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Oh Steve-o you are so dependable! I don't know who ever spit on your ice cream cone in Phoenix but maybe it is time to get over it? Realize that some people don't want and like the same things/ That does not make them shallow or geeks - just different.
Bostons has some great things going for it - I personally would not choose to ever live there again.
It's not like it's as gross as Chicago or anything.. (just kidding - Chicago is another great city ..to visit..for a weekend..and no more..)
Boston is the clear victor here, not even a contest. The sun-worshipping geek crowd will proclaim PHX is best because it has high sunshine percentages (and the highest skin cancer rate to boot), no need to shovel snow (read: hideously boring never-changing environment), cheaper housing costs (gee, how much would you pay for a stucco POS w/o a basement that looks identical to every other house in the Valley???), etc.
Seriously, this isnt even a contest. Boston is the winner, what a joke of a comparison.
Well Steve-O there are lots of people who love the sun and that's just what they prefer. I like the sun too, nothing wrong with that. And I still say that for me, cheaper housing is really important.
Have you ever taken a moment to wonder why Phoenix has many more people than Boston(metro area and city combined)? There is a reason for that. Or there could be more than one, who really knows.
I just took one moment to think that the city of Boston is 48 square miles and the city of Phoenix is 517 square miles.
I also took a moment to see that the urban area of Boston is 5 million and Phoenix is 4.
the northeast corridor from DC to Boston is pretty much built up with 55 million people. Don't sell that short. They're not all stupid.
I prefer Boston to Phoenix and NE to the Southwest (I've been to both), but I do not like hot weather, and look forward to the first snowfall of winter with something approaching maniacal glee. While there is certainly a beauty to the southwest that I adore, I find it is a place I only want to visit, I cannot comprehend living in a desert, I have to live on the coast of a large body of water or I feel claustrophobic (Lake Michigan is only barely big enough for my tastes ).
[quote=Ria Rhodes;4702656]Even with the innumerable hassles of life there, Boston wins easily with its far more diverse populace, vastly superior history/arts/education,
Excuse me? Wins easily? That's just an opinion.
Anyway, try the eternal blazing sun
Some people love that blazing sun.
and when you get sick of Phoenix you'll split for elsewhere like most transplants under the age of forty do. You could always bypass Phoenix aka hot smog land (recommended)
There are lots of people I'm sure who never get sick of Phoenix, that's why they stay there. Its always a fact that Phoenix is one of the fastest growing areas in the USA, there are many reasons for that. I doubt that Boston will ever grow as fast. And smog? Los Angeles has a much worse smog problem than Phoenix according to the American Lung Association(that's another fact, by the way).
I just took one moment to think that the city of Boston is 48 square miles and the city of Phoenix is 517 square miles.
I also took a moment to see that the urban area of Boston is 5 million and Phoenix is 4.
the northeast corridor from DC to Boston is pretty much built up with 55 million people. Don't sell that short. They're not all stupid.
That is one of my points - too many people in a small area. The population density in Boston is way to much for me.
People talk about sprawl in Phoenix but I like the fact that you can drive a short distance in almost any direction and feel like you are in the middle of nowhere. The northeast corridor from Boston to DC - as you said is pretty much built up. The metro centers pretty much all connect.
That is one of my points - too many people in a small area. The population density in Boston is way to much for me.
People talk about sprawl in Phoenix but I like the fact that you can drive a short distance in almost any direction and feel like you are in the middle of nowhere. The northeast corridor from Boston to DC - as you said is pretty much built up. The metro centers pretty much all connect.
I take it you've never actually been 20 miles outside Boston
You can't drive a short distance and really be in the middle of nowhere but you can get fairly close. 2 hours will get you to the white mountains in NH or to just about any kind of coast you can imagine.
I just think that I wouldn't want to spend a ridiculous amount of money just on a house. It just doesn't make sense to me. Even if money were no object what would I do with a large house?
The more expensive the home is, the higher the mortgage payment would be.
I have to agree that when it snows, you can do alot of outdoor activities, that is VERY true, I can't argue that.
And I'm sure you know that Boston gets heat with high humidity which can weaken a person faster than the arid climate of Phoenix, and that would be another reason to live out in Phoenix.
And in Phoenix even though there are scorpions and other bugs to deal with, I'd say I could handle being in AZ.
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(just kidding - Chicago is another great city ..to visit..for a weekend..and no more..)
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