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New York State is breathtakingly beautiful. It's like Pennsylvania...can't get enough of how beautiful it is.
When you live here for a while, it's just there.... You lose appreciation for it to some degree. I actually enjoyed the deserts of Arizona becsue it was such a stark contrast to what I was used too. Arizona has plenty of it's own flat and open areas, I distinctly remember heading north from Show Low towards the petrified forest and it having landscape like that.
When you live here for a while, it's just there.... You lose appreciation for it to some degree. I actually enjoyed the deserts of Arizona becsue it was such a stark contrast to what I was used too. Arizona has plenty of it's own flat and open areas, I distinctly remember heading north from Show Low towards the petrified forest and it having landscape like that.
I agree... I appreciate the cactus of Southern Az and the Mountain formations... I lived near Flagstaff for a while and that was gorgeous too... As a born desert rat though, I appreciate and see beauty there that others miss.
I agree... I appreciate the cactus of Southern Az and the Mountain formations... I lived near Flagstaff for a while and that was gorgeous too... As a born desert rat though, I appreciate and see beauty there that others miss.
I saw a fairly large portion of it on three separate trips. The first one we started in Phoenix and headed east, I believe the name was Apache Junction and we made a left onto this road that was right out of a roadrunner cartoon, that was the coolest road I was ever on. We actually had to wait because some guy in tractor trailer tried to drive it, he was screwed because there is no where to turn around for miles. They had a tow truck on the back of his truck so they could pick the ass end up to get it around the corners.
From there Show Low >> Canyon De Chelly >> North Rim of the Grand Canyon (where we spent 2 hours looking for Jacob Lake LOL , if you know what I'm talking about you'll know why we spent two hours) >> Into California for extended tour through there and returned to Phoenix via I-10.
Second trip was I -10 all the way except we came from Texas. Last trip I forget exactly but I think we headed north from Phoenix into Flagstaff and made our way over too the eastenr part of the state because the first real destination was Monument Valley.
I saw a fairly large portion of it on three separate trips. The first one we started in Phoenix and headed east, I believe the name was Apache Junction and we made a left onto this road that was right out of a roadrunner cartoon, that was the coolest road I was ever on. We actually had to wait because some guy in tractor trailer tried to drive it, he was screwed because there is no where to turn around for miles. They had a tow truck on the back of his truck so they could pick the ass end up to get it around the corners.
From there Show Low >> Canyon De Chelly >> North Rim of the Grand Canyon (where we spent 2 hours looking for Jacob Lake LOL , if you know what I'm talking about you'll know why we spent two hours) >> Into California for extended tour through there and returned to Phoenix via I-10.
Second trip was I -10 all the way except we came from Texas. Last trip I forget exactly but I think we heaed north from Phoenix into Falgstaff and our way over too the easter part of the state because the first real destination was Monument Valley.
I miss doing them trips...
My parents were originally from Southern Az. In the Douglas, Bisbee and Elfrida area. I spent a lot of time there as a kid and eventually lived out near Arlington Az for several years. I also later moved near Flagstaff. The state is really diverse with a lot to see if you know what you're looking for. If I were going to live there again now, I would probably move to Prescott..
When you live here for a while, it's just there.... You lose appreciation for it to some degree. I actually enjoyed the deserts of Arizona becsue it was such a stark contrast to what I was used too. Arizona has plenty of it's own flat and open areas, I distinctly remember heading north from Show Low towards the petrified forest and it having landscape like that.
Happens all the time. If you live in a certain environment, you come to take it for granted.
And yeah, we have open areas, but the most beautiful thing about Arizona is that there is no part of this state where you can stand and not see a mountain....not even in our large cities.
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I agree... I appreciate the cactus of Southern Az and the Mountain formations... I lived near Flagstaff for a while and that was gorgeous too... As a born desert rat though, I appreciate and see beauty there that others miss.
I love Flag myself. Sent my son there to college for almost four years. But live there? Hell no...winters are too brutal. When you have to put antenna's on the fire hydrants in order to find them, that's too damn much snow.
I agree that the desert gets in your blood. It's in mine for damn sure. I don't mind greenery, in fact, i love it...for a few days. I wanna be where the air is dry, the ground is rocky, and the grass is brown. Water? I appreciate it here and there, but i don't want it all around me. Brings mosquitoes, and i hate mosquitoes.
I'll take the ocean though. All day long.
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My parents were originally from Southern Az. In the Douglas, Bisbee and Elfrida area. I spent a lot of time there as a kid and eventually lived out near Arlington Az for several years. I also later moved near Flagstaff. The state is really diverse with a lot to see if you know what you're looking for. If I were going to live there again now, I would probably move to Prescott..
I live in the area where your parents come from, in Cochise County.
Prescott? Why does everyone say they'd move to Prescott if they had to live here? I mean, it's nice and all, but i don't see this great big attraction that everyone seems to have for it.
LMAO...Houston compared to NYC? Really? Man, that's not even fair. I mean, that's like taking candy from an infant.
Houston is well...like Dallas, a cultural wasteland. Sprawled out with millions of the same houses with 5 different floorplans. That's not even a city. Fine dining in Houston is Outback Steak House.
New York City? Really...to even sit here and describe it as if it needs describing is a waste of time. I don't even need to talk about the five boroughs. About 5 square blocks of Manhattan has more happening in one night than Houston has in a decade.
Please...chill with the lame comparisons. If you wanna compare Houston to another city, try Kansas City, Atlanta, or Birmingham...something like that. But don't try to take on real cities. Ok?
Food here in Houston is great. The only cities that have better food than us are NYC, LA, San Francisco Area, and Chicago. You can't name me another city though. And while Houston has a lot of chains, we are known for our hole in the wall eats. Whether it comes to great Mexican, bbq, Cajun, Chinese, Vietnamese, middle eastern it's throughout this city. Like I said there are only 4 cities in the USA with better food than Houston.
That depends on what your personal definition of quality of life is. I enjoy waking up to absolute silence except for the birds chirping. I enjoy the fact when I here a gun shot I don't have to wonder who is getting shot as it's just the neighbor shooting at targets. I enjoy the fact that after eating a pork roast we just smoked I can sit outside around a fire drinking a beer at 2AM with some good friends with the music blaring . I enjoy the fact when my dog needs to go take a dump I just open the door and she goes and finds her spot in the wood somewhere. I enjoy the fact when the nieces and nephews come over they can run around all they want outside without worrying about them getting hit by a car, mugged or being offered a hit crack.
I enjoy the fact that you have such an active imagination about crime in the city.
But yeah, you kind of prove my point. Unless you enjoy sitting around all day on your front porch eating BBQ, the cost of living is directly related to quality of life. I could enjoy your life for about a weekend.
I'd rather live in hell than some parts of upstate NY.... Especially Buffalo and Syracuse.
You mean people pay money to live in that dump State NY? I wouldn't live or go there if it was free and the last place on earth. It's a septic tank and full of living sewage, full of liberals and weirdos and over priced things. How much is that sandwich? $17.95...Are you out of your &^%^*&^ mind? It's $4.50 elsewhere. Take NYC and the hole State of NY and shove it.
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