This past summer, Phoenix broke a record. It had 113 consecutive days in which the high temperature was 100 F [38 C] or higher. The streak ended on September 24.
It's been an insane summer... But the almanac predicted early snow up north... So ya' know... It's finna be skiing time!!! 😎 AZ is truly the best state in the country... Where else can you see the arid yet spectacular desert, then see/ swim/ boat beautiful lakes, then go skiing in the High Country... Then you can also enjoy so many wonders and land marks... *The Grand Canyon *Monument Valley *The countless abandoned and/or active mine tours *Our rich Wild West History with cities like Tombstone or Florence *Snow skiing up north/ down south/ out east. *Lakes everywhere *Incredible camping in nearly every climate except tropical and shoreline. *We have high deserts around Prescott Valley and similar locations that almost look like the Moors of England. *We have every single major sport (barring soccer [world football]... And even then we have one of the best USL (the American equivalent to the English Championship division) teams in the country consistently. *We have the 4 corners *Sedona (the red rocks) the location of the highest concentration of UFO sightings EVER outside of area51.
@@AZ_sports_are_better sadly almanacs are nothing more than guesses. your better bet is meteorologist reports. almanacs are the weather equivalent of a horoscope.
@@ryantannar5301 the meteorologists in this state are accurate about 35% of the time when it comes to rain or snow... The farmers almanac predictions are up around 50%. Almanac is far more reliable. -an actual farm hand.
I live in the west valley of Phoenix -- and while it is very true that the summers are extremely hot, between October and May, it's simply SPECTACULAR! Also, 100 degrees isn't all that uncomfortable here considering the humidity is so low. Lake Pleasant is just 15 minutes away ... and the mountain communities (Sedona, Prescott, Flagstaff) are 2 hours or even less away. Saguaro Cactus (unique to the Sonoran Desert) can grow to be 60 feet tall and live 200 years. The city of Phoenix itself is NOT why people come here, although there are plenty of museums, galleries, interesting neighborhoods, restaurants and bars to explore. The valley's countless hiking trails, nearly 200 golf courses, resort swimming pools, the majesty and mystery of the Sonoran Desert, the culture of Arizona's 22 Native American tribes, the authentic Mexican cuisine and more sunny days than any other place in the country ... THAT's why people come here.
I’m an East Valley native (Mesa), and I’d say the City of Phoenix is a lot more people-friendly and attractive as a tourist destination today than it was decades ago There’s a lot to do Downtown and in Roosevelt Row these days, as well as in Midtown and Uptown, in the Biltmore area, in Arcadia, etc But yes, you’re right that the primary draw of Valley tourism is still outdoor recreation, the golfing & resorts in Scottsdale & PV, etc
I've lived in downtown Phoenix for 27 yrs and found out how easy it can be to be come overcome by the heat on those desert trails,and many have died. Usually 1 a year. People who dont know how bad it can be go out there,get lost,and die. People think how nice the heat will be,but it isnt. Personally,I dont go outside during the day and keep the intertainment and shopping after dark when the temps go down. I'ts still quite warm but it feels better.
As others have said, Phoenix is basically a huge urban and suburban network, simply referred to by those who live here as "The Valley". Technically the City of Phoenix is the urban center, but all of the other towns and cities surrounding it are interconnected with it. If you are speaking to someone who also lives in the valley, you would refer to the specific city you live in, such as Glendale or Chandler or Tempe. But to anyone not living here, I would say I live in Phoenix. edit: also only southern Arizona is desert, northern AZ is mountains. Flagstaff is at an elevation of 7,000 feet (2,000 meters), so it's a whole different climate
Flagstaff is so much greener and cooler because it's above 8000 feet. It's actually one of the five snowiest cities in the USA with a population of over 50k, and it's only a little over two hours from the northern part of the Phoenix metro. One of the great parts of Phoenix is its location. You're only about four hours from Vegas, four and a half hours from Rocky Point in Mexico, and five and a half hours from LA and San Diego.
I'm original from Amsterdam Netherlands,and l have been living here for more than 30 years loving it, more to do than you think, love it here June July in August it's gets hot I'm used to it, good video, thanks
I moved here to the Phoenix valley 15 years ago and will never move out. I love it here. You are right, those videos focused on downtown, Scottsdale and hotels. There is so much more to do here, you can take a full year off to see and do so what this city has to offer and never leave the valley (Phoenix Metropolitan Area). The heat is here, for sure, but every house has central air conditioning, and with such low humidity, it feels much less hot. I live in the east valley and I rarely need to go too far to enjoy what there is to do here.
Thurston, Southern Arizona gal here. Lived in Phoenix area for 35 years and Tucson (11 miles south) for 30. There is so much to do here. Everyone thinks that Arizona is all desert, but we have mountains in the north. I learned to snow ski in the mountains outside of Tucson. It's the most southern ski area in the country. There are two areas with lakes close to Phoenix - Lake Pleasant to the northwest and Canyon Lake, Apache and Roosevelt to the east (about an hour drive). Everybody has A/C or evaporated coolers. Phoenix downtown has grown so much in the past 20 years. That video was old, and now they are 5 million and 5th largest metro area in the US. Phoenix Suns play downtown as well as the AZ Diamondbacks baseball. The Cardinals play in Glendale, which is 15 minutes from downtown. So many people come here to escape the harsh winters in the Midwest and Canada. Best time to come is November through April.
The lack of tall buildings downtown is for a couple reasons.. 1-The city grew after the car boom so it grew out, not up (plus the downtown area was very unsafe up to the 90s) 2-Due to the proximity of the airport to downtown, there are FAA imposed height restrictions
You should really do a video on Sedona. That place is one of the most naturally beautiful places that I have ever been. Luka, 4 million people live in the Phoenix area. It's very nice there and everybody knows how to stay cool in the summer just like people know how to stay warm in the winter in Buffalo or Winnipeg. Houses there are incredibly well insulated. My parents retired and moved from San Diego to the Phoenix area. They lived a wonderful life in retirement for about 20 years. Their house had adobe walls that were 14 inches thick, and believe me you didn't have to run the air conditioning more than an hour or two daily and those thick walls held on to the cooled air like a iceberg. Same in the winter where it can get surprisingly cold. The desert is incredibly beautiful.
I love living here, except in July. The air is dry, so it is hot, but not sticky most of the time. There are lots of pools, public and private. They really help us to keep cool in the summer. I see hot air balloons taking off and landing every morning by my house from late September to May. We go up to Flagstaff to camp in the summer and ski/play in the snow in winter. It is 2100 m above sea level, so it is much cooler. There are so many hiking and biking trails all around the city of Phoenix.
I've been here 50+ years. The heat was only a problem as i got older. But we have lakes, rivers, Waterpark s, pools. In the winter you can snow ski and swim in the same day in different parts of the state
I live a few hundred miles from Phoenix in Las Vegas. We also had 100 days in a row of temperatures over 100 degrees. When you live here you just accept it. Fall temperatures are here now, and very refreshing. Our winters are actually cool, near or below freezing evenings.
The big cactus is a saguaro (saw-war-oh). And there are several lakes around the city, as well as the cool, ponderosa pine forests an hour to the north.
It's very common for NFL stadiums to be in a suburb instead of the main city. NFL stadiums and their massive parking lots take up a lot of space and only get used a few days a year. You want o build something like that on the cheapest land possible which is rarely close to the center of town.
I lived in Phoenix for 11 years. Arizona is a spectacularly beautiful state, especially if you like the desert. The Sonoran Desert is so beautiful with a very surprising amount of flora and fauna (don't touch ANY cacti-you'll be sorry if you do. EVERYTHING in that desert has thorns and really sharp spikes). There are hiking trails all over Phoenix and the surrounding cities and the whole state for that matter - stay on the path and do not wander!. People get up early and do things in the morning and the evening when it's not so blazing hot. The temperature difference between high day and low night is usually about 30F. Of course all autumn winter and spring the daytime weather is fantastic and the nights are cool. Phoenix is a relatively small part of the whole metropolitan area, so when they're talking about Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, and there are a lot more cities, you can really consider it all one big (enormous) city. The confusion for Sedona (one of the most beautiful places I've ever been) and Flagstaff is that Sedona is at 5,000 feet altitude, and Flagstaff is at 7,000 feet above sea level. That's all pine forest up there, while Phoenix is at about 900 feet, and is down in the Sonoran Desert, which is the hottest of all the North American deserts. Saguaro (pronounced: Sah WAAHR Oh; sometimes spelled Sahuaro) cactus is everywhere and very large, certainly can be as large as trees. They're protected and nobody messes with them on pain of legal consequences. They take 10 years to grow one inch, and 200 years to reach full height. You have to get permission to transplant them, and they have to be replanted in the same orientation to the sun as their original placement. It's very expensive and is usually done by professionals.
Woot woot. Born and raised in the Phoenix metro area but I live outside of Phoenix in the East Valley. Really Phoenix is the center of a much bigger metro area. And yes we basically are plopped right down in the middle of the desert 🌵 so anytime you leave the city it’s just the Sonoran desert. The huge cacti you saw are our saguaro cactus and native to the area. They can live up to 200 years and are protected. They can grow up to 50 ft tall. It can get really cold at night in the winter because it’s so dry but yes it’s super hot but not humid in the summers except during monsoon season. The downtown area doesn’t have many tall buildings because the airport is nearby and developers sprawled because there’s so much land. There’s also zoning regulations that keep buildings relatively short. All in all I love the desert and really couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. But I love endless sunny days with little rain.
