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Somebody said CA has lots of big bugs, I don't know where. Biggest things I see are butterfly's, bumblebees, and june bugs. Lots of dragon flies. We usually get a lot of deer ticks, but not this season, don't know why.
All the bugs in Arizona are huge. With no exageration, ther are wasps that get to be 2.5"-3" long. They are called tarantula wasps. Theres a black bug that comes out in late summer that's the size of a golf ball. there's a toad that comes out of the desert when the monsoon comes that if your dog licks it, it will go grazy and foam at the mouth.
When you ride a motorcycle, the bugs are so big it's like getting hit in the face with a tomato when you're cruising down the freeway. Sometimes you'll hit a swarm of bugs and your widshield looks like you ran into an egg delivery van.
It is not surprising that Nevada and Arizona have the highest foreclosure rates in the U.S. It seemed that many residents failed the stupid test when they decided to buy a cheap home in the desert.
They had the highest run up in prices first, along with California and Florida.
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At least with Nevada, they had Las Vegas. For the life of me, I can't understand why people would move to the Arizona Desert.
Hey if your career prospects and job skills are best suited for relying on the tourism industry then I'd agree, you should be in Nevada since they have Las Vegas. My career is better in Phoenix right near Intel, Orbital Sciences, Microchip, American Express, etc.
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I guess a lot of people are now agreeing with me and are just walking...no running away from their homes there.
I guess you aren't very good at reading census statistics, depending on measure Arizona is still ranked about 8th for population growth despite housing crisis.
Obviously there is more at play than just the desert, but the fact that Arizona and Nevada are number 1 and 2 in foreclosures is interesting. Why are there foreclosure rates the highest?
Because their home prices went up so fast, then fell so hard. People who either took money out and ended up upside down or realize the house they bought for 300k is now worth 150k tend to walk away or get foreclosed on.
They had the highest run up in prices first, along with California and Florida.
Hey if your career prospects and job skills are best suited for relying on the tourism industry then I'd agree, you should be in Nevada since they have Las Vegas. My career is better in Phoenix right near Intel, Orbital Sciences, Microchip, American Express, etc.
I guess you aren't very good at reading census statistics, depending on measure Arizona is still ranked about 8th for population growth despite housing crisis.
I am very good at reading recent articles, which state that Arizona population growth has grown stagnant.
The thing that is funny is you have probably never set foot in the state. If you did you would know that Arizona has more forest than Maine and some parts of the state hundreds of miles of creeks and hundreds of lakes.
Yup, that is one of the more common misconceptions about Arizona by people who have never been there, that the state is some sandy desert like the Sahara. Granted most just wonder and don't come off looking like the blowhard in this thread.
Southern Arizona is Sonoran desert, it can be quite lush for a desert environment
Much of Northern and parts of Easter Arizona are covered in beautiful pine forests
Because of the dynamic altitude changes there is much rivers/streams/lakes, tubing is very popular in Phx
Arizona has lost population over the last few years due to various reasons not the least of which is the down turn in the economy nation wide.
We have seen 1000's of illegals leave - back across the border and to other states.
But as the economy is turning around, so will the population growth turn around.
Arizona has gone through these types of cycles before - I have personally lived thru them. Each time we get stronger.
It will be interesting to see. I don't see the loss of illegals hurting the economy since it is primarily a service based economy. It has hurt states such as Georgia and Alabama who were using them for agriculture.
Thanks for being intellectually honest about the decline in population. I have no idea as to whether it will rebound or not. That is me being intellectually honest.
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