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Topic: Just exploring some possibilities............... |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 17 May 2013 8:45 pm |
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This olde steel player is considering a possible move to the Phoenix AREA......
Looking for approx. 1,500 sq ft, 3 bdrms. 2 baths.
Rental in a NICE, SAFE area is desired.
Don't want my steels to disappear while on our weekly drug run.
Afraid air conditioning might blow us out of the house but.........???
Any comments?
Is there much opportunity to play music in that area? |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 17 May 2013 8:50 pm
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Ray, I really can't comment on the opportunities to play in the Phoenix area, but you really should study the weather here in the summer and contrast it to the weather in Oregon. Let me just say, it gets a little warm. 
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 17 May 2013 9:24 pm
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Even when I left in 1983 the concentration of moremoremore population, buildings, roads and structure was affecting the climate--particularly as it retained heat and humidity. The timeworn old cliche "It's a dry heat" isn't nearly as true today as when Barry Goldwater roamed this range. And while old ways of thinking finally fell away and freeways were finally built, the place is an endless, sprawling junior L.A. (I moved from Phoenix to L.A. and speak from a certain authority)--except hotter. I can't speak to the music scene but I am hard pressed to understand why anyone would retire to Phoenix (the success of Sun City and its like is an eternal bafflement to me). Also consider some of the elected and constabulary officials in Arizona and a 120-degree cuckoo's nest might be a not unreasonable conclusion. (At least gubernatorial disgraces Ev Meacham and Fife Symington have more or less passed from memory. The incumbent, not so much.)
Tucson is also growing like crazy but hasn't crossed the line into oppressive misery as Phoenix seems to have done. I've found Tucson to be a more interesting guitar town (more interesting all around) for its size than Phoenix, although I see that there are more and more guitar stores up in Junior L.A. |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 18 May 2013 1:13 pm
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+ 1 on Tucson.Very slightly cooler than Phoenix,and full of interesting guitar places.I lived there for awhile and still have a lot of family in the area.If I were to move back to Arizona,it'd be Tucson.But I'd want a summer home in Winnipeg and unlimited jet fuel credit.  |
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Bill Moran
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 21 May 2013 5:08 pm
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Watch out for the rattle snakes Ray ! 
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 22 May 2013 11:54 am
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| OK Ray, who's in Phoenix? |
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Dave Bertoncini
From:
Sun City West, Arizona USA
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Posted 22 May 2013 12:09 pm
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The West Valley is preferable to the East Valley in my opinion. We don't get as many dust storms and the heavy rains in the Monsoon Season (they never told us of this before we moved here) We are in Sun City West and like it alot...very quiet and safe, close to shopping and healthcare. If you care to PM or email me I can give you more info. We came here from Olympia about a year ago and never looked back. Good Steel Association and activities here too
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Darrell Birtcher
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Posted 22 May 2013 12:10 pm
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Ray,
I'm a native of Phoenix and I'll second everything said here regarding Tucson vs. Phoenix. Lived in LA too so I can validate the comparisons of Phx to LA.
If you're running to the border frequently for prescriptions, as many do, you'll save 4 hours per trip if you choose Tucson. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 22 May 2013 8:13 pm About Phoenix.................
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Stuart..........You think I gotta a little sweetie down there or something?
Bill, about snakes: When I was driving cross country for J.B. Hunt back in 1990......I awoke one morning and peeked out the flap from the sleeper unit. I saw a little olde man in typical tourist attire, kaki suntan-shorts and his little Poodle Dog walking around in the early morning light amongst some knee high brown grassy stuff. He was just paying little or no attention for the dog other than allowing it to do its duty. It was then that I noticed this very professional made sign about12x15 inches, between myself and the tourist. It stated quite simply: WARNING! Look out for rattle snakes. 
Drove thro' there one night years ago and the newspapers indicated it was an all time HEAT RECORD of 122 degrees. WHEW! My shoes stuck to the melted asphalt when we attempted to drop the trailer.
The only thing that raised my curiosity was the abundance of vacant homes, good sized, that were for rent I could afford. |
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