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Originally Posted by Mermaid03
Can anyone suggest where to rent a house that is commuting distance on weekends from Scottsdale for my husband ? We are looking for much cooler weather and a country club community so that we may make friends and meet people. I was told that Sedona is still very hot. There is nothing to do in Show Low and Flagstaff might be a possibility. Cali is just tooo far a commute on weekends.
Thank you in advance !!
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Had to laugh about your comment about nothing to do in Show Low. I spent a year there one day.
Watch the trees grow? Stand there a real long time to see the seasons change? Pretty area though, particularly up on the Mogollon Rim, but nothing to do there either except commune with nature.
I can understand your feelings about Flagstaff. I have a presence in Mesa although I hail from L.A. To be truthful I don't see a lot of difference between Phoenix and L.A. except the weather. Lower cost of living in Phoenix, higher temperatures, some summer nights low temperature 100 degrees. Not for me.
Sedona is pretty, much cooler in the summer than Phoenix but you know that. You might have a look at Prescott. Too small for me but you may like it. Definitely more moderate weather than either Phoenix or Flagstaff. Flagstaff has very cold winters but if you had dual houses in Flag and PHX you could just commute to your preferred climate. But not daily.
I temporarily moved to Santa Fe NM for about 5 months and had similar feelings to what you are expressing, perhaps for different reasons, but same outcome. Except I was able to return to L.A. where I'm happy today.
I think it's unfair to blame your counseling. That is not their job to help you decide where to live. A counselor's job is to help you understand yourself and your problems well enough to lead a happy life and make good decisions through self knowledge. A counselor does not teach you things. You work with your counselor to help you understand yourself. If you think your counselor is to blame for moving to Flagstaff then you learned the wrong information. You don't understand yourself at all if you don't understand why you aren't happy.
I learned myself why I wasn't happy in Santa Fe. I came from a big city with all the big city problems and big city benefits. My problem with L.A. was looking at only the negatives, totally ignoring the positives (climate, shopping, comfort in totally knowing the entire city, the friends I left behind...). Los Angeles has a bazillion people, Santa Fe maybe 80,000 depending on how much of the general area you include. Big city, small city. I couldn't handle the small city. My problem, not theirs. Solved by moving back home. Sorry you don't have the option.
If I understand your situation I think you should enjoy your time in Flagstaff and find an alternate city for a second home, not necessarily in Arizona. But this will not work for you except as seasonal commuting or at best weekend commuting. Later when both you and your spouse are retired seasonal commuting should work really well for you. Plenty of people do it, winter in Phoenix, summer in some place cooler. Travel and find other areas that appeal to you. Eventually you will find a place that makes you happy during the winter when Scottsdale is too hot, then fly or drive back to Flagstaff with the rest of the snowbirds.