Thoughts on living in or moving to Arizona

[PredatorX]

For guys that moved into AZ or have lived there even what are your general thoughts on living in AZ?

I’ve have visited AZ 4-5 times and the big draw is having more reasonable access to mountains while keeping the warden happy with warm weather.

In the Midwest and other places it seems like we have more rural opportunities to live in where in AZ it seems more condensed with less rural sprawl.

Right now for fun outside of hunting I can get out and cut timber, do some tractor work on the side etc. In AZ that does seem more limited however I guess my hobbies could change more into hiking scouting and more serious backpack hunting.

It might be hard living right on top of others as we are looking at northern phoenix, Scottsdale etc. Anyone else make this kind of a lifestyle move?

Or any regrets moving to AZ?

 

[BadDogPSD]

Summers in the valley can be tough. Big city, lots of traffic. Crime rates are fairly high. Absolutely gorgeous starting in October through March/early April.
Edit to add- I'm an AZ native but have not lived there since 1993.

 

[ctafoya]

Been in AZ for a long time. I love AZ, but I hate the valley. Crime, traffic, pollution, noise, police helicopters, basically LA 2.0. Get two hours outside of the valley its great! I used to travel for work and have been everywhere. I'll never leave, even if I don't ever make it out of the valley. I grew up in middle of nowhere NM where my closest neighbor was literally a mile away. To this day I'm still not used to hearing my neighbors worthless dog bark or seeing people when I look out my window.

To many opportunities for fun to even count. Two hours north and you're in the mountains, 6 hours west your ocean fishing. The summers are no joke. I stay in an RV park in the summer up north, I can't deal with the heat anymore.

 

[CorbLand]

I love AZ and would like to move there one day. No way would I do it if I had to live down in the Valley.