Has Arizona Lost Its Appeal? Why Are People Leaving?
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- Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024
- Arizona for many years has been the fastest growing state in America. Phoenix in particular has lead the nation in population rise for several decades. But has the appeal begun to wear off or is it still a sought after destination?
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Arizona has gotten way to expensive, way to hot in the summer, too crowded , traffic sucks .
Get out of phoenix
Don't forget it has gotten way too blue as well.
I would imagine this is for those living IN PHX rather than in an outer suburb area...not sure why ppl don't realize living in a big city is rarely a good idea. Just live on the outskirts...
All of above,sad because phoenix has amazing scenery and desert landscape.
I feel like leaders in washington or arizona are both very inept.
I left because all of the coolest places to live had been overpopulated. Like Prescott. I've seen Prescott grow in 4 years and now it's too busy with the traffic. That's why I loved Prescott, is for the old school Arizona charm and how there wasn't a ton of drivers on the road. Now so many people from pheonix moved there and it was too much for me. Also, there are many neat places that I would love to move to in Arizona that are too underdeveloped. And I adore the southwest, but at the same time, you want more trees and natural water and some nice grass, every now and again. I also wanted to live somewhere where it felt like Halloween for fall season and that Christmas would feel like Christmas. I ended up moving to Apalachian country.
Prescott doesn’t get as hot
I left Prescott 17 years ago for a job and there's no moving back. I still miss it, though.
Kingman is the same way, it's a shit hole 😅😂😊
People seem to always find reasons to hate where they are at no matter where they go.
Absolutely. I've lived all over California, Oregon, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho and now Arizona. Believe me, everywhere I've lived has folk that choose to be miserable. Some just choose to have a glass half empty mindset and misery loves company. To each their own on how they choose to live life but don't bring the rest of us down with you.
Yup, because you can’t outrun yourself. Gotta bloom where you’re planted
We left a few years ago, when the decline was well under way. As a young family, the cost of living was high compared to the wages, but the worst part was the lack of good schools. We moved to a state that is still expensive, but we now have good schools and good family neighborhoods.
I appreciate the information and the attention to health topics. Thank you
I love Arizona! I’ve lived here all of my life! Couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. ❤️❤️❤️
Have you tried anywhere else?
@@smthcrmnal26I have and everywhere ain't all that great use to live in Arizona plan on moving back currently live in Shittattle Washington you think Phoenix is bad try living in this hellhole.
I lived in Seattle in the 80s and 90s it was getting bad then. But now it’s straight trash. You can do better that both places.
@@smthcrmnal26 Obviously not.
A friend lives in Florida and he pays big time property taxes. With the humidity, bugs, severe storms ….. what is the appeal?
Don't forget HOA fees and home insurance prices doubling and tripling in a year.
Local counties lining their pockets and pensions and. Building university style schools.
I really appreciate the depth of your content. Thank you 👏☀️💫
I've been here for 20 years and I truly love Arizona. People are friendly, it is so laid back. Jobs are plentiful, but they are not keeping up with the cost of living like they used to. You cannot see the sky in Tempe for all the skyscrapers. They were looking at Old Scottsdale for the same thing. That is painful, it will kill tourism. It is a beautiful state, thru and thru and I have been all over the state. I can no longer afford to live here, I miss my kids so I am going back to Indianapolis, to freeze my butt off. I am sad to leave and I would recommend AZ to anyone.
Not to mention the smog now 😢
Tucson is much less expensive, but crime and homelessness per capita are probably the same.
The air quality here is definitely better though.
Florida isn't all that amazing. It's overrated, to me at least
At least Florida has lots of transportation options and beach options.
People board Cruises from Florida. How can that be done in Arizona?🤔 I'm saying this as an Arizonan.
I JUST made a video on this LAST WEEK! Great minds think alike! 🙌 Thanks for sharing.
I moved to AZ from IL in 2019 and love it here. Yes, I’m still kinda new here only being here 4-5 years but I’m already thinking of moving because of the political corruption. Other than that, it’s a great place to live.
