This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at FSU chapter.
South Tampa-isms that if you know, you know.
- The pure joy of driving on Bayshore while blasting music.
- The Neptune Publix is the best Publix.
- Getting slightly triggered when people say they are from Tampa when they aren’t (the Greater Tampa Bay Area is NOT Tampa smh).
- The birthplace of PDQ.
- The last weekend in January doesn’t mean the Super Bowl, it means Gasparilla.
- And Gasparilla means partying to celebrate that one time pirates terrorized us.
- Ye Mystic Krewe.
- Yes, it is completely normal to fill our river with green dye or rubber duckies or Mac N Cheese.
- 813 anthem is a true bop.
- Farmstore Kevin #iykyk
- The unique smell of the Bay.
- Never going to the best steakhouse in the country that’s a five-minute drive away.
- Seeing the bridge lit up when you are driving home.
- Many DIY boutiques.
- Brition’s plaza movie theater. . . you either love it or you hate it.
- Breaking out all your winter clothes for the three weeks it’s below 70.
- So many great free concerts in Curtis Hixon.
- Davis Island, a destination for rebellious teens and eno lovers. #DIgang
- Lightning capital of the world.
- Biztown.
- Not batting an eye when someone mentions another hurricane coming at you. #irmawho?
- Where people can be seen having a slight identity crisis and becoming what has been coined by Leah Zuberer as “Rolex rednecks”.
- Becoming a real adult after riding Shikra.
- Hyde Park is the best area.
- The HCC building on DI has the best view of the skyline.
- Our proudest export is Channing Tatum.
- John Cena lives here.
- Parking never being available downtown when the Lightning are playing.
- Being way too obsessed with the chickens in Ybor.
- Sunshine Thrift store.
- Having a favorite city Snapchat filter.
- Getting pleasantly surprised when the Bucs finally win a game.
- South of Gandy.
- Driving on South Blvd to see the lights during Christmas.
- SOH for great food and going out.
- Your Instagram being filled with Oxford Exchange photos.
- Getting spoiled with the best food ever (Datz, Daily Eats and Fresh Kitchen) and not knowing how you’ll survive in college without it (Subway. . .?).
- The Gandy bridge for sunsets.
- Having the ability to choose between what feels like a thousand beaches to go to.
- Being able to squad up at any place, especially the library.
- Kayaking on Bayshore anytime it floods.
- The International and Westshore malls are and continue to be the top middle school hangout place.
- The sheer number of SoundCloud rappers and how hard they go.
- South Tampa moms.
- Everyone is a friend of a friend and knows your whole life story.
- Having weirdly intense high school pride and getting into Twitter fights about it.
- Seeing half of your school at UT for prom pictures.
- Knowing the difference between boom-boom classes and regular.
- Having to get rolled out of Kotos after having dinner.
- Realizing you have been truly #blessed to have lived in such a great place that’s filled with even greater people.
Courtesy: Vacation Ideas