Detroit in the desert meets mad max
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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 freely. also, the homeless's base camps are on public transportation systems and stops, especially the light rail system STAY AWAY! it’s downright lawlessness and you are guaranteed to get harassed!! Third, I don’t want to make this in any way about politics but there is a very LARGE illegal immigrant infestation here, it’s a major culture shock, lots of people don’t speak English and have gotten used to their culture being the way of life here, some parts of west and south phoenix look like Tijuana, these people have also managed to turn certain public areas like parks, malls, and neighborhoods into what their home countries look like, they have also overrun the hospitals and have overwhelmed the school systems with their abundance in kids it’s an absolute mess! And taxpayers must foot the bill. Fourth, add up everything I have mentioned so far and what are you bound to get???? you guessed it the lovely ramifications of an OUT OF CONTROL CRIME AND DRUG EPEDEMIC its Detroit in the desert meets mad max and these people can have it! Our summers are amazingly wonderful if you’re looking to visit the 7th realm of hell, it drags out into mid-October, be prepared to have the summertime blues from being indoors from the months of June through early/mid-October due to the fact that it’s too hot to do anything, don’t even try going to a public pool or the lake during this time the crowds will make you run back home. the only thing you will be able to do is stay indoors and run your A/C unit into overdrive trying to survive then paying the hefty bill. The only somewhat positive note is that the cost of living might be slightly lower compared to other states on the west coast but everything has gone up and will continue to go up in price annually due to the overcrowded issue and Californians alone moving here and adding onto it, they are also followed by their wonderful investment real estate agents that do nothing but wreak havoc on our housing market for their own profits then head back to CA leaving us with nothing but higher costs in rent and housing. I will end this review by saying phoenix is turning into L.A number 2 just without a beach and 20 degrees hotter. crowded everything, Hellfire heat, out of control traffic, lawlessness, homelessness, crime, drugs, illegal aliens, and overall horrendous people are enough to make me literally forget anything potentially positive about living here. I'm leaving this hellhole by the end of the year this place has sucked the life out of me, this dump is an absolutely terrible place to be! DON'T COME HERE WHATEVER YOU DO!!!!!!!
james | Tempe, AZ