Moving to Phoenix! Tips and suggestions please

[erub]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
So much for Tempe Lake area, erub!!

I still hope to find a roommate to move into a house with in the next year...I was only going to sign a 6-month lease originally, but ended up going with a full year. oh well. I could possibly move into one of the 2BR units 6-months in if a manager lets me...the layout is perfect for my system and there's much more usable space.

Headed back to Michigan, posting from the airport (yay free wifi!)...be back for good in 1.5 weeks!

yep the Tempe Lake was looking a little pricey..decided to live on the Greenbelt in Old Town Scottsdale, hopefully its good

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Now that I'm back in Michigan, I have a good idea of the difference between a hot humid day and high dry heat in Phoenix...maybe things won't be that bad after all.

Wait till August! 30%-40% doesn't sound that bad...until you add in 116 degrees on top of it.

UHG!

Plus the painful mistake of trying to walk from your lounge chair to the pool. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD...IT BURNSES!

Seriously. I think I lost a layer of skin making a 6 foot trek across the pavement to get into the pool. The sun down there is like a direct pipe from the surface of the sun.

 

[EvilYoda]

heh...it'll just be something new to deal with

 

[EvilYoda]

Just signed my contract to move my crap down there...I guess I should start boxing up soon! Now to figure out what to do about a car...

 

[Bucks]

Originally posted by: erub

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
So much for Tempe Lake area, erub!!

I still hope to find a roommate to move into a house with in the next year...I was only going to sign a 6-month lease originally, but ended up going with a full year. oh well. I could possibly move into one of the 2BR units 6-months in if a manager lets me...the layout is perfect for my system and there's much more usable space.

Headed back to Michigan, posting from the airport (yay free wifi!)...be back for good in 1.5 weeks!

yep the Tempe Lake was looking a little pricey..decided to live on the Greenbelt in Old Town Scottsdale, hopefully its good

The night life in Old Town is good.

 

[EvilYoda]

I still wish that erub would've chosen to split a place with me...could've afforded some damn nice places with 2 people. Ah well!

It's raining in Michigan...I'm going to guess that Phoenix probably isn't

 

[rocadelpunk]

glad this thread is around! I'll be moving to Tempe pretty soon for grad school : ).

 

[Bucks]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
I still wish that erub would've chosen to split a place with me...could've afforded some damn nice places with 2 people. Ah well!

It's raining in Michigan...I'm going to guess that Phoenix probably isn't

Was a beautiful evening. 87F with ~10% humidity. :sun:

 

[EvilYoda]

Well look at that...yet another one sucked into the desert. Keep us updated on your move rocadelpunk! I'm hoping to have a few geeks to hang out with...something to balance out the bar scene and trying to "meet people". ugh.

 

[EvilYoda]

I'm in phoenix! Kind of slowly sinking that I won't be home any time soon. Stuff to do!

 

[queenrobot]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
I'm in phoenix! Kind of slowly sinking that I won't be home any time soon. Stuff to do!

Be careful with that excessive heat advisory!

 

[EvilYoda]

What a great start to the move...I went to Cost Co, realized that I didn't have enough cash, proceeded to leave while forgetting my brand new sunglasses in the cart. Let's hope that some decent person found them on the cart (I went back, found the cart with the scissors I had in it, no sunglasses) and will turn them in after shopping. bah.

 

[EvilYoda]

Any locals know where a few good Chinese markets are? I know there's Ranch 99 or whatever near the airport...I'm looking to check out every one that I can. Thanks!

 

[Bignate603]

The best asian market that I know of is Lee Lee's. It's supposedly the biggest one in the area.

2025 N. Dobson Road Chandler, AZ

 

[EvilYoda]

Sweet, that's probably just a 15-20 minutes drive for me, not too bad at all. Thanks bignate

Now I'm trying to figure out what to get with Qwest...kind of sucks that I don't have any choices here in terms of a provider. 7mbit...12mbit...(20mbit!?!?)