So you want to move to Scottsdale?

[AllenCrawley]

I've been out here for a year now after moving from Michigan. I've gotten used to the heat. Just feels like a heat lamp is next to you. it's not humid although it feels like your skin is cooking a little.

Moved to Scottsdale for the first 6 months. Nice if you like going out and being walking distance from stuff.

Now I live in Arcadia. 10-15 min away so stuff isn't walking distance really anymore. Ubers add up.

Just want to reiterate that there is no formal fastlane club out here. I was told that when I first decided to move as well. so don't expect a weekly meet up or anything.

however you can meet other fastlaners if you provide value and put in the effort.

It was nice taking your money at poker the other night.

 

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[Captain Jack]

Picture this: you just moved down to Scottsdale. Your coolant tank in your car explodes and you have no AC in your car. Then, the AC in your apartment short circuits and you have no AC in your apartment.

It is 120 degrees outside.

Welcome to my life.

 

[AllenCrawley]

Picture this: you just moved down to Scottsdale. Your coolant tank in your car explodes and you have no AC in your car. Then, the AC in your apartment short circuits and you have no AC in your apartment.

It is 120 degrees outside.

Welcome to my life.

Man that's tough. I feel for ya. This is our third summer here. The first summer we had a SUV that had no AC. 3 months of driving around in 100+ degrees.

 

[biophase]

Picture this: you just moved down to Scottsdale. Your coolant tank in your car explodes and you have no AC in your car. Then, the AC in your apartment short circuits and you have no AC in your apartment.

It is 120 degrees outside.

Welcome to my life.

When I first moved here and this happened at my condo complex, I would go to the movies all day and watch 2-3 movies and come back at night.

 

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[TTG SS]

I was just in Scottsdale two weeks ago. I am planning to visit one more time before I move hopefully during the summit event assuming it will be in Feb.

The heat didn't bother me. It was like 110 the first day which was a little hotter than I'm used too and the other days were like 104. Completely tolerable IMO. I would compare 110 in Scottsdale to like 95 in So FL, maybe even slightly more comfortable. It was slightly interesting driving with the windows down at 9pm and its 103 out and it feels ridiculous.

I see it was 120 there this weekend. That would have been interesting to experience.

Absolutely love Scottsdale so far and Arizona in general.

 

[Vigilante]

I would compare 110 in Scottsdale to like 95 in So FL

http://visitdunedinfl.com/video2.php#

Scroll down to the first webcam.

There's a lot of upsides to Scottsdale, but there's literally no intellectually honest comparison between Florida and Arizona when it's 117 in Arizona.

 

[TTG SS]

http://visitdunedinfl.com/video2.php#

Scroll down to the first webcam.

There's a lot of upsides to Scottsdale, but there's literally no intellectually honest comparison between Florida and Arizona when it's 117 in Arizona.

http://visitdunedinfl.com/video2.php#

Scroll down to the first webcam.

There's a lot of upsides to Scottsdale, but there's literally no intellectually honest comparison between Florida and Arizona when it's 117 in Arizona.

Both places are very hot in the summer, but in all honest the heat doesn't bother me. I will take wicked hot summers all day and beautiful the rest of the 8-9 months over 6-8 months of shit weather in the NE

As long as you stay properly hydrated and wear your sunscreen all is well in either place IMO.

Did you once live in Scottsdale?

 

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[Vigilante]

Both places are very hot in the summer, but in all honest the heat doesn't bother me. I will take wicked hot summers all day and beautiful the rest of the 8-9 months over 6-8 months of shit weather in the NE

As long as you stay properly hydrated and wear your sunscreen all is well in either place IMO.

Did you once live in Scottsdale?

We have vacationed in Scottsdale and been there many times. In fact, a few years ago we had a rental there for a month in February. February in Scottsdale is absolutely beautiful.

I would definitely live in Scottsdale for February and possibly March. Outside of that, the Florida gulf coast all the way down to the Florida Keys is the closest thing I have come to replicating Hawaii without being on Hawaii.

Make enough money that you can be wherever you want whenever you want.

 

[LifeTransformer]

We have vacationed in Scottsdale and been there many times. In fact, a few years ago we had a rental there for a month in February. February in Scottsdale is absolutely beautiful.

I would definitely live in Scottsdale for February and possibly March. Outside of that, the Florida gulf coast all the way down to the Florida Keys is the closest thing I have come to replicating Hawaii without being on Hawaii.

Make enough money that you can be wherever you want whenever you want.

Love that quote.

I was just thinking about this thread the other day, if you're (as in anybody, not directly Vigilante I'm speaking too here) saying summer in Arizona is too hot, where could you "summer" easily from Arizona?

