Posted on 08/29/2017 1:35:04 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
We are looking to relocate from Columbus, Georgia to Phoenix, Arizona. Two members of my family suffer from the local pollen and humid weather. We also need to be closer to traditional Catholic Latin Mass and Sacraments. Wonderful as Columbus is culturally and politically (in the region, not the city proper), there aren't a lot of local traditional Catholic resources.
I have been stymied in my attempts to even get so much as an interview for the jobs I apply for online.
Presently, I work in IT (storage/servers/backup) in the financial industry. My skills are not cutting edge and I am not a programmer/developer, but in the past I was always able to get interviews at least. Any of you Arizona folks know of a good strategy for finding good employment in the area?
Please don't try to sell me on other parts of the country, my wife and I have done our research, and this is where we wish to relocate.
Thanks for providing information from a social source I find more trustworthy than almost any other.
On the plus side, AZ doesn’t play havoc with your body clock.
It stays on ST year around so the sun sets early.
As for the weather, if you’re used to humid weather, AZ feels different. Its one of the few places you can run swamp coolers or AC because cool air makes the dry heat bearable.
There are a few liberal places there but not as many as some other states.
“I have explained that I don’t expect moving expenses in the cover letter when applicable”
That should help, but you may want to include it always, you never know.
In the meantime just keep applying, sooner or later something will work.
Everybody I knew in Phoenix moved to other areas of the country or died trying. I know this information doesn’t help you, but I thought you should know. Sorry.
Having experienced both climates several different times in my life, I can say without a doubt, I would pick Phoenix over Georgia.
The comparison in the heat is not even close. Dry and hot is so much more tolerable that humid and hot. I would move back now if I wasn't married for 42 years and 70 years old. This is it for me.
The heat and humidity, even in northern Florida where I live, can be so insufferable it is impossible to stay out in it to get my farm chores done. I have to take several breaks inside and change clothes sometimes because they are soaked through and through.
But, even on the hottest days in Phoenix, I could stay outside most of the day to play golf, do yard work, run my daily long distance run or clean the pool.
Locals usually don't venture outside in the middle of the day in Arizona. Only tourists do.
In college, I remember going out to hang out at the pool by 9 AM until like noon before going inside the apartment for some gin and tonics and a nap.
But here in Florida, it's dripping wet in the early morning and hot and dripping wet like a sauna by mid-morning. The rest of the day is almost not tolerable until evening when the heat and humidity abates some. An afternoon thunderstorm sometimes cools it off but just makes it more humid.
If I had a choice, I'd rather have the dry heat in Phoenix than the heat and humidity of the southeast, any day of the week.
The SV ref was Space Vehicle.
My allergies are moderate, at worst -- but, one night, my hosts in Phoenix decided to show me the city at night from South Mountain Park. On the way, we drove through blooming orange groves, and, before we were halfway to the park, a massive allergic attack hit me.
My head hurt, I could hardly breathe, and my eyes reacted so badly that I could hardly see the lights of the city -- much less enjoy them! I was in sheer agony!
Never, before or since, have I had such a sudden allergic attack onset -- or one even 1/10th as severe!!
Needless to say, I declined their offer to work and live in Phoenix/Tempe...
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Orange pollen -- be warned about Phoenix/Tempe!
Back-end factory that did final tests.
C-team.
The newspaper is the Tucson Daily RED Star!
I know about the orange groves. In fact, one of the things I’ve I found charming about the area is the orange trees growing all along the neighborhood streets in some areas. It is funny how people are allergic to different things. My worst allergies were (by far) in Missouri. Wooded Pennsylvania was. a distant second. We can get away from individual plants when we pick a home. We can’t get away from humidity in southern GA so it is still a major upgrade.
Ping
I thought I knew mine, and -- had my hosts not pointed out the smell of the orange blossoms -- I never would have known what had hit me a minute or so, later!
FWIW, If you like Orange Julius drinks, in Tempe, there are some franchises situated where they just send someone out into the grove when they need more oranges. "Delicious" doesn't begin to describe them!
I wish you all the best, FRiend!
TXnMA
20 years ago, you could drive one end of the valley to the other in an hour or less so you had the whole area as a job base. Now, unless you want to spend hours in your car each day, you have to keep your employment closer to you. So, you don't really have the entire valley to draw upon for employers BUT there has been so much growth, there are more employers to choose from.
This has been a fabulous place to raise a family and has been good to me. Ofcourse, I hit it just about at the sweet spot.
My biggest complaint? The houses really suck. Bad.
He's right.
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