I move to yuma in 21 a lot better then 30 below 70 inches of snow in minnesota
Biggest thing is the cost to niceness ratio is way off.. The desert can be pretty and the winters are nice and all but not enough to justify living through these summers, dealing with the pollution/allergies, and paying San Diego prices. I still somewhat like it here but the math is all wrong and somethings gotta give.
San Diego prices? Where are you living in AZ for that to be the case??
I am so sorry I did giggle when you said Wet Beaver creek. Sorry I had an immature moment. Your videos are so informative thank you so much!!
The day is great here in AZ! Thank you for your videos of AZ!
The city of Phoenix recently bought a hotel near my middle class neighborhood & turned it into a homeless shelter 😒 My neighbor was threatened by a resident there, at 7-11. The cops said “oh yeah, we know exactly who that is” 🤦🏻♀️ He came home & listed his house for sale. He was the best neighbor too. 😔
Open southern borders don’t make any border state very appealing.
That's why ya vote TRUMP 2024
@@senkosirius9730 *Amen Brother/Sister !*
*FJB !*
AZ is still a good value for what you get. It's expensive everywhere in the US that is desirable to live now. I've lived in other states and they don't compare
@VentureAZ 💯.
I heard it’s not such a good deal anymore. With its problems and what not.
I love Arizona!
Arizona is really not habitable to live. Thank god for 'Air Conditioners' can't imagine waiting for a train or bus
Goodyear resident. Growing rapidly, traffic is traffic, summer is hot as hell, but overall great family neighborhoods, no homeless, plenty to do, spring fall and winter are awesome. We love Arizona
I am a 5th generation Arizonan and I want out of this place... It's not that I want to leave, but every day is a stressful nightmare if I have to drive anywhere. It's so busy that there's never a non-busy time to do my errands. I had a zero accident record up until 2023. It's like driving in California.
Arizona has gotten hotter than ever, and fewer rain and monsoons. I want all these ridiculous people to leave, and stop ruining everything.
I can't buy a home here. I own one, but trying to get a bigger home for my family here isn't worth it.
Sorry it's more then people moving here. How about a corrupt government, letting a complete idiot run a country that couldn't even run his own life let alone a country. Prices are so high because of what we allowed to be in charge and no one ever had the balls to stop it. Biden has tried, but when you go into something that is so screwed up, it takes time to clean up after all his shitty diapers he left us to take care.
Exactly! I went almost 40 years without an accident & in 2021, my car was totaled from behind by someone who just moved from Oregon 😒 And it seems like weekly, I am dodging scary drivers 😖
I live california is way worse lot ass hole driving
Listen you have to look at both sides of the coin where you choose to love! If your not paying state income taxes, I'm from Tennessee & Texas, the PROPERTY taxes are so much higher so either way your getting screwed
I-17 is being widened to 3 lanes up to BCC, and they are adding flex lanes up to Sunset Point.
I can certainly relate to the other people commenting on here. I am from CA and after 24 years of marriage, my wife and I are getting a divorce. Even if we split our home 50/50 we still would not be able to afford a new or a used home in CA, the prices have gone up so much. That is why I have been looking at relocating to Kingman. I know this will probably piss some of your posters off, but personally I want out of CA, I love the weather, but I cannot stand our governor and legislature. They have turned CA into their own private commode and I no longer want any part of it. I believe in AZ, the freedoms you still have, and I will work hard to help keep them.
SE Valley is very nice, all new. Love it here.
With the amount of growth I see in Surprise, it seems like people are still moving here. Everywhere I look I see new homes being built, so I don’t think Arizona lost it’s appeal. We moved here recently from Maui and totally love it here.
New construction often happens where the land can be purchased cheap.
My Mom grew up in Phoenix and my grandparents had houses in Phoenix and Pinetop. I moved here from New Mexico 5 years ago because my sister and my Dad live in Mesa, but I live in Northern AZ. Our Pension Incomes won't be taxed here. VERY different if you are re-locating with a down payment from the sale of a home somewhere else. Our house in Chino Valley doubled in value. It is a crappy manufactured home full of linoleum and particle board. We are not spending money on the interior of our house. After we die, our kids will inherit the property and the 3-car Garage will be worth more than the house.
