Is Tampa representative of the American city crossroads?

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D22TGPHaXY&w=620&h=315] I have a lot of family in Florida, but admittedly I don't know a ton about Tampa. I've always found that people in Florida tend to disparage areas that aren't their own -- Miami will trash Orlando, and vice versa, for example -- and I've only been to Tampa a handful of times (no family th…