Anybody ever live in Phoenix?

[T-Giv]

Probably the best place to live for Golf in the country! So many sweet tracks down there. We have looked into as well but all I can seem to remember about it is a trip to the water park when I was 10 years old. I stood in the parking lot for like 5 minutes waiting for my parents and my sandal started melting and getting stuck to the pavement. Yikes!

[mackbamf]

We love to go down there and stay. Some don't like it but I have been going down there since I was a kid I think the desert is beautiful. We've been considering moving down there as well but the wife doesn't tolerate the heat as well as I do. Housing seems pretty affordable but as others have mentioned there is definitely some sketchy areas you wouldn't want to live in. If you can stand the heat I think it is a pretty decent option, within range of Vegas and SoCal if you need to get out of town. Oh and be sure to brush up on your Spanish speaking skills...

[Holger Danske]

I lived there many years. All the pluses mentioned above. For me it got too big, lots of smog now days and just too hot. Ive got family there and still enjoy a visit. OP do you know what part of town in which the job is located?

[Great-Kazoo]

We love to go down there and stay. Some don't like it but I have been going down there since I was a kid I think the desert is beautiful. We've been considering moving down there as well but the wife doesn't tolerate the heat as well as I do. Housing seems pretty affordable but as others have mentioned there is definitely some sketchy areas you wouldn't want to live in. If you can stand the heat I think it is a pretty decent option, within range of Vegas and SoCal if you need to get out of town. Oh and be sure to brush up on your Spanish speaking skills...

That is another reason PHX and ARRIDzona is off the relocate list. It's a great place to visit and enjoy yourself.

[PugnacAutMortem]

I lived there many years. All the pluses mentioned above. For me it got too big, lots of smog now days and just too hot. Ive got family there and still enjoy a visit. OP do you know what part of town in which the job is located?

Well its an opportunity in real estate down there so I would imagine I would be working all over the city, but I'm not sure where he's based out of specifically. We would end up wanting a place with great elementary schools (going to have two kiddos starting school inside of 4 years), other than that we are a "suburbia" type family.

[Hoser]

Probably the best place to live for Golf in the country!

Golf? Complete waste of a shooting range.

[boomerhc9]

I've got a ton of family on my dads side spread out all over arizona. Tuscon, prescott- weather is erily similar to colorado springs, phoenix, sun city, and most recently, my cousin about my same age moved to flagstaff.

The good majority of them live in northern, and southeast phoenix. when we went out to visit in july, we stayed with one of my uncles in glendale, which is a northwest suburb of phoenix. it was 110 during the day, when my uncle was showing off his new pizza oven in the backyard. The pizzas litteraly cooked in 2 and a half minutes each.

I went to tuesday night steel at rio salado the second day down there and it was 111 on the way there, and 98 on the way back at 9pm.
unfortunately, it was about an hour drive to get to the range.

[CO Retriever]

Love Phoenix, heading down next month for work. I want to move there but only for 5-6 months a year, would prefer to split time between CO and AZ.

[Holger Danske]

North Phoenix and North Scottsdale use to have decent schools. Also NE Mesa, and Chandler would be good places to look.

[ben4372]

My brother lives there. Last I was there was August. Monsoon season. Not a dry heat, still not unbearable. Seems to be a lot of driving around, not much is close by. Arizona seems to like guns.