coming from LA and here now in phoenix, and traffic is super chill. I'm on the westside phx, and travel to tempe/downtown for work and taking the 101loop is approx 25min. Been here 10+yrs and love it. If you plan on living in downtown/tempe area and also find work there....you won't need a car anymore. They have upgraded the lightrail system here so that you can go all around downtown/tempe to sky harbor airport w/no issues. good luck brodee
are the summers really that bad? My wife keeps saying she doesnt think she could handle the summers. I dont think it wouod bother me, i ******* hate the cold and any kind of rain.coming from LA and here now in phoenix, and traffic is super chill. I'm on the westside phx, and travel to tempe/downtown for work and taking the 101loop is approx 25min. Been here 10+yrs and love it. If you plan on living in downtown/tempe area and also find work there....you won't need a car anymore. They have upgraded the lightrail system here so that you can go all around downtown/tempe to sky harbor airport w/no issues. good luck brodee
http://www.valleymetro.org/planning_your_trip/system_map/light-rail
i been there in sept/oct and april. Never experienced the summer months, for me it would just be a hot winter, which is better than cold and wet northeast winter.
Miss the hell outta The 602. Heard their turning 51 ave into a new freeway looping out towards awahtukeecoming from LA and here now in phoenix, and traffic is super chill. I'm on the westside phx, and travel to tempe/downtown for work and taking the 101loop is approx 25min. Been here 10+yrs and love it. If you plan on living in downtown/tempe area and also find work there....you won't need a car anymore. They have upgraded the lightrail system here so that you can go all around downtown/tempe to sky harbor airport w/no issues. good luck brodee
http://www.valleymetro.org/planning_your_trip/system_map/light-rail
queens has the best diversity city tries to add more lanes for walking and biking but people try to skirt around that zone. 
How much you need to buy a nice 3/4 bedroom house in a good area out there?Moved to San Diego about 6 months after I made this thread and still here
Expensive as hell but the weather is great, food even better and got a girl and all that other good stuff.
We have talked ab moving somewhere else in the near future and Seattle is still at the top of our list along with Portland, Dallas and Austin.
How much you need to buy a nice 3/4 bedroom house in a good area out there?Moved to San Diego about 6 months after I made this thread and still here
Expensive as hell but the weather is great, food even better and got a girl and all that other good stuff.
We have talked ab moving somewhere else in the near future and Seattle is still at the top of our list along with Portland, Dallas and Austin.
My sister and some other family out in portland. I love it out there but couldnt do the drearyness all the time.
Phoenix traffic aint that bad, fam.
Theyre making the loop 202 fully connect. Tukee folks are pissed, lol
Scottsdale is overrated and overpriced. East Valley is where it's at, housing wise. Chandler and Gilbert are popping.
im married, in my 30s and no kids, but may have kids. Chandler and gilbert are where we should be looking? Also want to be close to outdoor activities, decent shopping/restaurant scene but dont really need a robust nightlife.
Chandler, Gilbert and Ahwatukee Foothills all have that. I like Gilbert, the best personally. Downtown Gilbert has some really good restaurants and a really cool vibe. Plenty of shopping, too.
thanks for the advice, ill def check it out when we visit later this year.
we're in north phoenix area....google "desert ridge". Right off the 101, clean as hell...everything is accessible, and your neighbors will pretty much be transplants in your age group. That is where we are at right now, and if you're familiar with Southern Cali....it reminds us of a tustin/irvine area.
We're in a 3bdr, 3bath 1900sq ft in what some peeps would say a "great location" in north phoenix and we purchased our home for 315k 10yrs ago. about 1700 a month on mortgage. I was paying more for a 2bdr apartment a month during my college years in Brea, CA. smh
Cox Gigablast FTW. Rumors of Google Fiber coming. Then you have hotspots pretty much everywhere in tempe (my work) due to college atmosphere.
we're in north phoenix area....google "desert ridge". Right off the 101, clean as hell...everything is accessible, and your neighbors will pretty much be transplants in your age group. That is where we are at right now, and if you're familiar with Southern Cali....it reminds us of a tustin/irvine area.
lots of new builds, communities with schools, bunch of restaurants.....and we're talking nice *** restaurants where most are from like big cities:
mastros
ruth chris
grimaldi's
lou malnatis
bunch of breweries
In N out
Yeah after briefly browsimg zillow in other areas i can see that your dollar goes much farther in the ofher areas mentioned.
