Phoenix, AZ vs. Tucson, AZ vs. El Paso, TX vs. San Antonio, TX vs. Lubbock, TX vs. Las Vegas, NV (live, best)
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Which of these cities would be the best to live in? I'm comparing entertainment, scenery, weather, friendliness, and ease of meeting people. Overall, which of these cities rank number 1?
For me, San Antonio, then Phoenix. They're solidly ahead of the others, IMO. I think San Antonio is pretty underrated. When I first visited there during some research visits years ago, I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did. There's much more do to there than most realize, awesome people, terrific food, and a great downtown.
All good cities. Texas does tend to be quite friendly and San Antonio is probably the coolest city in Texas. But I had to vote for Las Vegas because of so much entertainment and I prefer the scenery (including the natural scenery).
Which of these cities would be the best to live in? I'm comparing entertainment, scenery, weather, friendliness, and ease of meeting people. Overall, which of these cities rank number 1?
Out of all them San Antonio for the city itself but the Phoenix metro area has several excellent suburbs that I really enjoy.
Entertainment: San Antonio/Phoenix (if suburbs included)
Scenery: San Antonio. I like the green, rolling hills in much of the area. The oak trees. The parks are great. The riverwalk
Weather: Tucson. Tucson has a fairly mild winter, warm spring and fall, summers are tolerable for many and they do have cooling monsoonal rain often late in the summer and it cools off nicely at night.
El Paso and Lubbock also have a great climate also in my opinion. Both have a mix of cold temperatures to very warm temperatures throughout the winter as the weather changes in both fairly drastically. Very temperate spring and fall weather. El Paso and Lubbock have very warm summers but they do get reprieves from the heat often, especially later in the summer for El Paso
Phoenix and Las Vegas are way too warm for me in the summer and I am a fan of warm weather.
Friendliess: Tie between San Antonio/Phoenix in my experience.
Out of all them San Antonio for the city itself but the Phoenix metro area has several excellent suburbs that I really enjoy.
Entertainment: San Antonio/Phoenix (if suburbs included)
Scenery: San Antonio. I like the green, rolling hills in much of the area. The oak trees. The parks are great. The riverwalk
Weather: Tucson. Tucson has a fairly mild winter, warm spring and fall, summers are tolerable for many and they do have cooling monsoonal rain often late in the summer and it cools off nicely at night.
El Paso and Lubbock also have a great climate also in my opinion. Both have a mix of cold temperatures to very warm temperatures throughout the winter as the weather changes in both fairly drastically. Very temperate spring and fall weather. El Paso and Lubbock have very warm summers but they do get reprieves from the heat often, especially later in the summer for El Paso
Phoenix and Las Vegas are way too warm for me in the summer and I am a fan of warm weather.
Friendliess: Tie between San Antonio/Phoenix in my experience.
Ease of meeting people: San Antonio/Phoenix
I felt Phoenix was friendlier than San Antonio from my experience. Phoenix has much friendlier customer service than San Antonio. But the worst customer service hands down is El Paso. I've been yelled at before from customer service there. It seems like Phoenix and San Antonio are the top best out of the list. Me personally, I prefer Phoenix any day.
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by sonorandesert92
Lol nobody is voting for the smaller cities. I'd say Phoenix is the best one. This is how I'd rank these cities from best to worst:
1. Phoenix, AZ.
2. Tucson, AZ.
3. Las Vegas, NV.
4. San Antonio, TX.
5. El Paso, TX.
6. Lubbock, TX.
The only reason I'd rank Tucson 2nd best is because it's close to Phoenix. The friendliest city is Phoenix. Least friendliest is El Paso.
Anyone who puts Tucson above Las Vegas has not been to both, and I say this as an Arizonan who might have to move to Las Vegas in the future (fiance is from Las Vegas, so her friends are still there).
I don't like Las Vegas that much, but it's better than Tucson, which would objectively be 4th on this list behind Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Antonio.
5th would be El Paso with Lubbock bringing up the rear
Which of these cities would be the best to live in? I'm comparing entertainment, scenery, weather, friendliness, and ease of meeting people. Overall, which of these cities rank number 1?
Anyone who puts Tucson above Las Vegas has not been to both, and I say this as an Arizonan who might have to move to Las Vegas in the future (fiance is from Las Vegas, so her friends are still there).
Tucson is milder in the winter and a little less excessively hot and dry than Las Vegas in much of the summer, and the surrounding desert is much less desolate. Additionally, it contains a major research university of a much higher caliber than any in Las Vegas.
I would agree that Las Vegas has the advantage in terms of entertainment, retail and other amenities and its civic infrastructure has a more modern, polished appearance while Tucson is more rustic and less removed from the natural desert environment.
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