Why Are People Leaving Arizona? 

10 Reasons why people should NOT move to Phoenix ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N8oY7MeS2b8.html

I bought my 1st home at 21 for 87k sold for 197k, 2nd home 170k and sold for 320k, 3rd 300k and sold for 589k and buyers paid all closing costs expenses etc... It is possible and very lucrative as long as all steps and details are followed.

I lived in Arizona for over 60 years and moved to Missouri last year. The cost of living became insane.

As a 3rd generation Californian, I sympathize with your pain. Turns out that when enormous amounts of people migrate to an area, it screws everything up.

I've lived in AZ my whole life (almost 29), and for the longest time didn't think I would want to leave. All of my friends are here, it has beautiful scenery, a lot of recreation potential, no natural disasters, etc. Yeah, the summers suck, but I got used to that a long time ago. I have realized I need a change in pace and my wife and I (with kid on the way) are trying to move to the east coast to be around family. However, what should have been a more gradual transition has become an immediate desire to vacate. It has become far too crowded. Rising house prices and "luxury" apartments going up on every corner are making it way too unaffordable, even on a combined 6-figure income. The California drivers are mixing in with the already bad Arizona drivers and I have been in far too many close call accidents because of it. Places and activities that helped AZ feel unique have quickly become muddled with way more tourists or new residents, making it increasingly difficult to enjoy a weekend outing. This isn't the place I used to love anymore. It's just an extension of California.

I lived in Phoenix. People go from their air conditioned houses to their air conditioned cars to their air conditioned places of work, to their air conditioned malls and restaurants....and then brag about how nice the weather is. I agree with you. People relocate and think that their problems will magically disappear...but tho old unfixed problems have a way of coming back.

Some people are just not happy, no matter where they move to.

I’m second generation Arizona! My grandchildren are 3rd and now great grandchildren are 4th generation natives. This state has grown in population rapidly since my parents were born, and my problem with this is twofold. Arizona has lost so much farmland to homes and businesses, and the biggest is the water supply. I was born and raised in northern Arizona.

As a Ohioan, I never really looked at our brutally cold winters as a “friend” until I saw your show. If that keeps too many folks from moving here, I’m all for it. Thank you Arizona.

I've lived all over Arizona since 1991. I love the heat and I love nature. But the insane numbers of people moving here on the daily has caused overcrowding, traffic, and a serious lack of affordable housing. I wish we would've regulated vacation rentals when we had the chance. It breaks my heart to see how much my home has changed in the last few years.

We lived in AZ since the 1978, it was a very nice place for family to live. People were friendly , respectful, neighborly and safe. Now, we have people coming from places and they bring their attitude and forget why they move to AZ. The alter our way of life. Hope the heat will return them to where they come.

Home since 1970 It has been heartbreaking to see my city become what it has become.

I left due to horrible traffic, it was nice and then exploded with people and getting around was miserable. The second reason I left was cost of living, things are out of control due to CA people moving in and killing the market, homes that sold for 250 now 575 or more, its a joke if you want to get a new place. The third reason I left is lack of land, you cannot get a yard on a new home, you get a small patio and your neighbor is like 5 feet away. Lastly I left due to poor govt, our state was just upside down and arguing and things went nowhere.

i can't wait to leave Phoenix after 30 years. "Too Damn Hot" to live. i am moving to Santa Maria, CA where the weather is 20-30 degrees cooler in the summer than Phoenix, AZ..

Been here 12 years. Leaving as soon as my current lease is up (6 mos). Sooooo tired of rush hour being 12 noon to 6 pm. Sooooo tired of no rain during monsoon season except for every 6 years. Soooo tired of 110+ heat EVERY FRICKING DAY, summer or winter. And the Rent has DOUBLED in the last two years. Done with it.

I agree about the heat. Although, I like the growth, I grew up remembering how limited (sometimes boring)AZ was. Now our arts 🎭 and concerts are so much more abundant. The new restaurants, venues, and things to do, are way better than the past. The cost of living spike is a bit ridiculous, and there is no solid plan to help regular people, afford housing. There are lower priced areas in the country, but they are often much slower paced, and lack strong infrastructure, road and freeway wise. Everything has a trade off. Anyone who can be a snowbird, definitely wins here.

Those California-like housing prices are not a coincidence; you’ve been Californicated. The same thing happened to Las Vegas. Many Californians were in the enviable position of being able to sell their homes for very high prices and move to a more affordable state that was still driving distance from the motherland. To them housing was cheap in Arizona. It didn’t take long for sellers to figure out they could get top dollar for their homes by waiting for the next round of Californians to arrive.

