Phoenix/Scottsdale/Tucson

[Hamburger Pimp]

Cool, guys.

It sounds like Tempe is the best part of the Phoenix area to live in terms of having things to do.  Downtown Phoenix appeared to be kind of like Detroit in that it shuts down when the office building close for the night and there's no sporting event.  I drove up 7th and westbound on Van Buren from Sky Harbor last month and there was nothing going on.  There was a lot of construction that might have something to do with that.

Does Phoenix proper offer any perks by living there or is it just like the rest of the area minus Tempe?

[DANGERTERRORHORROR]

Cool, guys.

It sounds like Tempe is the best part of the Phoenix area to live in terms of having things to do.  Downtown Phoenix appeared to be kind of like Detroit in that it shuts down when the office building close for the night and there's no sporting event.  I drove up 7th and westbound on Van Buren from Sky Harbor last month and there was nothing going on.  There was a lot of construction that might have something to do with that.

Does Phoenix proper offer any perks by living there or is it just like the rest of the area minus Tempe?

There are some pretty areas and good restaurants and, most importantly, a Bookmans. If you care about mid century stuff, central phoenix is packed with it.  The whole metro area is devoid of bands and regular places to see shows -- except for what, the Yucca in Tempe? Trunk space/modified are in Phoenix though for kids shows and the occasional nobunny visit?  Rogue sucks now, apparently.   The 7th ave strip seems tolerable -- Phoenix is rough livin:  Meth heads, crime, traffic.  I dunno, I just feel like there's more sanity around the school in Tempe than anywhere else.  More girls too.  If you are gay, though, Phoenix it is (not a dis, just lotsa gay culture taking over in PHX, a good thing).

[Hamburger Pimp]

Tempe is my first choice but I'm leaving my options open.  If I find a place in Phoenix I've been told to avoid the area directly east of downtown, the southwest of the city due west of Sky Harbor and a neighborhood called Meryvale (Merydale?).  But I hope Tempe will be where I find a place.

Thanks again for the info.

[DANGERTERRORHORROR]

Tempe is my first choice but I'm leaving my options open.  If I find a place in Phoenix I've been told to avoid the area directly east of downtown, the southwest of the city due west of Sky Harbor and a neighborhood called Meryvale (Merydale?).  But I hope Tempe will be where I find a place.

Thanks again for the info.

in phoenix, the closer you are to a mountain the less dreary it is. and more expensive.  this is my new theory. 

*may not apply to south mountain.

[Hamburger Pimp]

Holy Mother of God!

Can I get one of these in Phoenix or is this a Tucson only delicacy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXaXy4aeJt4

[tango fistula]

Tucson.

Again showing regional supremacy over Phx

[rickparkerz]

tucson kinda smells funny though.

[tango fistula]

That's the smell of cheap weed and rotting dreams

[Mark Beef]

you can probably get Sonoran dogs in the PHX metro area, Tucson however also has Pat's chili dogs which are not available there so your need for a trip or two is inevitable

Sam hasn't been in the Phx area for anything in what...4 years? Not a reliable source when it comes to "the scene". Tempe has plenty of house parties, bars, show type shit, and as long as you're not a native Fauxnecian you will have plenty of opportunities to drive somewhere outside of your neighborhood and check something out.

[DANGERTERRORHORROR]

you can probably get Sonoran dogs in the PHX metro area, Tucson however also has Pat's chili dogs which are not available there so your need for a trip or two is inevitable

Sam hasn't been in the Phx area for anything in what...4 years? Not a reliable source when it comes to "the scene". Tempe has plenty of house parties, bars, show type shit, and as long as you're not a native Fauxnecian you will have plenty of opportunities to drive somewhere outside of your neighborhood and check something out.

i know it probably feels like four years but i only moved last may, buddy

but yeah, we played and went to a bunch of parties in phx in 08 and 09, things was pickin' up then! 

does this mean if (when!) azpr starts up again you wont send me an evite?

[SLASH]

you can probably get Sonoran dogs in the PHX metro area, Tucson however also has Pat's chili dogs which are not available there so your need for a trip or two is inevitable

Sam hasn't been in the Phx area for anything in what...4 years? Not a reliable source when it comes to "the scene". Tempe has plenty of house parties, bars, show type shit, and as long as you're not a native Fauxnecian you will have plenty of opportunities to drive somewhere outside of your neighborhood and check something out.

man, pat's chili dogs is open again? i thought it was closed down! that place rules so hard

[Mark Beef]

it was never closed that I know of...of course I've also heard people complaining about their fries not being super crisp and the cheese on the dogs being slices now....I really don't understand what these nimrods are talking about either since that has always been the case since I ever ate there back in the 80's


as for you, Samuel.... it definitely feels like longer than a year since you abandoned ship.  I don't know what any of that other stuff means. I was just saying there is for sure more to Tempe than the Yucca, though that place is swell. distort can fill people in better on that end

AZPR? keep hoping and praying...that shit be deader than the Rio Nuevo project

[DANGERTERRORHORROR]

it was never closed that I know of...of course I've also heard people complaining about their fries not being super crisp and the cheese on the dogs being slices now....I really don't understand what these nimrods are talking about either since that has always been the case since I ever ate there back in the 80's


as for you, Samuel.... it definitely feels like longer than a year since you abandoned ship.  I don't know what any of that other stuff means. I was just saying there is for sure more to Tempe than the Yucca, though that place is swell. distort can fill people in better on that end

AZPR? keep hoping and praying...that shit be deader than the Rio Nuevo project

RIO NUEVO IS DEAD??

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO

[DANGERTERRORHORROR]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO

[Mark Beef]

I know man...don't worry Rio NuRomantico will take it's place

time to watch A Mountain burn