing the landscape. Maybe you can do a video in Tampa on low-income zip codes that are experiencing gentrification and how we anticipate this affecting those who can't afford a tax increase. Thanks again, love your channel, sharing it with friends and family.
❤️❤️❤️🌴🌴🌴🌴 thanks
Gentrification a word racist use who hate integration.
@@shaunwhite1504 It's only integration if the people being displaced have the option to stay.
Thank you for the time you put in this list I'm born and raised in tampa you missed a few a some of these you could have put together
Great video. Much love brother. I live in Pasco county.
Man I lived in every district from Sulphur springs, cross fletcher, Armenia, South Tampa, New Tampa, East Tampa. I never had a problem anywhere. I love Tampa ❤️ Bay
Although Tampa has it's bad areas, it never feels like there is a desperate situation your walking into. The locals in any hood are pretty much not messing with you unless your looking for trouble. Even in jail the problems are kept at a minimum
Thats what you think
I lived in Tampa in several areas n got in trouble almost all the time. Drugs, gangs, all that's there Fs
@@theworldpodcast1801 I've lived here my entire life in different areas that include the most crime ridden areas. You rarely if ever hear about any gang shootings and even in jail people don't take hoods seriously. Yes you may run into some trouble but you literally have to look for it or place yourself in bad situations as far as any violence goes. Now getting your car stolen or homes being broken into is another story and a bit more common. Our murder rate rate is actually very low and nothing compared to other major city
@@theworldpodcast1801 also, there's no racial tension between blacks and Latinos like there is in cities like los Angeles or Chicago. It used to be bad in college hill old projects back in the 90s before they tore them down and built newer ones in a kind of gentrification like rebuilding although they are still low income homes that were built. Even in ybor city throughout most clubs are generally safe with the occasional fight breaking out that include mostly drunk or intoxicated people. Only in Mexican based clubs do you really see any tension between different hoods and cities because Mexican and Chicano gangs have historically been territorial and many of these gangbangers run into each other in nightclubs and or events like quinceñeras and they really mostly come from outside the city limits.
@@xbrowsingvidzx2998 oh yea so your telling me if I were to stop at any respective neighborhood store for gas I have be cautious of a possibile armed robbery or assault? No kid so is not the case. Yes if your out in the middle of the night trying to cop some dope well here just like any city or town you have to be careful. But to say that if my car breaks down in some rough part of town that I'm at a high or medium risk of being hurt is not the reality for the most part. Now if you left your car in the streets in a bad area then you may be a victim of car theft or having it broken into and even then only after a car has been left for a significant amount of time. Bro Tampa is a good city this isn't no rap song here
I have lived in the Tampa Bay area for 32 years and your review is spot on. Good Video...
Great content. I've lived in and around Tampa for 17 years. I love it. Beautiful scenery and history in all of these neighborhoods. Moonlake though, IMO, not a Tampa neighborhood. It's almost an hour outside of the city in another county. Loved the tour though, thank you.
I lived in Tampa Bay for 5 years and loved it! I actually felt much safer there than in PA. I sold final expense life insurance and 90% of my clients made under 20K/year. Yes, they were poor but I NEVER felt unsafe in Tampa and only felt unsafe twice in all of Florida. Once in St Pete just north of Tropicana Field and once in Tallahassee. Not sure if PA just sucks but the people in Florida were so much more gentle/kind/respectful than up north. Wish I still lived there!!!
tampa aint got shit on Kensington
I'm from Tampa, raised in Cross Fletcher neighborhood and been in every neighborhood here from South Tampa, North Tampa, Nuccio, Grant park and etc. You name them I been in the area and still go in them. I learn a lot do and don't no matter the neighborhoods if you go in just show respect or it will be a bad experience for you. Anyone from the 813 area will say the same thing young or old.
Facts
I guessed some of them, but great information on the rest of the list.
Great job...I learned all about Tampa that I didn't know!!!
I'm a native and you nailed it. I got sober at a halfway house in Sulfur Springs, as much that it is dangerous, I was given a safe place to get my junk together. There is hope for some of these places. You shared in good taste. Thank you for the respect.