It's a "what color Ferrari should I buy" kinda question from me, but I am genuinely curious.

I'm not even sure if I'd find 110-120f too hot myself, I've played tennis in 113-115f heat before in Italy .

 

[Shades]

http://visitdunedinfl.com/video2.php#

Scroll down to the first webcam.

There's a lot of upsides to Scottsdale, but there's literally no intellectually honest comparison between Florida and Arizona when it's 117 in Arizona.

Sure there is. Lets take somewhere like Clearwater. Right now you are looking at 70+% humidity everyday with temps at about 90. That to me is worse weather in comparison. The big downside is that you get no reprieve. At night it drops only to the high 70s while still being very humid. Then the daily thunderstorms.

100+ degree will always be hot. The same as 70% humidity will always be awful and draining.

Say you live in Phoenix and want a bit of a break, take a couple hour drive to the mountains like Flagstaff and have much different temps. In FL if you want a big of a change you can take a quick trip to....I dunno, Virginia to get a different climate?

 

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[Vigilante]

Sure there is. Lets take somewhere like Clearwater.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/trav...-the-best-beach-in-the-us-20160217-story.html

https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Beaches-cTop-g191

http://beachresortcondos.com/clearwater-beach-live-webcam.html

 

[twdavis]

Oh and I've never had In-N-Out so you already know that's gonna be my first meal when I arrive lmao


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[Jamie T]

I was just in Louisiana for a few months where you're living in a sauna for no reason (no beaches, no mountains...definitely swamps).

Back in Florida (just north of Tampa) now and loving it.

I'm thinking Scottsdale in the fall. If anyone's interested, let's make this happen.

 

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[Vigilante]

I was just in Louisiana for a few months where you're living in a sauna for no reason (no beaches, no mountains...definitely swamps).

Back in Florida (just north of Tampa) now and loving it.

I'm thinking Scottsdale in the fall. If anyone's interested, let's make this happen.

Jamie.

You are not tied down. You can be anywhere you want to be. Look at what specifically @JasonR has done. I am not saying go international, but if you want to be in Scottsdale in February and Tampa in November, you could.

To anyone in the Scottsdale area looking for a roomie, I'd vouch for Jamie. He would fit into one of the incubator roommate things if anything like that is still happening.

Sidebar to Jamie. Some of these guys like hot tubs. Too much. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

but there's literally no intellectually honest comparison between Florida and Arizona when it's 117 in Arizona.

I'm being intellectually honest based on experience in both. Suffocating vs being under a hair dryer is no comparison.

Now if we revisit this conversation in August when humidity rolls into AZ for Monsoons, then yea, time to GTFO.

where could you "summer" easily from Arizona?

It's a few hours to Flagstaff -- you might get upper 90's there (but dry), less than two hours to Sedona, Payson, Prescott-- those will lower 100's, but still dry. San Diego I believe is 6 hours away. Or 1 hour flights to CO, CA. In the end after 20+ years in both regions, Ill take 105 and dry any day over 87 and humidity.

 

[K.Y.]

It was nice taking your money at poker the other night.

whoa whoa whoa. I was up $16 and won the very last side bet game.

the two guys to my right on the other hand....

and you doubted my GUTS

 

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[GuestUser450]

AZ pro tip: good undershirts. I wear the uniqlo airism ones almost everyday; file under: things you get excited about when you get older.

Also, we've become semi-sunbirds and head up to seal beach area for most of july to take the edge off. But it's hard to complain about the 2-3 months of heat when we get the other 9 months of great weather+minimal BS.

 

[Vigilante]

In the interest of full disclosure we're likely to be in Arizona for a few weeks in February timed around the next meet up.

 

[Jamie T]

You are not tied down. You can be anywhere you want to be. Look at what specifically @JasonR has done. I am not saying go international, but if you want to be in Scottsdale in February and Tampa in November, you could.

You're right.

My business was growing when I was in Louisiana, and it's still growing now. I just got a new shipment of products today too.

To anyone in the Scottsdale area looking for a roomie, I'd vouch for Jamie. He would fit into one of the incubator roommate things if anything like that is still happening.

Thanks @Vigilante

Some of these guys like hot tubs. Too much. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

With all this Scottsdale hype, it's important to note that I've wanted to live in Arizona from the time I can remember. I've been there multiple times and even considered going to ASU to run track, but chose LSU instead.

 

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[Vigilante]

considered going to ASU to run track, but chose LSU instead.

Judgment error not withstanding, I'd still vouch for him

 

[E-Sharp]

I was just thinking about this thread the other day, if you're (as in anybody, not directly Vigilante I'm speaking too here) saying summer in Arizona is too hot, where could you "summer" easily from Arizona?

