Honestly... What's Arizona like?

Texas is much more diverse and offers a much better econmony as far as more for your money. Tons of places to go, close to beaches, I mean it is beautiful there. You can live by the beaches, and in thirty minutes be in the country. It is very nice. Houston and the towns near there are wonderful. Tons to do. Tons of culture. Try Lake Jackson, or Alvin, or a larger town, Victoria.
It is so nice. My in-laws live there in Corpus Christi, and i have lived there for a few years and loved it. Want to go back one day.

I want to relocate there with my husband by 2013.

I currently live in Vancouver. It is a boring dreary city full of aloof unfriendly robots and rich foreigners. It has the most obvious disparity between super-rich and dirt poor homeless junkie fuckbags that I've ever seen. There is no room here for a middle class. But there are more group homes, fetal-alcohol zombies, damaged street people, drunk natives, and various examples of eugenics in action, per square inch, than possibly any other place in the world. The police are brutal and unaccountable to anything [But I suppose that's the same anywhere in North America]

I like sunshine and actual Mexican food. I like cacti. I am tired of getting my vitamin D from little white pills. I look great with a slight tan, and I haven't seen stars in the night sky in about 7 years.

Would Arizona be a good fit? Are there a lot of hippies? That could be a deal breaker [still better than fruit-picking French-Canadian hippies any day of the week].

Alls I know is, as an American, I've fucking had it with Canada. I turned 18 and I had the desire to either live in the desert, or the pacific northwest. I also sought to escape the increasingly fascist climes in the states. I made my hasty decision, and while it was fun for a while, the fruit is off the bloom. I loathe this place and everything about it. The fake greenwashing. The massive superiority-complex. The lame drug culture. The excessive number of Asians. The rich trust fund kids. The smell of mildew and dankness. There's so little sun here, I still have green tomatoes in my garden.

Tell me the grass is greener there. Please.

I want to relocate there with my husband by 2013.

I currently live in Vancouver. It is a boring dreary city full of aloof unfriendly robots and rich foreigners. It has the most obvious disparity between super-rich and dirt poor homeless junkie fuckbags that I've ever seen. There is no room here for a middle class. But there are more group homes, fetal-alcohol zombies, damaged street people, drunk natives, and various examples of eugenics in action, per square inch, than possibly any other place in the world. The police are brutal and unaccountable to anything [But I suppose that's the same anywhere in North America]

I like sunshine and actual Mexican food. I like cacti. I am tired of getting my vitamin D from little white pills. I look great with a slight tan, and I haven't seen stars in the night sky in about 7 years.

Would Arizona be a good fit? Are there a lot of hippies? That could be a deal breaker [still better than fruit-picking French-Canadian hippies any day of the week].

Alls I know is, as an American, I've fucking had it with Canada. I turned 18 and I had the desire to either live in the desert, or the pacific northwest. I also sought to escape the increasingly fascist climes in the states. I made my hasty decision, and while it was fun for a while, the fruit is off the bloom. I loathe this place and everything about it. The fake greenwashing. The massive superiority-complex. The lame drug culture. The excessive number of Asians. The rich trust fund kids. The smell of mildew and dankness. There's so little sun here, I still have green tomatoes in my garden.

Tell me the grass is greener there. Please.

There are a lot of ignorant rednecks, retired people who have some resources but not enough to lead interesting live, and just about zero culture except for Latino food and art.


That is a brutal depiction, and maybe true...
But Vancouver is a vacuum of culture. There isn't a building older than 150 years here. There is no art and nothing that isn't imported from elsewhere. They make American movies here and host the olympics and think that makes them a Big Deal. It is a joke that isn't funny anymore.

Texas is much more diverse and offers a much better econmony as far as more for your money. Tons of places to go, close to beaches, I mean it is beautiful there. You can live by the beaches, and in thirty minutes be in the country. It is very nice. Houston and the towns near there are wonderful. Tons to do. Tons of culture. Try Lake Jackson, or Alvin, or a larger town, Victoria.
It is so nice. My in-laws live there in Corpus Christi, and i have lived there for a few years and loved it. Want to go back one day.

