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| - If you're from a Tier1 city on the East or West coast, this city is a major fail. If you come from, say, Chattanooga, TN, or anywhere equally as appalling such as anywhere in-between Philly and Los Angeles, this city will probably be a step up for you.
PROS:
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Friendly people. Beautiful sunsets. Beautiful desert scenery. Cheap rent. Beautiful weather 6mos out of the year. Pretty decent Magic the Gathering scene. Wonderful family.
CONS:
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A big percentage of people here are radical Christians and loony Mormons waiting for their spaceship to the planet Kolob (look it up).
There are a lot of chain restaurants and you've really got to search high and low for decent eats. Unfortunately, most Phonecians enjoy Applebees over, say, a great Cajun eatery.
The music scene is laughable, at best. When the weekend's headline event is "Hardcore is a Girl's Best Friend", and when you go to a desert party with 2 stages of Hardcore, you know you're in trouble. The city's DnB weekly draws crowds in the single-digits, and most events, sound-wise, are utter failures. For instance, bringing out a huge UK DnB DJ then having the sound cutting out and clipping all night, awesome! Want to hear Glitch? bawahaha, good luck. How about DubStep? woooo! If you're lucky you can catch the DubStep _monthly_... yes folks, 1x's a month. Awesome. There is literally only one weekly that's worth anything and it's the Pound which has been going strong for 1yr. Sadly, you see the same 100 people at every event worth anything. So in a city of 5million or whatever, 100 people know and support good music. *sigh* Want to hear a sick DJ like DJ Dan, Donald Gladue, DJ Icey, etc....? Well you have 1 option: wade through the sea of douchebaggery at Myst filled with the worst of Scottsdale and the Scottsdale wanna-be's with their $200 jeans and $150 bling t-shirts with no clue that a world-class DJ is on the decks.... THEN, you will be sadly disappointed as you watch your favorite DJ spin a watered-down set on a shitty sound system. Sweet.
Art? "Hellz yeah we have First Friday". Yeah, 1x's a month, there's something artsy to do. Tits.
Public transportation? Yeah, the people of The Valley voted for the Light Rail project... a BILLION dollar debacle which provides Phonecians a single route from Mesa up to Phoenix, at a cost of $2.50 for a r/t. Is it cheaper than driving? No. Faster than driving? Nah. More convenient? Nope. Does it go anywhere useful? Naw. It serves only a tiny fraction of our population, mainly those that find it "hip" to live in Downtown Phoenix. How about the bus? Don't know, I've never seen a bus in Gilbert.
Weather? Miserable... you are forced to live in an artificial environment 6months out of the year because it's too hot to have a window open, too hot to even go outside. Sure there's a lot of nice outdoors activities, but you can only participate 1/2 the year. Don't let people fool you and tell you "it's a dry heat". I don't care if it's dry or not, 117 degrees is 117 degrees. OH, and don't expect it to cool down at night.... 100 degrees at MIDNIGHT is actually common. And btw, it's not always a "dry heat"... most of the summer is Monsoon season. You actually begin to look forward to the monsoons.
How does Phoenix's weather effect your body? Well, if you enjoy not being able to breathe, sneezing, watery eyes, bloody noses, burning your flesh on your leather seats, Valley Fever, and respiratory issues, Phoenix is the place for you!
Job market? Awesome, if you enjoy working for a call center.
Cops? Super! We've got the anti-Constitution, racial profiling, show-boating, murdering Joe Arpaio. If you are caught with even a roach or a stem of weed, you're looking at a trip to Tent City where you can enjoy our 117 degree weather from the comfort of an outside bunk bed under a canvas tent. If you're brown and working hard to support your family, expect for your place of business to be raided, and for you to be arrested and detained, probably even deported.
Drivers? The drivers in Phoenix are fascinating to watch and observe. They paint the perfect picture of mental retardation. Everyone tailgates here, going 70mph. I defy anyone to drive 20miles on our freeway systems and not see a rear-end accident. Multiple rear-end accidents happen daily. Why? Because people drive at 70mph literally inches from the car in front of them. Now any person with an IQ over 70 would be able to understand that if the car in front of them has to stop suddenly, you are guaranteed to get into an accident. GUARANTEED. I am baffled and literally astounded at the fact that no one seems to understand that out here.
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