He’s describing all the reasons I left Sedona. I am a working person, and I disliked the extreme traffic congestion that was happening and SOOO many tourists

What you said at the end of the video reminded me of an old saying: "Wherever you go, there you are." You can move all you want, but what many people are looking to fix is inside of themselves. They just don't realize it.

Everything you are saying is so true. I have family that moved out there and they to are saying the cost of living is too high and it has turned like California.

38 year old native Arizonian. Appreciate your honest take on this subject, I agree with your reasoning. I’ve personally met some great people who moved here and moved away within 2 years simply because of the heat. My main reason for wanting to move away would probably be the people. Funny thing is, most the people here are from somewhere else. So by that logic, I stay. ☀️

I moved here from Anchorage, AK with my husband, and our 11 month old baby. My husband works for UPS 10 -12 hours shift 6 days a week during this crazy heat. He doesn't complain about it because that's not going to change anything. Plus every place has its pros and cons. So far we are extremely happy and the people are very nice. Alaska is a beautiful state, but the long dark winters was hard specially now that we have a baby.

My wife and I lived in Scottsdale then Chandler for about 10 years from 1989 to 1999. Loved every minute we were there. Moved back to the Midwest because of the births of grandchildren. Would move back in a heart beat. Miss everything about it.

I’ve visited Phoenix many times and I didn’t sense it was boring at all. And Sedona and Jerome are only a 2-hour drive north for the fall colors and some of the most beautiful vistas I’ve ever seen. You want ‘boring scenery’? Come to central or south Florida!

I couldn’t. I’ve been to Phoenix in July and I’m from Houston. The nighttime humidity SUCKS, but I’ll take it over your weather. The year we had 105 for 3 months in that drought was miserable. Bless anyone who can enjoy Phoenix, it ain’t for me

My daughter left Tucson because of the crime and harshness of the people in general, and yes the heat was also a factor.

I moved to Arizona in 1982 and raised my family there. However, all these years later we decided to move to a small state in the northeast essentially because of a family member's poor health. Road rage and agressive drivers, divisive politics, rising APS and water bills, looming water crisis, forest fires, increasing hot season, and on and on. Every place has beauty and something to offer, but it's wonderful to now be in a place with clean air, friendly neighbors, and far away from I-10.

You bring up such great points! Especially about not fixing the root cause of a problem from where you were and thinking AZ is going to solve all your issues. Also, for me, if your family and friends are not here, it makes it difficult to live here permanently. Thanks for your input. You are definitely pro-Arizona and so am I.

As a retired/disabled Veteran, I decided to sell my home in North Carolina and become a full-time RV'r (fifth-wheel camper and truck). I domiciled my residence in South Dakota due to it's low-tax structure. Not a fan of cold weather, so I came South to Arizona as a "Snowbird", for the winter. Driving out of the mountains, into the valley area of Phoenix, my first impression reminded me of the time I traveled from Ohio to California on my motorcycle nearly 50 years ago. Smog! The same brown blanket of air was covering the entire valley area! I could not believe my eyes. And it's not confined to the immediate area of Phoenix. I currently camp at the Gila Bend Auxiliary AFB and the smog rolls into this area depending on wind direction. And then there is the dryness factor. I have always had dryer skin than normal, but after being here for two months, I find that it is greatly exacerbated. Don't get me wrong, I love the geographical diversity of Arizona. But with the growth rate in the urban areas, one can easily predict a far worsening air quality issue, not to mention; depletion of quality water supply. As a former resident of Wake County NC (35 years), I experienced first-hand, the impact of uncontrolled growth on communities.

40yr. native Arizonan leaving AZ. BAM!!! Dude hits it right on the head. EVERY POINT IS ACCURATE!!!

There are huge apartment complexes being built all over central Phoenix. The population density is going way up - fast.

There’s a famous statement I like to remember when I feel tempted to move to escape problems. “Wherever you go, there you are.” Doesn’t mean don’t do it, but it does mean be realistic.

I sure am glad you report or the larger metro cities!! I live in Arizona and I love it!! Keep focusing on metro and look the other way when speaking of smaller towns! Don't want my area getting any bigger than it already is!

