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Old 05-29-2009, 11:34 PM
 
Location: Orlando - South
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Does anyone else think that by 2050 Orlando and Tampa will be so developed that they connect, creating one metropolitan statistical area? kind of like NY and NJ or something. I've always wondered this. Any thoughts?
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Old 05-31-2009, 01:58 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Welcome to Orlampa?

I don't think they will connect in the same way NJ and NY connects. Polk County is just entirely different than Orlando and Tampa.
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Old 05-31-2009, 06:48 PM
 
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There is no way that the Orlando and Tampa metros will connect. Urban Sprawl does not connect a metro area. The northeastern metros were connected by major cities and industry, something Orlando and Tampa lack.
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Old 05-31-2009, 07:48 PM
 
Location: Orlando - South
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There is no way that the Orlando and Tampa metros will connect. Urban Sprawl does not connect a metro area. The northeastern metros were connected by major cities and industry, something Orlando and Tampa lack.
no one knows what the future holds lol.
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Old 05-31-2009, 08:09 PM
 
Location: 'dis aint your gramma's florida anymore
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2050? Nah... way too much space in between. What's going to be built between the 90 miles that seperates 'em? More cookie cutter homes with concrete views?
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Old 05-31-2009, 09:37 PM
 
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I personally would not be surprised if they do run continuously into one big megopolis. I mentioned this on another thread a while back. I moved to the Davenport/Champion's Gate area in 2001. I now live in SW Orlando--but my son is still in Polk County. The growth that has happened along I-4 from Disney to Hwy 27 has been huge in the last 8-9 years. Tampa already pretty much runs into Lakeland on the west side. The only area needing developed along the interstate is the area from Hwy 27 to Lakeland's east side. 41 years to do that--I'd be willing to bet that it will happen--and in less time than that. You will not have the density that you have in NY/NJ; but I have no doubt that the two will connect and I-4 will be developed commercially along the entire way--the same way that Palm Beach runs right into Miami.
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Old 06-01-2009, 05:39 AM
 
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There was an article in the Sentinel about six months ago that made a pretty compelling case that indeed Orlando and Tampa will eventually become a metropolis. I wouldn't compare them to NY/NJ, but rather the Dallas/Fort Worth area or the Boston/Worcester area. A comprehensive light rail system that runs between the cities would make this happen sooner than later.
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Old 06-01-2009, 09:18 AM
 
Location: 'dis aint your gramma's florida anymore
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Who is going to be buying these houses? With the sprawl so overly done in Central Fl (and most of FL) anyway, if it were just one sprawling area from far east Orlando all the way to Tampa, IMO, it would be one of the ugliest, most concrete infested areas of the state, if not THE worst.
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Old 06-02-2009, 10:01 AM
 
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Again, look at Dallas-Fort Worth or Boston-Worcester. Metropolis doesn't mean nothing but concrete.
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Old 06-02-2009, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Tampa, Fl (SoHo/Hyde Park)
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the state of florida is beyond bankrupt therefore no public works projects unless taxes are quadrupled overnight...the economies of tampa and orlando are among the nations worst job markets...by 2050 a flurry of cat 5 hurricanes could wipe the state off the map...i mean within 40 years literally anything could happen to this state, its up for grabs...but no, i do not see connecting 2 struggling cities with miserable economies in central florida
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