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I was just in Phoenix last week after visiting the Grand Canyon.

I can't imagine _why_ someone would move from the 70F of SF to the 115F of Phoenix. Even at midnight it's still over 90*F.

This coming from someone who lives in DFW.

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Why someone would move from SF to PHX area? ummm considering the average rent in SF is $3340[0] and the average rent in PHX is $955[1], I cant possibly imagine why someone would want to do that.

Plus PHX is really only that hot May to September. PHX is like other deserts and generally very pleasant outside of the summer with lots of sun, which isn’t something you can always say about SF.

0: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/sa... 1: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/az/ph...

I'm sorry, I must not have been clear enough. I meant, why someone from SF, with perfect weather, would decide to move to Phoenix of all places.

Cheap land can be found in the vast majority of this country, Phoenix just seems like the polar opposite of climate from SF.

SF is nice, but I wouldn't call the weather there "perfect" by any stretch. Last time I was there it was cold, rainy, and basically miserable. OTOH, there is a lot of great food to be had in SF...

Wait... SF has perfect weather? I think you are excluding several months of rain and the surprising cold of the bay.

What rain are you talking about? In fact, we could use more rain if anything. I can't even remember the last time it rained.

Flagstaff might be OK (high desert, not as hot). Los Alamos is in the same boat (with an interesting history as well, supposedly they have some tech startup scene now as they move away from defense).

Because that is 3 months of the year. The other 9 are perfect weather. Essentially we don't have to shovel snow during our hibernation season

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona#Climate

5 months out of the year the mean is above 80F.

Not sure why there is an assumption that everybody likes 68F with miserable fog. Some people actually like 80-90F temperature. I do. 90+ is too hot sure, and I get that PHX is 100+ for 3 months. I like to be able to walk outside in a tshirt at night, instead of wearing a down jacket. I live in the Bay area and it's far from perfect weather. I can only live in the East Bay where there's actually summer temperature (80+F outside in the day time now and I love it). Living in SF would be pure misery to me. I would totally consider moving to PHX, but I first have to convince the wife. :)

I'll take 90 degrees with low humidity over 80 degrees and muggy _any_ day of the week.

Because land is cheap? Not rhetorical, I honestly have no idea.

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