It can be pretty cool if you make it so.
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8/19/2018
I lived here 5 years in the 90's and a couple months in '13 and '18. Bert's review seems dated. Downtown and uptown have quite a few high rise and low rise buildings. Downtown has undergone some redevelpoment with housing, nightlife and an ASU satellite campus. Tempe does not have very much of a nightlife anymore since most clubs are now in downtown scottsdale and phx. Sprawl and redevelpoement in the last 20 years is amazing. But places like downtown Mesa have high vacancy, even the extention of light rail.
I liked it and hated all at the same time. The heat is extreme,, and relentless if you work outdoors ( I am in the construction industry) . The surrounding mountains are beautiful and make commuting entertaining. Traffic is bad if you don't arrange a reverse commute ( I always do) or work close to home. Home prices south of squaw peak are soaring and unjustified.
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