Lots of Million dollar homes and safest place to live AZ (Phoenix: renting, house)

[Brianjackfletcher]

Hi everyone I have lived in Utah my whole life, I am 25 and have a couple friends who live in old scottsdale and want me to come down. I eventually want to live somewhere in AZ. My First and biggest concern is Safety for my kids, which town would offer that? My second concern is Luxury homes... $2-$20 million dollar holmes to be specific. I work with Luxury Properties and was hoping to find a place safe that was close to these types of homes. Where should I live...... thanks

[JeepGirl118]

Anywhere in the NE Valley from Paradise Valley to Scottsdale/North Scottsdale to Fountain Hills to Carefree are where the most prestigious homes and neighborhoods are in these areas and are all "lumped" together in the urban sprawl as you will see on the map below. You have an immense area to work with in regard to finding a safe place as your friends may have already pointed out.

Popular places to live in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley

[sablebaby]

If you want a town that ONLY has million dollar homes, go to Paradise Valley. They start at 1mill and go up to 35mil. It's a beautiful place to be and so convenient to other areas. North Scottsdale would probably be second choice, but you will have a lot of homes that are not as expensive all around. Stick with PV.

[SpeedyAZ]

I second that. Paradise Valley is a millionaires-only type of town. Very beautiful, very expensive, and very sought after. Two other expensive yet less-expensive areas are North Scottsdale and Carefree. Fountain Hills is also up there.

[Axiom]

Funny thing... I was looking up statistics for a marketing research report recently and zip code 85308 came up as the wealthiest overall. That's actually Glendale folks.

Granted there is defintely money in Scottsdale, PV, FH, Carefree, etc, etc. but if you want concentration of wealth in one area don't overlook some of the less pretentious parts of town.

[SpaceNeedle]

Originally Posted by Axiom

Funny thing... I was looking up statistics for a marketing research report recently and zip code 85308 came up as the wealthiest overall. That's actually Glendale folks.

Granted there is defintely money in Scottsdale, PV, FH, Carefree, etc, etc. but if you want concentration of wealth in one area don't overlook some of the less pretentious parts of town.

My reply does not have anything to do with the original post but I'm interested in the marketing research report you're referring to.

Could you provide a reference to this report? Is there a URL for it? I'm very interested to see.

I don't know about PV and Carefree but I have not met a single pretentious person in Fountain Hills and I have lived here for 3-4 years now. I have met a few of those in N. Scottsdale while we were renting a house in a guard-gated community there.

[sablebaby]

Originally Posted by Axiom

Funny thing... I was looking up statistics for a marketing research report recently and zip code 85308 came up as the wealthiest overall. That's actually Glendale folks.

Granted there is defintely money in Scottsdale, PV, FH, Carefree, etc, etc. but if you want concentration of wealth in one area don't overlook some of the less pretentious parts of town.

Yeah, we talk a lot about north Glendale as being very wealthy. Arrowhead Ranch or Lakes to be exact for the zip.

I change my second vote to the Biltmore area. The Biltmore Estates are ALL multi-million dollar homes. VERY NICE!!!

[Axiom]

Sorry, I didn't save all my research nor did I keep a copy of the report, but a quick google search turned up a couple of references.


Here's a recent one rom 5 news. Looks like some of the wealthiest areas also have more than their fair share of parolees.

5 Investigates Parolees On Valley Streets

POSTED: 8:58 am PDT May 11, 2007
UPDATED: 12:46 pm PDT May 11, 2007

"Glendale ZIP code 85308 has the most millionaires of any ZIP in the Valley"


Here's an older reference from an article on azcentral.com:


Last major project in Arrowhead area
44-acre area designed for residential

Maura J. Halpern
Arizona Business Gazette
Jun. 8, 2006 12:00 AM


"Arrowhead, named for the citrus ranch that once dominated the 7-square-mile area, has emerged as one of the Valley's most affluent communities.

In fact, a 2001 survey indicated that the area's 85308 ZIP code had more millionaires (1,011) than any other in the Valley."

[JeepGirl118]

Originally Posted by sablebaby

If you want a town that ONLY has million dollar homes, go to Paradise Valley. They start at 1mill and go up to 35mil. It's a beautiful place to be and so convenient to other areas. North Scottsdale would probably be second choice, but you will have a lot of homes that are not as expensive all around. Stick with PV.

Wow, up to $35mil?? I did not know that. I knew it was up there - but I did not know it was "up there" if you know what I mean...

He is looking to move near the wealthiest areas, or into one? If he is looking to move near them - he has tons of options on where to live.

[JeepGirl118]

Originally Posted by SpaceNeedle

My reply does not have anything to do with the original post but I'm interested in the marketing research report you're referring to.

Could you provide a reference to this report? Is there a URL for it? I'm very interested to see.

I don't know about PV and Carefree but I have not met a single pretentious person in Fountain Hills and I have lived here for 3-4 years now. I have met a few of those in N. Scottsdale while we were renting a house in a guard-gated community there.

I live in Firerock CC in Fountain Hills and I can name several offhand just in this development alone. I have been here since the 70's and FH is full of them. In the last 4-7 years, FH has been getting quite the snooty rep as more and more money moves in. Neighbors have been trying to outdo each other in this community for as long as I can remember. Certain select neighborhoods in FH will not be subjected to it and you're not exactly going to be subjected to it by hanging out at the Alamo, Taphouse or the sports bar (Brunos) at the old bowling alley.