St-Petersburg..Gulf Coast Florida.

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The city is notable as a popular vacation destination for North Americans and Europeans.

See also Tampa Beach

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As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St. Petersburg the fourth largest city in the state of Florida and the largest city in Florida that is not a county seat.

Although the city of Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County, all county services are available though county offices in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg is the second largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, which is composed of roughly 2.7 million residents, making it the second largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the state.

St-Petersburg and her Counties.

Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas are the four counties constituting the Tampa-St.

Pete-Clearwater MSA. Other counties are sometimes included in the Tampa Bay Area, depending on how the region is defined.

For example the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA) includes the four core counties plus Citrus, Manatee, and Sarasota counties.

Polk County, Florida is also frequently included in definitions of the Tampa Bay Area, but is served by media outlets from both Tampa and Orlando.

The counties north of Polk County, including Osceola County and Lake County are part of the Central Florida region and are not included in Tampa Bay demographics.

St. Pete's as St-Petersburg is commonly known by......

The city is commonly referred to by locals as "St. Pete"; neighboring St. Pete Beach, Florida formally shortened its name in 1994 after a vote by its residents.

The city is located on a peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

It is connected to mainland Florida to the north; with the city of Tampa to the east by causeways and bridges across Tampa Bay; and to Bradenton in the south by the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Interstate 275), which traverses the mouth of the bay.

It is also served by Interstates 175 and 375, which branch off I-275 into the southern and northern areas of downtown respectively.

The Gandy Bridge, conceived by George Gandy and opened in 1924, was the first causeway to be built across Tampa Bay, connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa cities without a circuitous 43-mile (69 km) trip around the Bay through Oldsmar.

St Petersburg......"God's waiting room"

For that reason, the city has long been a popular retirement destination, especially for those in the United States from colder Northern climates.

This reputation earned the city the derisive nickname of "God's waiting room". However, in recent years the population has shifted in a more youthful direction.

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St Petersburg and your Flights-to-Florida.

There are a number of Hotel and Flight travel companies here, some offer excellent rates and are well worth looking through.

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