I've lived in Phoenix since I was 4. While it gets hot in the summer, there's nearly no humidity. We don't get hurricanes, tornadoes or major earthquakes. Basically everyone has air conditioning and about 33% of houses have a swimming pool. So do most apartment complexes and hotels. We get a lot of 'snowbirds' during the cooler months from may colder regions of the United States and Canada. Many of them actually own a winter home here.
We actually do get tornadoes, just not all that often. It usually only happens during the monsoon when it does. And they rarely if ever exceed F-2 wind speeds here.
The Phoenix metropolitan area is growing quickly, along with other sunbelt states. Phoenix will be the largest “micro chip” manufacturing hub very soon, several companies are relocating there currently. Definitely a unique location in the desert southwest region.
I used to live there and loved the weather. I’m originally from Michigan and to me hiding in the house for 3 months or so int the summer is better than 5 months hiding inside in winter. Much love from MI
Glendale AZ is a suburb of Phoenix all part of the Metro area of 5 million. Take a look at a map of Phoenix and its subuirbs. The Amtrack stops in Maricopa AZ which is 20 minutes from Phoenix depending on where ypu live. Sky Harbor airport served over 48 million passengers in 2023.
That's a Saguaro [sah-WA-ro] cactus they can grow 40 to 60 feet tall. There's also a Saguaro National Park located near Tucson, Arizona. It is a criminal offense in Arizona to harm a Saguaro cactus.
I am in Tucson about two hours south of Phoenix. We do get pretty hot here in the summers BUT you really only feel the heat when the humidity goes up during the rain season or if the temps go over 110. As for the city of Glendale, it is it's own city BUT it really is a suburb of Phoenix. Same with Scottsdale.
12:25 Downtown Phoenix isn’t actually “small” per se, it’s just really spread out… Like the rest of the city! You have the main urban center at Washington St & Central Ave, but Downtown stretches north along Central Ave as well
Thurston as a fellow asthmatic and allergy sufferer, you would feel so much better in the arid climate of Arizona. Plus, everywhere there is conditioning, so the filtered air really helps. You'll need antihistamines and a inhaler, but you will notice your breathing will improve.
I don't know that I can completely agree with that, though I don't have asthma. But don't forget the ozone warnings and pollution in general, or the large amounts of dust kicked up by the wind, pollen, and the rare dust storm. But after it rains, the air is really clean.😊
Phoenix. The epitome of urban sprawl. Been there twice. My sister lived there for 10 years. Finally had to move back to Washington when the Temps reached over 120 degrees.
Stumbled on this video serendipitously, as I am a proud Phoenix resident just aimlessly scrolling through my UA-cam feed. Phoenix is a great city that is only a few hours away from popular cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and even Mexico. You get to have the best of both worlds when it comes to weather. Right now in Phoenix, it has gotten much, much cooler and it is feels really great outside: sunny but cool. We also are a hub of sports, if you are into that type thing. We have NBA and WNBA teams, American football, baseball, ice hockey, baseball teams. I could go on and on about Phoenix (and Arizona in general lol) and it is still growing!
Heat is one thing for anyone who lives in the desert. However it's usually a different story when it's winter or between sunset to sunrise. But I always enjoy the red rocks from the area. It's so home feeling for me.
Some scientists say that the Phoenix area is meteor crater since all the mountains around us are leaning away from the center of town and that Piestewa Peak is the tip of the meteor.
@@billolsen4360 never heard that but makes sense as meteor Carter is just a smaller version in az, so we know we have been hit before, or it could be there so much table water around us ,that it collapsed mammoth mine with thousands of gallon of water, that it used to be on the surface as we can go into the desert and find sea shells that water made it like the Grand canyon.
Hey hey, it's my city. I could actually see my work twice on this video, I'm wedged between Civic Plaza and the ball park, across from Symphony Hall. we have all of the things all of the other big cities do, minus the beaches. We also currently rank third for best state economies at the moment, after Florida and Texas and our job market is booming. so, the question about the football stadium being in Glendale. since the metro area is one solid city and Glendale is one of the closest in suburbs, the location was chosen because they didn't just want to build a stadium but also wanted to build an entire entertainment district and they have. there is a mall, the football stadium, desert diamond arena, a casino, several resorts (one being built now, the VAI will feature an elevated music venue on the largest man made party island in north america and you will be able to watch concerts from your hotel suite), they are also building a new theme park in the entertainment district, dozens of restaurants, an interactive play fountain, etc. downtown is on the smaller side as far as building height. i'm on the 22nd floor of my building i work in and it is one of the bigger buildings, but there are a number of skyscrapers being built right now, like eight or nine that are 250+ feet tall, one, the Astra Tower will become Arizona's new tallest building when complete and the density in downtown is increasing with more housing being built in midrise towers. but, downtown isn't all. the way Phoenix was designed, each neighborhood is largely self contained. the grid system he mentioned is designed that the major named streets are one mile apart and major numbered streets are about half a mile apart. so each neighborhood has housing in the center, with commercial and retail on the major avenues, so as we sprawled, downtown didn't grow up. we also have uptown, midtown, old town scottsdale, mill avenue in tempe, west gate in glendale, and downtown mesa, each has it's own unique "urban" core. best time to come is between november and march. usually i would say october, but we have had a late summer this year due to la niña conditions. oh, and the major architectural style here that you like that is broadly across the southwest is a blend of spanish territorial and puebloan. building to cope with the weather has been going on since the anasazi days, here in the valley. last thing, i promise, flagstaff, though only 100 miles away is in an alpine climate. prescott; which is also north of phoenix and has become a big city in it's own right over the last decade, is a mile high, just like denver. pretty much from the verde valley up, the state is largely forested and higher elevation. Arizona is definitely worth a visit (in the fall/winter/spring).
I've lived in Phoenix my whole life, and I appreciate it for what it is. It's not perfect but the desert is definitely beautiful in it's own way. Certain people will appreciate the beauty of deserts more than others, but personally Arizona is located in arguably the most beautiful desert in the world(Sonoran desert). Those giant iconic Saguaro cacti don't grow anywehre else. To answer your question, there are multiple lakes just outside of the city where you can ride boats and jet skis. But even more importantly to note, Arizona is not all flat desert. A huge portion of the state is extremely mountainous and very high elevation which is why the biggest pine forest in the US is located in Arizona. And Flagstaff AZ up near the Grand Canyon is one of the top 3 snowiest cities in the entire country. You would be shocked how diverse Arizona's geology and ecosystems are. Most areas around the city are relatively safe. Natural disasters are very rare. Don't gotta worry about Tornadoes or Earthquakes here. Phoenix is a diverse, multicultural city, with lots of good food, and is relatively laid back. Downtown is small but it's still pretty nice considering downtown isn't the main focus here since it's an extremely hot urban sprawl city built around traveling by car. It used to be very affordable to buy a big house with a large yards here, but t hings have changed though over the years due to so many transplants moved here from other states. It's expensive now. 😢 But there is a ton of opportunity here when it comes to jobs. In many industries too. But one of the biggest and fastest growing industries here is computer chip manufacturing. Phoenix is becoming the new Silicon Valley. Since TSMC(the biggest and best microchip manufacturer) is building their first ever factory outside of Taiwan here. And Intel is expanding their factories/"fabs" like crazy here. Aside from major sports teams like the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals, and Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona is famous for having an insane amount of golf courses. High end retirement neighborhoods are massive here, and these old retirees love their golf. There are multiple water parks of course. And thanks to the Native American reservations there are many casino resorts. There's Phoenix Zoo and Wildlife World Zoo which are both great. Speaking of resorts, you should look up videos about the Vai Resort they are currently building in Glendale. It's insane. Right next to the AZ Cardinals stadium they are building an amazing massive resort and theme park called Vai that will have a huge "crystal lagoon" and it looks amazing. Among the beautiful clear water lagoon it will have a bar/restaurant that ascends into the sky, concerts where you can swim and see the stage, Also night clubs and party islands. On top of the lagoon oasis, Vai will also have the first ever Mattel theme park connected to it. With roller coasters and Go Kart tracks based on Hot Wheels, train rides based on Thomas The Tank Engine, and rides and attractions based on other Mattel toys like Masters Of The Universe and Barbie. I'm excited as these types of theme parks have been 1 thing Phoenix severely lacked since I was a kid. Mostly all we ever had here was water slide parks.
I live in Chandler, in the SE Phoenix valley. I've lived here for 30 years and I love it. During the hottest part of the year I try to avoid the worst heat by being out and about in the mornings and evening. I work from home. so it's easy for me to do that. The reason I love Phoenix is because it is in the state of Arizona, where you will find some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. There are amazing National and State Parks just a couple hours drive from Phoenix. But there is a lot of amazing desert scenery to explore right here in the valley. And if you head north, the increase in elevation means you will find cooler weather. It's a great place to live. Just stay hydrated and minimize your time in the direct sun during the summer.
*I live in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. From there it's only a two or so hour drive to flagstaff, which is a mountain city. This is one of many escapes from the summer heat. You can even ski in Flagstaff during the winter. Speaking of winter, the winter in the Phoenix area is unbelievable! Lastly, the skyline of Phoenix is not very impressive because it has a height of 500 feet (152 meters) due to the close proximity to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport*
Hi Thurs, Thanks for changing videos. The first one looked like an advert for restaurants. The second one was much better and I did not realize there are so many cities so close to each other. Good Reaction.
Phoenix is fine. I have lived here for 10 years and I am from San Diego. Phoenix is close to mountains and LA and SD are close enough for beach weekends. You get used to the heat and I HATE snow so Arizona is perfect. Also…everyone has AC or you will die…it’s not an option.