It’s too big, too hot, and the price isn’t right anymore. Used to be the CoL would offset those negatives but not anymore and it’s like that in the entire state. The water situation is bleak too

Have lived in AZ for 30 years now. We are now in Sun City in the Phoenix area. Love it here. So much to do. The heat is a bit much at times but I can't complain. It's lovely 70% of the year.

I lived in AZ for about 30 years. Az doesn’t lack things to do. Just most to do is outside and half the year it’s too hot to do stuff outside with little kids

We lived in AZ for 26 years. The influx of people (some ruined their own state), traffic, crime, real estate prices, and crooked politics drove us out. For the past year we've been living in the Mid-West with 60 acres with wildlife, four seasons, gigabit fiber internet, and no crowds. AZ can stick it.

The last couple minutes of this video raise probably the most important thing to consider: "Every where I go, there I am".

I moved here from NY and I love the Heat. Do not miss the shoveling and shivering and the high humidity in the summer.

I have noticed that the traffic is heavier since I moved here in 2016. I'm also sad about how many Apts are being built with rents starting at 1800! I can't stand it when people say there is nothing to do here...I do something every weekend. I❤AZ!

After 15 years my wife and I just moved from Prescott to Rochester NY for family...also had some concerns about water and future housing prices going down .....so we cashed out....

I think AZ is a really nice place to live no matter what and i planned on moving over to there with my family but i lost all my money i was going to use to buy a house when i made the wrong investment. I really feel like I've let my family down and i don't know what to do

After three years in Tucson, I left Arizona for good. Ironically there was too much sunshine. Every day I'd wake up and peek out the window to see if perchance a cloud was visible. Month after month the answer was' No'. It got really depressing. Moved 1000 miles straight north and haven't given the desert another thought. I remember Bob Ross telling his students not to paint over all the dark areas. Without contrast, there isn't anything.

Great video! I was introduced to Arizona after my mom moved there.. My girlfriend and I visited and fell in love with the State..We stayed 3 years and the reason we left was to be closer to the Ocean in Oregon..The people of Arizona were excellent,the scenery mind blowing and the western history amazing.. I would be a snowbird if I had the finances to do so.. I have no faults with this great state

Love Arizona . Been here since 1969. Wonderful positives are stunning mountains, lakes and scenery. Diverse weather. Beautiful forests and deserts. Amazing diverse people who work hard , enjoy the outdoor life and are friendly . There is a sense of pride here on our state. The negatives about the state are the people who complain and don’t like it and should probably move to another state . Let’s not turn Arizona into California .

Moving here from Oklahoma 10 years ago, everyday seems like living in a beautiful resort town. No shitty freezing winters, no old moldy smelly weathered buildings everywhere, no pollen/grass induced allergy problems, no tornados, clean roadways, no constant cow shit smell, no labyrinth maze roads, very few creepy crawlies, etc. - The summer heat sucks, but I don’t work an outdoor labor job anymore so it doesn’t phase me. There’s a night and day difference on how well Phoenix takes care of it’s roadway appearance and general landscape upkeep compared to many Midwest cities. I think it takes living in another shitty state to truly appreciate how beautiful Arizona is and how good people have it here.

My wife and I retired to Arizona 6 years ago. We will be moving out of state. Valley fever, air quality, dust, and yes the heat.

I'm a lifelong resident of the Phoenix Valley. I finally retired and can't wait to sell the house and get out of here. The reasons, lousy fishing, I have to wait for years to get drawn for hunting, the lousy traffic, tired of stewing in my own juices all summer long, tired of going months and months of no rain and when we get rain you're guaranteed a bunch of forest fires next summer. I'm moving to SW Missouri where I can afford to buy some land, watch the rain, have a decent garden, 4 seasons, and quit listening to my wife complain about the heat and dust. Remember, happy wife - happy life and I'm overdue for some peace and quiet.

Friends been out there 12 years. Was doing good at first, now its getting hard to get a decent job. Most people do all their work after dark when it cools down. The heat does weird things to new construction. Plywood curls up like dry leaves, everything shrinks and cracks like crazy. All the feral cats keep the scorpions under control but theres still alot of rattlesnakes.

The cost of living is going up & Hot 🔥

Everything you said is spot on. We live in Prescott and the only complaint here seems to be the growing population and the traffic (and drivers!}. They keep building more and more houses and people fear it will ruin the beautiful scenery.

Been here in Surprise for two years and I have a swimming pool in are back yard that makes it easier and have got usest to the heat, so I love it here! I have always loved the dessert too!

