Does AZ heat really feel that bad? (Phoenix, Scottsdale: rent , job)

[JDish2000]

Originally Posted by Clint_Noname

Flagstaff is too cold and has too much snow, and housing costs are extremely high. Prescott seems like a nice place to live, but the housing costs there are also extremely high.

I did some research, and I guess the best choices for me are western Arizona cities like Yuma and Lake Havasu City. They both have some of the lowest housing costs in the state, as well as low crime. These areas are considered by many of the people on this forum to be the armpits of the state, but I would gladly prefer an unattractive setting over the high crime and extremely rapid growth that you find in places like Phoenix and Tucson, as well as the flooding and horrible weather out here in the Midwest.

Try Wickenburg, AZ. It is just far away enough from the Phoenix Metro area that you should enjoy it there....

[xevian]

Originally Posted by sablebaby

Set your oven to 110 and step in for a while -- that's what it feels like! It's HOT!!!

OMG!!! No kiddin!!! Just set that oven at "110" just sit in front of the oven door!! "dont burn yourself but make sure your face is right there "as you open the door!!!" ROFLMAO!!! "feel that blasting heat on your face!!!" Thats considered a dry heat, now imagine 50% humidity ROFLMAO!!!! Thats no freakin damn lie!!! thats exactly how it is here!, and the temp has been known to get up to 117'in the valley (record temp!). Now in YUMA Arizona it can get as hot as ((120'!!!)) YUCK!!

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Good Luck!!

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by xevian

and the temp has been known to get up to 117'in the valley (record temp!). Now in YUMA Arizona it can get as hot as ((120'!!!)) YUCK!! [/color]

The record was 122 wasnt it?

[sablebaby]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

The record was 122 wasnt it?

I remember that day, so it has to be!

[esselcue]

Yes...122 in the shade

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by sablebaby

I remember that day, so it has to be!

Not to be "picky" but, it was not "DAY" - it was "DAYS"!

[esselcue]

You are right...that was a horrible heat wave and people died from it.

[MichaelinWA]

Yikes - I remember it well. I was living in Ahwatukee at the time. They were stopping flights from taking off at Sky Harbor. Even my eyeballs felt hot when I went outside.

[Ponderosa]

I played in a volleyball league back then. We played in the evening of that day and the temp was 118 still. It wasn't that bad as I recall. Humidity is only like 2-3% when it's that hot. 105 with 25% later in July is much harder to play in.

They sold t-shirts later that said "I took the heat. Phoenix 122, June 26, 1990". I never wore mine and still have it. I'm too fat for it now . Maybe that temp would bother me more today.

[mattyk]

Originally Posted by JDish2000

Try Wickenburg, AZ. It is just far away enough from the Phoenix Metro area that you should enjoy it there....

what i dont like about wickenburg though is that it gets hit hard by flooding. on the brighter side your right by beutiful lake pleasant, and you get a great monsoon season. also wickenburg is just as hot as phoenix. .