Why Tampa?

I've been around this town quite a while. I was born here, moved away, moved back, moved away, moved back. Most of my family living here has been the primary motivator for my settling here, but I gotta wonder. Not too many folks I meet have any long-term ties to Tampa, so I am curious as to what the attraction is. Don't get me wrong, it ain't a terrible place to live, but I don't think if I was footloose and fancy free, Tampa would be that dot on the map I'd pick to call home. Is it the weather? It can't be the culture, we're still a few decades behind the curve in that area. I was taking in a show at the Performing Arts Center a while back and there was a fella in attendance in ratty jeans and a t-shirt. I just rolled my eyes and thought "Only in Tampa, but, at least he's actually going to the theatre." It's true though, Tampa has always had this air of the proletariat about it. I guess in some ways, it is endearing, homey even. However it's also left a feeling of stagnation. Folks just keep moving in, but progress is lagging way behind. I used to brag to folks about Tampa traffic, or lack thereof. Friends that lived in cities of similar size had their rush hours and gridlock, and I'd just whiz to work and home. No longer, more and more folks with more and more cars moved in and the system just didn't keep up. And, there ain't any alternatives to driving. Stormwater, same thing, more development, and the infrastructure just didn't keep up. Water usage, every year we gotta restrict how and when we use water. That means that we haven't kept up. Can we catch up? It hardly seems likely. What I wonder though, and back to the original question. Why do so many folks pick Tampa as a place to move? If it's the weather, will a big hammer of a hurricane send folks scurrying away? Any thoughts?