If you live in South Tampa, you should live near Bayshore if you like to jog or bike. If you want to live logistically close to the bars, you could live right by Howard in this pocket that is within walking distance of a number of the ones with the slutty white chicks:
As far as strip clubs, Dale Mabry is where a few of them are. So is the Bucs stadium. After a game, you can walk to the strip clubs. There is also one near the airport that is called Thee Dollhouse. Honestly, there are probably 35 to 50 strip clubs in Tampa alone, so you should sample what you can stand to understand what is out there.
While unemployed in Tampa for more than a year, I visited maybe 10. One is called the Pink Pony and was sketch as fuck, but I received a quick blower in the back room from some nasty meth skank. She tried to hustle me for a drink when we first arrived, so I got her a four horsemen just to watch her drink it. She wanted an appletini but I insisted. She ran off to go puke and fun was had by all.
The thing is about Howard Avenue and the rest of the bars nearby is that you will be hanging out with strippers and not even know it. They will be out partying and then all of a sudden roll into work to make some spread. They will bring you along with them back to their place of employment. I don't have much of a desire to visit strip clubs anymore after Tampa because I watched how much they try and hustle you. You can't even relax in the well known ones like Space Odyssey 2001, Mons or Scores. One girl left a permastain on my cream white khakis since she didn't wipe her ass before riding on my crotch that night. Embarrassing. They don't give a fuck if you show up blacked out of your gord or if you fall alseep on their benches outside. Good luck.