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Mesa, AZ is a great city to visit and explore. It has something for everyone, from family fun activities like the Mesa Arts Center, to outdoor adventures like Usery Mountain Regional Park. The city is also known for its lively nightlife scene, with popular bars and clubs scattered throughout the downtown area. For those looking for a more cultural experience, Mesa is home to several museums and galleries that offer a unique look into Arizona’s past.
The reviews of Mesa are generally quite positive. People love its variety of activities and its vibrant culture. Visitors appreciate how easy it is to get around town thanks to its convenient public transportation system. The food options are diverse, ranging from local dives to upscale restaurants. They also enjoy the friendly atmosphere that can be felt in every corner of the city. There are plenty of places where locals mingle with visitors and share stories about their city's history. All in all, you can't go wrong when visiting Mesa!
based on 61 ReviewsGet to know Mesa with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Mesa
Good city, and well planned for it's Urban Renewal - 4/8/2024
Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to be Redeveloped badly, also there is solid transportation in Central and West Mesa. East Mesa and Southeast Mesa is a growing part of the city, and the City Council does an excellent job of staying on top of all the problems residents have and they are very communicative as a whole. There is tons of good Ice Cream places, Restaurants, and even Downtown is starting to renew itself with new buildings coming online in the coming months especially with Melody On Main.
I will say that Mesa in contrast to many cities and towns has good staffing when it comes to Public Safety and also has excellent programs to help the homeless who are down on their luck to rehab in society. They also have an eye for the future with approvals for Fiber Internet, Water Storage smart meters, Cybersecurity investment for the city
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Building Back Greater. - 11/16/2023
As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the reviews you have read were true at some point but no longer, such as
Crime & Homeless- Yes it did exist back in the day, it was an issue but over time things have cooled down over the last decade and crime is much smaller than it used to be. Also there was a homeless issue for almost 3 to 4 years especially on Alma School & Baseline, but i can say Police and Nonprofits have worked together to help find them a home, rehabilitate them and eventually either get a job or be sent back to their home state to see their families instead of arresting their way out of the problem. Success rate is high at 80% and i have not seen that as an issue since then driving in the area anymore.
Grocery Stores, Failing Areas, And Lack of Retail options- I can say that Mesa has great areas like the Asian District of
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Worth a read before moving - 9/13/2021
I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start having families at 16, and getting married by 18. Oh that STD are seriously something that nobody discusses, but Arizona has the highest rate of it, you think they would. Jobs are under payed for what living expenses are really, my boyfriend and I share a one bedroom apartment for 700sq ft for $1300 and my SRP bill on the saving plans $220, grocery that are healthy and not bad for one week $150. The air quality for people who have COPD and Asthma, this isn’t the place. Also back to saying people don’t care at the top, people can still get into Walmart wearing a chastity belt, during renaissance festival!
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It's always darkest before the dawn. - 4/26/2019
My in-laws are huge Meza fans , it might be because their last name is Meza. We have our own Americaucasionispanic cultura.Thats pronounced Americ_aucasion_ispanic,
genes. This is a perfect place for a Tesla
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Beware of Police - 12/13/2017
Mesa police department is out of control. I do not recommend living here. They get away with killing innocent, unarmed, compliant people. Google Daniel Shafer.
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A poor place to live... - 12/9/2016
I've been living here in Mesa for the past 20 years or so and I can tell you firsthand it's a terrible place to live. Nice schools. Okay neighborhoods. They are closing most of the grocery stores and have closed practically all of the candle factories in the city due to a lack of demand, apparently. When I first moved here, if you wanted a job near home the candle factories were always hiring, but now it's changing. Also it is not a safe place for pets. The residents are extremely careless drivers and dead dogs or cats on the roadsides is a fairly common site. Feral cats are also a pressing issue in many neighborhoods where the cats breed without limits or intervention. The city needs to donate some time and money to clearing up some of the feral colonies here. People and kids occasionally take one home but the majority continue to breed and overpopulate. Close to Phoenix, Chandler, Tempe, Scottsdale, Mesa is considered part of the greater Phoenix area. I would not recommend it to
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HOT HOT HOT, long commutes to get anywhere, crime - 6/30/2016
Lived in Mesa, AZ for 18 years, having moved there from Iowa. Lived in the 85210 and 85202 zip codes, near Dobson Ranch area for many years, owned several residential rental properties as well. Worked in Phoenix and I will say commuting anywhere in the Phoenix Metro area is an absolute nightmare, doesn't matter how dark your window tint is, you will roast in your car and it takes over an hour to drive the approximate 20 miles to Phoenix during morning and evening rush hour traffic, so be sure to plan that in to your day. Mesa was OK, it was one of the more affordable suburbs and having no children, I wasn't worried about the school systems. We lived in 2 different planned communities (Rancho Del Mar and Park Place) and neighbors in both areas were OK, not too friendly but not too stand-offish. Not the friendly neighborhoods like I experienced in Iowa. The economy tanked in 2008 and Mesa seemed to be having a rough time recovering from that, grocery stores and shopping centers had
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Mormons - Extremely Honest - 5/25/2015
Just so you know, in one comment on here someone said that Mormons are money laundering. That is completely false. Their religion expressly prohibits dishonesty. Mormons are extremely friendly, great neighbors and extremely honest. Meza does have a population of Mormons, which makes it a great place to live. They create safe neighborhoods and "good" kids
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Decent - 4/8/2015
We recently moved to Arizona from northern Virginia (right outside of DC). We love it here, however, the cost of living was not as low as we expected. Sales tax is higher, groceries are comparable. If you are buying a home, you will find that it is much less expensive however, if you are planning to rent, it is not much less than NOVA.
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Mesa AZ - 3/31/2015
Mesa will seem more like a neighborhood than an actual city. For those of us who live in Mesa, we typically drive to other places nearby to work, shop, and eat. Mesa downtown area is not quite yet developed into a real city downtown. But, in 15 min we are in Scottsdale or Gilbert where we can visit new malls & restaurants, and in 30 min or less be in downtown Phoenix or Chandler, where there are numerous places to work (tech, manufacturing,aerospace,healthcare), as well as to the airport.
If you are OK with driving a bit, you can have what you are looking for. Mesa itself is very diverse. There is an upscale area with beautiful homes in the orange groves, NE Mesa with higher altitude and more open spaces, scenic views and upscale homes, SE Mesa with new homes and schools which appeal to new homeowners, in addition the historic downtown Mesa area (where higher crime exists).
Northeast Mesa is ideal, an easy drive up north on the Beeline highway to northern areas where the
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