Should I move from Minnesota to Arizona??

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Drakkon
I live in Flagstaff, AZ and i love it here!!! 😀
I've had roomates from wisconsin that said they would never go back. Instead of the 4 or so months of decent weather you get there we get like 10 😛
The cost of living isnt that bad...not as bad as soemwhere like cali at least 😛 The biggest problem as I see out here is the water. Its almost like depending on the city/area you get different kinda of water...some thats drinkable and other thats just...not as drinkable but tolerable...
If you got kids the education system in az is sub-par right now. Our economy is crap due to a previous govn who really messed things up with letting people buy SUV...mod them to be less polluting...and the state pays for like a 1/4 of the sticker price or something liek that...needeless to say lots was lost and schools and universities here have had to suffer....
If u can stand those two things though I'd say AZ is the palce to be 🙂 In the next few years we can hope for the big quake that send cali into the sea and then it will be ocean front property 😀

My favorite thing about the midwest has to be the chance to experience all of the seasons. In AZ you will have one. Minnesota is my pick of the two.

You've obviously never been anywhere except phoenix...flagstaff, prescott, tucson, every other city in the state prettymuch ahs all 4 seasons. We also have lake havasu in spring....one that DOESN't cause lake effect snow and girls take their tops off at ALL year long 😛

There is virtually 0 high paying jobs and no employers in Flaggstaff and the cost of living is outrageous. The wife and I were looking at relocating back there but changed our minds after visiting.

I wouldn't call the cost of living outrageous, but yeah, there aren't a lot of jobs around here. Pretty much unless you run your own business or work at W.L. Gore, you're outta luck. You might get lucky like me and have a remote posting from a Fortune-100 company, but for the most part you're right.

Drakkon! How's it goin', Chris, that laptop treatin' you all right?

 

[Red Dawn]

Also keep in mind that if the Big One hits here in California you might only be a few minutes away from the Beach and the Pacific Ocean🙂

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Also keep in mind that if the Big One hits here in California you might only be a few minutes away from the Beach and the Pacific Ocean🙂

I thought you moved to the east coast? 😕

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Also keep in mind that if the Big One hits here in California you might only be a few minutes away from the Beach and the Pacific Ocean🙂

I thought you moved to the east coast? 😕

You thought wrong.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Also keep in mind that if the Big One hits here in California you might only be a few minutes away from the Beach and the Pacific Ocean🙂

I thought you moved to the east coast? 😕

You thought wrong.

Hmmm were you considering it at one point?

weird.

 

[Tripleshot]

Try San Diego, Calif for best all year weather. Or here where I live in Southern Utah, or perhaps Las Vegas, Nev. Not any snow to worry about, however,all three mentioned have had snow for a day as a result of El Nino. Phoenix or Tucson are nice, but before you move anywhere, be sure you have a good paying job (unless you are retired) before you move. Cost of living in any of these places sucks compared to the wages offered. It is not a job seekers market, and employers can get highly qualified people to work for minimum wage almost everywhere as a result of this pathetic economy we are forced to live under today.

 

[Daxxax]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Two years ago i moved from Minnesota to Arizona.

I love it. I call home and tease my dad because it has been in the 80s here recently, and they are getting 8-10 inches of snow.

The summers are hot, but it isn't as bad as the humidity of MN. Besides, i'll take 4 months of blazing heat, rather than 8 months of freezing temps.

The cost of living is actually much lower than MN (depending on where in MN you are and where in Phx you are).

If you have any more questions let me know. I'll probably never live in MN again...i love it here.

Thanks for all the replies guys, I think we are going to do it. We'll probably take a mini trip there this summer and scout the area out. My Uncle is a real-estate agent in the phoenix area so he should be able to give us the facts about housing. I will need to polish my resume up. The company I work for has jobs there but I'll still need to apply internally.