What do you like or dislike most about Arizona compared to California or surrounding states, temperatures and climate no

[dejonzac]

Moved to Yavapai AZ and still loving the landscape, the beauty. Lots of trees, flowers, bushes. Small farmers providing good eggs, cheese, meat, honey. Beautiful winter, Fall and Spring. Too hot summers. Great gun laws.

No good restaurants, fresh food is a pity comparing to CA, and too many people in AZ are not professional. Lack of competence and lack of education are rampant. Finding a gardener, cleaner, a handyman or a good electrician or plumber is near impossible. Meanwhile, they want CA hourly wages for sloppy and unprofessional work. Many retirees need helpers and cannot find any.

Lack of entrepreneurship, people are jealous from successful Californians, but would not have the ideas, or be able to implement them.

Lack of sophistication, even in Scottsdale. People are unhealthy, lot of obesity and sloppiness. Everyone dress like they are going to do a dirty job. The few women dressing up have no sense of fashion. People do not take care of themselves. Seems in some areas that there is a lot of child and spousal abuse.


Too much construction and developments everywhere. Low population density was a great positive aspect in AZ. The vast spaces, the wilderness without a pole in view, neither a house nor a cell tower. It is disappearing, too many tourists and too many residents.

People are nicer than in CA, they don;t have the cutthroat attitude, and the women are not bitchy like Californians - but too often people are uneducated, unrefined, not too fast nor bright. Nobody seems to have traveled anywhere outside the state, far less abroad. There is a lot of poverty in AZ. Poverty has no virtue.

Politicians are not too bright neither too evolved. Many still thing it is the 80's. They have no vision pass their pockets. I don't see a great future for AZ. I see an overcrowded, over-heated state, with smart cities and good little slave bots. The Sun Corridor is going to be owned by Chinese corporations.

Once I considered to retire in AZ. I don't think it will happen. I will explore Texas more in details and I am thinking about retiring there. Florida too hot too humid.

[teddyearp]

Good thing you didn't move further into the state. You're still close enough to move right back to California where you came from. Because with the attitude you expressed above, no wonder you cannot find good 'workers' for your estates.

[Ex New Yorker]

Myself, I'm proud of my adopted state and proud to call it home. The only con is that I wish that I was born and raised here. But nobody gets to choose that.

[KurtAZ]

Originally Posted by dejonzac

Moved to Yavapai AZ

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Politicians are not too bright neither too evolved. Many still thing it is the 80's. They have no vision pass their pockets. I don't see a great future for AZ. I see an overcrowded, over-heated state, with smart cities and good little slave bots. The Sun Corridor is going to be owned by Chinese corporations.

Complains about a lack of education and "sophistication" and then types this...

Can anyone tell me where Yavapai, AZ is? I know where Yavapai County is, just trying to figure out if this person moved to the middle of nowhere or if they are complaining about Prescott?

[teddyearp]

Originally Posted by KurtAZ

Complains about a lack of education and "sophistication" and then types this...

Can anyone tell me where Yavapai, AZ is? I know where Yavapai County is, just trying to figure out if this person moved to the middle of nowhere or if they are complaining about Prescott?

Who cares? As long as they move away. Far away. Doubt Texas will be welcoming either with that 'California is so much better than thou and I'm from there' attitude.