Do they have any open air markets in Tampa
Sulfur springs may seem less known.. but well known to folks who grew up in Tampa Sulfur springs is no joke
stays deep
Bro love la musiquita at the end of video,, kan kan inspired without the copyrights enfranchisement.. your awesome brother 👏🏻 🇨🇺
well done, I concur.
I would be very interested in seeing you talk about the suburbs east of Tampa, valrico, plant city, seffner, Brandon, Bloomingdale, Riverview, fishhawk, lithia etc.
Pretty accurate list, although I would put Fletcher higher on the list. Fletcher and University got really, really bad a few years ago when St. Pete outlawed pan-handling and all of the beggers crossed the bridge and posted-up all along Nebraska Ave. Speaking of Nebraska Ave., I once walked past a dead guy on Nebraska by a bus stop just south of 109th -- in broad-daylight.
i have seen dead people on the streets of tampa too.
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS sadly to say there's more of that lately do to drug overdoses
That's funny because I actually witnessed a double murder at the 7-11 on 109th & Nebraska in broad daylight two spice heads stabbing each other. Learned from a local cop I know one died on the scene the other died at the Hospital. So it was a win win for Tampa two spice heads gone that is great population control.
It's a start... 1 down, thousands to go 😁
Not only do I like the video but these COMMENTS. I absolutely LOVE how hella natives showing up with the real.
I’m highly considering moving cross country just honestly after trying out Jax for ‘bout a year pre-Covid. I don’t know what it is but I just fell in love with FL & been trynna go back every since. Lol but not duval again.
Great video but also great people/natives commenting. Y’all really showed up and shed light on the city. Thank you. 💛🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great video! I lived in university near Busch and Fowler from 2018 to 2021. So terrible seeing the champs and marathon burned down. We moved into channel district shortly after….Despite some bad areas I believe Tampa offers a ton of good industry, entertainment, and overall living quality. Also, I love history and was fascinated by your info on Robles park being built on a cemetery. Never knew that!
Hey my brother I got to give you credit your statistics are right on the money I have hung in all those neighborhoods that you mentioned the only one I really stay away from is the university area but all those neighborhoods that you know I'm very familiar with them and the reason is I always used to go there to buy my weed and Robles Park yes at one time it was number one but guess what you forgot to mention college Hill which is located on 22nd avenue I have worked there and I have friends that live there and I think that that right now is the most hottest area ever but all the statistics that you said and each neighborhood that you numbered was precise
I used to do private Secruity on Fletcher, I’ve had dirty needles thrown at me, guns pulled, multiple physical altercations, seeing drug deals everyday and more
Completely agree! Lived here all my life & wish all these CZcams videos on Tampa would be as accurate & realistic as yours. Yes there are nice areas, but you can’t ignore these areas that are very clearly making up a lot of Tampa.
So
Thank you for sharing this I'm so glad I watched because most of my family lives in different parts in Tampa. I go visit from time to time so it's good to know these things. Building the projects on top of a cemetery is just wrong. Poultigiest wrong
Overall I think you are spot on and wish young people just getting their license in these areas would watch or view these types of videos rather than get caught out of bounds taking a wrong turn off a highway especially late at night. I used to drive for Uber and I would have to go to some of these areas to pick up and drop off and most I would avoid. Sometimes your would be surprised like there are air bnb right off 7th avenue ybor a family would rent staying a couple days before getting on a cruise, If you wanted to make a new video and exploring Tampa Bay and surrounding areas I would say South St pete is notorious and a surprising rural hood is Sefner with high drug traffic.
Methner. The fruit bowl lol
Wow! I was born in Dallas and raised in Tampa,Florida. I lived in Seffner as a pre-teen. Of course that was many years ago…. It wasn’t nothing what you just said. It was country-like….My how time flies and things have really changed!!!
