Arizona is a terrible place, do not think about living here. (Phoenix: bike, roach)

[Adamson865]

Originally Posted by ketchikanite

Other then visiting for a couple of weeks in the winter I see no reason to go back to Arizona. It’s just a desert wasteland.

...and everything here wants to kill you.

https://www.kold.com/2022/07/09/pima...rns-bee-swarm/

[Bitey]

I'll take you up on your offer. Nice place to visit, no desire to move there.

[9162]

Originally Posted by teddyearp

You know, I still haven't actually seen a rattlesnake here.

Some people see them all the time, and others don’t. Id have neighbors that will see them all the time, and other neighbors that never see them. Sometimes they’re really good at hiding too. Remember an incident where a child was bit in a parking lot at a Burger King of all places.

[Adamson865]

Originally Posted by 9162

Some people see them all the time, and others don’t. Id have neighbors that will see them all the time, and other neighbors that never see them. Sometimes they’re really good at hiding too. Remember an incident where a child was bit in a parking lot at a Burger King of all places.

I've seen just one here in Tucson, sunning itself out in the open, on the asphalt below the scoreboard of the baseball field at Pima Community College on the west side.

[Greenvalleyfan]

Originally Posted by ketchikanite

Other then visiting for a couple of weeks in the winter I see no reason to go back to Arizona. It’s just a desert wasteland.

If that's the way you feel, why visit at all? Go visit some place you'd enjoy like Baltimore.

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by KurtAZ

Think it is time to fire this one up again.

AZ is breaking new ground by brewing beer with reclaimed water

Oh and we are all going to die when the water gets shut off next week.

Singapore agrees.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/beer-...ent=newsletter

[Adamson865]

Even the animals are dying!

https://tucson.com/news/local/squirr...f9983cfb2.html

[teddyearp]

It's been a while. I found this bit of text laying around and thought of this thread:


"This is the only state that contains one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It is the only state that contains all four N. American deserts. The world’s largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest stretches across this state. The country’s largest and second largest man made lakes are here. This is where you’ll find the southernmost ski resort and the southernmost mile high city in America.

The longest unbroken stretch of Route 66 is here. Billy the Kid killed his first man here and the most famous gunfight in the Old West took place a little further south in a vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral.

When NASA was preparing to land on the moon, this is where they trained. All of New England, plus the state of Pennsylvania could fit inside the state’s borders. There are more wilderness areas in this state than in the entire Midwest. There is only one place in the country where the U.S. Post Office still delivers mail by mule and it is here.

This is where you’ll find the world’s largest solar telescope, the deepest dam and best-preserved meteor crater. It is arguably—and I will argue with anyone—the most beautiful state in the union. It is my home.

Welcome to Arizona."


Watch out for all the snakes, scorpions, and coyotes.

[Ex New Yorker]

Originally Posted by teddyearp

It's been a while. I found this bit of text laying around and thought of this thread:


"This is the only state that contains one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It is the only state that contains all four N. American deserts. The world’s largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest stretches across this state. The country’s largest and second largest man made lakes are here. This is where you’ll find the southernmost ski resort and the southernmost mile high city in America.

The longest unbroken stretch of Route 66 is here. Billy the Kid killed his first man here and the most famous gunfight in the Old West took place a little further south in a vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral.

When NASA was preparing to land on the moon, this is where they trained. All of New England, plus the state of Pennsylvania could fit inside the state’s borders. There are more wilderness areas in this state than in the entire Midwest. There is only one place in the country where the U.S. Post Office still delivers mail by mule and it is here.

This is where you’ll find the world’s largest solar telescope, the deepest dam and best-preserved meteor crater. It is arguably—and I will argue with anyone—the most beautiful state in the union. It is my home.

Welcome to Arizona."


Watch out for all the snakes, scorpions, and coyotes.

Indeed it is!!!

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by Ex New Yorker

Indeed it is!!!

Arizona is up there, but it's not the best. My vote is Alaska and then California. If we had an ocean it would change the calculus.