Besides the places nearer by like Flagstaff, If willing to spend an entire day driving, you're within reach of Bend, Oregon, the mountains of Colorado and northern NM...lots of choices

 

[The Duc]

Haha you guys crack me up. It's like you're arguing over whether it's worse to get kicked in the balls or punched in the throat.

I grew up in AZ and you will never catch me there in June, July or August. NEVER. I'd much rather suffer as a refugee somewhere with a beach.

 

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[GuestUser450]

It's like you're arguing over whether it's worse to get kicked in the balls or punched in the throat.

If I'm getting the analogy right: Throat. A million times, throat.

 

[mtn_baldy]

I would move ASAP there, but I have University and a girlfriend holding me down.
Sucks man.

 

[ryanbleau]

I like hearing people bitch about 115. it was 127 here the other day. only other hotter place in the US is death valley.

 

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[SteveO]

Haha you guys crack me up. It's like you're arguing over whether it's worse to get kicked in the balls or punched in the throat.

Could it be that some people like the desert? I moved here from San Diego. What a shocker!

 

[snowbank]

It's not a big deal compared to 95 and humidity. Ten minutes in that crap and you have to change your drenched clothes.

This.

Being in Bali made me never complain about being "hot" again. Every time I walked outside there, there was a puddle under me. I had to constantly jump in the pool just to attempt to confuse myself from realizing I was drenched in sweat 24/7.

 

[doinkdedoink]

This was a pretty entertaining thread, read it from beginning to end, lol. Oddly enough this is my first post even though I've been spending probably 5+ hours a day on here since I signed up last week.

Last year I spent 3 months (July-Sept) in Scottsdale and it was humid as hell, everyone is saying dry heat but it was miserable at times. I'd go out on my balcony and be sweaty/sticky in a few minutes. I'm from the bay area so I'm used to different heat but I also lived in Hawaii for 3 years, was humid but not as bad as Scottsdale. It wasn't the heat that killed me, that I could live with, but just that damn humidity. I spent a year in Iraq, AZ heat was nothing compared to that, but I'd still rather spend a summer in Iraq then AZ! AZ felt like a blowdryer in your face while sitting in a sauna, while Iraq was more like letting your oven heat up to 450 and opening it up on your face. I'd walk a 1/4 mile in AZ to the store in shorts/t-shirt and have some major swamp a$$ while feeling suffocated/sticky as hell, but could walk 12 miles in Iraq wearing full combat gear (Boots/Pants/Jacket/Helmet/Gloves/75+ LB's of other gear) and just be sweating my a$$ off, could still breath though, lol.

As you can tell, I am not a fan of the Scottsdale weather, I was always told it is dry heat but I don't know maybe I was just there at a bad time? Other then that it was beautiful though. Everything seemed new, the roads were very nice and clean, and you pretty much have everything you'd ever want to do in a very close proximity.

 

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[Vigilante]

This was a pretty entertaining thread, read it from beginning to end, lol. Oddly enough this is my first post even though I've been spending probably 5+ hours a day on here since I signed up last week.

Last year I spent 3 months (July-Sept) in Scottsdale and it was humid as hell, everyone is saying dry heat but it was miserable at times. I'd go out on my balcony and be sweaty/sticky in a few minutes. I'm from the bay area so I'm used to different heat but I also lived in Hawaii for 3 years, was humid but not as bad as Scottsdale. It wasn't the heat that killed me, that I could live with, but just that damn humidity. I spent a year in Iraq, AZ heat was nothing compared to that, but I'd still rather spend a summer in Iraq then AZ! AZ felt like a blowdryer in your face while sitting in a sauna, while Iraq was more like letting your oven heat up to 450 and opening it up on your face. I'd walk a 1/4 mile in AZ to the store in shorts/t-shirt and have some major swamp a$$ while feeling suffocated/sticky as hell, but could walk 12 miles in Iraq wearing full combat gear (Boots/Pants/Jacket/Helmet/Gloves/75+ LB's of other gear) and just be sweating my a$$ off, could still breath though, lol.

As you can tell, I am not a fan of the Scottsdale weather, I was always told it is dry heat but I don't know maybe I was just there at a bad time? Other then that it was beautiful though. Everything seemed new, the roads were very nice and clean, and you pretty much have everything you'd ever want to do in a very close proximity.

Excellent first post. Welcome to the forum!

 

[Shades]

Haha you guys crack me up. It's like you're arguing over whether it's worse to get kicked in the balls or punched in the throat.

I grew up in AZ and you will never catch me there in June, July or August. NEVER. I'd much rather suffer as a refugee somewhere with a beach.

You grew up in AZ...yet still do that thing people that dont know AZ do and assume the entire state is just desert?