moving to St. Petersburg,Florida

damagegt

Hello

Ill be moving to Florida for work in January for a few months.Would anyone have some experience of this area ?where to go,eat,avoid ect ?

InTheTrees

Its the perfect time of year to be in Florida.

Dave1442397

Never been there, but take a look around on this forum and you may get some good info -

http://www.city-data.com/forum/tampa-bay/

A question on neighborhoods - http://www.city-data.com/forum/tampa-bay/2195775-desperate-opinions-re-st-pete-neighborhoods.html

InTheTrees

Craigslist.com has become the default location for Classified ads, places to rent, cars to buy, jobs etc etc.

http://tampa.craigslist.org/

damagegt

InTheTrees wrote: »

Craigslist.com has become the default location for Classified ads, places to rent, cars to buy, jobs etc etc.

http://tampa.craigslist.org/

I'll have no rent and Ill be working .I'm trying to find out more about the area then getting stuff.Places to eat,see,avoid ect

danger_mouse_tm

I wont be too far behind you. We will be renting out the gaff here in Bandon and heading to cape coral in January.

damagegt

danger_mouse_tm wrote: »

I wont be too far behind you. We will be renting out the gaff here in Bandon and heading to cape coral in January.

Ah pity were not a bit closer on the map.I have no idea about the place.Have you been there before ?

danger_mouse_tm

We have been over that side many times as my wife's moved down to the Cape from St Paul MN many years ago. This is the year to go as our four year old daughter will be starting school next year. The boxes have been shipped and my wife and daughter are set to fly on the 8th of January. I won't be too far behind as I've to get things sorted here with the house. Feel free to pm me if I can help you out with anything.

damagegt

I think Iv got most things sorted now.My ship is docked in St Pete harbor by the Dali museum and the F1 track .From what Iv gathered its a great location.Im trying to sort out a phone network.What would you suggest ?

danger_mouse_tm

I would say that we are more than likely going to use whichever plan the in law's are on as part of their shared package. If I was going it alone, however, I would look into the likes of metro pcs and ting. If you have an unlocked phone then bring it. I recently bought a dual sim Android phone http://http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057312038
It's important that I have data for Google maps which I've just started using. I also have my lumia 820 on standby as it's hard to beat the Nokia maps for Offline use.

damagegt

danger_mouse_tm wrote: »

I would say that we are more than likely going to use whichever plan the in law's are on as part of their shared package. If I was going it alone, however, I would look into the likes of metro pcs and ting. If you have an unlocked phone then bring it. I recently bought a dual sim Android phone http://http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057312038
It's important that I have data for Google maps which I've just started using. I also have my lumia 820 on standby as it's hard to beat the Nokia maps for Offline use.

lol iv been following that thread too.I think ill go for the new moto g dual sim instead.I contacted Ting to try set it up but I think it will be easier when Im over there.

And I was just reading about HERE maps.Its on beta for android now.This might help if you didnt want to use both phones.
http://gizmodo.com/here-beta-will-challenge-your-google-maps-loyalty-1669374148
And heres the settings for Google maps offline if you don't already have them https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567?hl=en

danger_mouse_tm

I'd love to change to a nexus 5 or 6 as I just sold my 7 and bought a 9. I had read before about caching the Google maps but I think you need to be online if you reroute or make a wrong turn.
Have you decided on a car? We may have use of her parents cars initially and I think herself has been promised a smoker from a family member. I've only ever driven diesels here and I'm a big fan of estate cars. So my choices are very limited to maybe a voljswagon passat or a jetta sports wagon. I had a Renault scenic for a while and hated driving it so I may steer clear of the mini vans.

Dave1442397

danger_mouse_tm wrote: »

I'm a big fan of estate cars.

Me too. There aren't too many here these days, and they just stopped making mine, but you can still find them - Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon.

damagegt

danger_mouse_tm wrote: »

I'd love to change to a nexus 5 or 6 as I just sold my 7 and bought a 9. I had read before about caching the Google maps but I think you need to be online if you reroute or make a wrong turn.
Have you decided on a car? We may have use of her parents cars initially and I think herself has been promised a smoker from a family member. I've only ever driven diesels here and I'm a big fan of estate cars. So my choices are very limited to maybe a voljswagon passat or a jetta sports wagon. I had a Renault scenic for a while and hated driving it so I may steer clear of the mini vans.

They have bikes on board so Ill get around on those for a bit.Hopefully I'll be heading out to sea after a few months so Ill have no use for a car.

What is the general attitude of the people like ? I joined a few forums and it wasn't great.One turned in to a bitching match about which part of Florida was the best.I found it really hard to get any decent info from them.It took an English couple to pm me to learn about the area.They even said Ill find it hard to get anything from them,which I found a bit odd.

danger_mouse_tm

Dave1442397 wrote: »

Me too. There aren't too many here these days, and they just stopped making mine, but you can still find them - Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon.

That car is fantastic looking. I've never even seen them on the road over there. I was looking at some nasty dodge estate thing. I need to investigate that cadillac further!

danger_mouse_tm

damagegt wrote: »

They have bikes on board so Ill get around on those for a bit.Hopefully I'll be heading out to sea after a few months so Ill have no use for a car.

What is the general attitude of the people like ? I joined a few forums and it wasn't great.One turned in to a bitching match about which part of Florida was the best.I found it really hard to get any decent info from them.It took an English couple to pm me to learn about the area.They even said Ill find it hard to get anything from them,which I found a bit odd.

My father in law advised me against cycling over there. I did ship over my bike (although the shipping company said they would pack it flat, then couldn't do it so decided to charge me full whack for the way it was!). He said that Cape coral is full of old retired people and that they would run me over! I will start with the dedicated trails and around Sanibel and Captiva island. That's one reason for wanting a station wagon (getting into the lingo now) so that it's low enough to have the bikes on the roof as oppose to a mini van or even throw my own one into the back with the seats down. I took a good few years off from cycling and only started again last year after getting a Giant for small money. So I won't have as much confidence or skill as I used to.

braddun

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g34607-St_Petersburg_Florida-Vacations.html

damagegt

Im not getting a car ??????

silja

MOD NOTE:
OP has stated they will not be getting a car. I have split most of the posts discussing cars into their own thread here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057344046#

Palmy

Stick to the Bay side or the Gulf side of St Petersburg. Anywhere in between is kind of dodgy. A lot of shootings and muggings. Quiet afew Cops killed up that way over the last 10 yrs.