Forum Name Change

CubanBread · February 15th, 2012, 10:24 AM

Why is our forum listed as "Tampa/ st. Pete" and not "Tampa bay area" ? Small stuff I know, just seems to make more sense.

tampasteve · February 15th, 2012, 01:43 PM

Tampa and St. Pete are the two principal cities. Really if we want to change it I would say to drop St. Pete in favor of just Tampa. Otherwise change the other cities in the forums to be "Seattle/Tacoma", "New York/Newark", etc. San Francisco Bay Area is different as it is nationally known as the conglomeration.

When people nationally speak of "Tampa Bay" they are inadvertently (for the most part) meaning Tampa, they are incorrectly calling it Tampa Bay. With that said it almost makes more sense to drop the Florida forum in favor of an Orlando forum and dump the rest of the Florida threads into the Southeast Forum. Then we could drop the only state specific forum and clean it up a little.

Just my .02c

Steve

***I-275westcoastfl*** · February 15th, 2012, 03:59 PM

I think its correct, Steve is right when most people hear Tampa Bay they think Tampa.

Jasonhouse · February 15th, 2012, 04:27 PM

When I created this forum, I added both names for search purposes. Which is also why St Pete is spelled out. I almost added Clearwater to keep it consistent with the region's official name with the govt, but that was too wordy imho.

Del Mayberry · February 15th, 2012, 04:35 PM

Another thing is maybe the people in the towers were ok with the apartments, because it serves as a buffer to them. Has there been any news of them being upset about the apartments? Mike, as far as a Publix that would also get business from cruise passengers, good point, but it would need to be close to the ships (I'm assuming the passengers want convenience & not have to walk several blocks) so where could it be located?

Jasonhouse · February 15th, 2012, 04:54 PM

Wrong thread dude. lol

Del Mayberry · February 15th, 2012, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jasonhouse

Wrong thread dude. lol

Oops. I'll move it. Can someone delete it from here?

Jasonhouse · February 15th, 2012, 07:09 PM

Mike will delete all 4 of these posts when he sees it.

TampaMike · February 16th, 2012, 04:53 AM

I kind of want to rename the forum "Tampa Bay" actually. I know some have an issue with anyone calling the area Tampa Bay because why call it after the bay, but there is Green Bay, WI and then there is Green Bay..... the bay. I'll move this over to the Skybar area, but I want to know what people think.

tampasteve · February 16th, 2012, 03:30 PM

Except in Green Bay's case that is the actual name of the city and metro area as well as the body of water. In the case of Tampa it is only the name of the body of water and incorrectly used as the name of the city. At one time the postal service did refer to the area as Tampa Bay, but that was close to 150 years ago and before the city was incorporated IIRC.

I could possibly be OK with calling the forum "Tampa Bay Area" - like the San Francisco Bay Area forum.

Steve

CubanBread · February 17th, 2012, 02:30 AM

Some people may and do incorrectly refer to Tampa The city as Tampa Bay, but Tampa Bay is nationally known to be the Name of the region, not just the the body of Water. If you search Tampa bay population online it will bring up the Market/ metro area statistics. It's small stuff I agree but I feel like we are selling ourselves short by saying San Francisco bay can be referred to as a complete region, but Tampa bay can't as if we don't deserve it.

February 15th, 2012, 10:24 AM	#1
CubanBread POW SUCKA! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ybor City Posts: 509 Likes (Received): 0	Forum Name Change Why is our forum listed as "Tampa/ st. Pete" and not "Tampa bay area" ? Small stuff I know, just seems to make more sense.

February 15th, 2012, 01:43 PM	#2
tampasteve Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,369 Likes (Received): 5	Tampa and St. Pete are the two principal cities. Really if we want to change it I would say to drop St. Pete in favor of just Tampa. Otherwise change the other cities in the forums to be "Seattle/Tacoma", "New York/Newark", etc. San Francisco Bay Area is different as it is nationally known as the conglomeration. When people nationally speak of "Tampa Bay" they are inadvertently (for the most part) meaning Tampa, they are incorrectly calling it Tampa Bay. With that said it almost makes more sense to drop the Florida forum in favor of an Orlando forum and dump the rest of the Florida threads into the Southeast Forum. Then we could drop the only state specific forum and clean it up a little. Just my .02c Steve __________________ Homer: Face it, Marge, Catholics rule! We got Boston, South America, the good part of Ireland, and we're makin' serious inroads in Mozambique, baby! "My badger's gonna unleash hell on your ass. Badgertastic!"

February 16th, 2012, 04:53 AM	#9
TampaMike Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 6,154 Likes (Received): 7	I kind of want to rename the forum "Tampa Bay" actually. I know some have an issue with anyone calling the area Tampa Bay because why call it after the bay, but there is Green Bay, WI and then there is Green Bay..... the bay. I'll move this over to the Skybar area, but I want to know what people think. __________________ Corporations Are People Too - Mitt Romney For the People that dress up like Corporations.

February 16th, 2012, 03:30 PM	#10
tampasteve Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,369 Likes (Received): 5	Except in Green Bay's case that is the actual name of the city and metro area as well as the body of water. In the case of Tampa it is only the name of the body of water and incorrectly used as the name of the city. At one time the postal service did refer to the area as Tampa Bay, but that was close to 150 years ago and before the city was incorporated IIRC. I could possibly be OK with calling the forum "Tampa Bay Area" - like the San Francisco Bay Area forum. Steve __________________ Homer: Face it, Marge, Catholics rule! We got Boston, South America, the good part of Ireland, and we're makin' serious inroads in Mozambique, baby! "My badger's gonna unleash hell on your ass. Badgertastic!"

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February 15th, 2012, 03:59 PM	#3
*I-275westcoastfl* Jestem Hardkorem Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 5,534 Likes (Received): 35	I think its correct, Steve is right when most people hear Tampa Bay they think Tampa.

February 15th, 2012, 04:27 PM	#4
Jasonhouse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12,318 Likes (Received): 8	When I created this forum, I added both names for search purposes. Which is also why St Pete is spelled out. I almost added Clearwater to keep it consistent with the region's official name with the govt, but that was too wordy imho.

February 15th, 2012, 04:35 PM	#5
Del Mayberry Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 512 Likes (Received): 0	Another thing is maybe the people in the towers were ok with the apartments, because it serves as a buffer to them. Has there been any news of them being upset about the apartments? Mike, as far as a Publix that would also get business from cruise passengers, good point, but it would need to be close to the ships (I'm assuming the passengers want convenience & not have to walk several blocks) so where could it be located?

February 15th, 2012, 04:54 PM	#6
Jasonhouse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12,318 Likes (Received): 8	Wrong thread dude. lol

February 15th, 2012, 07:09 PM	#8
Jasonhouse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12,318 Likes (Received): 8	Mike will delete all 4 of these posts when he sees it.

February 17th, 2012, 02:30 AM	#11
CubanBread POW SUCKA! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ybor City Posts: 509 Likes (Received): 0	Some people may and do incorrectly refer to Tampa The city as Tampa Bay, but Tampa Bay is nationally known to be the Name of the region, not just the the body of Water. If you search Tampa bay population online it will bring up the Market/ metro area statistics. It's small stuff I agree but I feel like we are selling ourselves short by saying San Francisco bay can be referred to as a complete region, but Tampa bay can't as if we don't deserve it.