Ever notice how much timeis spent on lists–compiling them and referencing them? Unless you know the list-maker’s agenda–self-marketing is a given–and criteria and methodology, it’s largely a waste of time. But you can’t help noticing.
Florida, for example, is the “most stressed out state,” according to real estate blog Movoto. The nonprofit Trust for Public Land rates Tampa’s park system the 28th best among major American cities. And smartgrowthamerica.org has Tampa 28th among major metro areas for “walkability.” Now you know.
And then there’s shiftgig.com, the online, professional networking and employment community for the hospitality and retail industry. It lists the “top five nightlife cities in the country” not the usual household names. They are: San Antonio, Cincinnati, Tampa, Kansas City and Nashville. In that order.
Notes shiftgig: Tampa “is certainly booming right now.” It mentions the nightlife in Ybor City, the “more urbane” experience of the Fly Bar & Restaurant downtown and SoHo “to grab a beer.”
Don’t know that Visit Tampa Bay will want to update its brochures quite yet.