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Old 09-07-2011, 11:46 AM
 
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My turn to narrate my story. Moved here 3 months back from NC. Big change.

U will not see greenery
no upscale brick homes, they all stucco.
Don't know whats so great about scottsdale. Just clean roads with old buildings.

Even the best area like they call Paradise Valley, Biltmore don't know whats so special there. Compare it with Ballantyne/ South Park in Charlotte or Buck Head in Atl. Paradise Valley looks old and run down compared to them.

Climate n heat is Ok.



There are lot of foreclosures and deals in so so areas. Home are still expensive in the desirable areas.

No diversity.

I might be wrong on my comments please forgive me. This was my opinion.

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Old 09-07-2011, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Bon voyage! It's not for everyone, fortunately.
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Old 09-07-2011, 12:05 PM
 
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yep ..... sounds like you should have visited before moving
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Old 09-07-2011, 12:18 PM
 
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yep ..... sounds like you should have visited before moving

I did many times and loved it. Seems when u visiting u have a different outlook. or maybe I am just home sick. and with the heat almost gone, I might change my opinion.
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Old 09-07-2011, 12:28 PM
 
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I did many times and loved it. Seems when u visiting u have a different outlook. or maybe I am just home sick. and with the heat almost gone, I might change my opinion.
You picked a terrible time to come. The heat can really poison the experience by September - even for those of us who live here and know what it is like. It looks a lot nicer in December, I think.
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Old 09-07-2011, 12:33 PM
 
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I did many times and loved it. Seems when u visiting u have a different outlook. or maybe I am just home sick. and with the heat almost gone, I might change my opinion.
yeah - could just be heat frustration

a lot of the things you mentioned are pretty transparent and surface level things which should be aparent on a visit ....... when fall hits and the weather cools dig into those things that you enjoyed on your visit and explore the metro in more depth ... get beyond the superficial and find what works for you
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Old 09-07-2011, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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My turn to narrate my story. Moved here 3 months back from NC. Big change.

U will not see greenery
no upscale brick homes, they all stucco.
Don't know whats so great about scottsdale. Just clean roads with old buildings.

Even the best area like they call Paradise Valley, Biltmore don't know whats so special there. Compare it with Ballantyne/ South Park in Charlotte or Buck Head in Atl. Paradise Valley looks old and run down compared to them.

Climate n heat is Ok.



There are lot of foreclosures and deals in so so areas. Home are still expensive in the desirable areas.

No diversity.

I might be wrong on my comments please forgive me. This was my opinion.
Phoenix was a small town and the Valley largely rural until AC was invented and became commercially available after WW II.

You are looking in all the wrong places to see historic homes and neighborhoods with big trees/mature landscaping.

You need to come to central Phoenix for that and drive around the historic districts.
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Old 09-07-2011, 01:49 PM
 
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I came from northeast too on end- middle of May. I moved in this block-house on middle of July. I really like this house.
Big green trees around here. My backyard have two tall green trees and neighbors have too.
Just I have complain AZ closing system. It is not same. So confuse to me because foreclosure property.
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Old 09-07-2011, 02:26 PM
 
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"U will not see greenery": Ummm you just moved to the desert.

"no upscale brick homes, they all stucco." would a southern style old brick home look good in the desert?

"Don't know whats so great about scottsdale. Just clean roads with old buildings.Even the best area like they call Paradise Valley, Biltmore don't know whats so special there. Compare it with Ballantyne/ South Park in Charlotte or Buck Head in Atl. Paradise Valley looks old and run down compared to them." Sounds like you did a quick drive and made some assumptions. If you really drove through the town of Paradise Valley and thought it looked old and run-down, maybe you should have moved to Beverly Hills.
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Old 09-07-2011, 02:33 PM
 
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FWIW, those new brick homes in the east with the steep, dominating roofs look goofy to me when I visit there. Then there is the ubiquitous grass lawn with a lone sapling blowing in the wind. (Why oh why must they cut down all the trees to build a subdivision there?) I am one of the people who like the home styles in the southwest/CA especially in the newer developments where there are more elevations offered and paint schemes are varied and there is such a variety of vegetation. Phoenix suburban streetscapes in the new areas are really well done, IMO.
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