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Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
High Highs
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Date: October 04, 2018 04:29AM
What can I say, just moved to Arizona and I'm already discovering how Phoenix is so much better then Fairfax. Rush hour here is nothing compared to Fairfax, bye bye speed cameras, and hardly any traffic cops on the road.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
It's a hell-hole
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Date: October 04, 2018 09:41AM
Phoenix is the least sustainable city anywhere.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
chain restaurants & strip malls
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Date: October 04, 2018 09:47AM
It's a hell-hole Wrote:
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> Phoenix is the least sustainable city anywhere.
it’s all sprawled out like a big suburb. like a giant chantilly in the desert. it’s in a beautiful area and i’m sure it’s pretty livable, but it’s not a city worth bragging about.
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> Phoenix is the least sustainable city anywhere.
it’s all sprawled out like a big suburb. like a giant chantilly in the desert. it’s in a beautiful area and i’m sure it’s pretty livable, but it’s not a city worth bragging about.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
Make tracks...
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Date: October 04, 2018 11:06AM
No water. Hideous heat. Poisonous creatures. Beige everything. Not at all a go-to sort of place.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
mk6ut
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Date: October 04, 2018 11:19AM
Just wait until summer. 120+ in the shade. Oh, it's a dry heat they say. True but 120 is miserable wet or dry. Flooding after every afternoon thunderstorm. Oh, and the dust...
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Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
H2 Oh No
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Date: October 04, 2018 12:03PM
You won't say that after you run out of water. Plus your skin is going to wrinkle at 50 times the normal rate.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
No place like home
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Date: October 04, 2018 12:06PM
The Mid-Atlantic region is one of the best on a whole host of measures. Living in a desert is just plain dumb.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
eh - depends on housing situatio
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Date: October 04, 2018 08:29PM
If you are about to retire, and don't own a home, moving to Phoenix wouldn't be a bad choice. It's way cheaper housing cost wise.
But if you already own your digs, and like it here, Fairfax is really only at a 10% premium over Phoenix (https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/phoenix-az/fairfax-va/46672P). And you live in a nicer climate close to some really fun cities.
But if you already own your digs, and like it here, Fairfax is really only at a 10% premium over Phoenix (https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/phoenix-az/fairfax-va/46672P). And you live in a nicer climate close to some really fun cities.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
former AZ res
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Date: October 04, 2018 08:40PM
Phoenix is a shit hole, look at the crime rate. No comparison to Fairfax in terms of QOL.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
Demographer
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Date: October 04, 2018 09:24PM
Plus the Grand Canyon is only 4 hours away.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
Scottsdale>Tysons
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Date: October 04, 2018 09:35PM
Vegas is close, Los Angeles is close. Chicks are hotter. Lots of Mexicans. Tinted windows legal and necessary.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
eh - depends on housing situatio
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Date: October 04, 2018 10:12PM
Scottsdale>Tysons Wrote:
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> Vegas is close, Los Angeles is close. Chicks are
> hotter. Lots of Mexicans. Tinted windows legal and
> necessary.
Within a short train ride, we have:
* Washington, DC (lots of Museums and a surprisingly resurgent beer scene)
* New York City (Beats Los Angeles on attractions and food)
* Baltimore (waterfront + cruise port!)
* Philadelphia (history 101 + cheese steaks)
Add some range and car, and you also have:
* Pittsburgh - Awesome city for a three day weekend
* Atlantic City (cheap Vegas fix with a real beach and free stabbings)
* Annapolis (boating)
* Virginia Beach (our beach city!)
If you need cheaper housing in your non-earning years, I won't shame anyone for going to Phoenix. I just can't imagine trading if your house is already paid off here, unless you need its sales proceeds to live on. One reason why housing is so expensive here is old people really like the area, and never want to leave. It takes a death for a house to go one the market, and shucks, if its in Mantua, expect a kid who inherits it to move in.
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> Vegas is close, Los Angeles is close. Chicks are
> hotter. Lots of Mexicans. Tinted windows legal and
> necessary.