No sports culture, suburban sprawl, lack of transit, disgusting summers, NIMBYS, racists.
Air quality has decreased last 10 yrs
Yes--I moved to Sun City, AZ in 2021 from Missouri to be with my son's family, with two granddaughters. I look up the Air Quality Index for Sun City (just west of Phoenix) most days, and it is usually rated "poor." But the air was similarly poor in the St. Louis area that I left. I appreciate the winters here, though.
Yes!! I admittedly moved here from SoCal in 1994 (didn’t bring bad politics though 😉) & I distinctly remember zero smog. Now, going south on the 51, nearing Northern, I look up & the sky is always brown 😢 And it really wasn’t “that” hot. Granted, I’ve put in a little insulation 🥴
I love Arizona and wanted to move there for 6 years now, but won't be able to anytime soon. Hopefully by the time I do it the Californians will have left and AZ becoms more affordable
I missed a great live chat!
Was stationed at Williams AFB in the early 80s,i don’t even recognize that area of the valley anymore. It’s a concrete jungle anymore,sad! Used to be lemon orchards fruit tress,and vegetables from the Air base to Apache junction and to chandler.
In Phoenix to care for my parents. I will never understand the attraction of Phoenix with the current cost of living, traffic, and crime. I understood why people lived here previously since it was affordable but not now, not with how expensive it is and how much worse most areas have gotten. I used to enjoy Prescott but that area has changed a lot too, no longer an option for me. Long term I'm out of here. It's too bad, Arizona used to be a great place.
Crime is in every big city...the key is to move to the outskirts so you're within driving distance but far enough away to live daily in peace.
Im a bit scared to move in my park model, due to the pay rate in the Bullhead/Laughlin area, and the traffic!
Just like tucson is no more too many NYC here!
Tucson Arizona has been growing and i love it we have been building new freeways new restaurants and down town Tucson has been growing as well has beautiful new buildings ,but the cost of living has been gone up lots as well its not cheap anymore
Freeways?
@@Cyrus992 I remember your handle. Didn't you do videos with george4title?
@@Mikeesocal69 yes
I live in tucson pretty ratty trash everywhere plus butloads of homeless
I play golf so AZ is too expensive for me. Not to mention the water situation.
paid $38k in '79 for house in Coronado neighborhood. Now: +$700k
Love your channel. As a new Arizona resident so much great information! YOU should run for office, you know a lot about the state and have a sensible viewpoint, just sayin'..🙂
I just spent the last 2 and a half months in Tucson and traveled here and there around the state during this time…I can’t see living there full time. Tucson used to be a nice friendly city and now it’s impersonal and there isn’t that sense of community like there used to be. I did like Apache junction and it’s far enough away from Phoenix but also close enough…Phoenix is very polluted, traffic is crazy. I’m in Havasu right now … and can’t believe the cost for homes…and it does remind me of LaPaz Baja in Mexico for sure from Parker to Havasu … I couldn’t live here year round.
I’m not noticing people leaving, we’re getting over ran up north!
AZ has reached build out. In Maricopa County most the landscape is now covered in sprawl. People that love endless growth and expansion have their eyes and eats closed to it all. So it goes.
If I could live anywhere in the world and money were no object (the cost of selling my house, moving costs from Canada, and so on), I would call Sedona or Scottsdale, AZ, home, especially if the crime rate wasn't as high in the USA. I haven't visited the USA since 2017 because I haven't felt safe travelling there since then. I have visited AZ many times before 2017, and I just love the urban planning of the infrastructure, the beauty of living in the desert, the food, the heat even in the summer, all the hiking trails and so on...
We NEED high speed trains for sure! We need to update airports and for heavensakes make the seating in planes more comfortable my god so cramped!!