Arizona heat is wonderful its dry heat u dont feel! Im thinking of moving back as ariz barometric pressure doesnt rapidly change like ores does! Im constantly sick in ore due to the rapid barometric pressure changes! Lived in tucson for 4 mths it snowed lots that jan with a cold summer! Plus hate ores constant rain!
I've been to most of these places, although I lived up hill in Prescott. Prescott and Flagstaff are way cooler than Phoenix because you are literally up in the mountains at that point. Traveling from Phoenix to Flagstaff is a long long uphill drive. The mall in Phoenix is fantastic because you're out of the heat. The hiking trails are lovely but timing is everything. Saguaro cacti are indeed huge, they basically are trees. I'm surprised in the weather segment there was zero mention of monsoons, that makes life in this area just that much more interesting. Look up what a Haboob is like, we've driven through one of those in the Phoenix area which is really crazy. One of the most interesting things about summer in Phoenix is the parks and playgrounds are often crazy busy at night. We'd often take our kid out to play at 9pm and it was perfectly normal. That said, a lot of the playgrounds also have spraygrounds which are essentially a playground but with water fountains to play in. But some of them get really elaborate and it can be so much fun. As for the downtown area, I don't feel like it's anything special. I spent a good amount of time exploring it (on foot sometimes) and I was never impressed.
Legally landlords have to maintain ac units in rental properties, and I've never been to a building that didn't have ac. Even when the unit dies, companies will bring in external units to keep things cool.
I have lived in phx for 45 years and wouldnt move out , i love the heat, winter are good, we uave 250 lakes 4 main rivers, i want snow i go 2 hours outside of phx
I moved to Phoenix, moved away, but loved it enough to move back. The heat is rough but the key is to treat summer like a winter in a cold place. You mostly stay inside. In the winter the weather is nearly perfect so we do all our outdoor stuff in the winter.
MLB's Spring Training programs are cut up into Cactus League in Arizona, and Grapefruit League for Florida. The Cactus League is throughout the Phoenix area from Tempe, Flagstaff, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, & Peoria. Which has been around since 1947. The Grapefruit League has teams throughout Florida's coastal regions. Plenty of those teams are in the Tampa-St Petersburg area. -- the Grapefruit League started in 1913, but teams had spring training all the way back in 1889 with the Philadelphia Phillies. Oh, if you are going to catch a game in either place in spring, don't be surprised to see 2 teams playing at the same facility for spring training.
5:29 Dude the city is pretty much just like any big US city. Houston, Phoenix, Albuquerque, architecturally pretty much the same. We don’t do cities in the U.S. we do the great and beautiful outdoors. Watch a video on the State of Arizona. It’s not necessarily about Phoenix, it’s about what’s around Phoenix in every direction and that’s a great big wow.
I'm from Utah, but when I was younger my family live in northern Phoenix, three different times. It felt like paradise to me; where we lived is called Paradise Valley, and Moon Valley. I loved the palm trees, Saguaro Cactus', and citrus trees, like Orange, and Lemon. The Grape Fruit tree in my uncle's back yard grew the best fruit, but so many that most would get thrown away. If I wanted to live in a big city, it'd be Phoenix, but now I'd rather live in small town, Utah.
I lived in phoenix and sometimes it does get too hot to do things... But I've also live places where it gets too cold to do things...... personal preference..i'll take the furnace over the freezer.
I grew up in NW Montana, which seems like 9 months of winter, and the rest is debatable. Once I experienced the desert SW, with its five seasons (fall, winter, spring, dry summer, monsoon), it has become my home since 1995, after a few years in Tucson.
Heat is only like 4 months of the year the other 8 months is vacation weather. Everyone else enjoy your cold rain/snow for the next 5-6 months I’ll be sitting in 75 and sunny all winter long 😉
Since when? We usually see a handful of days in the 50's and lower, a good month in the 60's and by mid-February we're usually pushing 90 already. You make us sound like Hawaii and we're not even close to that stable in temperatures during the Winter.
I moved here 30 years ago and still live here for the heat and then the cooler weather in the winter without snow or at least none that sticks. I have seen snow flurries in Phoenix before.
Phoenician here. Saguaros are basically tree cacti; they can easily be taller than a house. Also, the Phoenix Metro Area is made of many cities: Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, Mesa, etc... Phoenix is bigger than Glendale, but the sizes aren't as different as you might think. You usually can't tell when you've gone from one city to another anyways. Also there are PLENTY of freight trains, but not passenger trains. People just drive. As far as the architecture, that style's part of southwestern culture. Native American art is pretty cool, but also pretty expensive. I've had to deal with no a/c in the summer. It really wasn't very happy. Flagstaff is on the edge of the Mogollon (pronounced "MUH-gee-on") Rim; it's a lot higher in elevation than Phoenix, and thus a lot cooler. And if you visit in the winter, hotel prices will be way higher because of the snow birds. Oh, an we do have the Salt River, Lake Pleasant, and Lake Roosevelt.
Just a few hours from the Grand Canyon. Enough said. It'll make you cry. Plus our climate is like HEAVEN for half of the year. And the hiking during those times is beautiful! Our sunsets and sunrises are beautiful. You'll never see skies with so many colors.
Welcome to my City! We are closer to the Sun than the planet Earth! I recommend coming here to everyone. It is hot from the months of April to September. From October to March it is amazing. Plus we are 5-6 hours from a lot of places... LA, San Diego, Vegas and much more. It's nice out here. Recommend.
Lived in Mesa, AZ for 7 years between 2012 and 2019. Due to the very low humidity, 100F in Mesa with less than 20% humidity was much more comfortable than 88F in NYC with 95% humidity. You can always look for shade and its much more comfortable in the shade while you cannot escape the humidity in NYC - you need to find AC. However, there are rare times when the heat can be extreme - in 2016, a few of my solar-powered path lights were partially melted when local temperatures hit around 120F for several days (official temperatures were a few degrees lower but all the concrete around my house raised the temp by a few degrees - learned from that that having pavers around the house was better than poured concrete.)
That guy in the second vid did his homework. I am very impress with the vid. I remember living here in the valley when it hit 122 degrees Fahrenheit. At the time, I was living in Tempe attending high school.
I had to move to the Phoenix area due to a family illness in 2015. I hate it here😂. If you like being outdoors, you are trapped inside half a year. The restaurants are mediocre, mostly mundane chain restaurants. I've lived in seven states, so I've experienced many locations. Forget lakes and bodies of water. There are very few. The best thing about Phoenix is that it's a five and a half hour drive to San Diego, California. The desert is unique and so are the cacti. Some of the mountains are beautiful, like Superstition Mountains, but it's a giant bore to live here. Downtown Phoenix isn't very exciting. That's why you aren't seeing much in the videos. It might be a good and unique place to visit because of the Sonoran Desert, but living here is horrible. I'd move if it weren't for family.
I grew up there. I would go bare foot during the summer it hurt for a while but got use to it. There are a lot of lakes nearby. And during winter it is only 3 hours to go skiing. We would go and be back and hop in the pool. There was also a Play Boy Club your to young to know what that was but look it up, you would have loved it.
Thanks Lav Luka. I wouldn't live in Phoenix or any part of Arizona. NY in my opinion is a whole lot better weather wise. Even if we have to ride out the snow storms and freezing temperatures. 😁
Personally I am not crazy about Phoenix. I like Lake Havasu and Tucson better. The main thing is the traffic. Yes that's how the cactus are lol. Just so you know Mexican Coke is made with real sugar not corn syrup like in the US. I would really like to see you react to the Amtrak videos. I think you would love that. Oh the prickly pear candy and jam is to die for. Lol yes that would be pretty bad if you if you didn't have air con there. Sadona is beautiful. But Flagstaff staff is much nicer weather wise. The only problem the weather is during monsoon season which is July 15 to September 30. Flash flooding can be a problem during this time best to come in October. I hope that helps a bit .
The Phoenix Metropolitan area is an amazing place to visit for all the reasons others have listed. I was born and raised here, only lived 2 years out my nearly 43 years outside of Arizona.
Depending on how this strike works out (or how long it takes) I've been eying up the Airlines in Phoenix because the cost of living is brilliant and I don't mind the heat or their type of scenery
Lake Havasu City/Kingman in Mohave County, Arizona is WAY hotter than Phoenix. I've lived in all 3 places over a ten year period. It's on average 120f on a normal summer day in Lake Havasu City, but (and I don't care what statistics say) it's been 132f on the hottest day I've ever seen. Literally can cook on the sidewalk. Hottest I've seen in the summer in Phoenix was 110f. To be fair I was only in Phoenix for a few years.
It regularly gets to at least 117 most of the summer and usually reaches 120 for at least a week in the middle of summer. I've lived here for about ten years.
@@Khorteka Yeah, it's 20+ degrees hotter here in Illinois than it was 30 years ago so its getting hotter all over. Can't imagine what Havasu is now. I haven't lived in Phoenix since 2005 so that's 19 years to get hotter. Insane.
My grandma retired in Phoenix. She'd throw open the door and say, "Can you feel the cool breeze." It was 110 degrees. Phoenix is hotter than the surface of the sun.
Don't write off Spring and Autumn time in Arizona. Late October, until mid-May is perfect time for visits, especially if you are looking to be out hiking, rock hounding or other outdoor activities. Arizona is one of the best places in the world for rock-hounding. The World Gem and Mineral show is in Phoenix every year in January. You can buy all kinds of specimens for incredible prices. Everything from raw rubies, pearls, cut diamonds, dinosaur fossils and all the shark teeth you can carry plus so much more. People from all over the world are there to sell and buy. Cactus candy made from the fruits is some of the best candy IMO.
