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re: Is Phoenix/Scottsdale the best metro to live in the US?

Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:43 pm to
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122525 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:43 pm to
Nurse, when you go to Las Vegas, do you drive there?

Does anyone know how long it takes to drive from LV to LA?
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87738 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

I understand why lizards live in Arizona. Why people do and they call it home I’ll never understand



love a well placed REK reference
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38229 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:44 pm to
I thought Phoenix was dirty, as in litter dirty.


Scottsdale was nice. But every local I talked to said the summers are hellish. It would rank on my "places to retire" list tho.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139218 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:44 pm to
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I thought it was cheesy

Very much so. It's like a mini Vegas without the casinos.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
15168 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:44 pm to
If you like living in the desert. It would probably be most folks #1 choice.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87738 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:45 pm to
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Been to PHX several times. I get why people like it, but definitely not my bag.


Flagstaff>>>>>>>>>Phoenix


Agree

On paper PHX is solid

In reality it depresses me some
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:45 pm to
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It’d be 45 minutes on a plane from there to Vegas


And less than $50 on some of the discount airlines.

The drive is less than 5 hours. Kinda a boring drive. Driving through Joshua Tree forest is kinda cool if you have never seen them up close.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139218 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:46 pm to
There's just something about it that really turns me off.

It's the Guy Fieri of AZ cities.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122525 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

It's like a mini Vegas without the casinos.


Do they have good entertainment?
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
11341 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:46 pm to
Vegas to LA the State is 21-22 hours

Vegas to LA the City is like 4
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:47 pm to
I always drive there mainly because we usually stay with friends when we go there and aren’t staying on the Strip.

Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36979 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:47 pm to
don't forget Laurel/Hattiesburg.
Posted by MojoGuyPan
Intercession City, Florida
Member since Jun 2018
2797 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:48 pm to
quote:

White women everywhere


You a brother?

quote:

Ranked one of the safest metro areas in the US


Seriously? You even Freeway Sniper, Serial Shooter, Baseline Killer bro?

Meth labs and Mexican gangs on every corner.

quote:

You can get to Vegas, LA, and San Diego in 5 hours


If you lived here:

you'd be home by now.
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
11341 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:49 pm to
Reminded me more of a beach town without a beach than Vegas.
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:50 pm to
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Meth labs and Mexican gangs on every corner.


Very easy to find safe areas here.

Scottsdale is very safe and not full of meth labs and Mexican gangs.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53816 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:53 pm to
My ideal place wouldn't get that hot. I'd prefer to live somewhere that rarely got over 85.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139218 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:55 pm to
Google Alpine, AZ
Posted by Bob Sacamano
Houston, TX
Member since Oct 2008
5294 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:56 pm to
San Diego is better in my opinion.
Posted by AZBayouBengal07
Metry
Member since Nov 2005
2803 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:58 pm to
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Meth labs and Mexican gangs on every corner.



Never saw a meth lab until I moved to LA and never saw a Mexican gang on a corner despite growing up in Phoenix proper.

Actually being able to send your kids to the neighborhood public school to get a good education is nice too.
Posted by TigerStripes06
SWLA
Member since Sep 2006
30032 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 1:59 pm to
If you want to live amongst a bunch of people from Ohio, Michigan and California...yeah. Go for it.
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