Within a short train ride, we have:
* Washington, DC (lots of Museums and a surprisingly resurgent beer scene)
* New York City (Beats Los Angeles on attractions and food)
* Baltimore (waterfront + cruise port!)
* Philadelphia (history 101 + cheese steaks)
Add some range and car, and you also have:
* Pittsburgh - Awesome city for a three day weekend
* Atlantic City (cheap Vegas fix with a real beach and free stabbings)
* Annapolis (boating)
* Virginia Beach (our beach city!)
If you need cheaper housing in your non-earning years, I won't shame anyone for going to Phoenix. I just can't imagine trading if your house is already paid off here, unless you need its sales proceeds to live on. One reason why housing is so expensive here is old people really like the area, and never want to leave. It takes a death for a house to go one the market, and shucks, if its in Mantua, expect a kid who inherits it to move in.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
Milfs tho
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Date: October 05, 2018 12:22AM
Phoenix and Scottsdale has so many cougars tho. It doesn't make sense because Northern Virginia is a lot richer. You would think hot women would be where the money is but that is not the case.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
Op is oblivious
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Date: October 05, 2018 08:19AM
When I lived in Tempe 7 yrs ago, you look at some wetback the wrong way at a stoplight and you could get shot!
They have REAL MUFFFUKIN gangs out there, not like the pussy wannabes out here in va and md.
Next, you’re gunna end up being the white grandparent with the mixed BEANER grandson. JUST wait. The only ones that will be your friends are the other cuck grandparents that thought mixed kids are “ beautiful.”
Good luck!
Been there! Wait until the honeymoon period is over
They have REAL MUFFFUKIN gangs out there, not like the pussy wannabes out here in va and md.
Next, you’re gunna end up being the white grandparent with the mixed BEANER grandson. JUST wait. The only ones that will be your friends are the other cuck grandparents that thought mixed kids are “ beautiful.”
Good luck!
Been there! Wait until the honeymoon period is over
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
Save those nickels and dimes
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Date: October 05, 2018 09:19AM
eh - depends on housing situatio Wrote:
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> If you need cheaper housing in your non-earning
> years, I won't shame anyone for going to Phoenix.
Except that you could go less than 100 miles from here and have much more affordable housing costs without ending up marooned in some far-away and multi-faceted hell-hole.
> One reason why housing is so expensive here is old
> people really like the area, and never want to leave.
What's not to like? If you've planned well enough to afford to live here, you'd be nuts to leave. It's not like rush-hour traffic is a thing after you've retired. Sleep late in the morning and go out to eat early in the evening. Problem solved.
> It takes a death for a house to go one the market, and shucks, if its in
> Mantua, expect a kid who inherits it to move in.
2-BR townhouses near Wegman's in Fairfax are going for $475K, You can get a cozy 3/1 SFH with a nice yard in Winchester for less than $200K.
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> If you need cheaper housing in your non-earning
> years, I won't shame anyone for going to Phoenix.
Except that you could go less than 100 miles from here and have much more affordable housing costs without ending up marooned in some far-away and multi-faceted hell-hole.
> One reason why housing is so expensive here is old
> people really like the area, and never want to leave.
What's not to like? If you've planned well enough to afford to live here, you'd be nuts to leave. It's not like rush-hour traffic is a thing after you've retired. Sleep late in the morning and go out to eat early in the evening. Problem solved.
> It takes a death for a house to go one the market, and shucks, if its in
> Mantua, expect a kid who inherits it to move in.
2-BR townhouses near Wegman's in Fairfax are going for $475K, You can get a cozy 3/1 SFH with a nice yard in Winchester for less than $200K.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
eh - depends on housing situatio
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Date: October 05, 2018 09:58AM
You pay a premium if you want to live somewhere that has lots of high paying jobs and top tier services. If you work in Downtown DC, Winchester would be a 1.5 to 2 hour commute, each way. Lots of gas and car maintenance comes with that equation.
