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In general you can break AZ cities into big and small w/small towns having a lot of charm and outdoor activities, but quite limited in what they offer otherwise (Verde Valley, Sedona, Prescott, etc). You can also divide AZ into northern and southern. Anything further north than about 45 mins north of Phoenix is somewhere between cold and freezing in the winter with mild summers. Southern AZ has mild winters, but brutally hot summers. The most temperate areas would likely be east of Phoenix toward the N.Mexico border including Payson, Strawberry, Globe/Miami, Springerville, etc. But be careful as this area includes the White Mountains and any community in the W.Mountains is going to be freezing in the winter.
If you go looking for trouble it will find you. You forgot El Mirage, where they wont post how many murders happen and never get solved, how many young women disappear and are just called runaways. Where the law and the gangs deal with each other to cover crime and let drugs money laundering and other crimes go unchecked.
Lived in small copper mining towns for 69 years Its 45 minutes to madness 2 1/ 2 hrs to the cooler part of az Snowbird since 2000 Seen alot of changes & not good
My husband and I were at Sunset Crater 27 years ago. We were on our way to the Grand Canyon. We had no idea about the archaeological sites on the other side of the volcano!! We walked among the lava fields and marveled at how high they were and how the vegetation was still kind of sparse after 800 years. I'm glad the inhabitants were wise enough to get out of there unlike the folks of Pompeii.
I've lived in Phoenix for years I've had some issues there and now I live in Yuma and I feel like it is safer here then Phoenix but I also always carry my gun
This guy should stay inside it’s sounds dangerous outside lol. If someone gives him the eye you better it go there it’s not safe! lol. This dude is a clown
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Horrible list. I can think of way shadier places in the Phoenix area than Showlow or Kingman. Yes, those towns are plagued with drugs, but most American towns are these days. That doesn’t make them dangerous. I would have put Maryvale on the very top of the list. Alhambra a close second.
Phx has turned into California. I can't wait to move. This place was amazing 15 years ago. Ill still keep my house in Chandler since it's in a beautiful neighborhood.
Yes like another person said, you forgot Laveen, West Phx, AJ, All up and down the 17 freeway, Southern Ave and baseline rd, Avondale, El Mirage, Mesa.
28 year old Arizona native here. I’ve lived in most areas in the east valley. And what I will say, if you live in the east part of the valley you avoid going west past Phoenix unless you’re headed to California. Most of the west valley has a certain vibe that seems a bit more hostile. The “safest” areas here are Gilbert and Chandler 100%. Sun lakes is also super safe if you’re 55+
Ahhh the thing plaguing EVERY single state in America no matter who is in charge 😂 Tempe looks wild as hell lmao I will say that. I’ll take your word for it and hen you talk about the light rail. The one in Dallas is bad too. It’s not just city leaders causing problems it’s the cost of living. Plus you can’t rid of all the irresponsible people 😂 that would mean we could have utopia and that’s never gonna happen
I agreed with you 100% until you went off the cliff with Kari Lake….WTF wow Kari Lake is about as off the rails as it gets….Do not vote for the brainwashed people….god help us…I lived in AZ for 22 years, thought it was a stable good place to raise my family….now the conservatives have driven it into the ground, allowing laws from 1864 to go into effect…horrible place to go if you’re a woman… So sad 🫤
How about you guys tell less people to move to Arizona because the people that move here all they're doing is destroying the State how about they move back home and try to fix their own problems instead of coming to another state and bringing their problems with them facts. P.S. Arizona doesn't have enough water to support all these people moving there.
Completely inaccurate and cretinous information on the High country SEASONAL small towns. I usually enjoy these little clips of tourist information done by amateurs. Unfortunately they are just that , inaccurate info done in a garage somewhere far away, For example, Heber/ Overgaard from late Spring till Early Fall avg. 10K population with grid cells at >300 inhabitants per km2. Don't even get me started on my fire dist. of Show Low/Pinetop /Lakeside (third largest fire dist. in AZ) Three designated separate towns within a 15 mile radius. Same season as Heber with 45K pop. within 40 mile radius. These numbers teeter on City classification (50k > inhabitants per km2) Seasonal yes but growing exponentially. P.S. we don't appreciate the grim score you associated with our local.
I go to ASU Tempe. There has been a lot of calls this past year by the campus! So I agree, it’s not safe at night. And as a whole AZ Resident, that whole rectangle from I-17 to 51 and above the 10 and south of the 101. That whole part of the city is the most sketchy in AZ, especially at night.
