Phoenix, AZ is one of the most vibrant cities in the United States. It has a lot to offer visitors and local residents alike, from its stunning desert landscape to its lively nightlife and entertainment. The city is known for its many cultural attractions, including museums, art galleries, performing arts venues, and architectural wonders. Visitors can also enjoy a variety of outdoor activities such as golf, biking trails, hiking trails, and more. Phoenix is also a great place to shop – from traditional malls to unique boutiques offering locally made goods. People visiting Phoenix for the first time often find that locals are friendly and welcoming.
Reviews of Phoenix are overwhelmingly positive; it consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in the United States. People love its sunny weather and diverse population; they praise its thriving business climate and low cost of living; they enjoy all the great amenities that come with living in such a vibrant city; and they appreciate its proximity to other amazing destinations like Sedona or Flagstaff. The only downsides are that it tends to be quite expensive when it comes to housing costs compared to other parts of the country. All in all though, Phoenix offers something for everyone – no matter what you're looking for!
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No real seasons...just hot and hotter. Lol - 7/29/2019
I’ve lived in Phoenix Metro for the majority of my life. I love the winters but I hate the summers. But the winters don’t get cold enough to really feel like a winter very often. I have sweaters that I haven’t worn in ages because it’s too warm here even in December and January. We also don’t get your typical 4 seasons here. We get Summer, Fall and Spring. Fall moves right into spring. Summer seems to last at least half of the year. It is sunny almost every single day of every year. Rain storms happen but not very often.
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Not Terrible, Not Amazing - Just Simply Livable - 7/26/2019
In 2007, after I finished graduate school, I accepted a job in Phoenix, packed my bags, and drove across country from a small town in Indiana. I hadn’t even visited Phoenix before and coming from a town of 5K people, I considered the experience to be absolutely terrifying. I knew no one, had zero support, and was completely alone. And when I got out of my car in late July after pulling into the apartment complex my boss helped me find, I said to myself:
“What the hell have I just done?”
Being here 12 years and having become well acquainted with all areas of the city, there are a lot of pros and cons.
One of my biggest concerns with moving here was that I would be considered a Midwestern “outsider” that would struggle to fit in. Although I quickly discovered that many people are in the exact same position. Yes, there are native residents, but there’s also a good chunk of individuals that migrated from somewhere else - either due to a dislike of
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What happened to Phoenix?! - 6/3/2019
I give Phoenix 2 stars because we have family here and also, because there’s no tornados. I’ve lived in Phoenix for 38 years, since the age of 2. I’ve always loved it here before it grew into this overpopulated chaos it is in now. In 2017 alone, Maricopa County became the home of 74,000, in 1 year! (that’s 202 people a day). More population brought rush hour from tolerable to nightmarishly impossible, more crime, more car accidents, 38,571 found illegally crossing our border in 2019. You can’t buy a decent house in a decent neighborhood under $350,000, and that’s being modest. Electric bill rates have even increased. I once was proud to call this state my home but dream of living somewhere else.
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How a nice city can turn chaotic overnight - 6/3/2019
I give it 2 stars because my husbands family is here and because we don’t get earthquakes or tornados. I’ve lived in Phoenix for 38 years and loved Phoenix until noticing over the past 5 years it started to get overpopulated. In 2017 alone, Maricopa County was the fastest growing county in the nation, gaining 74,000 residents. Rush hour traffic went from tolerable to nightmarishly impossible! More crime, higher inflation on houses, electric bills, food, etc. You can’t even buy a decent looking house in a decent neighborhood for under $300,000. I’d say that Phoenixes heydays are long gone and we’ve been in a drought for 19 years. ??
