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Arizona

marybourg

(13,265 posts) Fri May 7, 2021, 11:10 AM May 2021

Do I belong in AZ? [View all]

I’ve lived in, and mostly loved, AZ for three decades. Approaching 80, I’m probably going to make some kind of move in the next few years. This most recent stunt by our legislature has me questioning whether this state has just become too bizarrely hyper-rwnj for a liberal former n.y.-er to live in any longer. Fellow AZ-ions, thoughts?

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Do I belong in AZ? [View all] marybourg May 2021 OP

Move to Texas Moostache May 2021 #1

Having lived in N.M., I've met a lot of Texans. marybourg May 2021 #14

I would say we need all the blues to stay. Kali May 2021 #2

Until now I felt that way, too. marybourg May 2021 #13

are you in Maricopa county? Kali May 2021 #18

Yeah, but it's not M.C. that's the problem. It's the state marybourg May 2021 #25

heh, I'm 50 miles east of there, so not often! but enough. Kali May 2021 #29

I'm only here because it's affordable and I'm a homeowner ... Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #3

Like Savoire Faire, I've lived here and there. I lived in AZ and other areas, now I live in abqtommy May 2021 #4

Been there. Done that. marybourg May 2021 #5

Move to New Mexico. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #6

Tried NM. Not for me. marybourg May 2021 #8

It is vastly different now. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #19

That's good. Do they still advertise regular marybourg May 2021 #27

I've never seen milk advertized that way. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #28

Yes, it felt very much like the 30's did on the east coast, but it was marybourg May 2021 #30

It is so completely unlike that now. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #32

Glad to hear that N.M. has moved forward. marybourg May 2021 #33

Your Democratic votes will continue to help there. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #7

If I was willing to live with Flagstaff weather, I'd have stayed in N.Y. marybourg May 2021 #11

Oh, okay. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #12

Don't move to Ohio they're getting just as bad. blueinredohio May 2021 #9

And the weather's not as good. marybourg May 2021 #10

I left in April. ChazInAz May 2021 #15

That's great! Wish you all the best! marybourg May 2021 #16

Oh, dear lord, Kansas? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #20

Wow! Hello Neighbor!!! Welcome to the area!! slightlv May 2021 #31

It's a beauty. ChazInAz May 2021 #36

Phoenix has everything Mosby May 2021 #17

100 degree temps at midnight. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #21

It was all right-turns for me in that city. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #22

Then you never lived in the suburbs of N.Y. marybourg May 2021 #23

Yep! I still haven't even visited NYC. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #24

No. After having lived in N.M., I tell people that PHX is like London marybourg May 2021 #26

My late husband grew up in Arizona wackadoo wabbit May 2021 #34

Yes, I think you've nailed it. marybourg May 2021 #35