From the article: I Love Phoenix, Arizona
Some people love living in the Phoenix area, and some people hate living in Phoenix. If you are like me, there are some things that you like and some that you don't. Tell us -- what do you love or what do you hate about living in Greater Phoenix? Tell Us How You Feel
The suburbs are not Phoenix
- I live in an historic district and find that my daily experience is quite different than what the haters here describe. I don't know what they're looking for in a city, but they may be victims of simply moving to the wrong part of town. Where I live, there are miles of houses from downtown Phoenix all the way to Dunlap Ave. that are completely different from each other. In my neighborhood, there are white, purple, blue, red, brick, green, and multi-colored houses. There is a ton of great independent small businesses that I can access by bike, foot, or rail -- and most of them aren't in ugly strip malls. Additionally, there is cultural, racial, sexual and religious diversity. The people I meet in downtown/Midtown are generally open minded, educated, well-traveled and, importantly, tolerant of each other. It doesn't sound like most of the haters here are even talking about Phoenix -- but, rather, the suburbs of Phoenix.
- —Guest ropyro
please go home!!!
- I'm a native Phoenician and all I have to say is if you don't like it here, please go back to whatever hell hole you came from. The natives love our place spread out, quiet, Christian, cheaper and more polite. We love industry and small business, not liberal gobbly gook. You can tell a stranger when they mispronounce Tucson and Prescott. As for the comments about rude people, that's true only because those rude people tend to be from California, Mexico, New Jersey, Connecticut, etc. We don't need your kind here. Same thing goes with the bad drivers.
- —Guest native
Hate AZ With A Passion!
- I am a disabled nurse. I was educated and lived in Illinois for 46 years. I came here for health reasons for myself and my child, a disabled adult son. It has proved to be the worst mistake of my life. Access to competent healthcare is rare. Do not get sick here! Good luck if you need an emergency room, 6-12hr waits. This is the worst run state. The government could care less about intelligent design or public services. The Phoenix metropolitain area is a mess. Much is new here, but unorganized. They had the opportunity to study every city on Earth and get it right, but they blew it. I traveled here often, staying in resorts where everyone spoke English and there was customer service. I "Thought " AZ wa a great place o Live, turns out it is a great place to vacation and leave! Do not ever get sick or have long term illness or disability in AZ. I would never send my children to school here. I have never been around so many stupid people with such low standards. I miss Wheaton, Ill.
- —Guest Donna L.
Couldn't get out fast enough..
- I lived in Tempe/Phoenix area, worked there and detested it. Nothing but a vast waste land of strip malls, apt. complexes and uninspiring neighborhoods. The summers are ungodly. People walked around like zombies and the drivers were the worst I've ever encountered and I've lived in quite a few places. Everyone drove like they were on a perpetual vacation (stopping at green lights was a common practice). I know there are many transplants there, and transients so I'm guessing this is the reason no one seemed to give a s*** about anyone else. It's true that blue skies and sunshine prevail but every day just seemed to blend into another. Most people I encountered said they loved Phoenix. Well, you can have it. I got out and will never set foot into that hell hole again.
- —Guest Linda F.
Love AZ
- I've lived many places in the U.S.& fell in love with AZ when I came here to work in 2005. People who think Phoenix is too hot in summer, try driving up to Flag or Page for a weekend. I love the sunsets here, the diversity of people & cultures, the desert wide-open space, herds of elk spotted up near Payson, going for a swim in February, the botanical garden, the Heard - too many things to list.
- —Guest camille
HATE IT
- I HATE PHOENIX AND WISH I NEVER MOVED HERE FOR SCHOOL... I CANT WAIT TILL IM DONE SO I CAN LEAVE! I HATE IT THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY
- —Guest NAT
Phoenix Drivers
- My husband and I just returned from a six day visit to Phoenix, during which time we drove pretty much all over the metro area. The person on this posting who was so enraged about Phoenix drivers must have spent his life to date in Mayberry USA. Try driving in Atlanta, Miami or just about anywhere in Texas and watch your life flash in front of your eyes every five minutes. We found the road system around Phoenix well-kept, well-marked and easy to navigate. There was the normal distribution of bad drivers but nothing remotely similar to the savage hordes I've seen elsewhere.
