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Job market on LI is a nightmare when cost of living is factored in. Gotta be on the civil service/public teat to survive and that bird has flown.
Arizona is great but my wife wouldn't last a day in that heat and truth be told, it's pretty darn backwoodsy compared to NY and many NYers don't adapt well to the southwest, hot, texmex, low income, white trashy culture. I know that's generalizing but I've been there and it's valid.
Sedona and Phoenix are two separate worlds of income and culture just as Arizona and New York are.
About five months ago I moved from Long Island to Arizona. I noticed many posters here have been discussing the topics of whether they'd stay on Long Island or not. Let me tell you that Arizona is amazing compared to Long Island. The weather is perfect 8 months of the year. Constant sunshine, comfortable dry heat. No more hot and sticky humid summers with mosquitoes, no more freezing, snowy winters. Everything in Phoenix is new and modern, you can get a newer, bigger, more stylish house for half the price of the average home on Long Island. Gorgeous palm trees, easy access to mountains which is great for hiking and mountain biking. No more NYC congestion and the state speed limit is 85mph. Taxes are lower and the schools are good. The authentic Mexican food is delicious and is much better and healthier than pizza and bagels. Arizona provides a healthy, active lifestyle Long Island is lacking. Sedona is a beautiful resort city to visit. Also Phoenix is within a few hours driving distance to SoCal for the beach, Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. I can easily go to Los Angeles if I want big, cosmopolitan city life or San Diego which is America's finest city. There are many microclimates if one wants to get away from the heat. You can even go skiing in the mountains in Arizona or California. It seems that everyone who leaves Long Island moves to Florida, North Carolina, or South Carolina and many people aren't pleased. Forget the southeast and move to the wild wild west if you need a break from Long Island. The western United States is where it's at in terms of QOL.
Will Arizona be great in 2035 when it's returned to Mexican sovereignty?
It's a very real prospect that the United States will lose the Southwest in our lifetimes. Too many people think it's impossible but with the changing demographics it is a definite possibility.
Arizona/the desert south west is a joke. Very nice place to visit but not a place that can sustain a thriving metropolis in the long term. If the real estate bust hadn't made it so that those areas will never grow the way they did over the past 20 years again and probably begin losing population soon....it would have just happened a few years later when they friggin run out of water. There is a reason that 60% of the US population lives on the less than 1/3 of the country's land that lies East of the Mississippi river.
About five months ago I moved from Long Island to Arizona. I noticed many posters here have been discussing the topics of whether they'd stay on Long Island or not. Let me tell you that Arizona is amazing compared to Long Island. The weather is perfect 8 months of the year. Constant sunshine, comfortable dry heat. No more hot and sticky humid summers with mosquitoes, no more freezing, snowy winters. Everything in Phoenix is new and modern, you can get a newer, bigger, more stylish house for half the price of the average home on Long Island. Gorgeous palm trees, easy access to mountains which is great for hiking and mountain biking. No more NYC congestion and the state speed limit is 85mph. Taxes are lower and the schools are good. The authentic Mexican food is delicious and is much better and healthier than pizza and bagels. Arizona provides a healthy, active lifestyle Long Island is lacking. Sedona is a beautiful resort city to visit. Also Phoenix is within a few hours driving distance to SoCal for the beach, Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. I can easily go to Los Angeles if I want big, cosmopolitan city life or San Diego which is America's finest city. There are many microclimates if one wants to get away from the heat. You can even go skiing in the mountains in Arizona or California. It seems that everyone who leaves Long Island moves to Florida, North Carolina, or South Carolina and many people aren't pleased. Forget the southeast and move to the wild wild west if you need a break from Long Island. The western United States is where it's at in terms of QOL.
Sorry to hear you couldn't make it on LI, but glad you found happiness. The desert isn't for most people who live on LI, but it's nice you don't mind sweltering heat. Maybe some day you can save up enough to move back
Ignore the obvious bashers. Misery loves company, hence the pleas to move back. You did what was right for you. Congratulations. It takes more courage than they will ever know.
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