"Lack of Culture/Things to DO" in Phoenix?? Huh?? (Glendale: waterparks, attorney)

[condorito]

Phoenix is truly a sterile city! When people say culture they mean, distinct elements that make a city special in its own ways. NYC, Boston, Philadelphia Chicago, etc all have different cultures. Phoenix has absolutely nothing that makes it special or interesting, it is basically a cookie cutter city out of a box, same repetitive landscape for miles like an endless cartoon background. Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler is basically all the same crap, no character, just different names. Some people are idiotic to the point where they think that stores, sports teams and malls are actually "cultural elements". Such people will be very happy in a place like Phoenix

[Synergy38]

Originally Posted by condorito

Phoenix is truly a sterile city! When people say culture they mean, distinct elements that make a city special in its own ways. NYC, Boston, Philadelphia Chicago, etc all have different cultures. Phoenix has absolutely nothing that makes it special or interesting, it is basically a cookie cutter city out of a box, same repetitive landscape for miles like an endless cartoon background. Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler is basically all the same crap, no character, just different names. Some people are idiotic to the point where they think that stores, sports teams and malls are actually "cultural elements". Such people will be very happy in a place like Phoenix

Way to be a pompous jerkoff... It all depends on what you like to do.

If you're moving to Phoenix to experience a cultural wonderland, you're looking in the wrong direction.

For me, I LOVE sports, I love hot weather, I love living in a suburb away from the downtown in my backyard grilling up steaks and some beer in the evening.

The bottom line is this:

Culture does not = Things to do

Phoenix has a TON of things to do.

[vegaspilgrim]

Originally Posted by abmiku

The best things to do in Phoenix is leave and go somewhere else.

Couldn't have said it better myself! Rep point for you! I've noticed that many of the people who love Phoenix pretty much just use it as a "base camp" to sleep at night, refuel, and work to make some money during the work week, until they head out on their next adventure to the backcountry! Many of these people are fortunate enough to own properties and cabins up in Payson or even further out into the White Mountains. That's why you constantly hear people brag "Phoenix is only ____ hours from ____." And that's great, but not everybody has the time and money to go on lengthy road trips every weekend halfway across the state, refilling the fuel tank at $3.11/ gal (in mid-March... wait and see how high gas prices will get this summer!) A lot of these people would prefer to live in the middle of the nowhere if they could, and not in a major city-- only that due to employment reasons, they have to live where the jobs are.

[Garson]

Synergy38:
I totally agree!
NYC, Chicago, Boston and Philly are great places to visit (except in the winter) but having lived in 2 of them I would never live in any of them in the future...never in a million years!

[TurcoLoco]

Another curiousity inspired thread turned into one of those pointless "Phoenix Bashing-Defending" threads, wow!

Can't say I didn't see it coming...

[silverbear]

Originally Posted by TurcoLoco

Another curiousity inspired thread turned into one of those pointless "Phoenix Bashing-Defending" threads, wow!

Can't say I didn't see it coming...

Yep. These threads sometimes turn into honey pots for the bashers. This one had a positive, productive tone for longer than usual, but has become pointless in the past 24 hours.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by silverbear

Yep. These threads sometimes turn into honey pots for the bashers. This one had a positive, productive tone for longer than usual, but has become pointless in the past 24 hours.

No joke.

I had a little 'fun' with the Wash DC/NoVa crowd for a short period of time then I realized I was drifting too close to being a jackass.

The above two forums I have not posted in for probably months now unless it was to answer someone's question about the 1960's-70's era there.

[Patrick754]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

A lot of these people would prefer to live in the middle of the nowhere if they could, and not in a major city-- only that due to employment reasons, they have to live where the jobs are.

You could make this statement about most any major city in the country. Everyone in Denver piles on I-70 to head to the mountains. The expressways of Chicago are jammed every Friday with people heading to Wisconsin and Michigan, People in NYC run out to the Hamptons and Upstate. If you think this phenomenon is particular to Phoenix you're kidding yourself.

[Patrick754]

Originally Posted by silverbear

Yep. These threads sometimes turn into honey pots for the bashers. This one had a positive, productive tone for longer than usual, but has become pointless in the past 24 hours.

Yes, it's unfortunate and the bashers never seem to realize that their negative rants say a lot more about them than they do about Phoenix.

[Synergy38]

Originally Posted by Patrick754

Yes, it's unfortunate and the bashers never seem to realize that their negative rants say a lot more about them than they do about Phoenix.

Exactly... Apparently to them. 5 million people CAN be wrong..