If Phoenix is that hot, why do so many move there? (Goodyear: cheap home, high school)

[crunchtime]

Originally Posted by TheRickShawMan

Tootsie.
Just to sum things up for you regarding comparing midwest summer heat to Arizona summer heat.

Arizona summer heat = DRY and hot

Midwest region summer heat = Damn hot and very HUMID.

Dry? It's humid as hell here in Phoenix right now and stays that way from July -September until the winds shift and stops bringing in moist air from Mexico.

[apexin]

Originally Posted by crunchtime

Dry? It's humid as hell here in Phoenix right now and stays that way from July -September until the winds shift and stops bringing in moist air from Mexico.

Your kidding right? Someone from the Midwest considers this kind of humidity a joke. Try 100 degrees with 90% humidity and then tell me that Phoenix is humid.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by apexin

Your kidding right? Someone from the Midwest considers this kind of humidity a joke. Try 100 degrees with 90% humidity and then tell me that Phoenix is humid.

No joke! This a.m. at Casa Mia it was 94 degrees with a dewpoint of 70. That is about the same as it was when I visited Arkansas last month - in the middle of the afternoon!
Of course, both the humidity and the temperatures at the moment are anomalously high for us. It's not normally this bad most of the monsoon season and midwesterners probably would find it dry.

[Howard Roark]

Yuck! Before that time, I will move my address back to Tucson!

Originally Posted by crunchtime

It's still very hot outside even at night(90-100 degrees). Experts have predicted that in 20 years the summer low in Phoenix may stay at above 100 degrees.

[_Charles_]

In the 25 years that I have lived here I have watched the population of Maricopa county zoom from 1.8 million to over 4 million.
It hasn't been a change for the better. Historically there has been economic over-dependance on real estate speculation.
Maybe with the crash of the real estate bubble this will cease. I'm not sure but hope so.
I'm not anti growth but the insane pace of the past is no plan for the future.
I think folks in other parts of the country see AZ as an inland version of SoCal. And there is some truth to that.
Lord willing AZ will never resemble what SoCal has become. Time will tell.

[actinic]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

1. They enjoy their swimming pool
2. They play golf, run or walk in the morning and evening

Had no idea so many people had pools, or exercised when the weather is simply bad rather than awful.

[phxgreenfire]

Originally Posted by TootsieWootsie

The Phoenix region surely has to be better for my allergies than Houston was where I had cold-like symptoms way more than I ever should have had.

Careful... I often have tightness in my chest, chronic coughs and headaches because of allergies in Phoenix.

Go to National and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report > click on maps at the top > click the bubble that says Health & Safety > select allergies in the menu > underneath the map you can select the type of pollen

[Ritchie_az]

It's still very hot outside even at night(90-100 degrees). Experts have predicted that in 20 years the summer low in Phoenix may stay at above 100 degrees.

That's funny. I wonder who these "experts" are and if they (or their data) had any ties to those lying "global warming" clowns in England.
Some "experts" are also claiming that not only is "global cooling" on it's way, but it may have already begun....

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by apexin

Your kidding right? Someone from the Midwest considers this kind of humidity a joke. Try 100 degrees with 90% humidity and then tell me that Phoenix is humid.

On the rare occasion it reaches 100 degrees in my area (Chicagoland), humidity is NEVER near 90%, more like 50%. Its the dewpoint that smacks ya around hard, not the humidity. This morning the dewpoint was 70, and this afternoon it appears to have taken a plunge, bringing much relief.

But I agree, the humidity in PHX is much lower year round than the Midwest. Its the prolonged heat that sucks the life out of you down there, even w/o the humidity. And during monsoon season, the humidity is very noticeable down there. I remember stepping outside one day after a downpour and the streets were steaming. Felt every bit as awful as it does here in the Midwest because the temps were still over 100 degrees.

[tina3219]

Originally Posted by actinic

And the other 98% who work?

Everyone I know who lives in AZ has a pension check/social security check from some other state. 98 percent is not correct and even if it was wouldn't they get vacation time to go somewhere?
By the way I was looking at how much money phoenix city workers make...rather high I thought no wonder the city doesn't have any money.
527 Phoenix employees earn $100,000 or more : AZ IMC