I grew up around north Brandon, Seffner area most my life....it's always been run down and a little shady in certain sections, but... last time I was there (5 years ago) I was at Winn Dixie wit my pops off MLK after dark and I turned and asked him "u strapped?" God bless my pops he was like "duh" lol I miss him... I lost him this year, but yeah i never had 2 ask him that before, but that night I could just feel it in the air.... lots of goons outside and inside the store
Hey do you have a video about the areas in between Tampa and Lakeland? Like Plant City or Zephrhills, or Auburndale? I am planning a move south to FL. Not because of my state, lol. I live in VA. I am moving for my health. So I would appreciate some beforehand knowledge of these areas. Thank you. :)
Plant City and Auburndale BOTH cities we did videos on in the last 2 months... now enjoy scrolling thru my list of videos since we upload ALOT of content. These are kinda bland areas, nothing special just regular little towns. Good people. Lakeland is the larger city and we did like 6 videos there in the last 3 months as well. Meth and Pills we still have not done a video of but its mostly gated mobile home parks and retired folks, a Publix for groceries and your all set. Sebring is also affordable and has it all, a little further south. The areas west of 27 are best there, east of 27 is a little run down. Enjoy the videos once you find them, and feel free to ask anything. My sister is a realtor if your gonna buy.
I lived in plant city for a while great town!..if u are looking to retire check out the lakes mobile home park!
@@angelasmith257 thanks!
What about town n Compton ? I grew up there. Cool video. Thanks !!
As a Tampa native I fuckin died when you said " diverse landscape " as the video pans over a buncha beat up old trailers 😂😂 good video though , subscribed 🤘. As far as the worst neighborhoods, I couldn't even tell ya man, depending on the day...
I grew up in sulphur springs! It is in Fact a bad neighborhood. I actually called for succession of the part of the neighborhood south of Busch Blvd, East of Florida Ave, North of Hillsborough River, and (WEST OF NEBRASKA), because the area (where i grew up) is being brought down by all the disaster the rest of the neighborhood has. It is plagued with crime ever since i moved in! We always talked about the “other side of Nebraska” it’s that bad!
Love the comment about how far Florida has come. I'm very pleased with the diversity in the Tampa area...Especially how friendly all people are to each other!
FRIENDLY? You haven't lived there long enough! 😒
@@carolinagirl1967lmao thats for sure one thing tampa has never been is friendly😂
Thx for the tip boss but you guys also get those jet sprays in the skies i thought thats only in the west coast
Your list hit the nail on the coffin. I'm from Tampa and was always told to watch myself around these sides of town as a kid.
Thanks my man! Welcome to our channel! 💯🌴
I was born and raised in Tampa and to be honest with you I still love it. I will admit that I live in the lake Magdalene / carrollwood area away from those neighborhoods so that's probably why. And I will say that your assessment of the neighborhoods are spot on.
It was funny because I grew up in South Tampa and South Tampa was kind of a hood and now it seems to be the high rent high class place where everybody is flocking to. All I have to say is they can enjoy their floods! 🍻🤣
South Tampa is actually nice now! Yeah that area up there is nice and wooded.
Carrollwood isn’t really tampa forreal😂😂 it’s apart of the metropolitan area but it isn’t in East , North , west or the south it ain’t tampa (I’m just saying) I’m tired of people living in carrolwood, Brandon , lutz claiming they live in Tampa but they aren’t actually on any side of Tampa
@@gslokk3282 technically it is a mile out of the city limits. Probably why it's a nice place to live🍻
@@alh9338 that’s actually why it’s a nice area to live but Tampa got nice area to its neighborhoods in between neighborhoods that ain’t necessarily a hood .. it neutral spots in the city too😂
Thanks for exposing the TRUTH about Robles Park History.I lived everywhere in Tampa,my home.Love my people🥰🥰🥰 Bucs 4 Life ☠️
your welcome
Just moved to Tampa and this is great information
Thanks for making this, I have a friend from Wisconsin who wants to move somewhere in Florida and I'm trying to steer them clear of places like Tampa lol.
I've been in Tampa for about 3 years now. I've been doing Uber eats since and have accumulated about 800 orders. So I've been in virtaully every neighborhood in Tampa. I can say without a doubt that the surrounding USF area (university) is by far the sketchiest.
awesome thanks
Yooo is rideshare good money in tampa?
When I delivered pizza down there 50th and Busch was where we got robbed the most. Be safe and may the tip be with you.
Thanks for the videos as always Jose and Katie. I truly enjoy them. What areas near Tampa would you recommend for working class people given all the changes over the past couple of years?
