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Originally Posted by redcoats1976
i live in lakeland,trust me when i say its much more crowded than when i moved here in 1980.had a 1966 pontiac tempest with a pro built 67 400,worked turbo 400 trans,GTO judge carb and intake with headers and duals.back in the day(80s through early 2000s) the street racing scene was crazy here.i would get out of work,wash the car if it was dirty,troll memoriel boulvard for a few races and bring a pizza home for the wife and kids.worked at a classic car restoration shop owned by a friend on weekends and some nights,learned a lot and got a bunch of free work and parts.still have pics of me standing in front of the car with hippie hair as it is going into the shop for paint at the shop(free!) yeah,good times...
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It seems when Publix started it's rapid growth and expanding is when Lakeland started exploding. The related industries around there to Publix as well. Kinda like how Orlando a lot revolves around Disney, Universal.