Phoenix is in a valley with surrounding cities. 2 1/2 hrs away are beautiful mountains and even ski resorts. It is very hot in the summer and our population grows in the winter. Snowbirds show up to escape the cold and snow. Grew up in Tempe loved it but retiring in the mountains. Winters are not that bad and summers are beautiful up here.
This summer, Phoenix had 21 consecutive days of record-breaking high temperatures, shattering the previous record of 14 days. It may have been the most extreme heatwave in American history.
From the west valley here. You would think indoor malls would be more popular in Phoenix, but due to the lower foot traffic and high costs of maintaining and air conditioning the massive building, many of the indoor malls here have been shut down in the past decade. I would say if you were crazy enough to come to Phoenix, you'd have the best time doing so in Late October to early November. Obviously later in the year is fine too, but you'd want to avoid the holidays. The spring is nice, but the city tends to get the most crowded around that time because many baseball teams do spring training here and there are a lot of people from out of town here just for that. Also, broccoli for breakfast is weird and saguaros are really tall.
Hello from Phoenix. I’ve lived in AZ most of my life and loved it. But after this past summer of 2024, I’m rethinking my future location. It has been brutal here the last several months.
I have lived here in the Phoenix metro area for 24 years. Most people who do not live here, nor have ever lived in a hot dry climate, simply see the temp numbers and scream! But this is not the case at all. Dry heat is VERY different from places that are hot with humidity. I have lived out east, and in the upper midwest in Minnesota, and these places are often a lot 'hotter', which is mainly due to the humidity. Southern and even Northern CA are relatively dry (30-50% humidity), but the midwest and east coast has humidity in the 75-90% during the warm months. Here in the Phoenix area the humidity is often 10-15%. This low humidity also makes the sun a lot hotter in that there is essentially no water in the atmosphere, so the sun is more intense, and it is imperative to stay out of the sun during the hot months (mid May- end of Sept). Another key factor regarding the high heat is not so terrible in that 5M people live here (not 4M like the video says, so this video is at least 10 years old)! Everyone and every car and every office, and every... has A/C. The hottest we have seen in our 24 years here is 118F, not 122F. The normal high in the summer is 106-108F, and the lows are 85-90F. The lows are so high, wee have to run the A/C 34 hours, and never open any windows. Mexican coke is coca-cola made in Mexico, where they use real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, and it definitely tastes better. But it can be up to 5 times the price of regular coke, so we rarely buy. It is a 5 hour drive to the Grand Canyon, which is 100% in Arizona. Las Vegas is also about a 5 hour drive. It is about a 6 hour drive to Los Angeles, depending on where you go in the LA area (LA is HUGE). I live in Chandler, which is just due east of Tempe (the ASU university). We have between 300-310 sunny days every year (typically clear blue and no clouds), and we have at most 2-3 freezes annually, but it never snows.
My son went to Arizona State U (from Jersey where we live) and he loved it and stayed over the summers. I was out there one April and it was nice. And we went to Sedona, which is a place I could live--red rock canyons, plateaus, great hiking, cool town vibe and a bit cooler than Phoenix year around. Also, Flagstaff, which is in the mountains, is only about 45 minutes from Sedona. Very beautiful places.
I live in Phoenix, we have hot summers but nice springs and falls. Winter can be cold. We can get down in the 20s Fahrenheit at night and 50s during the day. It’s a nice city, lots to do year round.
To be fair, just to clear the confusion about Phoenix's downtown (skyscrapers). When MOST people are describing Phoenix's downtown (skyline/skyscrapers) being "small", they are usually comparing it to Cities like NYC, Chicago, LA, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami etc..etc.. Usually when people are referring to Phoenix's downtown skyline being small, they usually mean that it's "small" FOR IT'S SIZE & population. Not that it's small in general or in a literal sense. It's just that it's smaller than other Cities of a similar size & population, even though there are PLENTY of Cities located in the US that have a much larger downtown with a lower population. The Phoenix downtown according to Arizona/New Mexico (Southwest) standards is actually rather large. Nearby Denver in Colorado has a significantly larger downtown than Phoenix, Las Vegas has a larger downtown, Los Angeles is larger in both population AND skyscrapers within it's downtown, most Texas Cities (such as Houston, Austin, Dallas) have a larger downtown than Phoenix. There are many throughout the United States but looking at it for what it is WITHOUT comparing? It's actually quite large, in my opinion. By the way, Miami (Florida) is another City that would DWARF Phoenix, if you were to compare the two in mere skyscrapers & high-rise buildings. The City of Salt Lake City in the State of Utah, which is also somewhat nearby, I think is also slightly smaller than Phoenix in terms of skyscrapers & high-rise buildings. This goes for the City of El Paso in Texas as well. Smaller populations, smaller downtowns but both are famously known in the region. San Antonio & Fort Worth in Texas are also criticized for it's "lackluster" downtowns, along with Los Angeles in California (because of it's fame, popularity & massive population). San Diego & San Jose also receive their critcisms but not nearly as much. If you appreciate it for what it is without comparing it to other Cities with "LARGE" downtown skylines? It's actually quite large itself & somewhat impressive. Seeing it in person makes you realize it's not as small as people make it out to be. Places like Hong Kong, Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai & Chongqing in China make Chicago & NYC look small, if you think about it.
I live in Phoenix. The Arizona Cardinals play in Glendale but the Cardinals are still considered a Phoenix team. Glendale is a suburb of Phoenix. A lot of the US major league teams’ stadiums are in the suburbs of the major city they represent.
weather is bizarre. I live in Tucson and I can swim in the morning then drive 30 miles and ski (snow ski) Weather in these parts is totally related to elevation. The higher you go the cooler it gets. Lots of mountains here. Did I mention that the 30 mile trip can take over an hour as it has lots of switch backs and a vertical climb of 6K feet. Arizona is much more than just deserts.
You also missed the trip to A Different Point of View which sits on a mountain top and looks out over Phoenix. Great to see the lights at night and watch planes land at the airport
Phoenix gets hot sometimes but Arizona is the only state that is surrounded by four deserts the Chihuahuan, the Mojave, the Sonoran, and the Great Basin.
The summers are brutal. You basically stay inside with the air conditioner running 24/7. It's like walking into an oven outside. The best time to visit is mid-October to mid-May, in my opinion.
It's hot in the summer but has perfect temperatures in the rest of the year. We do have lots of lakes & swimming pools we can cool off in too. If it gets too much we have cooler mountains with forests we can go up to within an hour or 2 drive.
Phoenix is known more for it’s “satellite” cities playing a larger part of the metro area than the city of Phoenix itself. Glendale is just a suburb/satellite city and it’s considered Phoenix’s NFL team.
There is so much room we build out not up but you will always see multiple cranes in downtown adding to the skyline. Phoenix comprises 520 square miles. Not including Scottsdale, Tempe, Glendale or the other towns that make up the metro area
This past summer, Phoenix broke a record. It had 113 consecutive days in which the high temperature was 100 F [38 C] or higher. The streak ended on September 24.
we broke the record for consecutive days over 110F this year too
It's been an insane summer... But the almanac predicted early snow up north... So ya' know... It's finna be skiing time!!! 😎
AZ is truly the best state in the country... Where else can you see the arid yet spectacular desert, then see/ swim/ boat beautiful lakes, then go skiing in the High Country... Then you can also enjoy so many wonders and land marks...
*The Grand Canyon
*Monument Valley
*The countless abandoned and/or active mine tours
*Our rich Wild West History with cities like Tombstone or Florence
*Snow skiing up north/ down south/ out east.
*Lakes everywhere
*Incredible camping in nearly every climate except tropical and shoreline.
*We have high deserts around Prescott Valley and similar locations that almost look like the Moors of England.
*We have every single major sport (barring soccer [world football]... And even then we have one of the best USL (the American equivalent to the English Championship division) teams in the country consistently.
*We have the 4 corners
*Sedona (the red rocks) the location of the highest concentration of UFO sightings EVER outside of area51.
@@AZ_sports_are_better sadly almanacs are nothing more than guesses. your better bet is meteorologist reports. almanacs are the weather equivalent of a horoscope.
Forget consecutive, how many days we had that was over 100 for the year....So far.
@@ryantannar5301 the meteorologists in this state are accurate about 35% of the time when it comes to rain or snow...
The farmers almanac predictions are up around 50%.
Almanac is far more reliable.
-an actual farm hand.
I live in the west valley of Phoenix -- and while it is very true that the summers are extremely hot, between October and May, it's simply SPECTACULAR! Also, 100 degrees isn't all that uncomfortable here considering the humidity is so low. Lake Pleasant is just 15 minutes away ... and the mountain communities (Sedona, Prescott, Flagstaff) are 2 hours or even less away. Saguaro Cactus (unique to the Sonoran Desert) can grow to be 60 feet tall and live 200 years. The city of Phoenix itself is NOT why people come here, although there are plenty of museums, galleries, interesting neighborhoods, restaurants and bars to explore. The valley's countless hiking trails, nearly 200 golf courses, resort swimming pools, the majesty and mystery of the Sonoran Desert, the culture of Arizona's 22 Native American tribes, the authentic Mexican cuisine and more sunny days than any other place in the country ... THAT's why people come here.