Save those nickels and dimes Wrote:
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> eh - depends on housing situatio Wrote:
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> -----
> > If you need cheaper housing in your non-earning
> > years, I won't shame anyone for going to
> Phoenix.
>
> Except that you could go less than 100 miles from
> here and have much more affordable housing costs
> without ending up marooned in some far-away and
> multi-faceted hell-hole.
>
> > One reason why housing is so expensive here is
> old
> > people really like the area, and never want to
> leave.
>
> What's not to like? If you've planned well enough
> to afford to live here, you'd be nuts to leave.
> It's not like rush-hour traffic is a thing after
> you've retired. Sleep late in the morning and go
> out to eat early in the evening. Problem solved.
>
>
> > It takes a death for a house to go one the
> market, and shucks, if its in
> > Mantua, expect a kid who inherits it to move
> in.
>
> 2-BR townhouses near Wegman's in Fairfax are going
> for $475K, You can get a cozy 3/1 SFH with a nice
> yard in Winchester for less than $200K.
Save those nickels and dimes Wrote:
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> eh - depends on housing situatio Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If you need cheaper housing in your non-earning
> > years, I won't shame anyone for going to
> Phoenix.
>
> Except that you could go less than 100 miles from
> here and have much more affordable housing costs
> without ending up marooned in some far-away and
> multi-faceted hell-hole.
>
> > One reason why housing is so expensive here is
> old
> > people really like the area, and never want to
> leave.
>
> What's not to like? If you've planned well enough
> to afford to live here, you'd be nuts to leave.
> It's not like rush-hour traffic is a thing after
> you've retired. Sleep late in the morning and go
> out to eat early in the evening. Problem solved.
>
>
> > It takes a death for a house to go one the
> market, and shucks, if its in
> > Mantua, expect a kid who inherits it to move
> in.
>
> 2-BR townhouses near Wegman's in Fairfax are going
> for $475K, You can get a cozy 3/1 SFH with a nice
> yard in Winchester for less than $200K.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
tradeoffs
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Date: October 05, 2018 10:03AM
Scottsdale>Tysons Wrote:
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> Vegas is close, Los Angeles is close. Chicks are
> hotter. Lots of Mexicans. Tinted windows legal and
> necessary.
LA and vegas are about a five hour drive from Phoenix. Not bad but there can be tons of traffic along the way, there’s just not many other places to go in that area. That being said, in the same amount of time Fairfax county people can drive to NYC, Philly, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Richmond, VA Beach, OBX. There’s just more stuff here on the east coast. Phoenix is great though if you like the outdoors & nature stuff. Then again so is this area if you drive an hour.
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> Vegas is close, Los Angeles is close. Chicks are
> hotter. Lots of Mexicans. Tinted windows legal and
> necessary.
LA and vegas are about a five hour drive from Phoenix. Not bad but there can be tons of traffic along the way, there’s just not many other places to go in that area. That being said, in the same amount of time Fairfax county people can drive to NYC, Philly, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Richmond, VA Beach, OBX. There’s just more stuff here on the east coast. Phoenix is great though if you like the outdoors & nature stuff. Then again so is this area if you drive an hour.
Re: Phoenix > Fairfax
Posted by:
Save those nickels and dimes
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Date: October 05, 2018 11:06AM
eh - depends on housing situatio Wrote:
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> You pay a premium if you want to live somewhere
> that has lots of high paying jobs and top tier
> services. If you work in Downtown DC, Winchester
> would be a 1.5 to 2 hour commute, each way. Lots
> of gas and car maintenance comes with that
> equation.
Hint: Retired persons don't commute to work anywhere. Try to get with the program here.
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> You pay a premium if you want to live somewhere
> that has lots of high paying jobs and top tier
> services. If you work in Downtown DC, Winchester
> would be a 1.5 to 2 hour commute, each way. Lots
> of gas and car maintenance comes with that
> equation.
Hint: Retired persons don't commute to work anywhere. Try to get with the program here.