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Why on earth would anyone want to move to AZ? It’s 120 in the shade, there’s a rattlesnake behind every corner, and the scorpions are the size of Chihuahuas.

Why on earth would anyone want to move to AZ?

I came here for a job (in my young 20s) before I had a clue what was here, having only been through AZ on an airplane. Unfortunately I have lived in the large urban island known as Phoenix ever since, BUT I have NEVER ever seen a rattle snake in the three neighborhoods I have resided in. When I moved out here the folk back east called me crazy saying they were still fighting the Indians out here -HA HA. No we are fighting the illegal aliens coming across the unsecured border thanks to the courts and the fed gov.

Scorpions on the other hand are very tiny (NOT LARGE) and that is what makes them so dangerous - they hide in your shoes and they are hard to see. I live in a developed part of Phoenix (developed for decades) and have never seen a scorpion on my property, nor have my neighbors. My daughters who both live out in newly developed areas do have them in their home but you learn how to look for them and to try and avoid. All of her kids are adults so we do not have the issue of a baby getting stung.

Yes I do hate Phoenix now that there are over 4 million folk in Maricopa county today(urban area Phoenix and surrounding urban towns are the bulk of Maricopa). Contract that with 500,000 when I moved here, and I would like to get out of this heat island and into a rural area but I am too old and have had my house paid for a couple of decades.

Heat only bothers me in July and August and we never saw 120 last summer - the rest of the year is fantastic. 120 (122 to be specific) is so rare the Boeing jets had to be grounded for one day back in the 1990s because their takeoff roll engine-out performance charts stopped at 120. You know that no pilot is going to purposefully look for a lawsuit in this litigious era.

Agreed....AZ is a very very baaaaad place.....stay away....except to visit if you have money you’d like to leave with us. Better yet....just send money.