I know the technical answer. But this is ridiculous. It's October, and it's in the high 90's. I've lived here 10 years, so this isn't new to me. It's just frustrating. Autumn is my favorite time of year, and I'm so jealous that the rest of the country is moving into football weather, and we still have 90's! Years fly by too fast because you have no change of season to guage off of. Every year I think, "It's Christmas already?" I need to move.
Why is it so hot in AZ???
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My wife begs me every day to send resumes out so we can move. However, I work for Intel, which isn't a company you leave because you don't like the weather. We went to Flagstaff this weekend to see some fall foliage and go to a fall festival. What a joke. Arizonans rave about Flagstaff and the northern part of AZ as being this great place to get away, but it doesn't compare to the east coast. I'm from Indiana and my wife is from Pennsylvania, and the fall experience there is 10x what Flagstaff had to offer. I guess when all you know is the desert, Flagstaff looks pretty cool. :roll:
We went to a Halloween/Fall festival here in Phoenix last year, and it was laughable. They put out like 2 pumpkins, it's 90 degrees outside, and people are like "WOW, I love autumn."
I spent the weekend in Chandler and slept in a tent in my cousins' back yard. Beautiful sleeping weather, although it was still quite hot in the daytime.
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Originally posted by: Drakkon
I don't mind Flagstaff
If I could find a decent job, I'd move up to Prescott/Prescott Valley in a heartbeat. It's about the perfect sized town for me and doesn't get too hot, doesn't get too cold, actually has four seasons, and it's close to all kinds of great outdoorsy stuff to do.
Yeah, as I said, if it weren't for my job, I would be out of here. However, my career has a higher priority than weather preference (but it's damn close!). That's the other thing we hate. Not only do we miss out on fall, and have 65 degree Christmases, but everyone we know could care less. You feel like you're in a Twilight Zone episode. I think it's weird to not care about Autumn and winter. Arizonans (IMO) tend to rationalize the bad, to justify living here. (As well as chastise you for saying anything bad about AZ....see above.) They all like Mexican food, they love the heat, they hate snow, they decorate their house with southwestern motif, they claim to hate grass and prefer gravel yards, etc. There is NO WAY everyone here happens to prefer those things. It's learned behavior I tell ya.
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Originally posted by: Rob9874
Yeah, as I said, if it weren't for my job, I would be out of here. However, my career has a higher priority than weather preference (but it's damn close!). That's the other thing we hate. Not only do we miss out on fall, and have 65 degree Christmases, but everyone we know could care less. You feel like you're in a Twilight Zone episode. I think it's weird to not care about Autumn and get into the whole holiday spirit. Arizonans (IMO) tend to rationalize the bad, to justify living here. They all like Mexican food, they love the heat, they hate snow, they decorate their house with southwestern motif, they claim to hate grass and prefer gravel yards, etc. There is NO WAY everyone here happens to prefer those things. It's learned behavior I tell ya.
I grew up in Minnesota for the first 22 years of my life.
I don't like Xmas or the holidays so i don't get in the spirit no matter where i am at. I don't like mexican food, i don't mind the heat, i hate snow, Southwester motif is annoying as hell, I don't miss grass at all, and would rather have concrete everywhere or at least fake grass. I've felt this way about all of this since the day i moved here and haven't changed my opinion yet in three and a half years.
Originally posted by: pyonir
Originally posted by: Rob9874
Yeah, as I said, if it weren't for my job, I would be out of here. However, my career has a higher priority than weather preference (but it's damn close!). That's the other thing we hate. Not only do we miss out on fall, and have 65 degree Christmases, but everyone we know could care less. You feel like you're in a Twilight Zone episode. I think it's weird to not care about Autumn and get into the whole holiday spirit. Arizonans (IMO) tend to rationalize the bad, to justify living here. They all like Mexican food, they love the heat, they hate snow, they decorate their house with southwestern motif, they claim to hate grass and prefer gravel yards, etc. There is NO WAY everyone here happens to prefer those things. It's learned behavior I tell ya.
I grew up in Minnesota for the first 22 years of my life.
I don't like Xmas or the holidays so i don't get in the spirit no matter where i am at. I don't like mexican food, i don't mind the heat, i hate snow, Southwester motif is annoying as hell, I don't miss grass at all, and would rather have concrete everywhere or at least fake grass. I've felt this way about all of this since the day i moved here and haven't changed my opinion yet in three and a half years.
Typical.
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