I’m an East Valley native (Mesa), and I’d say the City of Phoenix is a lot more people-friendly and attractive as a tourist destination today than it was decades ago
There’s a lot to do Downtown and in Roosevelt Row these days, as well as in Midtown and Uptown, in the Biltmore area, in Arcadia, etc
But yes, you’re right that the primary draw of Valley tourism is still outdoor recreation, the golfing & resorts in Scottsdale & PV, etc
Are you excited for our “cold” weather this weekend? I may have to pull out my sweatshirt 😂
Now quit lying to the kid good sir 😂 100° in Phoenix is still hot as hell. You’re not fooling anybody.
I've lived in downtown Phoenix for 27 yrs and found out how easy it can be to be come overcome by the heat on those desert trails,and many have died. Usually 1 a year. People who dont know how bad it can be go out there,get lost,and die. People think how nice the heat will be,but it isnt. Personally,I dont go outside during the day and keep the intertainment and shopping after dark when the temps go down. I'ts still quite warm but it feels better.
@@amya8316 I dont even own a coat. Like you,I have a few sweatshirts and sweaters ans that's all.
Happy to report after 100 degree weather last week we are in the 70’s this week🙏🏻best time to visit us
Yup, finally feels like Fall!
dude the heat finally broke today!!! ☠ FINALLY.
But next hour we are going to back up to the upper 90s
For a few days anyway. Unfortunately we’re supposed to get back up to at least 97° by mid week.
As others have said, Phoenix is basically a huge urban and suburban network, simply referred to by those who live here as "The Valley". Technically the City of Phoenix is the urban center, but all of the other towns and cities surrounding it are interconnected with it. If you are speaking to someone who also lives in the valley, you would refer to the specific city you live in, such as Glendale or Chandler or Tempe. But to anyone not living here, I would say I live in Phoenix. edit: also only southern Arizona is desert, northern AZ is mountains. Flagstaff is at an elevation of 7,000 feet (2,000 meters), so it's a whole different climate
Flagstaff is so much greener and cooler because it's above 8000 feet. It's actually one of the five snowiest cities in the USA with a population of over 50k, and it's only a little over two hours from the northern part of the Phoenix metro. One of the great parts of Phoenix is its location. You're only about four hours from Vegas, four and a half hours from Rocky Point in Mexico, and five and a half hours from LA and San Diego.
@@aerotechify L+ Ratio ShowLow is better... Sunrise is triple the ski resort that snowbowl will ever be.
@@AZ_sports_are_better ShowLow doesn't have a population above 50k though.
I'm original from Amsterdam Netherlands,and l have been living here for more than 30 years loving it, more to do than you think, love it here June July in August it's gets hot I'm used to it, good video, thanks
@donaldvanberkum8666 I know a Dutchie....
I moved here to the Phoenix valley 15 years ago and will never move out. I love it here. You are right, those videos focused on downtown, Scottsdale and hotels. There is so much more to do here, you can take a full year off to see and do so what this city has to offer and never leave the valley (Phoenix Metropolitan Area). The heat is here, for sure, but every house has central air conditioning, and with such low humidity, it feels much less hot. I live in the east valley and I rarely need to go too far to enjoy what there is to do here.
Lived here for 37 years from Michigan. I will die here.
Thurston, Southern Arizona gal here. Lived in Phoenix area for 35 years and Tucson (11 miles south) for 30. There is so much to do here. Everyone thinks that Arizona is all desert, but we have mountains in the north. I learned to snow ski in the mountains outside of Tucson. It's the most southern ski area in the country. There are two areas with lakes close to Phoenix - Lake Pleasant to the northwest and Canyon Lake, Apache and Roosevelt to the east (about an hour drive). Everybody has A/C or evaporated coolers. Phoenix downtown has grown so much in the past 20 years. That video was old, and now they are 5 million and 5th largest metro area in the US. Phoenix Suns play downtown as well as the AZ Diamondbacks baseball. The Cardinals play in Glendale, which is 15 minutes from downtown. So many people come here to escape the harsh winters in the Midwest and Canada. Best time to come is November through April.
The lack of tall buildings downtown is for a couple reasons.. 1-The city grew after the car boom so it grew out, not up (plus the downtown area was very unsafe up to the 90s) 2-Due to the proximity of the airport to downtown, there are FAA imposed height restrictions
And, there's another downtown just a couple miles north of the old downtown too.
You should really do a video on Sedona. That place is one of the most naturally beautiful places that I have ever been.
Luka, 4 million people live in the Phoenix area. It's very nice there and everybody knows how to stay cool in the summer just like people know how to stay warm in the winter in Buffalo or Winnipeg. Houses there are incredibly well insulated. My parents retired and moved from San Diego to the Phoenix area. They lived a wonderful life in retirement for about 20 years. Their house had adobe walls that were 14 inches thick, and believe me you didn't have to run the air conditioning more than an hour or two daily and those thick walls held on to the cooled air like a iceberg. Same in the winter where it can get surprisingly cold. The desert is incredibly beautiful.
I love living here, except in July. The air is dry, so it is hot, but not sticky most of the time. There are lots of pools, public and private. They really help us to keep cool in the summer. I see hot air balloons taking off and landing every morning by my house from late September to May. We go up to Flagstaff to camp in the summer and ski/play in the snow in winter. It is 2100 m above sea level, so it is much cooler. There are so many hiking and biking trails all around the city of Phoenix.
We're just the reverse of Minneapolis, where NO ONE wants to be outside in January & February.
I live in PHX and I love it! yeah it gets hot but you get used to it. AZ is a hikers paradise with year-round hiking!
I've been here 50+ years. The heat was only a problem as i got older. But we have lakes, rivers, Waterpark s, pools. In the winter you can snow ski and swim in the same day in different parts of the state
I live a few hundred miles from Phoenix in Las Vegas. We also had 100 days in a row of temperatures over 100 degrees. When you live here you just accept it. Fall temperatures are here now, and very refreshing. Our winters are actually cool, near or below freezing evenings.
There are sooo many public swimming pools and backyard swimming pools and water parks.
The big cactus is a saguaro (saw-war-oh). And there are several lakes around the city, as well as the cool, ponderosa pine forests an hour to the north.
It's very common for NFL stadiums to be in a suburb instead of the main city. NFL stadiums and their massive parking lots take up a lot of space and only get used a few days a year. You want o build something like that on the cheapest land possible which is rarely close to the center of town.
I lived in Phoenix for 11 years. Arizona is a spectacularly beautiful state, especially if you like the desert. The Sonoran Desert is so beautiful with a very surprising amount of flora and fauna (don't touch ANY cacti-you'll be sorry if you do. EVERYTHING in that desert has thorns and really sharp spikes). There are hiking trails all over Phoenix and the surrounding cities and the whole state for that matter - stay on the path and do not wander!. People get up early and do things in the morning and the evening when it's not so blazing hot. The temperature difference between high day and low night is usually about 30F. Of course all autumn winter and spring the daytime weather is fantastic and the nights are cool. Phoenix is a relatively small part of the whole metropolitan area, so when they're talking about Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, and there are a lot more cities, you can really consider it all one big (enormous) city. The confusion for Sedona (one of the most beautiful places I've ever been) and Flagstaff is that Sedona is at 5,000 feet altitude, and Flagstaff is at 7,000 feet above sea level. That's all pine forest up there, while Phoenix is at about 900 feet, and is down in the Sonoran Desert, which is the hottest of all the North American deserts. Saguaro (pronounced: Sah WAAHR Oh; sometimes spelled Sahuaro) cactus is everywhere and very large, certainly can be as large as trees. They're protected and nobody messes with them on pain of legal consequences. They take 10 years to grow one inch, and 200 years to reach full height. You have to get permission to transplant them, and they have to be replanted in the same orientation to the sun as their original placement. It's very expensive and is usually done by professionals.
Woot woot. Born and raised in the Phoenix metro area but I live outside of Phoenix in the East Valley.
Really Phoenix is the center of a much bigger metro area. And yes we basically are plopped right down in the middle of the desert 🌵 so anytime you leave the city it’s just the Sonoran desert.
The huge cacti you saw are our saguaro cactus and native to the area. They can live up to 200 years and are protected. They can grow up to 50 ft tall.
It can get really cold at night in the winter because it’s so dry but yes it’s super hot but not humid in the summers except during monsoon season.
The downtown area doesn’t have many tall buildings because the airport is nearby and developers sprawled because there’s so much land. There’s also zoning regulations that keep buildings relatively short.
All in all I love the desert and really couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. But I love endless sunny days with little rain.
I've lived in Phoenix since I was 4. While it gets hot in the summer, there's nearly no humidity. We don't get hurricanes, tornadoes or major earthquakes. Basically everyone has air conditioning and about 33% of houses have a swimming pool. So do most apartment complexes and hotels.
We get a lot of 'snowbirds' during the cooler months from may colder regions of the United States and Canada. Many of them actually own a winter home here.
We actually do get tornadoes, just not all that often. It usually only happens during the monsoon when it does. And they rarely if ever exceed F-2 wind speeds here.
It can be 110 degrees in a desert town and in an hour drive up a mountain you can be 75 degrees
The Phoenix metropolitan area is growing quickly, along with other sunbelt states. Phoenix will be the largest “micro chip” manufacturing hub very soon, several companies are relocating there currently. Definitely a unique location in the desert southwest region.
that TSMC plant is going to me Phoenix one of the most important cities in the US
I used to live there and loved the weather. I’m originally from Michigan and to me hiding in the house for 3 months or so int the summer is better than 5 months hiding inside in winter. Much love from MI
Glendale AZ is a suburb of Phoenix all part of the Metro area of 5 million. Take a look at a map of Phoenix and its subuirbs. The Amtrack stops in Maricopa AZ which is 20 minutes from Phoenix depending on where ypu live. Sky Harbor airport served over 48 million passengers in 2023.