I agree - I moved to Phoenix in 2013 and Yuma in 2014 - for work- I miss Yuma but it’s no longer affordable for me. I left in 21 for Florida and moved my boyfriend from Connecticut to be with me - unfortunately he passed away last June and now I’m wanting to go back to Yuma 💔

I am here in Southern AZ and love it . Love the heat, the long expansion, the monsoon season . Love to be a desert dweller . The solitude and the dried terrain it’s not for everyone and those who move here need to get used to the heat and the expanses between cities .

After more than 20 years here one of the biggest reasons we are talking about leaving is to be closer to family back east. The summer heat and pollution have also gotten worse over the years and the water issue is not getting better. The desert is unique and I know many people who love living here. I have enjoyed my time here but am looking forward to moving back to a greener environment.

I'm seeing a major cost increase in heating and cooling my home in Arizona. Winters are cold and summers are hot, that equals utility costs. Utilities are not cheap any where these days. I also spend lots of money traveling back and forth to the store, the doctor, the dentist etc. All of this adds to my monthly expenses. It adds a lot.

I've been to Arizona so many times! My first experience was in 1971. We stayed in the cutest little adobe motel cabin? Room? Hut? Don't know but the people I met were so kind and helpful and welcoming! We were driving to California because my husband had been transferred. I can't even count how many times I've been there since! Too many people move there for health reasons and bring all their allergens with them. I really have not ever had a bad experience, except one time crossing the border either to or from New Mexico. It was the 70's and I had some green onions in our little cooler, and they lost all their joy! I did manage to convince them that they were for lunch, not planting. But they weren't hateful just very excited. 😂🤣😅🤷🏼‍♀️❤️

As Brits we’ve visited Arizona a few times and loved it. Flagstaff’s really cool and Phoenix so so hot but great. Drove to Yuma (seen both movies) and a really nice little city. Old prison so interesting. 🙋‍♂️🇬🇧👍

For an outdoor person, Arizona has a wealth of experience to offer as desert, forests, canyons, mountains, waterways and lush riparian areas and snow in the winter. One just has to be willing to get out of the city and experience other parts of the state. If you never leave the Phoenix area then, yeah, Arizona's going to be boring. However, Arizona is still a predominantly desert region and maybe having so many golf courses to water is not the best use of its limited water resources.

I moved to Surprise area in 2014 from Washington state. Housing prices were very reasonable but the heat was hard to adjust to because most summers in Washington had a week or two of 90 degree days. I'm finally becoming acclimated to the heat and now 70 degrees is cold to me. You can Snowbird within the state from Yuma to Flagstaff.

When people say they're looking for culture, they're not talking about culture from hundreds of years ago. They're talking about good food, theaters, concerts, museums, clubs, etc.

I lived in Prescott years ago, and I loved it when I was in High school, I moved on since then and Arizona is beautiful, but people all over the country seem to be more disconnected anywhere USA, unless you are born and raised in the same town/city with family, it gets tough to get close to people...my opinion..

I lived in Phoenix for a few years and left because it was just too hot so I moved back to New England. The desert sunsets were spectacular and I really do miss those. I don't miss feeling landlocked and I enjoy living just a short drive from the ocean. I didn't want to raise children there because it seems we value education a lot more in other parts of the country.

I bought my home for $139 and it is now easily worth $450. When it is worth $900 I might consider a move. But there are not too many places as beautiful as Arizona, and other states just don't do it for me. So I stay - and have no problems staying. Arizona is a beautiful state. One point that people are missing here.....for any semi-desirable states to move to, the housing prices have shot up in those states too.

Nicely phrased. A very fine explanation, and the photos were lovely. Being from the Frozen North, where any temperature over 72 (plus sun) is difficult, I would so love to visit. Alas, no. But thank you so very much. Oh, and there are some people that will complain where ever they roam...LOL Happy New Year. All the best, S.

That is a great list, we came to Arizona about two years ago. And now we are moving back because my wife got sick and we have family back home.

I’m leaving but heat has nothing to do with it. I’ve been here 39 years but getting too crowded, expensive and air quality is terrible.

Thank you for this video. 👍🏽👍🏽🌅

Haven't seen you in awhile although im subscribed to your channel. When you came up on my RU-vid timeline, if thats the right word for it. I thought, " i miss her and clicked on it instanly". I like you.

i'm done here as well. I live in the east valley and its different now. The beauty is gone. Im done with 9 months of heat. Nothing wrong with the ppl thats from here. Its all the new ppl here. I been here since 09' Thanks for making this video.

