As an aside – you might want to change your username to just “davidaaronhart” to get your email address off the site. If you change it, it gets changed in all your posts.
[quote=davidaaronhart]Lets be honest these cities suck (no offense to current residents) and the weather is comparable to AZ.[/quote]
I was trying to be nice, but – yeah, they do suck. I didn’t even consider of the commute from Ramona, but I shiver to think.
[quote=davidaaronhart]I strongly feel if you are going to live here the goal is not to be in your house as much possible, where as in AZ sometimes this is unavoidable.[/quote]
You’d be surprised, actually. I don’t know if you are into physics at all, but the heat capacity of water is extremely high. That means – if you have a swimming pool, you can be outside all day and be very comfortable, if not completely content. And you can be outside more of the year in Phoenix than here. And, most people are scantily-clad. Yay.
[quote=davidaaronhart]Also considering BG has no idea of my families background, college credentials, or experience it as rather bold assumption to indicate what can and can’t be made in regards to salaries in AZ.[/quote]
Wasn’t gonna go there but I’m happy you brought it up. Just because you understand what an “unfavorable debt to income ratio” is doesn’t mean you are “living paycheck to paycheck.”
[quote=davidaaronhart]The hardest decision is leaving behind family and good friends[/quote]
Southwest Airlines is your friend. And, if you take turns, you only have to make the trip once to see your friends twice. The drive aint so bad, either. We road-tripped from SD to Phoenix for July 4th once on a whim to visit friends. Once.
Whenever people move to San Diego, the Piggs’ advice is usually “rent for a while” before buying. I suppose that applies to a Phoenix move also. Take a year to shop around, learn the neighborhoods, settle in to your job before buying. Would suck to move to AZ, buy a house, not like it, move back to SD and lose 6% on the transaction cost.
