Review of Phoenix, Arizona


Az. Sucks
Star Rating - 2/25/2013
I've lived in"The Valley Of The Sun" for most of my life. I've seen it go from a smaller city with a parimarily argricultural and tourist based economy to a pollution filled crime ridden over crowded barrio. Phoenix has no sense of history, preferring to tear down historic building rather than restore them. The older neighborhoods of Phoenix and it's suburbs are run down and again "barrios". Traffic is bad at best and public transportation is a joke.
The summers are getting longer and hotter, the winters shorter and warmer. Primarily due to the "Heat Island" effect rainfall had decreased and dust storms have almost become the norm.
David | Phoenix, AZ
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Hey Vito. Why is it that the only way that people can make Phoenix look good is by comparing to someplace that gets tons of snow every year. Theres plenty of places in the middle. Air quality is definately worse in phoenix. As far as crime, give it some time.
Robert | Glendale, AZ | Report Abuse

Tell you what. I'll trade places with you. You can come live in Chicago, where the crime, traffic, and everything else you mentioned is alot worse. Not to mention 6 months of winter. I'll take the heat over shoveling 6 inches of snow every other day when it's 10 degrees outside. Then when it finally warms up enough to stop snowing, around April, it rains for 3 more months.
Vito | Carol Stream, IL | Report Abuse
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