How to spot a Phoenix Native (Tucson, Scottsdale: house, organic, live)

[pbenjamin]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

We missed one of the most obvious ones. The natives don't know how to drive in rain and slow down as if they are driving on ice. It's really comical. That is one of the easy ways to distinguish the natives from transplants. Here is a typical scenario. It's summer time, it's slightly overcast with a little sunshine. Suddenly, it starts to rain and the native driver in front of me slams their brakes and drops their speed from 65 mph to 50 instantly on the I-10. That is such a Native move. Sorry natives but you guys don't know how to drive in rain LOL

Living in Florida, it's the opposite. People will drive 75 and it rains, and they still drive at the same speeds LOL despite the rain being more aggressive and the roads being more wet. The difference is they are used to it and are not afraid of it.

It actually makes more sense to slow down in the rain in Arizona, where rain is infrequent, than it does in Florida, where it rains a lot, but I get your point.

Rain is more lethal for drivers after a long dry spell, says new study

[azdr0710]

Originally Posted by gbpakrfan

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[Java Jolt]

Originally Posted by pbenjamin

It actually makes more sense to slow down in the rain in Arizona, where rain is infrequent, than it does in Florida, where it rains a lot, but I get your point.

Rain is more lethal for drivers after a long dry spell, says new study

Oil builds up on the roadways after long rainless periods making driving more dangerous when it rains.

Anyone who has lived here for any length should know this but too many people still drive like maniacs no matter what the weather is like.

[AZ Manager]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

We missed one of the most obvious ones. The natives don't know how to drive in rain and slow down as if they are driving on ice. It's really comical. That is one of the easy ways to distinguish the natives from transplants. Here is a typical scenario. It's summer time, it's slightly overcast with a little sunshine. Suddenly, it starts to rain and the native driver in front of me slams their brakes and drops their speed from 65 mph to 50 instantly on the I-10. That is such a Native move. Sorry natives but you guys don't know how to drive in rain LOL

Living in Florida, it's the opposite. People will drive 75 and it rains, and they still drive at the same speeds LOL despite the rain being more aggressive and the roads being more wet. The difference is they are used to it and are not afraid of it.

The difference is our roads get super slick because we go so long between rain that oil and other fluids just build up on the road. Yep you can spot the native they are the ones that drive responsibly.

[azriverfan.]

Originally Posted by AZ Manager

The difference is our roads get super slick because we go so long between rain that oil and other fluids just build up on the road. Yep you can spot the native they are the ones that drive responsibly.

Oh please, give me a break! They are not doing this because they are thinking to themselves: "Oh since our weather is typically dry, any onset of rain makes our roads more slick than a road elswhere in which it raines more frequently."

They are slowing down because they are intimidated of the rain because they are not used to driving in it whereas in cities in which they receive normal rainfall, they certainly slow down to a degree but not to the point the Arizona drivers do. And they certainly do not slam their bakes like the natives do on the freeways which is far more dangerous to other drivers.

The roads are more slick in Florida because it will rain heavily for hours and the amount of water that collects on the roads is heavier and you can actually feel this.

[ShampooBanana]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

Oh please, give me a break! They are not doing this because they are thinking to themselves: "Oh since our weather is typically dry, any onset of rain makes our roads more slick than a road elswhere in which it raines more frequently."

They are slowing down because they are intimidated of the rain because they are not used to driving in it whereas in cities in which they receive normal rainfall, they certainly slow down to a degree but not to the point the Arizona drivers do. And they certainly do not slam their bakes like the natives do on the freeways which is far more dangerous to other drivers.

The roads are more slick in Florida because it will rain heavily for hours and the amount of water that collects on the roads is heavier and you can actually feel this.

Yep. I've never noticed a major difference between wet roads here or anywhere else where it rains more frequently. If anything, though, they would be LESS slick here because the roads are in better shape which allows proper drainage of the water, whereas in places in more northern climes they often have poor roads that develop ruts in the common tire tracks that trap a shallow layer of water (not to mention potholes) making it easier to hydroplane.


The combination of natives who haven't driven much in the rain and older snowbirds who can't handle driving in any conditions that are less than ideal (no fault of their own, really, it's just what happens), means you get people who randomly slow down whenever they encounter the wet stuff.

[russell1985]

The way they drive lol

[SageCats]

Originally Posted by Arizona Mike

Real natives don't ever say that. We've seen so many desert summers and our bodies have grown accustomed to it. I like the hot summers, it keeps more people from moving here with their high-pants easterner foreign ways. As kids, we didn't even wear shoes on the hot asphalt and built up heat-calluses. Heat makes you tough in a way other things can't.

Last summer I was standing outside on a torrid day and marveling that I could feel the radiant heat from a star that was 93 million miles away ripping across my body. Glorious!

I'm one of those people from the north east that moved to AZ...

The most glorious feeling in the world, indeed, is the Arizona sun on your skin (especially on a 110+ degree day).

I think that God made a mistake and I was accidentally born in the north east. I did find my way back home to AZ but I got lost again and ended up 700 miles northwest of Phoenix. I hope to find my way back home again some day.

[SageCats]

People in Arizona drive very well.
Atlanta, GA is a completely different story. It has the absolute worst drivers in the country hands down... they are worse than NYC cabbies.

[Diane de Poitiers]

Originally Posted by SageCats

I'm one of those people from the north east that moved to AZ...

The most glorious feeling in the world, indeed, is the Arizona sun on your skin (especially on a 110+ degree day).
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That's cool that you feel that way.....to me, the Arizona sun (when it gets over a certain temp), is like fire. But I'll admit to having become more heat-intolerant over the years.....always interesting to hear from people who do like it.