Living In Casa Grande Or Maricopa...working In Phoenix? (Tucson: apartment, travel)

[gerrynyc]

i Plan On Moving To Arizona, I Want To Work For A Banner( Thunderbird, Heart) Hospital, I Love Hacienda Builders' Homes, The Most Affortable Ones Are In Casa Grande Or Maricopa...tell Me The Truth...am I Insane To Think That I Can Commute To Phoenix For Work?

A Damzel In Distress!

[CodyW]

well. if you want to work at Banner Thunderbird. You're insane. Banner Baywood MIGHT be doable. I'm not sure what other hospitals are out there.. but look for something in Chandler or Tempe.

[Jim Brown]

it would be an hour plus each way in normal traffic for that commute

[he's so hott]

Originally Posted by gerrynyc

i Plan On Moving To Arizona, I Want To Work For A Banner( Thunderbird, Heart) Hospital, I Love Hacienda Builders' Homes, The Most Affortable Ones Are In Casa Grande Or Maricopa...tell Me The Truth...am I Insane To Think That I Can Commute To Phoenix For Work?

A Damzel In Distress!

Personally I think you're somewhat crazy, but I understand the motivation for wanting to be able to buy a affordable home. When I've lived in Chandler off of Alma School and Queen Creek rds I commuted from Chandler to Casa Grande for my job from Nov 05 to Aug 06. 32 miles each way, but I was going against traffic. No way would I do Thunderbird seeing as though it's way over there in the West Valley but Heart b/c it's in Mesa would be a much more reasonable commute. Maricopa for me would be a definite nooooooo! It's way over there in Western Pinal County and it's "harder" to get in and out of than Casa Grande.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by gerrynyc

i Plan On Moving To Arizona, I Want To Work For A Banner( Thunderbird, Heart) Hospital, I Love Hacienda Builders' Homes, The Most Affortable Ones Are In Casa Grande Or Maricopa...tell Me The Truth...am I Insane To Think That I Can Commute To Phoenix For Work?

A Damzel In Distress!

Well, you may be insane but you have plenty of company. The people who live in Maricopa certainly don't work there. And there are many, many new homes out that way. Go ahead and do what you want - just remember you were warned.

[Nice Nice Baby!]

Depends what time of day you travel. This is very do-able if it is away from rush hour, Mesa that is.....

[military spouse]

Would you be working 8 or 12 hour shifts? Day or nights?

[gerrynyc]

well, i plan on working 7am to 7pm, three days a week.

[military spouse]

Originally Posted by gerrynyc

well, i plan on working 7am to 7pm, three days a week.

I think many things are doable when only working 3 12's each week. I'm guessing 4 of those shifts each month would be weekends with less traffic. We lived in Sierra Vista, AZ and I knew numerous nurses that commuted to Tucson for their 3 12's each week. Some of them did share an apartment. I had even thought about it, but chose to work locally instead. I would never consider it 5 days a week, but 3.................

[gerrynyc]

thanks so much for replying