What it's REALLY like to live in ARIZONA (one year later) 

I agree with Lisa. I've been in Phoenix since 1977 and you really did cover things very well. But I'd add one more PRO to living here: hardly any flying bugs. I came here from NY and gosh almighty there were so many biting flies, etc. Not here. Hardly a thing. I can leave my doors open for 6 months and be fine.

Lisa Olivares you nailed it! It’s good to see how other people view the desert 🌵.

@sherry hodges GOOD LUCK SHERRY.

I agree, I lived in Arizona from 1970 until 2010 where I made the mistake of moving to Washington state. It is a beautiful state but, the people are not beautiful, and the weather is even worse! I am moving back to AZ the first of the year 2021! Whoo Hoo!!! Back Home FOREVER!!!!!

@@pingman2 that's funny I know of too many people who have moved from Arizona to Washington state, myself included, and moved back. One of my neighbors in WA even has a house in AZ for the summer. What is it with these two states? Is it because their opposites in almost all ways it just draws people to and from. Lol anyway hope you make it back okay.

But it's a dry heat.....🤣🤣🤣🤣

With a dusty laugh

@@phxjaguar5207 And BIG Haboobs!

oh

😂😂

Come on over! Haha

I too,, but left in 73 for service and only visited. Didn't really notice until I went back for vacation circa 05. I was highly disappointed by all the urbanization and modern tourista climate. So any of my thoughts of moving back pretty much ended then. Strangely as I toured with various agencies saving myself and wife some driving and visiting what had become an extremely over commercialized Tombstone and visiting some business's in my old stomp I didn't find anyone who had actually been born and raised there like you and I. I felt odd being lectured on the History and Genera of AZ by someone who only left some other back east state a year or so before. LOL I thought I missed it for a long time but turns out I didn't.

Seasonal depression? Ummmm... Someone does not like the outdoors. You can't do shit for three months in the summer

@@captainthruster9484 you mean 8 months. I thought it would be 3 but from March through the first half of October it is to dam hot out to do anything! Especially if you have pets. I can't believe all the ignorant idiots who go running/jogging/walking and force their poor dogs to go with them!! Thinking they are taking care of their pet but nit realizing their dogs are getting heat exhaustion, heat stroke and burning the pads in their poor feet! Not to mention some people with horses don't even have legitimate shade for their animals!! People take their dogs hiking and don't bring enough water for their pets or themselves. IT'S A DESERT PEOPLE!!! HELLLLLLOOOOOO!!! Animals overheat quicker than people do! They have fur coats!! Also, if it is to hot for you to walk barefoot, it is to hot for your pets to walk outside also!! The sun and heat have baked any common sense out of many people's brains for sure!!!

Sorry for typos. Bad auto correct

Lol.... Only us people who live in Arizona know that

We have lots of HaBoobs in LA:)

That's true, but I'm a native Arizonan, I and many others I know have embraced the haboob wordage. It's just a fun word to use and it's technically correct. Nothing to get upset about.

We had one especially bad dust storm that was called a haboob like... idk 8 years ago? It was so thick you couldn't see 20 feet.

@@maxjames8764 nice

As a Michigander, I’d rather FRY than freeze also!!! I’m trying to leave MI 😂🥲

ditto!!!

I’m moving here next year n excited! :)

Buy a black car with black leather 😂😂ouchhhhh I don’t recommend

You must have a LOT of watch time 😅

Phx Jaguar 🐆🌞🌵 ugh especially this time of year 😭

miss educated 😭😭😭

BRO IVE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE A BLACK CAR W BLACK LEATHER. IM DONE PLAYING THESE GAMES MAN😭😭

I'm from Michigan, and so over the snow. I moved to Dallas a week ago. I can't imagine dealing with shoveling snow, salting a driveway, stocking up on groceries for a winter storm. Looking forward to longer summers. Getting older while dealing with extreme cold gets old real fast.

Ohio and Wisconsin and Kentucky here: cold and dark winters and not nearly as much sun year around. Arizona for me.

California here, and sunny throughout the time. It gets boring unless it rains.

I live in Sedona. It’s not as magical as people claim it to be but it is nice

Coming in 2 weeks!!!

what makes Sedona so magical?

Wizards

I'm going in July well there and a bunch of places out west, I wanna move out west so bad but the cost of living is crazy, most of the east coast isn't that expensive in living costs thats why I've stayed here..wanna live so bad out west though, always have

palebeachbum because of covid I’m guessing you didn’t have big crowds especially in Sedona. Glad you enjoyed it!