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SHAME ON PHOENIX - 5/13/2019
Having to visit Phoenix again after several years WHAT A SHOCK! The west side of Phoenix is a very run down, trashy, filthy area with a crime ridden area not safe for anyone. Sadly the unfortunate homeless people sleep on the streets everywhere it is NOT SAFE to walk around this part of the city and if you do you are constantly being badgered by street folk but more than that it is dangerous,It is very evident this city DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ITS HOMELESS POPULATION. My gosh old ladies sleeping on the sidewalks with no place to go and no way to get there and trash everywhere. Citizens of Phoenix wake up your leaders are letting your city down. The city leaders and those in office of this city should hang their heads in
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Why Phoenix has outgrown itself - 4/16/2019
I've been a resident of Phoenix since 1960. I have lived in North, west, and central city. Several years ago, the water services people had to repair the water main, which runs across the front of my yard. Water was boiling up in the street. It took sometime for them to come out and accomplish the repair, all the while dirt was being washed out and ran down the street. After the fix, they back filled the trench, and never compacted the soil. The trench ran under the curb, sidewalk, and corner of my driveway. I notified them that at some future point, everything would settle and crack, and they could fix it then. Well, last year, they came out and fixed 25 feet of curbing, sidewalk, and street. But they would not fix the broken corner of my driveway. They threw away more material than it would have required, and it would have been the cheapest way to fix it while they had the tools, material, and people here. They wanted me to contact "RISK MANAGEMENT", who required estimates from
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From the Windy City to a Desert Paradise! - 12/4/2018
30 years old--moved here from Chicago and have been living here for 5 years. I live in North Phoenix and absolutely love it. 15 min from downtown, where you can ALWAYS find parking. There are tons of cool restaurant and bars around central phoenix. The weather is hot in the summer but beats the humidity and hot summers of Chicago any day. The lakes (saguaro lake is my favorite) and the salt river are great summer activities to cool off. You legit see wild horses on the river and the mountains around you are gorgeous! There are tons of farmers markets, craft/art fairs, coffee shops and unique establishments. Traffic is only terrible in the winter (snow birds) if you're driving during rush hour but still way better than the expressway traffic in Chicago. There are community gardens all around the city, and tons of mom and pop shops. You can find Chicago pizza, legit Mexican food, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Italian, Cuban and anything else your heart desires because Phoenix is a
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The One Positive Review I Know. - 10/26/2018
I want to start off saying that I think James from Tempe did a very thorough analytical look at what life is like in Phoenix---or Tempe, as that's where he's a current resident.
From what I've experienced of Phoenix my first year being here is I have found support programs to be very helpful for getting on my feet, though still limited by funds to a degree.
2) The suburbs like Glendale, even Goodyear, possibly Peoria, or most of North Phoenix, are overall quiet for the most part, laidback, and personally I wouldn't have it any other way for starting out a new life.
3) Crime is a serious thing in all of Phoenix, less bad in the suburbs, again, and I'm not going to embellish it but if you read bing news and type in Phoenix AZ, you'll see crime is not insanely sky-high as some commenters would like you to believe.
4) I believe there is potential to be had and anyone can find their potential here (not talking about getting a Walmart job), but I've met
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Detroit in the desert meets mad max - 9/18/2018
I've lived in AZ for 8 years now and I absolutely do NOT recommend moving here, a fools paradise indeed!! first, let me start off by saying what everyone else is saying: it’s extremely overcrowded! Traffic is insane, and the people alone are enough to make you want to run, most everyone is very very very rude, extremely standoffish, having no moral principles, and will fight you for every inch of everything from traffic lanes, to parking spots, to a place in line at a movie theater, or a grocery store. These people are scavenging grubbers! and you are bound to have an altercation at some point unless you just let them get what they want and move on. Second, the homeless population is disgustingly out of control!! no matter what part of town you’re in they will have their share of people drunk or high on drugs that are living at bus stops, sleeping on the sidewalks, talking to themselves and randomly yelling, it’s EXTREMELY unsafe and the police seem to just let these people roam
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Why live in Phoenix? - 9/8/2018
I lived in Phoenix for over 13 years, my husband was born and raised in Buckeye. Let's not forget the MAJOR COMPLAINT of living in Phoenix (or most parts of AZ): HEAT. The temperatures are rising, and as Phoenix continues to build, the heat will only increase (think “concrete jungle”). When it’s 115 degrees outside, you can’t even get into your car after it’s been in the parking lot for an hour. Don’t kid yourself, it is extremely hot between May and October. Hey, if it’s 100 degrees on Halloween, for anyone stating October is nice month, you have a very strange idea of nice weather. In the summer, you become a prisoner of your own house. Pool water doesn’t cool down enough to be comfortable in July/August. And, be prepared to spend a lot on A/C. Plus, there really aren’t any real seasons. Even summer all year long gets old. 300 days of sunshine comes with a price. Here are a few more things about Phoenix and the surrounding area that I’m not a fan of:
1. Brown, beige,
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