whats phoenix like?

[RudyOD]

Originally Posted by ajonesaz

Gilbert is like 20% hispanic. My wife is hispanic and I can assure you no one has ever treated her differently or made her feel uncomfortable here. The media tries hard to start some class warfare here, but I have never seen any in the valley.

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

It must be something else. In a place where a third of the population is latino, you are not getting looks because of that - even in Gilbert.

Nah. I'm not making it up. Nor did I say it was any class warfare (tbh, I didn't notice drastic income disparities like I see in OC, going from Santa Ana into Newport Beach). The majority of my family in the Phoenix area (cousins, second cousins, aunts, great aunts) live in Gilbert and I brought it up, and they have noticed it as well. It has never been anything confrontational, nor have they received any racist remarks. Nonetheless, the vibe is weird/awkward. Perhaps it is a lack of outwardly friendly-ness I am sensing.

Nonetheless, like I mentioned before...my siblings and parents love their neighborhood and school, and they are both majority white, so obviously they are doing just fine.

[stasi_crystals]

I just turned 21 but really the only places we go is Mill and the mall. Of course there's stuff to do but most of it is in Tempe, like the whole college and bar scene. I live in Arcadia, which is almost unheard of for fresh 21 year olds to live on their own. I would like to see central and downtown Phoenix to become the hub for us younger crowd, without the college influence but it seems it's already heading that direction with the downtown ASU and U of A campus. Eh everyone and their moms are moving to Gilbert

[RudyOD]

Originally Posted by stasi_crystals

I just turned 21 but really the only places we go is Mill and the mall. Of course there's stuff to do but most of it is in Tempe, like the whole college and bar scene. I live in Arcadia, which is almost unheard of for fresh 21 year olds to live on their own. I would like to see central and downtown Phoenix to become the hub for us younger crowd, without the college influence but it seems it's already heading that direction with the downtown ASU and U of A campus. Eh everyone and their moms are moving to Gilbert

Sure feels like it. Gilbert has plenty of empty land to built on too...so it will only continue to grow for the foreseeable future.

Downtown Phoenix appears to have a lot of potential. I think that if maybe it started attracting more tech companies, there would be more of a late 20's vibe to energize the area. Not sure if that's something they're going for though.