Review of Phoenix, Arizona


It's Unique...Not in a good way!
Star Rating - 8/11/2016
Thought I'd give you my opinion from somebody that moved from Upstate NY to Phoenix....I REGRET IT! The summers here are so hot that it's not even bearable to be outside from May to September. People here drive like jerks and idiots. The highways are a combination of retirees doing 55 and jerks in their pick ups doing 90...Speaking of jerks...lots of them around here...the gun toting, large truck driving, monster energy drink or NRA decal rocking "'Merican" types. The worst part for me is that everything here looks the same as far as neighborhoods and architecture. Beige, stucco everything. The streets here are basically set up in a grid system (north, south and east, west). Its literally strip mall....Gas station....Housing Tract...The redundancy and lack of uniqueness is mind numbing. If you blindfolded someone and dropped them off in a random area they would have no idea where they were if not for a street sign...Even the nice parts of town have shady run down areas sprinkled throughout. Many people here are sketchy, standoffish and rather ignorant...I hate it here. Cant wait to move.
Mac | Gilbert, AZ
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Look, I live in PHX, and I'm non fan of the place, BUT you never have to shovel snow here, and if you hate the way it's run, then please run for mayor like I am in 2019. Maybe we can stop the homeless from using the streets here as a toilet/trash can.
Angelisa | Phoenix, AZ | Report Abuse
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