You know the routine . . .
Link to the first thread in this series.
USA Sprawl Festival
Or, click on the following links to see just individual cities in that thread:
Kansas City
Some northern Denver suburbs
Albuquerque
Seattle
Las Vegas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Some western & southern Minneapolis suburbs
Orange County, California
Philadelphia
Tucson
Orlando
Northern Virginia/DC
Cleveland
Houston
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Long Island, New York
Jacksonville
Boston
And the 2nd round ones:
Phoenix-East
Phoenix-South
Phoenix-North
Phoenix-West
Portland
Silicon Valley
Los Angeles
San Bernardino County
San Diego - south
San Diego - north
Buffalo
Broward County, Florida
Dallas-Fort Worth II
Riverside County, California
Denver - south suburbs
Orange County II
Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey
Milwaukee
Columbus
El Paso, with some Juarez
San Antonio
Detroit
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TAMPA, FLORIDA
Windows Live Local had real good coverage of Tampa and Hillsborough County and there was a lot of really good material there so I got a lot of pics for this thread. However there was almost no coverage of Pinellas County so there's no St Peterburg in this set.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7049/tampa1cd6.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6060/tampa2zj3.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8954/tampa3yh3.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/959/tampa4gd4.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8967/tampa5ho4.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/740/tampa6la8.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4707/tampa7zh5.jpg
Not so sprawly. Looks like a neotraditional development.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9422/tampa8at2.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2472/tampa9um3.jpg
Gotta include a mall.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5443/tampa10po2.jpg
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/411/tampa11tw7.jpg
Semi-rural sprawl quite a ways north of the city.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2249/tampa12ff1.jpg
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7234/tampa13bj2.jpg
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6383/tampa14mq0.jpg
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6458/tampa15uz4.jpg
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/3460/tampa16kp1.jpg
Truely ugly.
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/9716/tampa17xt3.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2659/tampa18ea5.jpg
Fading mobile home park.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3443/tampa19fy4.jpg
Some nice apartments.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9035/tampa20fr1.jpg
Hideous. And ubiquitous.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2769/tampa21hm9.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4705/tampa22zd0.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6818/tampa23is3.jpg
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6412/tampa24zm8.jpg
Older stuff on the left, newer stuff on the right.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4985/tampa25cv4.jpg
I'm beginning to like the look of all these covered swimming pools from the air. :)
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7325/tampa26xb1.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/14/tampa27uy3.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/214/tampa28td6.jpg
This looks a lot like some of that southern California stuff, except maybe the roofs tend to be "flatter."
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9479/tampa29ru5.jpg
Close-up of some houses in the same development.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/166/tampa30lx9.jpg
Houses, apartments, a mini-storage place, and a baseball diamond. It's got everything a real American needs! ;)
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8855/tampa31sq7.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8053/tampa32ee3.jpg
Some people don't need to go far for their shopping.
Has anyone besides me ever noticed that parking in the back of shopping centers like this is almost *always* under-utilized?
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/1741/tampa33jg6.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5765/tampa34be9.jpg
More nice apartments.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7163/tampa35qd2.jpg
Life is good!
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1995/tampa36yw5.jpg
Close-up of new houses being built.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2846/tampa37ma8.jpg
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6651/tampa38sh1.jpg
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1990/tampa39js4.jpg
Close-up of some more nice apartments.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3434/tampa40jf6.jpg
Meeting your fast food needs.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4214/tampa41wt7.jpg
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3422/tampa42gd3.jpg
Lots of land set aside for wetlands, ponds and greenbelts.
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/108/tampa43io6.jpg
Houses, park and school. How homely. :)
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7127/tampa44qz7.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6267/tampa45fp4.jpg
I wonder if there's any alligators living in that pond. :D
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8861/tampa46ev4.jpg
Some older apartments.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5715/tampa47cb3.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8892/tampa48kp1.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6210/tampa49cc6.jpg
Close-up of older neighborhood with lots of big trees.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1603/tampa50gu4.jpg
Close-up of new neighborhood without any trees at all. Except for some newly planted baby ones.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/843/tampa51id2.jpg
I wonder
what lives here? :D ;)
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3848/tampa52wu6.jpg
Here's where they store stuff before it gets to the store. Job security for truck drivers.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5343/tampa53cn2.jpg
New at the top, old at the bottom.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/904/tampa54xs6.jpg
More hideousness.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3621/tampa55fh6.jpg
Money shot of downtown Tampa, just for the heck of it.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8905/tampa56kh4.jpg
A poor inner-city neighborhood. Looks like they've built some new stuff at the top, at least. Not really sprawl, just for the heck of it.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4199/tampa57tt6.jpg
A well-to-do inner city neighborhood. Again, not so sprawly, just for comparison to the other stuff.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6491/tampa58ld6.jpg
Looks like a middle-class or working-class inner-city neighborhood. Not too sprawly.
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1580/tampa59ta1.jpg
Some ageing sprawl.
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5095/tampa60kq2.jpg
People gotta work somewhere.
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7383/tampa61gv4.jpg
More ageing sprawl.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5645/tampa62bh7.jpg
New stuff next to the woods. Beware of alligators!
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8560/tampa63sf5.jpg
Fore!
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9208/tampa64xz6.jpg
It's round!
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9357/tampa65dp0.jpg
A new subdivision about to be built.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7010/tampa66yi2.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2757/tampa67ho8.jpg
Ageing business park.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4346/tampa68fb8.jpg
Nice.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5615/tampa69ah7.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2840/tampa70el7.jpg
A pretty chaotic jumble of stuff east of the airport. Not really sprawl but it looked interesting in its own way.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8146/tampa71yt6.jpg