Reviews & Comments
Prescott, AZ
Calizona -
4/24/2008Prescott might have been a nice, quiet town decades ago, but right now it's a different story. I am trying to be objective here.
House prices are outrageous, more expensive than in Phoenix. To find one with a lot, you'd have to go North-West, drive a bunch and you'll need a water well. Which may easily run dry in 10 yrs. Then what? Most of the houses are on the hill-side with steep driveways and minimal/no backyard.
At least 50% of people and maybe 90% or retirees are from California - and it shows. I haven't seen so many rude drivers, it's unbelievable. They think they own everything here.
The tattoo/teeth ratio here is very high. I don't know why, but I haven't seen so many trashy people in a small, nice town. The number of smokers seem to be way higher than other places, too.
There are very few roads due to the mountains and the Indian Reservation, I guess. But for a town of 40,000 the traffic is very bad. There are just not enough roads to get to places.
Not for people with cedar=juniper allergies.
No Harley dealership despite having so many bikers.(this may not interest too many of you...)
The positives: nice downtown, temperatures are OK, although it's still in the 30's at night (end of April). Very dry climate. Clean air. Services are OK. Lakes are nice.
Harlingen, TX
Nice, relaxing place to be -
12/23/2006Harlingen is 40 mins from South Padre Island whis was recently rated the 5th best beach in the continental US. It's clean (the beach and the water) and it's almost never crowded.
People are nice, helpful. In Harlingen it's 70% Hispanic. Cost of living is cheap.
CLimate is subtropical, hot, dry summers with humidity. In winter it freezes only maybe every 10yrs. It's comparable to south Florida, but we get most of our rain in the wintertime and fall, but we get about half of the amount.
You get a Southwestern feel mixed with the tropics. SO if you can't make up your mind, you can get both. And only here.