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Arizona

Susan Calvin

(2,259 posts) Sun Mar 7, 2021, 02:17 PM Mar 2021

I'm considering moving to Arizona for retirement. [View all]

What would you say is the best place within about an hour of Phoenix? Prescott has been suggested to me, and it certainly does look nice, but it's a little farther from Phoenix than I really want. I'm wondering at what point between Prescott and Phoenix the climate changes.

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I'm considering moving to Arizona for retirement. [View all] Susan Calvin Mar 2021 OP

Tuscon. Lotsa Dems there too. apcalc Mar 2021 #1

Tuscon, Flagstaff and Sedona are my choices in Az. All more than an hour, probably. LizBeth Mar 2021 #4

My brother lives in Tucson and loves it! blueinredohio Mar 2021 #5

I'd say Tucson also. It's blue and a college town. There is... brush Mar 2021 #27

I hope to be representing Tucson, the TON Reservation, and half of Yuma next year AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #37

Check out Payson. It still gets hot but not as hot and doesn't stay hot all night like the valley. Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #2

AZ pamdb Mar 2021 #3

Consider moving to New Mexico instead. I've lived in Phoenix and am very happy here abqtommy Mar 2021 #6

My experience has been just the opposite. marybourg Mar 2021 #21

Well, we can't all be happy! My second wife and I passed up a chance to move to New abqtommy Mar 2021 #24

I *am* happy. But in Phx, not Abq. marybourg Mar 2021 #28

I lived in Phoenix for a number of years and I was miserable. I guess the laugh's on us! abqtommy Mar 2021 #30

Be sure to look into the water and drought issues b4 you move...neither are good with no Thekaspervote Mar 2021 #7

urban areas barely pay attention to that Kali Mar 2021 #9

about an hour from Phx is just more Phx Kali Mar 2021 #8

Thank you. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #12

Prescott is racist central AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2021 #10

Thank you. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #11

Exactly kimbutgar Mar 2021 #19

Tucson is blue politically. Always has been. It's a university town too. brush Mar 2021 #26

Agree. *Not* Prescott. marybourg Mar 2021 #20

one of my cuz and her wife live in suprise az. dont know the political demograpics there . AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #13

Surprise was the initial place the tea party was founded in 2008 kimbutgar Mar 2021 #22

Surprise is Debbie Lesko's base AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2021 #23

If you want to go a little farther, Flagstaff is very nice. JDC Mar 2021 #14

I've lived in several places in AZ and have friends and family all over Bradshaw3 Mar 2021 #15

Thank you. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #16

Hope I wasn't too negative Bradshaw3 Mar 2021 #17

I can afford it, barely Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #18

Tucson is blue, if that matters to you. It's an easy two-hour drive. brush Mar 2021 #25

We moved to the NE Mesa AZ area about 24 years ago..Red Mountain asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #29

Consider Cloudcroft New Mexico locks Mar 2021 #31

Check out El Paso, Texas Scruffy1 Mar 2021 #32

Check out Oregon nwliberalkiwi Mar 2021 #33

I actually feel the need of a big city pretty much all the time. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #34

Your choices for live music, theater and a more progressive demographic here DesertRat Apr 2021 #35

Sedona! AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #36

Thank you. nt Susan Calvin Apr 2021 #38

Just saw this post. LittleGirl May 2021 #39

Thanks. Susan Calvin May 2021 #40

I'm so sorry LittleGirl May 2021 #41