Chandler the new Scottsdale? (quiet, live, neighborhoods)

[OREGONRAIN]

I use to live in Chandler on Williams Field Rd when I was stationed at Williams AFB there, I could barely find the street last year when I went to visit Arizona. I lived there in 1974. When I did find the street and the now ex AFB there, I thought, its all built up, shopping centers, houses, but it still felt like the same Chandler of 1974. It takes more than alot of construction to change a place. I can't see Chandler being a Scottsdale.

[sheena]

Originally Posted by JeepGirl118

Not exactly harsh when it comes to people trashing Scottsdale and Fountain Hills, is it? If Chandler is going to be the next "Scottsdale" - wouldn't be such a bad idea to start getting used to it as we have, eh?

I don't think any of these cities will ever be the new Scottsdale. My opinion.

[nevercoldcall]

Originally Posted by nehazaidi

That's kinda harsh.................

Nah, that's just your typical everyday Scottsdale insecurity!

[nevercoldcall]

I sure hope Chandler isn't turning into another Fakesdale ... oops I meant Scottsdale. Chandler, at least my impression of it, is a nice upscale family-oriented community with normal people with families. Scottsdale on the other hand is full of pseudo-college bars and drunken middle-age posers and freaks and phonies of all ages.

Both are relatively boring suburbs, so there's not much of a difference there.

Good God, the last thing this world needs is another Scottsdale!!!

Scottsdale is an even bigger joke to me now that I've moved away. I had no idea how pathetic it really is until I moved to a true affluent community. The few locals around here who have been to Scottsdale agree that it's a dump wasteland.

[SpeedyAZ]

Scottsdale on the other hand is full of pseudo-college bars and drunken middle-age posers and freaks and phonies of all ages.

Not exactly, Scottsdale is mostly made up of families, retirees, and young professionals. I have yet to see any middle-age posers or freaks...

And psuedo college bars? Tempe is the college town, not Scottsdale and we don't try to be.

[gigi927]

Can't compare the two, but I look at the 2 areas from a different perspective.

Now, I am not the world's biggest fan of Scottsdale, having lived there 4 years myself, BUT what I do think Scottsdale has over Chandler/Gilbert is beautiful topography, and that will NEVER change. Scottsdale has retained a lot of NAOS (natural open space preserve) so there is still actual desert (imagine that), hills, indigenous cactus and of course, gorgeous mountains. Chandler/Gilbert was primarily agricultural and all of the subdivisions that have now sprung up there are just sitting on old farmland or old dairies. Not a lot of topography; even the San Tan Mountains are really not as scenic as what's up north. We originally planned to live in Gilbert when we moved to AZ but I couldn't handle the endless sea of tract houses on flat land with no natural preserves anywhere.

And whether you love it or hate it, Scottsdale has some of the nicest destination hotels and resorts in the Phoenix metro; Chandler or Gilbert do not. People don't (and won't) visit Phoenix to go see Chandler. They go to shop at the Biltmore in Phoenix and golf in Scottsdale. Chandler is a suburb, Scottsdale is more of a resort destination. Both do their respective functions well but Chandler won't become Scottsdale.

[JeepGirl118]

Originally Posted by SpeedyAZ

Not exactly, Scottsdale is mostly made up of families, retirees, and young professionals. I have yet to see any middle-age posers or freaks...

Only place you'll see "posers and freaks" is at Barcelona on a weekend night faking out the women who are there looking for their lifelong meal ticket. Such entertainment!

[sheena]

Originally Posted by JeepGirl118

Only place you'll see "posers and freaks" is at Barcelona on a weekend night faking out the women who are there looking for their lifelong meal ticket. Such entertainment!

Chandler has a Barcelona too.

[JeepGirl118]

Originally Posted by nevercoldcall

I sure hope Chandler isn't turning into another Fakesdale ... oops I meant Scottsdale. Chandler, at least my impression of it, is a nice upscale family-oriented community with normal people with families. Scottsdale on the other hand is full of pseudo-college bars and drunken middle-age posers and freaks and phonies of all ages.

Both are relatively boring suburbs, so there's not much of a difference there.

Good God, the last thing this world needs is another Scottsdale!!!

Scottsdale is an even bigger joke to me now that I've moved away. I had no idea how pathetic it really is until I moved to a true affluent community. The few locals around here who have been to Scottsdale agree that it's a dump wasteland.

You sound angry, nevercoldcall. Are you sure you are happy where you are at now? Such negativity. Were people in Scottsdale too happy for you?

[JeepGirl118]

Originally Posted by sheena

Chandler has a Barcelona too.

No kidding? By the same owner?