We recently had an influx of Canadians to my town (Maricopa, AZ). They seem to be a flighty bunch. Come down, trim the plants, decide it's still to damned hot, drive all the way back to bum-fuck Canada and repeat the process all year long.

Anyone who moves from a colder climate to Phoenix area climate will be drained of energy for weeks. All you'll do is sleep. Once you get passed that you'll have to deal with the power bills. You never get over those.

Feel free to come down and visit first. We like beer, guns, and off-road vehicles. We speak with authority and tend to vote conservative. Most of us carry sidearms (no permit required to carry concealed in Arizona) so be polite.

I'm addressing Southern Arizona. Northern Arizona is a completely different story. Up Flagstaff way you get more into the artsy-homo-faggy-liberal types.

OP, what's Victoria BC like? I live close the GTA in Ontario and can't stand it. Sociopaths galore with a pretty strong drug culture. really like to get out of here. I work remotely so I do have that flexibility

Think hard now . . . who wants you dead?

What is a "Low Rider"? A car where a Mexican kid (often up to age 40) has removed the shocks and springs . . .

One nice thing is the mixed neighborhoods. Everyone gets along, as long as the Americans stay indoors.

How 'bout the West cost of Florida. I suspect property is cheap as all get out, due to the exodus . . .

Special for you:
". . . and he who has no sword, let him
sell his garment and buy one." according to
Jesus in Luke 22:36

I want to relocate there with my husband by 2013.

I currently live in Vancouver. It is a boring dreary city full of aloof unfriendly robots and rich foreigners. It has the most obvious disparity between super-rich and dirt poor homeless junkie fuckbags that I've ever seen. There is no room here for a middle class. But there are more group homes, fetal-alcohol zombies, damaged street people, drunk natives, and various examples of eugenics in action, per square inch, than possibly any other place in the world. The police are brutal and unaccountable to anything [But I suppose that's the same anywhere in North America]

I like sunshine and actual Mexican food. I like cacti. I am tired of getting my vitamin D from little white pills. I look great with a slight tan, and I haven't seen stars in the night sky in about 7 years.

Would Arizona be a good fit? Are there a lot of hippies? That could be a deal breaker [still better than fruit-picking French-Canadian hippies any day of the week].

Alls I know is, as an American, I've fucking had it with Canada. I turned 18 and I had the desire to either live in the desert, or the pacific northwest. I also sought to escape the increasingly fascist climes in the states. I made my hasty decision, and while it was fun for a while, the fruit is off the bloom. I loathe this place and everything about it. The fake greenwashing. The massive superiority-complex. The lame drug culture. The excessive number of Asians. The rich trust fund kids. The smell of mildew and dankness. There's so little sun here, I still have green tomatoes in my garden.

Tell me the grass is greener there. Please.

I think it's beatutiful. It looks QUIET. And if you can see actual stars at night, I'm in.

We recently had an influx of Canadians to my town (Maricopa, AZ). They seem to be a flighty bunch. Come down, trim the plants, decide it's still to damned hot, drive all the way back to bum-fuck Canada and repeat the process all year long.

Anyone who moves from a colder climate to Phoenix area climate will be drained of energy for weeks. All you'll do is sleep. Once you get passed that you'll have to deal with the power bills. You never get over those.

Feel free to come down and visit first. We like beer, guns, and off-road vehicles. We speak with authority and tend to vote conservative. Most of us carry sidearms (no permit required to carry concealed in Arizona) so be polite.

I'm addressing Southern Arizona. Northern Arizona is a completely different story. Up Flagstaff way you get more into the artsy-homo-faggy-liberal types.

Sedona is amazing.

AZ folks, don't defend AZ, make it look crappy. We don't want more libs down here.