The entire “West Valley” isn’t even close to the comparison of Laveen. Safety? 70,000 people would say it’s the opposite for 85383. Homes start @ $600k-2M. Great schools as well. I do agree regarding ability to stop income tax with all the tourists from around the world visiting Grand Canyon and Sedona.
Which districts have good schools?
Left in 2022 best move in my life!
Even way back in the early 90s, anywhere west of Central Av in Phoenix was sketchy. However, Bell Rd near 17 used to be a lot nicer, compared to how it is today.
Live near Tucson now, and for the most part, it is like a miniature version of 19th Ave in Phoenix.
Still would take it over the majority ghetto cities in the Rust Belt or in the NE United States, where you freeze your ass off and crime is rampant.
BTW Oro Valley and the Foothills are waaay too expensive around Tucson relative to the local wages.
Fructose is a naturally occurring sugar found in fruits and vegetables. Got to eat fruits and vegetables. It’s the high fructose corn syrup you want to avoid.
Being a native san diegan certainly have some time in western AZ anyway. Havasu. More than the 4 hour drive to Vegas. That was when I WAS a native. Now full blown seattlite. Yaya. Been saying for 20 years, seattle will be the new SD in a decade or 2. Great to here those SD cities bro. Lived in Escondildo, Rancho Bernardo (RB), Penasquitos (PQ, Skinurpenis), Vista, school in Poway. No schools in RB yet. Elementary only. Oh, Arizona! Great place Great place. Nah
Flagstaff has too much traffic
Really
No it's not as bad as is Tucson or Tempe is it
@@dontneednomanstoptelllingm8481 Going to be tons of traffic next to any university.
Gosh, I hope so! Maybe we can get a break.😮
I like your political views! I moved to Az in the mid 60’s because my dad built swimming pools. I have lived there off & on my adult life too. I’m hoping the common person takes over too!
Is Circle City/Morristown good area?
High property taxes, even if you rent and don't own, will be passed along to tenants by the owners, so property taxes will catch up to both owners and renters.
How are you jeff what you doing this weekend
AZ income tax is extremely low, it's 2.5%
Arizona’s 2.5% state income tax rate is NOT high. It is very reasonable.
The coke products in Mexico are not as bad as in the US because they're made with sugar instead of high fructose syrup. But soda should be drank in moderation. I just lost a former church member to type one diabetes.
Yes, we're leaving after 4 years in Maricopa... most dangerous State I've ever known. No disrespect to AZ natives.
Arizona DID lose its appeal. I know so many people that left due to the violence, lost my best friend retired basketball player Bryson Mckenzie Google his name!
I did google the name. Could not find any explanation of what happened.
@@katydid2877 exactly my point the investigators are still trying to find out what happened… this is a guy that did everything right in my opinion. He’s from Gary Indiana went to college for four years studied coding and engineering, retired from basketball ready to start his life and his family and was gun down. 💔
@@katydid2877 I was living in Chandler for about five years working for Santander. They moved me out there to open a new facility in Mesa and for the most part it was a very negative experience. I would never suggest anyone moving to Arizona, especially if you’re minority.
@@nickyrainford8375 What was he doing there? Knew the people or what? A drive by?
@@nickyrainford8375 Well, since the PHX metro area is about 1/3 Hispanic, large amount of Natives and tons of Indians from tech, can I assume you mean Black?
The complaints about the heat are ridiculous. The human body cannot really tell the difference once the ambient temps are above body temp (98). 100 is the same as 115 in its effects on the body.
We live in Verrado (western edge of greater Phoenix), and housing has gotten so expensive, but so has everywhere.. economy is so hard right now. Traffic is bad.. but real issue for me is bad drivers!!!! Rarely do I see cops other than when they want to get $ and stop folks for stupid things rather than stopping the folks who weave in and out, go thru red lights, and dont use blinkers. As far as sports.. They are rediculous with security, parking is terrible, and cost of tickets and food makes it impossible for families to go... BUT as I've already said, the economy is bad everywhere, so it's hard to find anyplace. I've only lived here for 7 years, I dont see it getting hotter, but we do need more monsoons. The concrete jungle seems to be a factor.
