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MTI · #31 09-23-2012, 12:54 PM

Then again, there is the oft given advice . . . buy low, etc. Depending on the property, I believe that the PHX market has either hit or come close to bottom and is rising.

From Forbes, September 19. 2012

Phoenix, one of the hardest-hit cities during the bust, has roared back this year. Though many sales are still in the distressed category, median prices are through the roof – up 25 percent in the past 12 months. Inventory is down nearly 30 percent, and houses that are listed sell in a median 48 days.

Dudesky · #32 09-23-2012, 12:57 PM

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Welcome to the land of Black Widow spiders, scorpions, rattle snakes as big around as your arm, centipedes that drop off the ceiling into your scrambled eggs. Coyotes and bobcats that will jump the 7 ft. block wall of your beige stucco home and eat your quivering little dog sleeping on the patio. Please prepare to add an hour each direction to your daily commute, no matter where you live.
If you've never experienced allergies in the past, you'll now have an opportunity to develop them, most newcomers do. There are plenty of allergist MDs though, if you don't mind the wait.
Night time august lows in 90's. Walk outside your freezing cold air conditioned home at 3 a.m. and immediately break a sweat.
The winter smog inversions are pretty special. The sun turns such a pretty yellow color.
If you don't carry a weapon, you probably ought to consider it. Cheap plastic semi auto pistols in 9mm are the number one fashion accessory in the Valley Of The Sun, and are easily obtainable by pretty much anyone tall enough to see over the counter at gun shops on nearly every corner.
You'll love it there.
No, really.

For crawling or two legged vermin?

elchivito · #33 09-23-2012, 12:58 PM

Everything in Flagstaff costs 20 percent more than it does anywhere else in the state, except for real estate, which is half again as much. This is because people in Flagstaff apparently produce poo that has no odor, and college students can afford 5 dollar coffee with daddy's moolah.
There is some good beer made up there though, and a nice mesquite smoked whiskey. So there's that.
Check out KNAU the local NPR station's excellent multi part broadcast "Poverty With A View".
"Poverty with a View" Podcast : NPR Podcasts

elchivito · #34 09-23-2012, 01:00 PM

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For crawling or two legged vermin?

More like a fashion statement. More idiots with guns down there than you could lay down with a drum magazine. You see the dipsticks everywhere, in their tails-out, baggy "shoot me first shirts".

pj67coll · #35 09-23-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by elchivito

Everything in Flagstaff costs 20 percent more than it does anywhere else in the state, except for real estate, which is half again as much. This is because people in Flagstaff apparently produce poo that has no odor, and college students can afford 5 dollar coffee with daddy's moolah.
There is some good beer made up there though, and a nice mesquite smoked whiskey. So there's that.
Check out KNAU the local NPR station's excellent multi part broadcast "Poverty With A View".
"Poverty with a View" Podcast : NPR Podcasts

I know the place is expensive. Places that are nice to be usually are.

- Peter.

MTI · #36 09-23-2012, 01:09 PM

She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way and how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand or a place to hide

biking4jesus · #37 09-23-2012, 01:16 PM

going to be in the gilbert area if i can. or chandler.

definitely renting for about a year, before we make any buy decisions...

elchivito · #38 09-23-2012, 01:27 PM

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I know the place is expensive. Places that are nice to be usually are.

- Peter.

Nice.
If you say so.

panZZer · #39 09-23-2012, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by elchivito

Everything in Flagstaff costs 20 percent more than it does anywhere else in the state, except for real estate, which is half again as much. This is because people in Flagstaff apparently produce poo that has no odor, and college students can afford 5 dollar coffee with daddy's moolah.
There is some good beer made up there though, and a nice mesquite smoked whiskey. So there's that.
Check out KNAU the local NPR station's excellent multi part broadcast "Poverty With A View".
"Poverty with a View" Podcast : NPR Podcasts

Ive heard it refired to as The flagstaff ripoff on citiview.com

kmaysob · #40 09-23-2012, 04:19 PM

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More like a fashion statement. More idiots with guns down there than you could lay down with a drum magazine. You see the dipsticks everywhere, in their tails-out, baggy "shoot me first shirts".

