# What's Tampa, Florida like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-tampa-florida-like/406442 "2007-06-02T02:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-tampa-florida-like/406442/61 "2007-06-09T18:32:40Z")
We also have [Adventure Island,](http://www.4adventure.com/ai/default.aspx) if you like water parks. (It’s right next to Busch Gardens – actually, I think it’s **part** of Busch Gardens.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-tampa-florida-like/406442/62 "2007-06-09T18:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] It has to be said that Polk County has been seriously slacking off in the cow department recently. Up until a few years ago, driving from Tampa to Orlando used to be like: "cow pasture – cow pasture – cow pasture – cow pasture – cow pasture – gas station/McDonalds – cow pasture – cow pasture – cow pasture – cow pasture – " These days it’s: “new housing development – new housing development – cow pasture – construction site for new housing development – gas station/McDonalds – large sound barrier, presumably shielding new housing development – new housing development – cow pasture – USA Waterski – new housing development --” [/QUOTE] I saw a sign once along that route: “Future Site of Downtown Orlampa.” I think it had something to do with the proposed high-speed rail line (being publicly debated at the time), but I couldn’t tell if the message was for it or against it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-tampa-florida-like/406442.md?page=3)