We moved from CA ten years ago to Phoenix - two years after we moved, my parents moved from CA to live 2 miles north of us and now in the last 6 months my sister and her 3 grown sons all moved here from CA. Jobs were much easier to find and housing and living costs were not even comparable. My sister still can't believe she's only paying $100 in electric bill now after $300+ average in So. Calif! We're republicans and hope more reps come here than demos but it was awful to watch our Gay gov get reelected over a solid man (Len Munsil) and J.D. Hayworth get ousted for a democrat! Arizona is moving left and we have to raise a new generation to take it back to the right! In 2008 my 2 children will both be over 18 and able to vote Republican for the first time!
I wouldn't mind the Flagstaff area, if I could afford it.. maybe I could take up golf or something..
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I grew up in So AZ. I left years ago because to many Califlowers and "back easters" had moved in.
Now when I visit, I have trouble telling the difference between SoCal and Tucson - even the paint schemes on the homes are the same. And now they all complain about taxes....
I met a new fellow here at work and he mentioned he had just up from Califlower - I told him to never mention that to anyone else.
You would get more respect locally if you told folks you had just moved in from Thailand after running a (fill in the blank house of ill repute) - after all, you had been working.
But then, that's just what I hear.
$100 in the summer ??