What it missed was that there really is no delineation between Glendale and Phoenix.. just part of the mass metro area.
That's a Saguaro [sah-WA-ro] cactus they can grow 40 to 60 feet tall. There's also a Saguaro National Park located near Tucson, Arizona. It is a criminal offense in Arizona to harm a Saguaro cactus.
I am in Tucson about two hours south of Phoenix. We do get pretty hot here in the summers BUT you really only feel the heat when the humidity goes up during the rain season or if the temps go over 110. As for the city of Glendale, it is it's own city BUT it really is a suburb of Phoenix. Same with Scottsdale.
12:25 Downtown Phoenix isn’t actually “small” per se, it’s just really spread out… Like the rest of the city!
You have the main urban center at Washington St & Central Ave, but Downtown stretches north along Central Ave as well
Bruh yeah one street south of my parents place in Cave Creek is still Phoenix, and then an hour drive south is Phoenix again where I live. 😅
@@sierrawessels5627 Exactly 😅 Phoenix is absolutely massive in land area, especially North to South
Thurston as a fellow asthmatic and allergy sufferer, you would feel so much better in the arid climate of Arizona. Plus, everywhere there is conditioning, so the filtered air really helps. You'll need antihistamines and a inhaler, but you will notice your breathing will improve.
I don't know that I can completely agree with that, though I don't have asthma. But don't forget the ozone warnings and pollution in general, or the large amounts of dust kicked up by the wind, pollen, and the rare dust storm. But after it rains, the air is really clean.😊
Phoenix. The epitome of urban sprawl. Been there twice. My sister lived there for 10 years. Finally had to move back to Washington when the Temps reached over 120 degrees.
Their are lakes all around. Phoenix tbh. And our salt river has our local wild horses you can always spot there
Never been. My bro lives in SLC, up the road 🤣
Consider Las Vegas it's similar urban brother 😂
Tucson is much better.
Yeah now please stop moving here
Chris from Yellow Productions makes amazing and informative travel videos. You should check out more of them.
Exploring Phoenix on Google Earth is wild. It's like a mosaic in some areas. Winter is probably the best time to visit.
I lived in Phoenix, it's bad during the summer days but at night and during the other seasons it's awesome weather .
Stumbled on this video serendipitously, as I am a proud Phoenix resident just aimlessly scrolling through my UA-cam feed. Phoenix is a great city that is only a few hours away from popular cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and even Mexico. You get to have the best of both worlds when it comes to weather. Right now in Phoenix, it has gotten much, much cooler and it is feels really great outside: sunny but cool. We also are a hub of sports, if you are into that type thing. We have NBA and WNBA teams, American football, baseball, ice hockey, baseball teams. I could go on and on about Phoenix (and Arizona in general lol) and it is still growing!
That city is a joke!
It's hot stop coming here
@@kenmahoney5255 Why is ity a joke?
@@longiusaescius2537 Yes,it is hot,but a lot of people come here for that reason.
The only thing I miss about Phoenix is the food.
Heat is one thing for anyone who lives in the desert. However it's usually a different story when it's winter or between sunset to sunrise. But I always enjoy the red rocks from the area. It's so home feeling for me.
Phoenix is in a valley surround by mountain, mountain everywhere.
Town still sucks!
Tucson is better.
Some scientists say that the Phoenix area is meteor crater since all the mountains around us are leaning away from the center of town and that Piestewa Peak is the tip of the meteor.
@@billolsen4360 never heard that but makes sense as meteor Carter is just a smaller version in az, so we know we have been hit before, or it could be there so much table water around us ,that it collapsed mammoth mine with thousands of gallon of water, that it used to be on the surface as we can go into the desert and find sea shells that water made it like the Grand canyon.
Hey hey, it's my city. I could actually see my work twice on this video, I'm wedged between Civic Plaza and the ball park, across from Symphony Hall. we have all of the things all of the other big cities do, minus the beaches. We also currently rank third for best state economies at the moment, after Florida and Texas and our job market is booming. so, the question about the football stadium being in Glendale. since the metro area is one solid city and Glendale is one of the closest in suburbs, the location was chosen because they didn't just want to build a stadium but also wanted to build an entire entertainment district and they have. there is a mall, the football stadium, desert diamond arena, a casino, several resorts (one being built now, the VAI will feature an elevated music venue on the largest man made party island in north america and you will be able to watch concerts from your hotel suite), they are also building a new theme park in the entertainment district, dozens of restaurants, an interactive play fountain, etc. downtown is on the smaller side as far as building height. i'm on the 22nd floor of my building i work in and it is one of the bigger buildings, but there are a number of skyscrapers being built right now, like eight or nine that are 250+ feet tall, one, the Astra Tower will become Arizona's new tallest building when complete and the density in downtown is increasing with more housing being built in midrise towers. but, downtown isn't all. the way Phoenix was designed, each neighborhood is largely self contained. the grid system he mentioned is designed that the major named streets are one mile apart and major numbered streets are about half a mile apart. so each neighborhood has housing in the center, with commercial and retail on the major avenues, so as we sprawled, downtown didn't grow up. we also have uptown, midtown, old town scottsdale, mill avenue in tempe, west gate in glendale, and downtown mesa, each has it's own unique "urban" core. best time to come is between november and march. usually i would say october, but we have had a late summer this year due to la niña conditions. oh, and the major architectural style here that you like that is broadly across the southwest is a blend of spanish territorial and puebloan. building to cope with the weather has been going on since the anasazi days, here in the valley. last thing, i promise, flagstaff, though only 100 miles away is in an alpine climate. prescott; which is also north of phoenix and has become a big city in it's own right over the last decade, is a mile high, just like denver. pretty much from the verde valley up, the state is largely forested and higher elevation. Arizona is definitely worth a visit (in the fall/winter/spring).
I've lived in Phoenix my whole life, and I appreciate it for what it is. It's not perfect but the desert is definitely beautiful in it's own way. Certain people will appreciate the beauty of deserts more than others, but personally Arizona is located in arguably the most beautiful desert in the world(Sonoran desert). Those giant iconic Saguaro cacti don't grow anywehre else.
To answer your question, there are multiple lakes just outside of the city where you can ride boats and jet skis. But even more importantly to note, Arizona is not all flat desert. A huge portion of the state is extremely mountainous and very high elevation which is why the biggest pine forest in the US is located in Arizona. And Flagstaff AZ up near the Grand Canyon is one of the top 3 snowiest cities in the entire country. You would be shocked how diverse Arizona's geology and ecosystems are.
Most areas around the city are relatively safe. Natural disasters are very rare. Don't gotta worry about Tornadoes or Earthquakes here. Phoenix is a diverse, multicultural city, with lots of good food, and is relatively laid back. Downtown is small but it's still pretty nice considering downtown isn't the main focus here since it's an extremely hot urban sprawl city built around traveling by car.
It used to be very affordable to buy a big house with a large yards here, but t hings have changed though over the years due to so many transplants moved here from other states. It's expensive now. 😢 But there is a ton of opportunity here when it comes to jobs. In many industries too.
But one of the biggest and fastest growing industries here is computer chip manufacturing. Phoenix is becoming the new Silicon Valley. Since TSMC(the biggest and best microchip manufacturer) is building their first ever factory outside of Taiwan here. And Intel is expanding their factories/"fabs" like crazy here.
Aside from major sports teams like the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals, and Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona is famous for having an insane amount of golf courses. High end retirement neighborhoods are massive here, and these old retirees love their golf. There are multiple water parks of course. And thanks to the Native American reservations there are many casino resorts. There's Phoenix Zoo and Wildlife World Zoo which are both great.
Speaking of resorts, you should look up videos about the Vai Resort they are currently building in Glendale. It's insane. Right next to the AZ Cardinals stadium they are building an amazing massive resort and theme park called Vai that will have a huge "crystal lagoon" and it looks amazing. Among the beautiful clear water lagoon it will have a bar/restaurant that ascends into the sky, concerts where you can swim and see the stage, Also night clubs and party islands.
On top of the lagoon oasis, Vai will also have the first ever Mattel theme park connected to it. With roller coasters and Go Kart tracks based on Hot Wheels, train rides based on Thomas The Tank Engine, and rides and attractions based on other Mattel toys like Masters Of The Universe and Barbie.
I'm excited as these types of theme parks have been 1 thing Phoenix severely lacked since I was a kid. Mostly all we ever had here was water slide parks.
I live in Chandler, in the SE Phoenix valley. I've lived here for 30 years and I love it. During the hottest part of the year I try to avoid the worst heat by being out and about in the mornings and evening. I work from home. so it's easy for me to do that. The reason I love Phoenix is because it is in the state of Arizona, where you will find some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. There are amazing National and State Parks just a couple hours drive from Phoenix. But there is a lot of amazing desert scenery to explore right here in the valley. And if you head north, the increase in elevation means you will find cooler weather. It's a great place to live. Just stay hydrated and minimize your time in the direct sun during the summer.
Personally, I prefer Tucson to Phoenix, but I’d rather go to Sedona than either of the other two.
Phoenix is at 1000 ft. Flagstaff is at 7000ft. The Arizona Snowbowl is in the San Francisco Peaks at 9000 to 11000 ft
*I live in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. From there it's only a two or so hour drive to flagstaff, which is a mountain city. This is one of many escapes from the summer heat. You can even ski in Flagstaff during the winter. Speaking of winter, the winter in the Phoenix area is unbelievable! Lastly, the skyline of Phoenix is not very impressive because it has a height of 500 feet (152 meters) due to the close proximity to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport*
sky harbor are bitches...