@@jssanch24 The response to Covid wasn't in full swing at that point. Everything was open like usual and tourist spots were crowded. Especially at the grand canyon and the Phoenix botanical gardens. Sedona and biosphere II weren't too bad. Had we waited a month later, we might have had to cancel though. I would have been crushed because It was my first vacation in like 10yrs.

palebeachbum It certainly was. We already had patients and weren’t letting visitors in the hospital I work at during that time. We were slow to close things but we definitely had cases. That’s one thing about AZ, we can be slow to catch on to things. We were on the top three worst states by May/June I think. Or maybe that was the beginning of when it really got bad. We were starting to go down but schools opened and ASU reported something in the 400’s of cases just recently. I think they just opened too.

@@jssanch24 we saw none of that. No one was wearing masks yet everywhere we went and there were no restrictions or issues.

God help you also if your AC breaks down. Misery.

That record was broken this year in 2020 I believe it was 143 days of over 100°

@@dellmiller5082 Yes..

@@loisaustin6200 My AC kept breaking, same with everyone else in my apartment complex

aww thanks!! :)

come visit! native arizonan here haha we love meeting new visitors

@@itsapko6148 I'd love to one day!

Same. Greetings from Stuttgart, Germany.🙋🏼‍♀️

@@holyfox94 My wife just moved to the U.S. from Stuttgart!

you ditch cold to go to oven

I moved here from nyc also!

Grew up in Manhattan, relocated to Seattle now here in Mesa. No regrets. Cold, snow and rain can be WAY more depressing (and dangerous) than any hot (but beautiful) day here.

@@o.a.5044 living in bay area and I find nonstop sunny and hot weather to get boring and depressing

The Roach agreed! Crazy how I know so many people from Illinois living here. Nicest people.

From Chicago as well almost been here a year as well live in lake havasu City

Because we appreciate the AMAZING WEATHER that we’re missing 🤣🥲

aww thanks! :)

omg i’m moving to arizona soon from pennsylvania!! i’d love to connect

@@selfspiritualcrystals I moved to Arizona from Atlanta for work. Welcome to the heat 😆.

Me too I’m

I’m thinking about moving to Arizona in June. I’m in Illinois and ready to goooo😂

I'm thinking to move out of Illinois as well... I'm considering Arizona or North Carolina!

@@vitalie787 same here

Is there something that you are missing about Illinois?

Welcome to the Valley of the Sun! I'm also from the Midwest (mostly Chicago and burbs). I moved here over eight years and love it! You arrived when the weather started to get pretty hot. You'll love the coming lower temperatures and winter is fantastic. You'll even need warm clothes during the winter nights. As for the summer temps don't be too intimidated by the triple digits. A lot of it is psychological. Humidity in the single digits and teens really make summers doable whereas 90 degree heat and 90% humidity in the Midwest is instantly oppressive. Anyway, make sure you take time to go on road trips and explore our beautiful state! All the best!

You will love having sunshine almost every day, unlike the Midwest- Chicago area which only gets about 100 days of sunshine per year.

Does anyone have any advice moving there? No kids. Just looking for a a decently lgtbq friendly environment. Me and my spouse have been sheltered and miserable quite a bit. Never really done a huge move like that before. Anyone have any advice?

@@Nova_Oddities I want to say Tempe (I’ve gone to a few gay bars in that area with a good mix of patrons, and according to my cousins it’s a more progressive area). It has great nightlife, and is close to the downtown Phoenix area (a major + in my book) hope this helps 🙂

No prob!

Welcome to az!

Welcome to the oven

If you did move around this time, I’m sending you positive energy. Moving Into Arizona in the MIDDLE OF JULY/AUGUST is insanity lol. It was like 116 yesterday. But welcome.

I hope your moving away from Chicago to get away from a Democratic hell just don’t try to change Az into Illinois

Glad to hear it. Welcome. I've never lived anywhere else but Arizona,so I know nothing else. Once you get used to the heat I think you'll like it here. Best thing to do in summer is always carry plenty of ice cold water and avoid the direct sunlight whenever possible. Being in the shade and having something cold to drink makes it so much better and cloudy summer days are awesome. Best of luck to you and yours.

Yes enjoy! But say goodbye to clouds and any other weather other than sunshine 24/7 😂 you will never see a cloud again it’s kind of sad actually.

I hear Bisbee AZ has perfect weather all year. The expense of living in AZ compared to MN is very high. If you want cheaper rest you might have to live in a poorer neighbehood in AZ

Same here!

It the 60!

