Cave Creek Hwy

[squirrel516]

Originally Posted by BigEinAz

Just to be clear, the house you’re looking at is in Phoenix most likely, with a Cave Creek mailing address. Cave Creek proper doesn’t go south of Carefree Hwy. it’s a long ignored real estate scam that realtors won’t tell you about. When I asked my realtor about it she hemmed and hawed and said SHE lived in Cave Creek. I said when you dial 911, who responds? Phoenix. Who picks up your trash? Phoenix. I said, well, you live in Phoenix then . . .

Does it matter? In other words, is there a reason that someone should not want to be inside the Phoenix boundary? I ask as someone who plans to move to Phoenix next year. Thanks.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by squirrel516

Does it matter? In other words, is there a reason that someone should not want to be inside the Phoenix boundary? I ask as someone who plans to move to Phoenix next year. Thanks.

I don't see why they shouldn't, and I live right downtown, in the heart of the beast so to speak

[exit2lef]

Originally Posted by squirrel516

Does it matter? In other words, is there a reason that someone should not want to be inside the Phoenix boundary? I ask as someone who plans to move to Phoenix next year. Thanks.

Some people may associate more prestige with certains suburbs, especially Scottsdale. Depending on their politics, some people may find Phoenix too liberal for their tastes. I don't agree with either notion, but they exist and influence some people's thinking. Above all, the practice of associating oneself with a suburb rather than the central city is enabled by the U.S. Postal Service, which has assigned vast swatches of territory within Phoenix boundaries to various suburbs but has not done the reverse (assigning suburban territory to Phoenix zip codes) to nearly the same extent. In that environment, it's easy for residents of northeast Phoenix to claim (and sometimes actually believe) that they live in Scottsdale or Cave Creek.