Talk:Central Florida

Who's in, who's out?
While those looking at a map could draw the conclusion that the tama bay area is part of central florida, i believe that what the people who live in the area call an area is more important than geographical considerations. if you were to turn on any of the Orlando(which is not disputed as central florida) tv stations they refer to their newscast as being about "central" florida. if you were to turn on the tampa/st pete tv stations they refer to their local newscast as being about "the tampa bay area" or "suncoast" area. residents of that area consider "central florida" to be "orlando" area.

Jcam 18:08, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I don't usually see Tampa considered part of Central Florida. Recury 18:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Ditto for me. I have lived in the Orlando "area" for over 20 years and Tampa Bay has NEVER been associated with local media, geography, etc. It may be helpful to mention that several regional agencies (quasi-government) use "East Central Florida" in their name for clarification. An example is the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council. --Jasap 22:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I've lived in Central Florida since 2000 and nobody here claims Citrus County or the Tampa Bay Area. Additionally, the map doesn't include Flagler County, which we do claim. Hàlian (talk) 01:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Should some mention be made of the huge rivalry between Orlando and Tampa, as this seems to be a large part of the distinction between what is in Central Florida and what isn't Applepwnz 06:10, 3 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Applepwnz (talk • contribs)


 * It is easy for the central part of central Florida to assume that "Central Florida" only refers to itself. The truth is that both Tampa and the Space Coast (and the rest of Florida, as well) consider the counties crossed by I-4, State Roads 50 and 500, to be part of Central Florida. There really is no other regional name for Tampa-St. Pete and the Space Coast other than Central Florida. That Orlando excludes everyone else may be amusing, but it is not born out by references.
 * Just like "South Florida" is not just Key West! Or "North Florida" not just Lake City! :)  Student7 (talk) 18:15, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Well I certainly agree that the Space Coast is generally considered to be a part of Central Florida, I'm just not sure that Tampa is included, as Tampa is generally considered to be its own region (Tampa Bay area, Suncoast, etc) Applepwnz 04:45, 1 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Applepwnz (talk • contribs)


 * The Lamme and Oldakowski source demonstrates that some people in the Tampa Bay area do identify as Central Florida. And obviously Brevard County as well.Cúchullain t/ c 05:32, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Some people in the Tampa area may identify the area as Central Florida, but not many. And I think you'd probably find that those same people do not consider Orlando to be Central Florida. They would more likely call it "the Orlando area." If pressed, they'd probably say they are in West Central Florida, rather than simply Central Florida. I think we have a case of two different regions which occasionally use the same or similar names. Except for a fuzzy area from around Lakeland to Auburndale, the Tampa Bay and Orlando areas are culturally and economically distinct and have little overlap in their commuter pattern. The article's conceit that there are only three "directional" regions in Florida is not well supported.Ohm 813 (talk) 05:01, 14 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The inclusion of Tampa Bay in this article is perplexing. It also appears Lamme and Oldakowski are the only sources supporting Tampa Bay being a part of Central Florida. There are more than 3 directional regions in Florida. I would say Enterprise Florida's 8 defined regions would suffice as a source. Tampa Bay already has an article. I don't see the need to include it in Central Florida. Historically, Central Florida was defined as Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia, Lake, Brevard, and the northern half of Polk Counties. Personally, I'm not against Tampa Bay's inclusion, but a couple of sentences mentioning Tampa in this article is good; then direct the reader to the actual Tampa Bay article. Donniewan75 13:50, 8 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donniewan75 (talk • contribs)

Addtions and removals
I added in Lakeland, Florida and Bok Tower Gardens, both in Polk County, because Polk should be considered as part of Central Florida. I removed Marion County (Ocala) because it is not on the map, and it is properly part of North Central Florida. Horologium t-c 02:05, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

What does CSA stand for? is this some acronym only people from central florida understand? If so it should not be used to describe the region.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.28.228 (talk) 17:46, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It is a Combined Statistical Area, as defined by the OMB people. It is mentioned earlier in the article. Frank0051 (talk) 20:57, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

New work
I will be starting work on this article today to incorporate material from the following sources:



The first in particular is a university-published source on Florida's regions. I bring it up because it contradicts some of the material currently here. I have a feeling the changes may cause some objections, but as ever the important thing is we stick to what the best available sources actually say.--Cúchullain t/ c 13:07, 28 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I started work on this.--Cúchullain t/ c 16:15, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Tampa Bay already has it's own article and it's rather lengthy. Why did you feel the need to include it in this article? If your only reference explaining why Tampa has to be included are from 2 researchers, that hardly justifies cluttering this whole article with Tampa trivialities. Donniewan75 22:42, 30 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donniewan75 (talk • contribs)

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