Does Arizona have any cool summer areas? (Flagstaff, Prescott: live in, swimming)

[shiphead]

Originally Posted by mrkool

No matter how many times I read this, it makes no sense whatsoever.

My sentences don't make sense and your honesty gave me an actual lol.

[Beena]

Originally Posted by Dean Trails

Are there any areas of Arizona that have cooler summer areas rather than the 125 degree Phoenix/ Scottsdale valley?

Also, the towns must be inexpensive housing, no gangs, tolerant of everything, great shopping, good schools, friendly people and cheap
taxes!

Any places like that in Arizona?

How can you be tolerant of everything and still have no gangs?

Wouldn't that make you "gang intolerant" or "gang-o-phobic"?

[GSXRScott]

Flagstaff has beautiful summers and the winters arent too bad, at least not compared to the miserable winters in the Northern Midwest. It's pretty open, fairly low crime and is quaint in some areas.


AZnative4Life just because the weather forecast doesn't say 125 degrees doesn't mean it wont get that hot. With all the pavement in the Valley and such a relatively small amount of greenery I garentee you it gets that hot. I've taken a thermometer outside about 5pm in late June, held it about 4' off the driveway surface and got a temperature reading of 127. That was June when the forcast had said a high of 109.

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by Beena

How can you be tolerant of everything and still have no gangs?

Wouldn't that make you "gang intolerant" or "gang-o-phobic"?

Heck..........I like gangs............they are so diverse!!!

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by GSXRScott

Flagstaff has beautiful summers and the winters arent too bad, at least not compared to the miserable winters in the Northern Midwest. It's pretty open, fairly low crime and is quaint in some areas.


AZnative4Life just because the weather forecast doesn't say 125 degrees doesn't mean it wont get that hot. With all the pavement in the Valley and such a relatively small amount of greenery I garentee you it gets that hot. I've taken a thermometer outside about 5pm in late June, held it about 4' off the driveway surface and got a temperature reading of 127. That was June when the forcast had said a high of 109.

But doesn't Flagstaff have the big dumps of snow in the winter? I was in Williams one Easter break because we were going to the Grand Canyon.

On the way in it was chilly but no snow. While at the canyon it started to snow and this was April!! We made a snowman and it was wonderful. The amazing thing was far down in the canyon it was warm with no snow and people were in their shirtsleeves. Anyway, on the way back to Williams we were the only ones on the road and experienced a white-out! We could only follow the road because someone was maybe a few miles ahead of us and we could follow his tire tracks...It was very scary!!!

[parrie-dog]

Yep...snow in May on Graduation is more common then you think.

[azriverfan.]

Originally Posted by Dean Trails

Are there any areas of Arizona that have cooler summer areas rather than the 125 degree Phoenix/ Scottsdale valley?

Also, the towns must be inexpensive housing, no gangs, tolerant of everything, great shopping, good schools, friendly people and cheap
taxes!

Any places like that in Arizona?

Tucson

Believe it or not, Tucson feels a lot cooler in terms of weather. However, their winters are fairly cold too. There are theories about the heat-island effect and Tucson is a lot smaller and less developed so maybe that has something to do with it in addition to it's geography but it felt significantly cooler both in regards to the summer and winter.

There are some really nice areas in Tucson so you will definitely have to seek those out. I'm sorry but the name just slips my mind at the moment. Nonetheless, Tucson is more liberal than Phoenix. It's definitely less polluted. It was voted as one of the most fit cities in America. The University of Arizona definitely feels more like a college campus than ASU and thus brings the charm associated with a college campus in terms of nice quaint little restaurants etc.

I personally don't prefer Tucson because it's too small and doesn't offer enough big city amenities such as professional sports, night life etc. However, if you dont' require those things, it has enough shopping and dining to probably satisfy you

[GSXRScott]

Originally Posted by Dean Trails

But doesn't Flagstaff have the big dumps of snow in the winter? I was in Williams one Easter break because we were going to the Grand Canyon.

On the way in it was chilly but no snow. While at the canyon it started to snow and this was April!! We made a snowman and it was wonderful. The amazing thing was far down in the canyon it was warm with no snow and people were in their shirtsleeves. Anyway, on the way back to Williams we were the only ones on the road and experienced a white-out! We could only follow the road because someone was maybe a few miles ahead of us and we could follow his tire tracks...It was very scary!!!

Yes this can happen. Flag (and Snowbowl) either get a ton of snow or barely any. What you wont see are temperatures in the single digits like you will in Minnesota and Michigan. Maybe once in a blue moon.

[esselcue]

Originally Posted by Dean Trails

I would like to see a price range of say $200-$350,000? A 1/2 acre lot would be perfect!

You can get a nice house on an acre of land in Chino Valley (just north of Prescott) easilly for $200K to $300K. Unless you are looking for a mansion or hacienda, of course. And Chino has very nice summers (albeit windy springs due to being in a high valley)

[Jack Soaz]

Well, folks, I live in Rio Rico, AZ which is at an elevation of 3,500 ft. It's a rural kind of town, just about 14 miles north of our border with Mexico.

And as for the climate? It's far better than the climate I fled when I left Connecticut, 11 years ago.

The only "uncomfortable" time occurs from about May 15th to the end of June. It can become very bright and very hot.

It's become my "hibernation time," actually. I just close up all the shades and avoid as much as possible, going outside. (Like Jan and Feb were in CT - but much less expensive.)

But then, in early July, we have what's called our "Monsoon Season." That's when we get stupendous, dramatic, and beautiful thunderstorms that drop the afternoon temperature at least 30 degrees within, I swear, 10 minutes. Which also brings on our "second spring."

Somewhere on the Web, I once read a claim that Santa Cruz County, Arizona, as the 8th best climate in all the world.

Never have been able to Google enough to confirm that, but I don't need to do that.

Because, believe me, all our 300 sunny days here surely beat all those miserably cloudy days I once suffered when I lived in Connecticut!