Hard time to know. Smh.. its a mess out there right about now. Everything is expensive and nothing makes sense. 😞 sad to say i wouldn’t even know where to start. If i had tampa area on my mind it would be Dunedin
Tampa is not a city for working classes. If you are not rich you won't survive. If you rich you will lose money here. Plus everyone hate each other here. Best city is miami.
@chris Moore Egypt lake, Town n Country, Egypt Citrus Park, Carrolwood. And that was listed from worst to best for a blue collar area
@@Volkswagenplanet WTF? What percentage of the population of Tampa do you imagine owns real estate? What fraction of those own real estate they don't live in?
Pretty good video - you seem to do the place justice. Speaking as a former overnight Uber driver here, I never had any problems in any of the neighborhoods you mentioned.
Good video. I'm local to the area and I would say you did a good job. A bad area that was missed is Seminole Heights just south of Sulphur Springs. You don't want to end up over there on accident. Or in Sulphur springs for that matter.
Scary areas for sure
I'm a Tampa resident and this video is super accurate however you forgot about Jackson Heights, and Nuccio
Don't forget about pines n Grant
I used to live in Tampa Heights and that place is crazy haunted and then moved on to Fletcher and 22nd Avenue and the killings here are crazy. They kill, rob and do home invasions here so much that it doesn't even come out in the news because it's nothing new. Just another normal day but I love my city.
@@Volkswagenplanet You're right, they call it suitcase city because so many people catch so many cases they need lawyers.
i lived on that street it was stonehedge apartments and worked at the walmart for like 2 years
@@Volkswagenplanet yes sir. I lived in suphur springs too on hillsborough lane also lived in highland pines by grant park in east tampa. The video showed some ghetto places but he missed a few imo. sulphur springs,nuccio,college hill area but good video
I want to ask is there any way you can do a video on rural areas in Tampa or do Tampa have rural areas
Very interesting I'm native new Yorker moved to Tampa 10 years ago living in Brandon suburbs I have seen large migration from east coast and very happy I did
Was really upset about the looting and burning down businesses, it was a very gloomy week when that happened 😒I had to ride pass the gas station where a man lost his life.ITs always another way to be heard💔
Made no sence
That's a way to be heard
You're either with or against
And owner of dat ⛽ Station
Is a
Racist
B1
A riot is the language of the unheard, said Dr. King. A way to think of the businesses destroyed in these things is that they are not owned by locals, but by transnational corporations who limit the extent of their investment to merely what's necessary to siphon as much wealth as possible out of the communities they come to roost on, whether that's in the labor of the locals they underpay for, or in the overpriced goods they sell, extracting the meager wealth of their customers as well as their labor. Occasionally you hear of someone poor and local who had a business whose place of business was destroyed, but what you invariably find is that they didn't own that structure, they were having the wealth they produced with their labor extracted by a landlord, who likely was having a lot of their take extracted by a Wall Street mortgage company. As one woman in Minneapolis said when she was asked why her neighbors were destroying their own businesses, she said "we don't own none of this!"
What everyone overlooks is that the hot weather just increases the anger and attitude of struggling people that live paycheck to paycheck and commonly pushes them over the edge and causes crazy habits to constantly happen.
mad cycle of poverty and no way out. lived it
People also place to much of their paycheck into the cars that they try to keep running and whatever they are smoking wether it is weed or cigarettes which also keeps them poor and just flat out in a death cycle ! Tampa firmly agrees with staying as high as you can and they just respond with"0 well, whatever",alot of them are brainwashed and the majority of them work in the retail business.Alot of them never worked 12 hour days,and 84 hours a week in a factory or know what it is like to live without a cell phone!
@@kevindeaton5235 okay, so we're just not going to mention all the spice, meth, crack, heroin, pills, you're just going to focus on the weed?
Wow you got Moon Lake on there! You really do know the area well.