I love In Ft Wayne IN. It’s a nice city. Safe and affordable living. But if you’re an outdoorsman like me. Ft wayne is boring and not much to do unless you drive 3 to 4.5 hours in either direction. South or North. Winters are becoming more tolerable. Summers are perfect. But if you like to drink that’s all there is to do here. I’m not big into bars and drinking as I’m older. I’d rather be outdoors. I’m looking to relocate to Tennesee. I once thought about moving to AZ but I can’t afford to live there. It’s just a place to visit now. I’d I lived there I’d have to work so much I couldn’t even enjoy it. It’s easier to work here save a couple thousand and visit once a year and get all the hiking and sight seeing in and leave. Last time I went to AZ even the hotels started becoming way too expensive to stay. I used to fly in for cheap. Rent a truck for $500 a week and stay in hotels for under $100 a night in nice hotels. Now it’s $800 to rent vehicle. Gas is $4.50 a gallon. And hotels are $150+ a night. Wow. I’m prob not planning on even on coming back for a while. But that’s inflation all over. Idk how ppl can even afford to travel like Jeff does. It’s gotta be expensive to travel the world. I couldn’t even imagine. Paying for living expenses and still travel and not work and pay my bills. How do you do it.
It’s too expensive to live in Arizona
Agreed. That was why I left, after living there for 25 years.
Whats the most expensive part? Mortgage/rent?
@@senkosirius9730 , both, and food and gas …
@@senkosirius9730 Apartment rent prices, house prices, as well as gas prices. Those are the main factors that make it so expensive now.
@chonkyb3134 News flash it's expensive everywhere you think Arizona is try living in Washington state where the cost of living is even more.The grass is not always green on the other side.
Jalapenos good Mexican food. 5 locations in Pinal County.
beautiful state,mostly great friendly people but the crime and drug/human trafficking! not good.
Biden admin not handling the border is the reason for that. Trump will fix that.
It's too humid and has gigantic bugs! (Florida)
Getting way over built! Everywhere you look new condo’s and rentals going up! They are going to bust the market!
To expensive now.
I’m moving to Arizona from Massachusetts and I’m going to live out in the sticks.
Trump 2024 🇺🇸
So much overgrowth. Too many Californians that want to vote for the same garbage they fled. Welcome to East LA!
I’ve represented 50+ Californians moving here who were all Republicans wanting to get out of California-
@@RMSrealestate That's us. Two of our daughters already left. They do not vote liberal and neither do we. We are looking to retire to Prescott but at this point in time, the homes are more expensive then they are here in CA. I would never have believed that. Our home will not sell for enough to buy a similar home cash. We would have to get something extremely small or a mobile home. So we are stuck here in Commifornia for now.
Nah. It’s your kids who are voting for the Democrats. You should of raised better kids.
@@RMSrealestate absolutely correct the data shows this is in fact true & obvious. AZ will not become woke!
@@RMSrealestateThis is encouraging. I’d like to know what the overall statistics are on this, but people don’t generally disclose their voting habits.
"This city (Phoenix) should not exist. It is a monument to man's arrogance. "
Peggy Hill
Amen
We have so many additives in our food. We give growth hormones and things to the commercial animals that probably why it tastes different. Dude I wish we never found High Fructose Corn Syrup ugh.
Still growing... coyotes are moving because owner got a better deal in Utah.
Houses are so ridiculously expensive I’m moving to Illinois
I lived in Lake Havasu when it was a new city. Couldn't stand it too many Californians!!
Love ya n' Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moving to AZ in October with my 7 of my 10 kids can’t wait.
Lived in NC I’m from OH but I’m really excited to live in another state again. Trying to move to Red Rock.. 🤞🏾
You will regret coming to Arizona, mark my words
@@brosettastone7520 why?
@@brosettastone7520 I live in Ohio and it’s nothing short of horrible. Where I live teens and young adults have been dying more often than when I was young it’s crazy I want to give my kids a chance to thrive and do better.
