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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The oldest old money families in America may have places in Florida  but they’re not from Florida. Old money doesn’t buy cigarette boats and glass block mansions on the inter coastal but Waffle House multi franchisees and plastic surgeons do. 
Florida is a new money place and the pockets there don’t run nearly as deep as they do in New England. [/quote]

Heh, you don't know Florida, obviously, beyond some TV shows.

Tampa - yes Tampa - has a lot of old money. It's one of the things that surprised us when we moved to the area. People would talk about someone being from "South Tampa" and it took us a while to understand that means they come from money.

St Pete - where we live - has some old money, too.[/quote]

Hmm, I lived in South Tampa for a few years in my late 20s (moved 4 years ago) and I definitely noticed an old boys' club feel, but not necessarily old money. I thought the reason people specifically say South Tampa is because other parts of Tampa, including neighboring areas, can be really low-class or "white trash" (not my words).[/quote]

I live in Tampa. South Tampa is not old money. It’s just code for that they live in a safe community with nice homes that you usually need to go out a bit further to find like in Westchase or Odessa, except South Tampa is also close to the city, so a bit more expensive. It also means the schools are good. The best schools in the county are Odessa/Lutz area and South Tampa. (And basically all of Pinellas county is similar to Tampa except an area in the north where it gets nicer, so those people are clear to say they live in Palm Harbor to explain that it’s not another part of the county.)[/quote]

South Tampa isn’t just close to the city, it *is* the city. That’s why people specify they’re from there as opposed to the not so nice parts of the city or the burbs. It’s not specifically old money but there’s old money there. [/quote]

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