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View Poll Results: Which of these suburbs has the most friendliest and laid back people?
Phoenix, AZ City Limits 4 10.26%
Scottsdale, AZ 7 17.95%
Mesa, AZ 4 10.26%
Chandler, AZ 1 2.56%
Gilbert, AZ 3 7.69%
Apache Jct, AZ 0 0%
Peoria, AZ 2 5.13%
Gendale, AZ 2 5.13%
Tolleson, AZ 1 2.56%
Surprise, AZ 0 0%
Moon Valley, AZ 1 2.56%
Tempe, AZ 8 20.51%
Queen Creek, AZ 3 7.69%
San Tan Valley, AZ 0 0%
Surprise, AZ 3 7.69%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-20-2021, 06:16 AM
 
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I noticed that when I was in downtown Phx. A lot of gentrification going on around 3rd and Roosevelt. You walk maybe 5-10 minutes from there and can see rundown homes/unkempt landscape. However, there are also a number of homes which appeared to have been renovated. No question this area is changing as well.

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Lived in the Coronado neighborhood up the street and that area is 5-10 years further along than Roosevelt. What nobody talks about is on every block there is one or two original residents whose family paid off the house decades ago. Almost always the junkiest house on the block with multiple cars parked in the front yard. They are ticked off that their property tax is skyrocketing and that the new residents are complaining about the state of their house. Made for interesting discussions on the neighborhood Facebook page on occasion.

Didn't happen that much, but on occasion the drug dealers who used to run those blocks would come back around and get into a turf war. We ended up with a dead body in the alley a stone's throw away from our house a few years ago. That was unnerving.
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Old 04-21-2021, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Definitely not Gilbert, can say that after previously living there from 2001-2013 (have lived in Phoenix proper since)
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Old 04-21-2021, 09:38 AM
 
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Definitely not Gilbert, can say that after previously living there from 2001-2013 (have lived in Phoenix proper since)
I've found Gilbert to be pretty laid back. Chandler too is laid back. Mesa is probably one of the least friendliest suburbs, but it's nowhere near as bad as Tucson. Tempe is ok. Most of Maricopa County is laid back from my experiences.

Maricopa County, Yuma County, and Flagstaff are probably the most laid back parts of Arizona. I've never been to Show Low, so can't speak for there. Page didn't seem laid back, though it's in Northern Arizona. Prescott was ok, but the people seemed very judgmental.

Personally, my favorite city in Arizona is Phoenix. That's where everything is and the people are nice for the most part.
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Old 04-21-2021, 09:45 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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I've found Gilbert to be pretty laid back. Chandler too is laid back. Mesa is probably one of the least friendliest suburbs, but it's nowhere near as bad as Tucson. Tempe is ok. Most of Maricopa County is laid back from my experiences.

Maricopa County, Yuma County, and Flagstaff are probably the most laid back parts of Arizona. I've never been to Show Low, so can't speak for there. Page didn't seem laid back, though it's in Northern Arizona. Prescott was ok, but the people seemed very judgmental.

Personally, my favorite city in Arizona is Phoenix. That's where everything is and the people are nice for the most part.
I found people in Gilbert conservative and uptight. Quite a few Mormons as well (they definitely aren't laid back)
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Old 04-21-2021, 10:05 AM
 
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Sun City because everyone has a motorized golf cart and drives them to the store
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Old 04-21-2021, 10:22 AM
 
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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This is so dumb. Everyone has such a different perspective. Firebird thinks conservatives are uptight and unfriendly, I think leftists have mental health issues. See - different strokes for different folks.
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Old 04-21-2021, 11:37 AM
 
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This is so dumb. Everyone has such a different perspective. Firebird thinks conservatives are uptight and unfriendly, I think leftists have mental health issues. See - different strokes for different folks.
I found communists to be super laidback... But that was in Cuba. Even more laidback with a cigar in hand and with a glass of rum on the rocks! I refuse to click on the poll because it lacks relevance. But I'd vote for Cuba if it was an option.
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Old 04-21-2021, 11:39 AM
 
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Sun City because everyone has a motorized golf cart and drives them to the store
Would it be acceptable for the Op to ask an 80-year-old in Sun City to play a game of pool or sit down at their knitting table?
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Old 04-21-2021, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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This is so dumb. Everyone has such a different perspective. Firebird thinks conservatives are uptight and unfriendly, I think leftists have mental health issues. See - different strokes for different folks.
Citation needed...
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Old 04-21-2021, 12:10 PM
 
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Citation needed...
Don't hold your breath for sound medical theory from some real estate agent.
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