Review of Phoenix, Arizona


Missing Upstate NY
Star Rating - 1/11/2010
I just moved to Phoenix from Upstate NY (Utica). Obviously Phoenix is one hundred times bigger than Utica but so far I like Phoenix. Don't get me wrong, I miss home, but not as much as I thought I would. The people here seem nice, but of course the cost of living is a tab bit more than what it is back east. I haven't experienced the excessive heat yet but I'm sure my opinion of Phoenix will change by then.
Dean | Phoenix, AZ
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I would think the cost of living would be more in NY.
Jim | Portland, OR | Report Abuse

Dean, I did the opposite as you. I lived in Phoenix ten years ago before moving to Virginia. I now live in Syracuse, and I am thinking about moving back to Phoenix. When I look back I realize I had a great time living there, and after comparing the two, there really is something to that whole "dry heat" thing. You're going to get homesick; it's only natural. Look at it this way: which would you rather complain about: 120 degrees which can be releived by jumping in your pool, or two feet of snow?
John | Chantilly, VA | Report Abuse
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