Clean, mostly safe suburb, great food options
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1/10/2021
I spent 4 years in Chandler, both in the central and southern (south of 202) parts. Central Chandler is the more “modest” (ghetto to some) part of the city for sure. My husband and I had just moved to central Chandler from the midwest and within one month, had a weapon pulled on us from a crazy black dude in the Fry’s parking lot one Saturday night. Great (and accurate) introduction to Phoenix in general.
Once we moved to the southern part of the city, our opinion of Chandler changed for the better pretty quickly. In general, Chandler has a great food culture and a decent amount of things to do. You don’t really need to leave Chandler for all your needs unless you want to venture out a bit. The mall is nice, housing is reasonable but getting higher because of Californians moving here in droves. But overall, it’s a nice, reasonably safe city if you avoid the questionable areas. Downtown is fun at night and great food options, granted you don’t stray too much off the beaten path into the barrio nearby. The buildings and homes were built within the last 20-30 years for the most part, and landscaping is obviously important to the city, so it’s pretty clean too. Just too crowded for my tastes anymore.
If I had to move back to the Phoenix area again, I’d head back to Chandler or even Gilbert.
Chelsea | Prescott Valley, AZ