Spent a week in and around Sedona last fall. It was the most enjoyable vacation I have had in very many years. Beautiful scenery, and tons of things to do.

I moved to Arizona in January 2022, I had been planning to leave Seattle for months.I put a lot of time, money, sacrificed my friends and places which were my home for seven years to move here. I came to Arizona with high expectations, with great enthusiasm and with a good plan in hands. All the plans worked out but nothing was the way i planned it. The transition cost me a lot of patience and traumas, the second day I was here I found an insulting note in my rearview mirror for parking in the neighbor's spot, by mistake. What a welcome! It took me at least 8 days to get back to my car and drive, since people drive dangerously and in most inaccurate way possible. Kindness is something very difficult to find in people. In the medical side; my doctor has made more mistakes prescribing a medication than me cooking a Japanese meal. That proves how competent professionals are in this area. The heat... We already know it is desert but the way the sun wears the paint on your car, breaks the visor and cracks the dashboard is incredible. I have a good job but the professional field is very limited. There is no diversity, there is no culture, everyone carries a weapon like someone who carries an ID. There is also no respect for the tranquility of others in a neighborhood. Even so, I decided to bet on Arizona and buy an apartment, maybe that would help me to love the place more... NOPE! The plan now is to put the apartment on the market next summer and shape my plan to return to Washington. I know, Seattle has many problems, but I already know how to deal with that. This state wears you out physically, the heat makes you sick, economically it is a poor state, the level of education is quite low for the common citizen. I don't really know what Arizona has to offer beyond its incredible landscapes, it has nothing else. I'm tired of having that feeling every morning when I leave to work every day of not dying on the highway for crashing. Not having friends because people here live 30 miles apart and not being able to go for a walk because the heat will dry you out. Not even mentioning the amount of theft is see through the neighborhood Ring App. I don't regret coming here, it was what I needed to appreciate Seattle even more.

I drove to phoenix from Las Vegas and all along the way, I was asking ‘do people live in this state and how’. That whole stretch of the highway had these shanty homes in the middle of nowhere and RVs and such. The landscape was barren and i was saying to myself, this place is a shit hole. When i did land at my wife’s cousin’s home, I just felt empty. The drive was the worst I had, bad landscape and weather and parking the car in that neighborhood, I was telling myself ‘how do people live here’. Anyways, that is a lot of negative views, but even if people gave me $1m to move there I won’t. I just love CA Bay Area and I will deal with the high costs but can’t compromise on weather, culture, food, different ethnicities and good life in Bay Area.

I lived in Phoenix from 97 up until 2006 moved to California in September of 2006 still living here in California and now I'm thinking about buying a house in Texas, I will admit Arizona was good to me still have relatives living there. I don't miss the summer heat.

I am from California and I find the people of AZ to be absolutely AWESOME! I think AZ is so beautiful, even more beautiful than CA! I am having the difficulty with the summer heat, but we can always move up in AZ where it is not as hot as Mesa. We did follow our sons and grand kids, but CA was to oppressive to stay living there. We are too conservative for CA. I love AZ!

Thank you Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2023 God Bless you and all of your family.

We had a very bad experience. We moved from San Francisco to Peoria Arizona but people weren’t at all friendly! Our neighbor where very cold and not friendly at all. And we are 2 years already here and it’s still the same. Cold blooded..

The only reason to live here was the cheap real estate market and decent paying jobs, with that being gone, we regret moving to Phoenix from the Olympia WA area. Time to prepare to move back up to the land of trees and no state income tax.

The reason I'm leaving is because it's next to impossible to get a Dr appointment. Even without the snowbirds being here, I had a medical emergency and was told that my primary care physician couldn't see me for 60 days and my cardiologist couldn't see me for⁴ months. I was told to go to the ER. What's the point of living close to medical if you can't be seen?

Same thing happens in Florida. 50,000 people left Florida in 2022 but more people moved in. Heat, high insurance, crime, traffic, hurricanes etc . I moved to Utah and absolutely love it

Bravo! Excellently presented and very fair. Best of luck!

I lived in Phoenix for a year and was shocked at the water usage. I felt like people didn’t really seem to grasp the idea that water is a precious source there. Everyone had pools. People watered yards (that was the craziest to me). The homes were so big having 2-3 bathrooms with no low-flow faucets or plumbing. As more people moved in I just felt like this was a disaster in the making. I met cool people but couldn’t understand the mindset of not realizing the soon-to-be enormous environmental crisis it will be to live there. On top of that, it is just so car dependent. Walkability is near zilch when you factor in the heat and just how spread out everything is.