Amtrak is the major train system in the USA, Greyhound is the major bus system. Large cities/metro areas usually have their own local trains/buses.
Hi Thurs, Thanks for changing videos. The first one looked like an advert for restaurants. The second one was much better and I did not realize there are so many cities so close to each other. Good Reaction.
Phoenix is fine. I have lived here for 10 years and I am from San Diego. Phoenix is close to mountains and LA and SD are close enough for beach weekends. You get used to the heat and I HATE snow so Arizona is perfect. Also…everyone has AC or you will die…it’s not an option.
Those cacti are unique to the Sonoran desert I believe. There are no others like them in the world and yes they are taller than a person.
Arizona heat is wonderful its dry heat u dont feel! Im thinking of moving back as ariz barometric pressure doesnt rapidly change like ores does! Im constantly sick in ore due to the rapid barometric pressure changes! Lived in tucson for 4 mths it snowed lots that jan with a cold summer! Plus hate ores constant rain!
Was born in Portland and my family moved to Colorado when I was 7. It rained 40 days and 40 nights straight up until the day we left.
I was born and raised in Phoenix 78 years ago. You can’t fathom how this city has grown since I was a child. I guess a lot of people love the heat
I've been to most of these places, although I lived up hill in Prescott. Prescott and Flagstaff are way cooler than Phoenix because you are literally up in the mountains at that point. Traveling from Phoenix to Flagstaff is a long long uphill drive. The mall in Phoenix is fantastic because you're out of the heat. The hiking trails are lovely but timing is everything. Saguaro cacti are indeed huge, they basically are trees. I'm surprised in the weather segment there was zero mention of monsoons, that makes life in this area just that much more interesting. Look up what a Haboob is like, we've driven through one of those in the Phoenix area which is really crazy. One of the most interesting things about summer in Phoenix is the parks and playgrounds are often crazy busy at night. We'd often take our kid out to play at 9pm and it was perfectly normal. That said, a lot of the playgrounds also have spraygrounds which are essentially a playground but with water fountains to play in. But some of them get really elaborate and it can be so much fun. As for the downtown area, I don't feel like it's anything special. I spent a good amount of time exploring it (on foot sometimes) and I was never impressed.
Legally landlords have to maintain ac units in rental properties, and I've never been to a building that didn't have ac. Even when the unit dies, companies will bring in external units to keep things cool.
I have lived in phx for 45 years and wouldnt move out , i love the heat, winter are good, we uave 250 lakes 4 main rivers, i want snow i go 2 hours outside of phx
I moved to Phoenix, moved away, but loved it enough to move back. The heat is rough but the key is to treat summer like a winter in a cold place. You mostly stay inside. In the winter the weather is nearly perfect so we do all our outdoor stuff in the winter.
MLB's Spring Training programs are cut up into Cactus League in Arizona, and Grapefruit League for Florida.
The Cactus League is throughout the Phoenix area from Tempe, Flagstaff, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, & Peoria. Which has been around since 1947.
The Grapefruit League has teams throughout Florida's coastal regions. Plenty of those teams are in the Tampa-St Petersburg area. -- the Grapefruit League started in 1913, but teams had spring training all the way back in 1889 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Oh, if you are going to catch a game in either place in spring, don't be surprised to see 2 teams playing at the same facility for spring training.
i live in phoenix and you get climatized pretty fast only the weak stay away
5:29 Dude the city is pretty much just like any big US city. Houston, Phoenix, Albuquerque, architecturally pretty much the same. We don’t do cities in the U.S. we do the great and beautiful outdoors. Watch a video on the State of Arizona. It’s not necessarily about Phoenix, it’s about what’s around Phoenix in every direction and that’s a great big wow.
I'm from Utah, but when I was younger my family live in northern Phoenix, three different times. It felt like paradise to me; where we lived is called Paradise Valley, and Moon Valley. I loved the palm trees, Saguaro Cactus', and citrus trees, like Orange, and Lemon. The Grape Fruit tree in my uncle's back yard grew the best fruit, but so many that most would get thrown away. If I wanted to live in a big city, it'd be Phoenix, but now I'd rather live in small town, Utah.
I lived in phoenix and sometimes it does get too hot to do things... But I've also live places where it gets too cold to do things...... personal preference..i'll take the furnace over the freezer.
PS I suggest you do a drone video of the city
I grew up in NW Montana, which seems like 9 months of winter, and the rest is debatable. Once I experienced the desert SW, with its five seasons (fall, winter, spring, dry summer, monsoon), it has become my home since 1995, after a few years in Tucson.
Heat is only like 4 months of the year the other 8 months is vacation weather. Everyone else enjoy your cold rain/snow for the next 5-6 months I’ll be sitting in 75 and sunny all winter long 😉
Since when? We usually see a handful of days in the 50's and lower, a good month in the 60's and by mid-February we're usually pushing 90 already. You make us sound like Hawaii and we're not even close to that stable in temperatures during the Winter.
I moved here 30 years ago and still live here for the heat and then the cooler weather in the winter without snow or at least none that sticks. I have seen snow flurries in Phoenix before.
Phoenician here. Saguaros are basically tree cacti; they can easily be taller than a house. Also, the Phoenix Metro Area is made of many cities: Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, Mesa, etc... Phoenix is bigger than Glendale, but the sizes aren't as different as you might think. You usually can't tell when you've gone from one city to another anyways. Also there are PLENTY of freight trains, but not passenger trains. People just drive. As far as the architecture, that style's part of southwestern culture. Native American art is pretty cool, but also pretty expensive. I've had to deal with no a/c in the summer. It really wasn't very happy. Flagstaff is on the edge of the Mogollon (pronounced "MUH-gee-on") Rim; it's a lot higher in elevation than Phoenix, and thus a lot cooler. And if you visit in the winter, hotel prices will be way higher because of the snow birds. Oh, an we do have the Salt River, Lake Pleasant, and Lake Roosevelt.
Just a few hours from the Grand Canyon. Enough said. It'll make you cry. Plus our climate is like HEAVEN for half of the year. And the hiking during those times is beautiful! Our sunsets and sunrises are beautiful. You'll never see skies with so many colors.
Welcome to my City! We are closer to the Sun than the planet Earth! I recommend coming here to everyone. It is hot from the months of April to September. From October to March it is amazing. Plus we are 5-6 hours from a lot of places... LA, San Diego, Vegas and much more. It's nice out here. Recommend.
It's usually that way when it comes to areas with the desert heat. It's a Utahan neighbor.
@@AC-ni4gt lol utah
@@AC-ni4gt Hey there! :) But I wouldnt trade the sun for the snow lol...(sometimes)
Lived in Mesa, AZ for 7 years between 2012 and 2019. Due to the very low humidity, 100F in Mesa with less than 20% humidity was much more comfortable than 88F in NYC with 95% humidity. You can always look for shade and its much more comfortable in the shade while you cannot escape the humidity in NYC - you need to find AC. However, there are rare times when the heat can be extreme - in 2016, a few of my solar-powered path lights were partially melted when local temperatures hit around 120F for several days (official temperatures were a few degrees lower but all the concrete around my house raised the temp by a few degrees - learned from that that having pavers around the house was better than poured concrete.)
That guy in the second vid did his homework. I am very impress with the vid. I remember living here in the valley when it hit 122 degrees Fahrenheit. At the time, I was living in Tempe attending high school.
I had to move to the Phoenix area due to a family illness in 2015. I hate it here😂. If you like being outdoors, you are trapped inside half a year. The restaurants are mediocre, mostly mundane chain restaurants. I've lived in seven states, so I've experienced many locations. Forget lakes and bodies of water. There are very few. The best thing about Phoenix is that it's a five and a half hour drive to San Diego, California. The desert is unique and so are the cacti. Some of the mountains are beautiful, like Superstition Mountains, but it's a giant bore to live here. Downtown Phoenix isn't very exciting. That's why you aren't seeing much in the videos. It might be a good and unique place to visit because of the Sonoran Desert, but living here is horrible. I'd move if it weren't for family.
I spend much more time outside here than I did in Mich
I grew up there. I would go bare foot during the summer it hurt for a while but got use to it. There are a lot of lakes nearby. And during winter it is only 3 hours to go skiing. We would go and be back and hop in the pool. There was also a Play Boy Club your to young to know what that was but look it up, you would have loved it.
Thanks Lav Luka. I wouldn't live in Phoenix or any part of Arizona. NY in my opinion is a whole lot better weather wise. Even if we have to ride out the snow storms and freezing temperatures. 😁
My father was born in Phoenix. He joined the Navy (via the U.S. Naval Academy) and I used to kid him about doing it to escape the heat!
Personally I am not crazy about Phoenix. I like Lake Havasu and Tucson better. The main thing is the traffic. Yes that's how the cactus are lol. Just so you know Mexican Coke is made with real sugar not corn syrup like in the US.
I would really like to see you react to the Amtrak videos. I think you would love that. Oh the prickly pear candy and jam is to die for.
Lol yes that would be pretty bad if you if you didn't have air con there. Sadona is beautiful. But Flagstaff staff is much nicer weather wise. The only problem the weather is during monsoon season which is July 15 to September 30. Flash flooding can be a problem during this time best to come in October. I hope that helps a bit .
Lake Havasu sucks now, it's like a creepy Trumper enclave.
Monsoons wouldn't have been a problem this year...
