Arizona is beautiful, anyone agree? (Phoenix, Tucson: live in, car, best areas)

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

I tend to agree. I spent nearly 5 years living in Michigan as kid and think it's a beautiful state. I even think North Dakota has a certain beauty to it. True enough the endless flat plains are not your typical beauty, but they nevertheless have a certain grandure to them - all that endless sky can make you feel pretty small and insignificant - just you and vast endless sea of waving grass under an even vaster sky. If I was a religious type, I'd say I felt like I was in the presence of God.

Ken

Im my honest opinion, I think Michigan is probably the most underrated state in the nation. Between the fine sand beaches, 500 ft tall sand dunes, towering pines, thundering waterfalls, bluffs and hills, islands, cherry orchards, picture-perfect towns, lighthouses, etc, etc, I think Michigan is absolutely gorgeous, in my top 10 most beautiful states list.

Then again AZ is absolutely gorgeous, too. Between areas like Page, Wickenburg, Grand Canyon, Tombstone, Tucson, the natural scenery in AZ is incredible. Every state has incredible scenery in some form or another and in the end, we're all neighbors sharing an incredibly beautiful and diverse country!

[surferguy]

Ever seen an AZ sunrise?

[Phxguy]

Arizona is AMAZING! So beautiful here. What state can you be in the middle of vast mountationous desert then travel an hour and half north and be compeltely lost in the middle of a dense forest with snow capped mountians and cool pristine lakes? What state can you think of that has a major city that has the hottest summer temperatures in the U.S and averages 11 inches of rain, then travel north and be in a city that has one of coldest average winter in the lower 48 states and have 30-35 inches of more rain and 110 inches of snow? If you do don't bother replying, this is an Arizona forum.

[ZonyPony]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Im my honest opinion, I think Michigan is probably the most underrated state in the nation. Between the fine sand beaches, 500 ft tall sand dunes, towering pines, thundering waterfalls, bluffs and hills, islands, cherry orchards, picture-perfect towns, lighthouses, etc, etc, I think Michigan is absolutely gorgeous, in my top 10 most beautiful states list.

Then again AZ is absolutely gorgeous, too. Between areas like Page, Wickenburg, Grand Canyon, Tombstone, Tucson, the natural scenery in AZ is incredible. Every state has incredible scenery in some form or another and in the end, we're all neighbors sharing an incredibly beautiful and diverse country!

Hear, HEAR!

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Ever seen an AZ sunrise?

I was just there for almost a week. No sunrises (or sunsets) looked even remotely close to that heavily-saturated image.

[ZonyPony]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Ever seen an AZ sunrise?

Super WOW!

[Sunset_Va]

I only stayed in Northern Az for 4 days, and from what I saw while staying in Flagstaff, I agree, the area I experienced is beautiful.

One night after visiting the Lowell Observatory, I was last person there after they closed, sitting outside watching the star filled sky waiting for the cab was kind of spooky.......

[las vegas drunk]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Many of the prettiest parts of AZ are not in "northern" AZ. They are very near or within one hour of Tucson and Phoenix.

I consider the prettiest parts of Arizona to be Flagstaff, Sedona, and the Grand Canyon. Where are you referring to?

[las vegas drunk]

Originally Posted by Phxguy

What state can you be in the middle of vast mountationous desert then travel an hour and half north and be compeltely lost in the middle of a dense forest with snow capped mountians and cool pristine lakes? .

Nevada.... Mount Charleson, with an elevation of 12,000 feet is only 35 miles away from Las Vegas.

Mount Charleston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[gammerus]

as a native I must disagree. While there are a couple nice areas, most of our desert scenery leaves much to be desired.