To quote Prince… “Maybe you’re just like my mother, she’s never satisfied”

Great video! So true what you share here ! I just moved to AZ and the people are very nice!

I went back to Prescott for a visit after 4 years. I couldn't believe the change. I moved there in 2015, and it was nice and small. Not anymore. Heavily congested and car license plates from all over the US, and they weren't just tourist!

When I lived in Rhode Island 20 years ago, I played in a band. One of the guitarists had a friend who lived in Tucson but recently moved back to RI. He came over to a rehearsal and I distinctly remember him talking about the crime. His memorable comment was "the cold keeps the riff-raff out".

I lived in Ketchum/Sun Valley for 32 years. Cold. We would go from a heated home to a heated store and back to a heated home. Arizona simply go in an air conditioned car to an air conditioned store well you get the point. In the Pacific Northwest we always went from one Mud Puddle to another Mud Puddle. I LOVE BLUE SKY!!

Great video! Thank you

Californian that has lived here since 2018. Glad to be here, and not bringing my Ca BS with me, I promise. Beautiful state and should have escaped Ca earlier.

We love it here. We live in Florence. Iowa is our place of origin. We are close to the city but far enough to have little traffic. People are friendly. This state has the most national monuments in the US. There are tons of places to visit and things to do. We love the mts lakes, cacti, animals and deserts.

I've lived in AZ 56 years, worked in the heat for many of those years. All my family members have been stung by scorpions at least once. All the reasons you mentioned I've heard many times, schools are terrible, too hot, change of seasons, nothing to do and on and on. To those that hate it, I say Adios!

I love AZ, moved here in 2017, I cannot stand the heat and humidity out east. I rather have dry heat than biting bugs and humidity any day. So it doesn't get hot in the summers until 10. But the sun comes up at 5:30. I rather have 3 months of heat and beautiful weather the rest of the year than. Bugs and heat elsewhere and grey sky's for 7 months

considering moving to az. I'm from Ca (scary) but I can get along ok with mot folks. your post gave me a lot of good info. thank you .

We moved outside of Tucson in 2005. We moved from Kentucky. So very sad to hear about all the tornado destruction not only in Kentucky, but all the other states. My brother lives in Mayfield, Kentucky. Thank you Lord for watching over him and his family. Mayfield was simply flattened. That's where they had the candle factory. So sad, many tears.

I love living in Chandler/Gilbert and we could choose to live anywhere we wish. We’ve been here quite a long time and plan to always own at least one home in the east valley. We LOVE the heat!

In 2010, at the height of the recession, my wife and I moved to Mesa Arizona. We moved because of my job. My just completed her graduate school in Accounting, and I had my masters degree in engineering. While I no longer work for the original company I started with in Arizona, we have managed to stay in Arizona for 13 years. My wife even got a good job....not just me. True things have changed over the 13 of years, but we own our place in Mesa, and we are happy with the choices. FYI:. We came here from Tennessee, and I am originally from Illinois. My wife is originally from Vietnam. Arizona has done well. About the only thing that would take us away from Arizona is a good international assignment for work.

I lived in Goodyear, loved it, however don’t forget the electric bills triple after 2 or 3 in the afternoon till 8 pm or so

Originally from England, I’ve lived in Chicago, Milwaukee, WI and Scottsdale, AZ. It’s hot and it seems to get hotter every year…maybe it’s time to go back to beautiful England. It has gotten very crowded and the crazy drivers. I’ve lived her for 19 years and it has changed

I think the issues surrounding AZ are also affecting the entire West. Over population, diminishing environment due to the constant construction and traffic. Everyone is looking for a bargain. We haven’t suffered a huge set back yet and we’re clearly due for one, things can’t keep going the way they are. As someone else stated here, the water issue is getting worse every year, it’s just a matter of time before the restrictions become severe. Also, I love Arizona, it’s one of my favorite vacation spots. I’ve only encountered someone being an ass to me once for having California plates, everyone else is impartial or very welcoming. The desert areas of the south and the mountains of the north are very beautiful. My favorite time to visit is not in the summer.

Being born and raised here at Arizona. I think it's time for me to move. I love simplicity of arizona. The nature, the weather and the people. But I it's my time to move and start a new chapter.