The Phoenix Metropolitan area is an amazing place to visit for all the reasons others have listed. I was born and raised here, only lived 2 years out my nearly 43 years outside of Arizona.
Depending on how this strike works out (or how long it takes) I've been eying up the Airlines in Phoenix because the cost of living is brilliant and I don't mind the heat or their type of scenery
Lake Havasu City/Kingman in Mohave County, Arizona is WAY hotter than Phoenix. I've lived in all 3 places over a ten year period. It's on average 120f on a normal summer day in Lake Havasu City, but (and I don't care what statistics say) it's been 132f on the hottest day I've ever seen. Literally can cook on the sidewalk. Hottest I've seen in the summer in Phoenix was 110f. To be fair I was only in Phoenix for a few years.
It regularly gets to at least 117 most of the summer and usually reaches 120 for at least a week in the middle of summer. I've lived here for about ten years.
@@Khorteka Yeah, it's 20+ degrees hotter here in Illinois than it was 30 years ago so its getting hotter all over. Can't imagine what Havasu is now. I haven't lived in Phoenix since 2005 so that's 19 years to get hotter. Insane.
My grandma retired in Phoenix. She'd throw open the door and say, "Can you feel the cool breeze." It was 110 degrees.
Phoenix is hotter than the surface of the sun.
Don't write off Spring and Autumn time in Arizona. Late October, until mid-May is perfect time for visits, especially if you are looking to be out hiking, rock hounding or other outdoor activities. Arizona is one of the best places in the world for rock-hounding. The World Gem and Mineral show is in Phoenix every year in January. You can buy all kinds of specimens for incredible prices. Everything from raw rubies, pearls, cut diamonds, dinosaur fossils and all the shark teeth you can carry plus so much more. People from all over the world are there to sell and buy.
Cactus candy made from the fruits is some of the best candy IMO.
Phoenix is in a valley with surrounding cities. 2 1/2 hrs away are beautiful mountains and even ski resorts. It is very hot in the summer and our population grows in the winter. Snowbirds show up to escape the cold and snow. Grew up in Tempe loved it but retiring in the mountains. Winters are not that bad and summers are beautiful up here.
This year they had 100 consecutive days hitting or exceeding 40 C.
This summer, Phoenix had 21 consecutive days of record-breaking high temperatures, shattering the previous record of 14 days. It may have been the most extreme heatwave in American history.
One of my best friends for more than 20 years is from Birmingham. Lots of British expats can found at almost any corner dive bar. They manage it.
From the west valley here. You would think indoor malls would be more popular in Phoenix, but due to the lower foot traffic and high costs of maintaining and air conditioning the massive building, many of the indoor malls here have been shut down in the past decade. I would say if you were crazy enough to come to Phoenix, you'd have the best time doing so in Late October to early November. Obviously later in the year is fine too, but you'd want to avoid the holidays. The spring is nice, but the city tends to get the most crowded around that time because many baseball teams do spring training here and there are a lot of people from out of town here just for that. Also, broccoli for breakfast is weird and saguaros are really tall.
YT channel: The Endless Adventure; video: Palm Springs, California (hot desert & snow)
Phoenix has two seasons Summer and Hell
Nah, every season but summer is beautiful here
@xChibiAkumax real
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I'm from there. Unless you are somewhere like Flagstaff, there are only 2 seasons. Lol
Hello from Phoenix. I’ve lived in AZ most of my life and loved it. But after this past summer of 2024, I’m rethinking my future location. It has been brutal here the last several months.
I have lived here in the Phoenix metro area for 24 years. Most people who do not live here, nor have ever lived in a hot dry climate, simply see the temp numbers and scream! But this is not the case at all. Dry heat is VERY different from places that are hot with humidity. I have lived out east, and in the upper midwest in Minnesota, and these places are often a lot 'hotter', which is mainly due to the humidity. Southern and even Northern CA are relatively dry (30-50% humidity), but the midwest and east coast has humidity in the 75-90% during the warm months. Here in the Phoenix area the humidity is often 10-15%. This low humidity also makes the sun a lot hotter in that there is essentially no water in the atmosphere, so the sun is more intense, and it is imperative to stay out of the sun during the hot months (mid May- end of Sept). Another key factor regarding the high heat is not so terrible in that 5M people live here (not 4M like the video says, so this video is at least 10 years old)! Everyone and every car and every office, and every... has A/C. The hottest we have seen in our 24 years here is 118F, not 122F. The normal high in the summer is 106-108F, and the lows are 85-90F. The lows are so high, wee have to run the A/C 34 hours, and never open any windows.
Mexican coke is coca-cola made in Mexico, where they use real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, and it definitely tastes better. But it can be up to 5 times the price of regular coke, so we rarely buy. It is a 5 hour drive to the Grand Canyon, which is 100% in Arizona. Las Vegas is also about a 5 hour drive. It is about a 6 hour drive to Los Angeles, depending on where you go in the LA area (LA is HUGE). I live in Chandler, which is just due east of Tempe (the ASU university). We have between 300-310 sunny days every year (typically clear blue and no clouds), and we have at most 2-3 freezes annually, but it never snows.
My son went to Arizona State U (from Jersey where we live) and he loved it and stayed over the summers. I was out there one April and it was nice. And we went to Sedona, which is a place I could live--red rock canyons, plateaus, great hiking, cool town vibe and a bit cooler than Phoenix year around. Also, Flagstaff, which is in the mountains, is only about 45 minutes from Sedona. Very beautiful places.
I live in Phoenix, we have hot summers but nice springs and falls. Winter can be cold. We can get down in the 20s Fahrenheit at night and 50s during the day. It’s a nice city, lots to do year round.
To be fair, just to clear the confusion about Phoenix's downtown (skyscrapers). When MOST people are describing Phoenix's downtown (skyline/skyscrapers) being "small", they are usually comparing it to Cities like NYC, Chicago, LA, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami etc..etc..
Usually when people are referring to Phoenix's downtown skyline being small, they usually mean that it's "small" FOR IT'S SIZE & population. Not that it's small in general or in a literal sense. It's just that it's smaller than other Cities of a similar size & population, even though there are PLENTY of Cities located in the US that have a much larger downtown with a lower population.
The Phoenix downtown according to Arizona/New Mexico (Southwest) standards is actually rather large. Nearby Denver in Colorado has a significantly larger downtown than Phoenix, Las Vegas has a larger downtown, Los Angeles is larger in both population AND skyscrapers within it's downtown, most Texas Cities (such as Houston, Austin, Dallas) have a larger downtown than Phoenix. There are many throughout the United States but looking at it for what it is WITHOUT comparing? It's actually quite large, in my opinion. By the way, Miami (Florida) is another City that would DWARF Phoenix, if you were to compare the two in mere skyscrapers & high-rise buildings.
The City of Salt Lake City in the State of Utah, which is also somewhat nearby, I think is also slightly smaller than Phoenix in terms of skyscrapers & high-rise buildings. This goes for the City of El Paso in Texas as well. Smaller populations, smaller downtowns but both are famously known in the region. San Antonio & Fort Worth in Texas are also criticized for it's "lackluster" downtowns, along with Los Angeles in California (because of it's fame, popularity & massive population). San Diego & San Jose also receive their critcisms but not nearly as much.
If you appreciate it for what it is without comparing it to other Cities with "LARGE" downtown skylines? It's actually quite large itself & somewhat impressive. Seeing it in person makes you realize it's not as small as people make it out to be. Places like Hong Kong, Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai & Chongqing in China make Chicago & NYC look small, if you think about it.
Amtrak runs through Flagstaff, AZ, in Northern AZ. The lightrail is just starting to get a few spurs from the main east/west route.
I live in Prescott Valley AZ, and yes, there's forrest where I live, but it's a small town about an hour away from Phoenix.
I live in Phoenix. The Arizona Cardinals play in Glendale but the Cardinals are still considered a Phoenix team. Glendale is a suburb of Phoenix. A lot of the US major league teams’ stadiums are in the suburbs of the major city they represent.
weather is bizarre. I live in Tucson and I can swim in the morning then drive 30 miles and ski (snow ski) Weather in these parts is totally related to elevation. The higher you go the cooler it gets. Lots of mountains here. Did I mention that the 30 mile trip can take over an hour as it has lots of switch backs and a vertical climb of 6K feet. Arizona is much more than just deserts.
You also missed the trip to A Different Point of View which sits on a mountain top and looks out over Phoenix. Great to see the lights at night and watch planes land at the airport
Phoenix gets hot sometimes but Arizona is the only state that is surrounded by four deserts the Chihuahuan, the Mojave, the Sonoran, and the Great Basin.
The summers are brutal. You basically stay inside with the air conditioner running 24/7. It's like walking into an oven outside. The best time to visit is mid-October to mid-May, in my opinion.
It's hot in the summer but has perfect temperatures in the rest of the year. We do have lots of lakes & swimming pools we can cool off in too. If it gets too much we have cooler mountains with forests we can go up to within an hour or 2 drive.
Phoenix is known more for it’s “satellite” cities playing a larger part of the metro area than the city of Phoenix itself. Glendale is just a suburb/satellite city and it’s considered Phoenix’s NFL team.
It's snowing in Flagstaff Arizona right now!!! (10:00 am October 18th) Just 2 hours north of Phoenix.
24:00 My pool hit about 94 F this summer... You get used to it. If the pool is 80 F it feels chilly.
There is so much room we build out not up but you will always see multiple cranes in downtown adding to the skyline. Phoenix comprises 520 square miles. Not including Scottsdale, Tempe, Glendale or the other towns that make up the metro area