Or*

And I-10 and 17

the 101 can take me to arizona!! im from the bay area and we also call our freeways 101, 87 and 5

She got the road rage thing wrong too

Awesome!! ❤️

I just came back from Arizona visiting for the first time and I said the exact same thing to my sister when she said she seen me in a lot of pics with white people and I’m a women of color I felt nothing but love

Amen we aren't racist like some places. We believe live and let live, were all humans

@@johnhix484 maybe he means the quality of life?

@Kernica1 Yep came back for a job. Can't wait to get back to AZ

Honestly you just get used to it. Then winter comes around and then 50-60 degrees actually feels like -10 haha

I’m thinking of moving to Arizona in a few years and I have one question how do most of you guys manage the heat.

@@renaesowell2300 Either inside with A/C on or in the pool...

I fully agree! It is very stressful in the summer!

Hmmm, I wonder why?, it's not like LA is one of the places with the highest homeless populations, in the USA, or anything, nooo.

LA also has one of the highest populations too so the number is relative. I’ve seen way more homeless down in Tucson than in Phoenix. Although someone did tell me that up in Phoenix/Scottsdale the police will pick up homeless people and bring them to shelters.

Because they're not a bunch of liberal wackos.

Keep Arizona RED!

@@SusanBaileyAmazingEstate I agree!!!

If you can, visit Lake Powell. It's amazing, paddling into Antelope canyon very early in the morning is so peaceful and spiritual.

Same!😁

In the summer AC bill was around $200-300 for 2 bedroom on top floor

Awww thanks 😊

white liberals are the only people concerned about "diversity"

I also found it funny that she, a white person moved there and then complained about the amount of white people there.

Yes I miss it so much!!

Agreed

It's been raining here everyday for the last three days or so.

They are hit or miss. 2020 so far is more miss

My first visit back in 7 years was back on July 24th, a monsoon hit the runway at Skyharbor just as we were about to set down. The pilot aborted, tried again, aborted 2nd landing due to the storm, and finally got down on the 3rd attempt. Drove up the 51 and watched a night time lightning show. Great timing I guess!

You’re so welcome!! ❤️

Same. I’m planning to move this summer.

@@cacatr4495 I didn't move there , because I got dumped by my ex bf.

@Shelly Foster ok thanks

Tucson is far better than Phoenix, IMHO. I've lived here in "The Old Pueblo" for decades and it's not a big, hot, crowded city like Phoenix. I did live in Phoenix for 1 year. Depressing.

how is it going? I am looking into Gilbert (moving from So. CA)

How is it going there? Me and my spouse really wanna go. We’ve never made a huge move like that before. How did you guys do it? Any advice?

Make sure your car has A/c because once May comes around you are not going to want to drive with your windows down and be stuck in traffic. It’s hot and it sucks.

Did you ever make it to Phoenix? I’m in Vancouver and we just had a strong winter storm, at a foot or more of snow last night. I agree with you, the constant wind, cold rain and gray skies have gotten old. I’d love to maybe live in Phoenix but I can’t afford it.

@@lawrencejameson3102 is Phoenix expensive to live?

@@lawrencejameson3102 Yes, left Portland last September and boy am I glad I did. Phoenix is amazing always sunny, town is super easy to get around. So much to do and see, unfortunately it’s not any cheaper than Portland, home prices and everything is comparable to Portland and only rising. I think it’s because everyone from California is moving here daily.

@@reubenlemn1402 Good to know, thank you.

Awesome!! Duluth area? I hope you can visit in the fall. October and November truly are very lovely :)

@@laurelstreed No, by Brainerd area ;) yes fingerscrossed we make it! Have a great day!

I'm from MN and moved to AZ. I miss MN, but it all depends on the person.

Stephon Laviolette thanks!! 😊

Thanks so much!!!

I totally get that! 😂 six hour is way better than being thousands of miles from either ocean in my opinion!

@Master Of puppets I always move back and forth from Phoenix to El Mirage. Hope you are staying warm! We got hail today LOL

Do you have problems with big insects, rodents, cockroaches e.t.c??

@@posiayeni4335 Nope. Downtown Phoenix you can sometimes get roaches in some areas. Other than that, all good. We just have super hot summers.

@@jaimereynolds258 Wow thx im so exicted to move

@@posiayeni4335 Wishing you a safe happy journey! 😎

Racism is rampant here..trust me..

It’s always interest how people take their personal beliefs and apply them to everyone else. Just say that “ you” aren’t this way. Don’t speak for people you’ve never met.

Glad it was helpful!

🥵🥵

That's what I'm here for! :)