No offense but unless you have a 150k+ salary, you and those kids will be living in absolute poverty in AZ. It is not a place for families..especially ones with that many children as real estate is VERY expensive there. You don't get a lot for your money. It's basically one notch down from California or Vegas as far as cost of living. So you'll pay 500k for a basic home and still be living on top of each other. Highly recommend looking elsewhere but that's just my advice.
@@senkosirius9730 100% percent. And if you’re renting, anything under $1000 a month is a shit shack. Back in ND where I’m from you can get multi bedroom nice neighborhood houses to rent for under 700. It’s ludicrous here as a renter
Traffic! Ugh
One big reason people are leaving is, the big influx of California's moving in (the greed starts)then the politics change(DemocRats) now run the state. John McCain would be turning in his grave right now knowing that a Dem has his district now...and the ever popular illegal immigrants are now coming in droves. Have fun Calizona ✌️😱
BAMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!
Immigration did it not Californians
Agree but many good conservative people are fleeing Commiefornia to Arizona because they feel their votes mean nothing here. I had hoped AZ would be a refuge from the woke craziness happening in CA; but then watched with horror as votes for Kari Lake were sent into a black hole. It made me realize that elections have been irreversibly compromised and now the powerful will do whatever the hell they want, no matter what we,the people, voted for.
John McCain spoke a good game. He fooled me too. But he was (or became) part of the UniParty. He hid it better back then. His family endorsed far-left candidates after he died, didn’t they?
@@Cyrus992californiene too
AZ sux Dez Dayz. Too many Libbys moving here😡
Phoenix is the most overrated metro in the US
Is it though? Try NYC or Chicago in the winter...at least you don't have a winter in PHX and there is less tourism and less crime.
@senkosirius9730 Las Vegas summers do not get as hot and even humid as Phoenix. Although it can get chilly as even as today.
@@Cyrus992 lol try living in the Midwest or the south before you say PHX is humid whatsoever 🤣
@@senkosirius9730 More humid than Las Vegas
Definetly
Its too much like LA crowded everywhere you go,traffic,to me its a stressful place to live,and too much politically like california.
Los Taco Chefs in Mesa has the most authentic and delicious Mexican food I’ve ever had!
New Hampshire no income tax.
They need a Transit Police. Utah Transit has a police compenet and I felt safer riding there.
I love the weather but as far as Phoenix goes, it's so trashy, and all they care about is the little suburbs around Phoenix and the light railway. Which is just giving the thugs the option to go to another area to do their tugging. The Phoenix police department DOESNT DO ANYTHING TO HELP MAKE THIS CITY SAFE AT ALL. IF FACT, THEY ARE USELESS UNLESS YOU LIVE IN A NICE SUBURB OUT OF PHOENIX. The cost of everything is way high. Gas alone is higher then everywhere but California. 🤬🤬🤬
We have to disagree with anything west of the 17 has crime. Are there pockets of bad areas, yes. We live north of the white tank mountains in a beautifully safe community, all the Sun city are good, Surprise is good, Verrado is safe and that’s just a few.
Yeah the idea of anything west of i 17 should be clarified from Central to about the 101 then from the I 10 north to the 101. Not the best area of Phoenix
I try to love Arizona but honestly its getting worse out here
Oh but but but, there are SOOO many great places to go here! Too bad it's so crowded you can't reserve a freaking camping spot or parking permit or it's so crowded it's not even fun anymore! Please, just stop moving here!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE FULL!!!!!!!!! It's not even worth being here anymore and it's only getting worse!!!
Two reasons. Poor quality schools. Lack of good healthcare. Beautiful for healthy people that don't have children.
I think part of it is guys wearing earings like they are a... "youtube will block what I was going to say next"... but you really need to stop that kind of weird behavior.
Don't advertise Florida, we have way to many people moving here as it is.
So you would recommend nevada over arizona?
Havasu is great
I would say its ok upto 12th ave going west ,after that agree not that good