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I am so glad I grew up all around the Tampa area. Seriously. Also this footage made me hungry. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Having lived 31 of my 44 yrs in the Busch Gardens/USF (3 blocks from burned down Champs) I confirm everything in this video 100%. Gotta keep your wits about ya ❤ #myFL
dang thanks that means alot. I tried my best on this video
Born and Raised in Tampa, as a single white female, the only place I have been that I didn't feel comfortable was Robles Park. Stopped there to check out the river for fishing, Chatted with some older guys not catching much but they kinda said it's not safe for me there and I respected their opinion. Ybor use to be a lot scarier. It's pretty nice now. University area has gone to complete garbage. (still have some great ethnic food!) I'm seeing more homeless creeping into Forest Hills/Carrollwood. We are even having issues with squatters in some of the empty homes. And the house Flippers make it hard for the average working family to buy a nice house without the prices being jacked out of sight! I enjoyed your list.
Go to Waters and Semmes…or Annie and 13th…see if you feel comfortable getting out going for a walk
Tampa is just like every other big city in Florida….. A DUMP
@@pdb2k154 They have their upsides
I used to live in Carrollwood Village, very nice are. The only areas I can personally say I wasn’t crazy about was the neighborhoods near Ybor and near University mall. Not that anything ever happened to me, but let’s just say I wouldn’t drive by there at night. Great video!!!
I live in Tampa, used to live right next to USF/University. I have to agree with this list. Ybor, like you have mentioned is a fun place to go, but you have to be careful
I’ve lived in Tampa Bay Area for 3.5 years and have only known a few of these hoods. Port Richey is a pretty tough spot too. The mayor had a shootout with the SWAT team!
Sounds like something off family guy 😅🤦
Hell yeah he did npr was bad for a while there
Born and raised in North Tampa. This area was great growing up, but has gone down hill for over 30+ years. Would love to hear your take on the Riverview and Balm area.
Let me guess, do you blame it on blacks?
@@idkidc878 If the shoe fits.
@@SuicideRisk not black, but let me guess, you’re white
@@idkidc878 Wrong
Born and raised there, 1970s/1980s, and you NAILED it!
Ahhh i always comment before I watch the video haha, u got it bruh! My car broke down one time in Tampa Park right off 7th Ave and I was working, I had like $300+ on me, but thank God it started raining like super hard so nobody was around or coming up fucking with me, definitely could have been a situation though.
Not everyone in the hood is out to get you
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS facts, I'd say 50/50 lol
If u show respect, and show that u ain't no bitch and can joke and laugh wit the locals u gonna be more then straight. I had a .357 magnum under my seat, I'm bald with tattoos on my skull and have like 5 tattoos on my face, and everywhere else u can see. That shit don't make u hard but it does show most people u ain't no easy walking lick
I walked eleven hours through Pinnellas County, after being arrested for the first time in my life.
I was defending myself.
I was also being stalked
its bad
I remember when SOG used to be 10 shades of awful. Now it's about as safe as it gets. Did a lot of Habitat for Humanity work in the Port Tampa near Picnic Island in the early 90's and it was depressing/bad.
We are looking to move to Tampa on august. I have 4 small children, what areas would you recommend are the safest?
wesley chapel - DONT end up in Pinellas its FULL of predators. FULL. Sun city center is okay in a gated area. riverview is good but traffic sucks. Dunedin is nice. Avoid city limits of tampa. keystone, pebble creek. good areas. south tampa isnt bad but not cheap.
clermont and grooveland are nice but closer to orlando
The truth is if you live within 1 mile of a Family Dollar store, you in da hood. I moved to Tampa and have chosen to stay for 30+ years. And I had 5 FD stores within 2 miles in Temple Crest. Now I live in New Tampa. Love my Bucs! Good video.
Lol, I'm literally across the street from one. And a save a lot! And I live in bradentucky 😆
Moon lake is a bad area, but in New Port Richey which is Pasco co. Not Tampa at all
Yeah, I live in Tarpon Springs (which is closer) in north Pinellas county...still not Tampa
Yes, he said it's surrounding.
@Maria Cyza surrounding would be Tampa Bay, area. Don't you think? Not a completely different county when you are trying to highlight different areas of " TAMPA"..
then do different surrounding areas.. there's plenty of shitty places in Tampa that you can stay with in the city limits and not have to leave the county because your out of idea's. Just saying.... there's plenty of that he could have otherwise. I've lived and grown up in Tampa my entire life of 48 years.
My family lived in the Armenia area for over 60 years. We were sad when we moved.