- —Guest Mandy Cat
Love it
- wow, i read a everyones response and im shocked.so many people said that there is nothing to do and i totally dissagre.Others said that if you don't have friends you'll feel lonely,well duh.If you don't have friends of course you'll be lonely. All i have to say is that I LOVE IT HERE.
- —Guest dany
HATE IT AND THE PEOPLE ARE ALL IDIOTS!!
- IF you like this HELL's sand box, well then I say more power to ya!! This hellish sandbox full of moronic idiots who have not a brain cell to spare can savor the demon breath of this city and fade away with it as it gets swallowed up by the devil himself!! You can tell the immediate IQ of a city by the way it people are on the roads. Here in the Phoenix metro area, the majority of people drive without care and act very selfish on our roads. Now, if they had a cell in their brains to spare, I'm sure they would begin to realize that they have been being self-centered morons and work on cleaning up their act. I will say that there IS beauty in this city... but it is all of the Moronic people here that ruin its spirit. And then we have the people whom are out to prove what they think is right and try to convince all of their friends and family to move here. Well, don't you think we have enough MORONS here??? But then again... these people ARE morons and they can't think!! Take Care!!
- —Guest Ron
Wonderful Place to Live
- I moved to AZ in 2006 from WV, and I Love it here. I would not trade it for any other city in the USA to live. I love the nice winters, I do not mind the heat because I hate the freezing cold and ice, and snow. There is so much to do here, and most of the malls are Great too, The city also pays more money and there are lots of jobs here also. All cities have there good and bad areas to live, but you have to do your research and find the safest location within the city to live. All I hear people saying from WV is: "It is too Hot in AZ, it is brown and ugly, no green", well I disagree with all those people, because they are afraid of positive change, and they would rather stay in their current bad situation than to relocate to a better location. Crime: Well crime is everywhere, even in small states/cities like Charleston,WV. Visit for 4 days in June and was 5 murders, with very small population too. If people are smart, they would move to AZ, Phoenix,Chandler, etc..and Have a Good Life
- —Dollieo
best place I've lived
- I've lived in 19 cities all over the world and this is the only place I've ever wanted to stay. The Phoenix metro area in particular and Arizona in general have a great deal to offer. Lots to do, great weather (most of the time), low cost of living compared to both coasts and comparitively low crime rate (I moved here from Philly). I feel really lucky to live and work here.
- —randdrake
LOVE IT!
- I moved to the Scottsdale area in 2003 from Las Vegas after my divorce. Jobs r great, great shopping & restaurants. Moved back to Vegas in 2006 to bear near family, but CANT WAIT TO MOVE BACK! I MISS IT SOOOO MUCH! Hopefully with a little saving, I will be able to return there with my family following in early 2010. ;)
- —Guest MICHELLE O.
HATE IT!!!!
- Maybe it's because i come from NY, i find AZ to be boring. If you go to take the kids to the park, the swings are burning hot, so are the slides and everything else. Why dont they put water sprinklers in all the parks for the kids or shade the parks? There's not much to do but hike, play golf and go to the casino....BORING!!!
- —Guest Ida
Came as a child in 1970
- It's just a shame that there are so many unhappy people living in the world. I was raised here in Arizona and I love and adore where I live. It's a beautiful and sacred place. I actually love the heat. I wish that we could go back to being a quiet city. And I'm sick and tired of people moaning and groaning about our city. Just please leave and never come back!
- —Guest D Christopher
some kind of idiot??
- whoever wrote the complaint about Phoenix must have been living in a slum warehouse and didn't see 95% of the city, much less all the beautiful areas surrounding the city, not to mention the rest of this beautiful state. AZ has so many choices you just have to look around to find some of them. The poor pathetic idiot who wrote the complaint just missed out. Oh well, we already have too many people here who don't make the effort to appreciate the area. Let some of them move away.
- —Guest mike
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