Which would you rather live in?

[SargeUNN]

I am just wondering how DUers would decide if they were me.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

1. Lol

I would move to Phoenix.

[SargeUNN]

2. I do

I have lived in Phoenix for 3 years and 2 months. I came here from South Mississippi and if I were to leave Arizona my only option would probably be going back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I am hoping to move more to the rim country if things work out right because I can't stand the thought of going back to the Mississippi Coast, but I might be stuck in Phoenix.

[Renew Deal]

20. Meet me in Scottsdale

:D

[customerserviceguy]

3. Too humid in the Gulf Coast for me

Hell, it's too humid here. I sure do miss the Pacific Northwest...

[Iggo]

4. The desert....

....even though my last name ends in Z.

[Cleita]

5. Arizona. I hate humidity with the heat.

I'm assuming this is a Mad Max world where choices are limited. I actually love redneck Idaho.

[SargeUNN]

6. it's actually the choices I have

stay in Arizona or go back to the Mississippi Oil Coast.

[Cleita]

7. It's very hot and humid in the South anywhere in the summer.

Air conditioning?

[SargeUNN]

9. yep sure is

I lived in South Mississippi for half a century. So I know what you mean.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. I love Arizona

That is, I love the desert, the sun, and a lot of people that live there.

But I can't stand what idiots like Brewer, Pearce, Arpaio, Kyl, and McCain have done to the state :evilfrown:

[SargeUNN]

10. I like Arizona

but I really like the area around Payson best.

[SunnySong]

11. Arizona has plenty of intellectuals and liberals and real cities,...

So my choice is clear.

[NutmegYankee]

12. Give me 4 distinct seasons, or give me death!

:P

[Bobbieo]

13. I live in Yuma, but regret not going back to Tucson when I had the chance

[NutmegYankee]

18. I had this on my mind:

I grew up in the SE of the country, but loved the change to New England culture and climate. If only that damned Global Warming wasn't happening...

[w8liftinglady]

14. I'd really like to live in Arizona-it looks pretty..

Texas has it's moments...but it gets humid where I live...

[SargeUNN]

15. I like Austin Tx

but Texas doesn't really attract me. Mississippi really is beautiful but is backwards and too Southern Baptist. Arizona is so diverse in terrain and temps. but Payson and the Rim Country are so pretty and cooler than Phoenix.

[Brickbat]

16. The third option -- not for the politics, but the weather.

[SargeUNN]

17. Northern Arizona isn't as hot

in fact around Flagstaff snow comes often in the winter. Payson is a little warmer but a good deal cooler than Phoenix or Tucson.

[Renew Deal]

19. I love Arizona other than the latest racist law.

I loved Arizona from the first second I went there. I've been everywhere from the California-Arizona-Mexico border to Phoenix (and the burbs), Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, petrified forest, and painted desert. I just love the state. It's sad that this law passed.

[azmouse]

24. I think it's a beautiful state too.

And I too wish this law hadn't been passed.

[csziggy]

21. I can't take the desert - my sinuses bleed when the humidity is too low

Since I have lived along the Gulf coast all my life, I'd rather stay here. Of course, I'd rather stay in my part of the Gulf Coast in our little blue enclave in the Big Bend of Florida, but if I had to, I could handle the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It would not be all that different than where I am, except I wouldn't have my farm.

[lpbk2713]

22. I live in Deliverance country.

Mostly red Central Florida. I should be able to handle almost anywhere else.

[LooseWilly]

23. Have you considered Chihuahua?

Nice and Deserty, cheap... and more open minded than either Arizona or Mississippi. You might even be able to get some "Tropical" radio stations out of Veracruz.

And, you could always take a train through the Copper Canyon when you just need to get out of the house.

[azmouse]

25. I love Arizona... the politicians here not so much.

Been living here for most of the last 20 years and there is no where else I'd rather be.

[Sgent]

26. Gulf Coast

of course I NEED water to fish, sail, swim, go to beaches...

[guitar man]

28. Delete

Wrong place

[Arctic Dave]

27. Sedona or Flagstaff.

[guitar man]

29. Ms Gulf Coast

But then again, I graduated from Gulfport High so there's still a big place in my heart for the coast. I wish I could go down there and help clean up :cry:

[Jack_DeLeon]

30. I'm glad I live in Texas, its got the best of both types of areas...

but if I absolutely had to choose it would be Arizona as I dont like humidity that much.

[Umbral]

31. As a part-time resident of Arizona, Trent Franks' district...

'Just die quickly' looks like an acceptable alternative to Mississippi. But what I really do, when Arizona get to be too much, is head back to Utah. Surprisingly, the people there aren't nearly as unstable as the Arizona crazies.

[Major Hogwash]

32. Highly recommended. And kicked.

Stay put where you are.

[immune]

33. I'm in Arizona, currently the east valley, which I despise.

I lived just outside Prescott for many years and then Williams (gateway to the grand canyon)for a short time, but if I could choose a place in Arizona to go now, it would be back up to Prescott. I like Payson, too, but its changed so much over the past twenty-thirty years and not, IMO, for the better. I have a grandson there, and a granddaughter in Prescott, so either would work out ... if I could get it done at this late date and on my limited income.

But if I could take the winters, I'd head back to my roots in South Dakota. Rapid City or Mobridge, preferably.

[SargeUNN]

35. I know Rapid City although it's been decades

I was stationed at Ellsworth and spent about 2 years there. I loved the country but no the winters. Arizona is pretty much like S.D. in ways without the harsh winter.

[immune]

36. Yes, there are similarities in parts of Arizona

I guess the most noticeable difference to me, though, is the people. Arizona's population is more transient and less connected with each other and to the land while the people of SD are more .... I want to say stable and if they leave at all, its usually only to come down here during the winter months to become snowbirds. Can't blame them for that, even though its hard not to cuss them on the roads. I used to have a bumper sticker that said "Pray for me, I drive the trail". :eyes:

I went back up there (Aberdeen) for several months in 1995 and loved every minute of it. Well, at least until it got to 40 degrees below zero.

[SargeUNN]

37. like I said it has been decades

but when I was there in the early 70s I found the people nice and friendly. I had a family sorta adopt me and they treated me very well. I find that attitude isn't as big here in Arizona. This valley overall is one of the most unfriendly places I have been and self absorbed, although there are those who I think are really great and caring, sadly the Libertarian craziness has taken over and it has made this valley a very unfriendly place.

[immune]

39. Hadn't thought of it that way, lol.

Have to say I've known some really funny friendly libertarian types here, including the gal who ran for Governor on the Lib ticket back in 2000, Cat Gallant. Didn't know her all that well, pretty much just through work, but she was hysterical to listen to and really pretty liberal in her outlook. She once rode her horse up the capitol steps because she was so ticked off at some policy .. can't remember what it was. No one ever expected her to win ... herself included, but it was fun to watch.

Its the republicans around here that I find to be so totally intolerant and hateful toward any damn idea that isn't pumped directly off Fox news. And unfortunately, there are plenty of those types in the high country, too.

[Statistical]

34. Easier to fix Arizona than the Gulf. n/t

[LWolf]

38. Neither.

I'll stay here in the Pacific NW, thanks.

The closest I've come to Arizona is a weekend spent in Laughlin. The closest I've been to the Gulf Coast is a 3 day working trip to Houston.

Politics and environmental disasters aside, I don't like heat and/or humidity.

[montanto]

40. Die