Hey Jose how is Seminole Heights in Tampa is that a good neighborhood?
At 10:51 thats load runner store on mlk an turner in Clearwater where i stay lol
And at 10:52 that's green wood
I was born and still live in Tampa, and I agree with must of the neighbors picked. At the top would definitely be Robles Park. If I will go at night I don't consider it to be that bad, and Robles Park is a place I would not go to at night. I can also see how north of Fletcher area has changed. I lived in the area over 30 years ago, and it has definitely gotten very bad. Suitcase city is a suitable name for the area.
I can understand rough neighborhoods. What bends me about the greater Tampa area is the selfish rude people that live in the nice areas. I use to live in Lake Mary and Sanford. Those towns have issues but the wealthy rarely was ever rude to me. Here in Apollo beach. It is me first and the gimmie's all over. The only good things are the skate park and MUV. There rest I could do without. I plan to move to the desert when my wife retires. Her career is based here. I retired and sold my truck when I was 41. Good video I think you were fair and accurate.
its even worst down in Naples where i am from
I went to Bay to Bay Blvd. for a a kid's birthday party and even though it was nice, I dont think I wouldve fit in.
Im born in raised in the springs all I got to say is you got alot of heart coming threw 17th n idell with a video camera I still stay over here rite now today
👍🍻 Florida native..lived around Tampa 45yrs. Pretty accurate video.
Oh dang, parts of Tampa remind me of the westside of Jacksonville.
I’m a realtor and we have to abide by fair housing laws. It kind of sucks because we have clients who ask about certain areas, but we can’t tell them the “truth” because we could get fined or lose our license. Instead we tell them to call the police for crime stats. That is how things like redlining started.
you dont have to show a house.... do a showing at 9:30 pm on a friday night. listen to police radio while in the car with your client LOL - i mean get creative LOL. you also dont have to show a house and not give .. i've said too much. sorry ..
Dude I know this is my 3rd post but SULPHUR SPRINGS REPRESENT! Also you should the street right behind my pain doc and I burst out laughing.
Hey guys! I’m from Houston and want to move to Tampa. What area should i move to?
South tampa is alright. Wesley chapel is nice. Lakeland is ok. Davis island if you can afford 😂 - hyde park is nice but not cheap. Now dunedin is the hidden gem
Surprised you didn't have a mention for the Palm River/Clair Mel/Progress Village area of far South Tampa. I've lived on this side of town since 1985, and there are so many police copters overhead like every two days there's somebody flying over. The gas station on the corner of 78th Street and Madison avenue has had like four shootings over the past 10 years.
drove thru there recently, whatever area not the worst
Samson park
Do some history research on the south side of Tampa Samson park , Green ridge , Clair Mel city , progress village, Palm river
@@rt5815 exactly. Know what was happening in my neighborhood while I was reading the channel owners reply to my post? Police and fireman were here for a drug overdose in the family across the street, and there was a police copter overhead. Not making this sh*t up, it's a true lol moment
@@rt5815 That’s where me and my family lived when I was a teenager!!!😎☝🏽‼️
I know I dont live in tampa but I work there on the bridges during the day and at night doing anything from fixing potholes to cleaning homeless debris and it's always a sad thing to see. No doubt tampa has a homeless problem. And not every person that's homeless are bad if you talk to them. Some of the people I've talked to lost their home because of covid. Things that could happen to anybody. Alot of times drugs or alcohol could be a factor but not every time from what I've learned while working here
Progress village, clar-mel, 78th and palm river got a little wild too, all of 50th, causeway blvd too
I've lived in Tampa over 40 years. You hit most of the bad areas. Seminole Heights, although historical, scares me, as does Town and Country. They're are great areas too, like Carrollwood, Oldsmar and West Chase.
Lived in the heights myself by the river. Could be scary at night!
Town n country is nothing compared to seminole heights east tamp or west tampa.
@@tomjerry9447 exactly I live in Town & Country closer to the airport...its nice in this area very close to the water. Houses are expensive, too.
What’s scary about town and country I live there for about a year and honest I kind of want to move back
@@serenitymeetssound I do as well. Sucks that we get a bad look because of those places.