Say what?? Sure lots of people carry here. Its our rights. Its not very often i see open carry. If it bothers you so much why do you live here?

kmaysob · #41 09-23-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by biking4jesus

going to be in the gilbert area if i can. or chandler.

definitely renting for about a year, before we make any buy decisions...

my inlaws live in gilbert. def a nice area. do be prepared for scorpions though.

elchivito · #42 09-23-2012, 10:02 PM

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Say what?? Sure lots of people carry here. Its our rights. Its not very often i see open carry. If it bothers you so much why do you live here?

First, of course it's your right. Second, I'm not talking about open carry per se. I'm making light of all the doofuses who think they're concealing when it's patently obvious that they have a weapon.
Third, it doesn't "bother" me. Commenting on something you've observed, even if commenting in a negative fashion doesn't necessarily mean it "bothers" me.. Frankly, if all the ill-trained and inexperienced numnuts gun owners in Arizona's most populous places got together and had pistol practice on each other, my state would be better off. Have at it. Go to town, knock yourselves out.
I use guns all the time, not at pistol ranges where I have to pay people for the privilege of shooting at paper targets. A gun is constantly with me on this place and I have used one often, as recently as a few nights ago, on a predator.
Fourth, in case you haven't been reading ALL THE WORDS, I don't live in the valley.

Jim B. · #43 09-23-2012, 11:56 PM

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I've had family in Phoenix since before statehood, and personally remember it from the 50s. It's not grown up in a particularly nice way as far as I'm concerned. Maybe part of the problem is it seems that lots of folks moved there not for the valley itself, but for economic reasons. As a result there's no real identity to the place.
If for some inexplicable reason I had to live in an AZ town, Tucson would be my choice I believe. Older. More sense of place.

Yah, I rather liked the East side of Tucson. Especially when snow covered the Saguaro cacti!

Going up to Mt Lemon to esape the July Tucson heat was always a treat. o "valley fever" issues up there either.

I always loved driving north from Phoenix up through the Black Canyon to Flag.

Sedona was especially beautiful, but it reminded me a lot of Carmel, at least the CBD part - it seemed too "precious", like it knew what it was...

The old territorial capitol, was pretty neat. I almost moved there in the late1980's. But I hear it was about to be "discovered"- with the predictable attendant results....

The Arizonans I knew as friends, all liked to vacation in Pinetop or hop over to San Diego for their "ocean fix", a surprisingly quick straight shot West on 8. I have been meaning to get down to Rocky Point in Mexico, across the southern border, Puerto Peñasco is supposed to be really fun and pretty affordable and safe too.

pj67coll · #44 09-24-2012, 12:31 AM

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Nice.
If you say so.

Nice, in terms of it's climate and outdoor recreational opportunities as opposed to Phoenix. Though the traffic congestion does suck. A constricted road network too small for the populace, about on a par with Tucson in that regard. Despite Phoenix's size it's almost better than both Tucson and Flag traffic wise, though that in itself is not sufficient reason to be here.

Folks have mentioned Scorpions. I'm currently waging war on them myself. Just killed a whopper about an hour ago. That's about eight in the last month.

- Peter.

elchivito · #45 09-24-2012, 09:27 AM

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Yah, I rather liked the East side of Tucson. Especially when snow covered the Saguaro cacti!

Going up to Mt Lemon to esape the July Tucson heat was always a treat. o "valley fever" issues up there either.

I always loved driving north from Phoenix up through the Black Canyon to Flag.

Sedona was especially beautiful, but it reminded me a lot of Carmel, at least the CBD part - it seemed too "precious", like it knew what it was...

The old territorial capitol, was pretty neat. I almost moved there in the late1980's. But I hear it was about to be "discovered"- with the predictable attendant results....

The Arizonans I knew as friends, all liked to vacation in Pinetop or hop over to San Diego for their "ocean fix", a surprisingly quick straight shot West on 8. I have been meaning to get down to Rocky Point in Mexico, across the southern border, Puerto Peñasco is supposed to be really fun and pretty affordable and safe too.

It's safe. I've been going there since I was a kid. It's hurting some now, PP's economy follows Arizona / Ca more than it does the rest of Mexico. Huge RE crash there too. Good condo deals.