Isn't Suburban life WONDERFUL?! (Phoenix, Tucson: job, new house, price)

[CodyW]

Not really. Basic, and brown.

That said, I went out to Buckeye today to check on our new house, and I made my first pano! Its rough, VERY rough. But, if you can get past the visible seams, lighting changes, and somewhat uneven sidewalk, I think I did pretty good!

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That, and, Buckeye will soon be the proud home of a new Wal-mart!



And lastly, I have a question. Buckeye's got their 'official' Stop-light gantry design now, and I like it, but is it not the SAME, or similar to what Scottsdale has?



I think its just about the same, save for the signage.

[wilberry]

plant trees right away Afgahn pines grow fast and will surivive the desert heat if you water them , Pray for shade !

[Steve-o]

Nice pano! I can see a slight seam, but its not horrible! Anyways, that first pic dries out my eyes and puts dirt in my mouth, looks so barren.... I thought North Scottsdale was barren! LOL

[AksarbeN]

CodyW,,,, you did a nice job on connecting the pic’s together for the panorama view. It’s been a while since I was down in buckeye but it looks like things are growing. Back to the photo ~ just which brown house is yours? That is the only thing that I dislike about new sub-divisions they paint every house the same color.

[irwin]

God I hate suburbia

[CodyW]

My house isn't in the pano, but, if any of you'd like to see it.. Here.

(You might have to imagine the Port-a-Potty isn't there. I hope they get rid of it BEFORE we move in. lol)


Not bad, really, for a cookie-cutter house. Decent value.

1634 Sq Ft - 3 bed 2 bath
Had a base price of $178,900.. With all of our upgrades, it came to $204,000. It was strange though.. The only community I've ever heard of where the design center was denying requests for granite counter-tops.

[AksarbeN]

Looks great Cody,,,, it’s nice that there is a little more space between homes too, I noticed that in the pic. Too many of the sub-divisions seem to have very little between the houses. If I remember correctly I saw a location that had zero lot-lines; on one side of the house all the property belonged to the next-door neighbor. In other words the only side-yard that you would have was on one side only.

[irwin]

I like the roof tiles

[councilor j]

These houses look like they stole the style of Albuquerque houses, but then again Phoenix has no culture or any style of their own.

[CodyW]

Nor does Albuquerque.

When I think Albuquerque, I think Adobe. Which, you also see in numerous other states and cities around the southwest. Tucson's old district is full of it, is it not? Is ALBUQUERQUE's?

Stucco boxes with a tuscan look belong in California. Stucco boxes with a LIGHT tan belong in Vegas. Then theres Albuquerque and Phoenix, which is just a mish mash of everything brown.