Is Arizona Dangerous?

[YUL]

How is the crime level in Arizona?

a state-wide crime level would be meaningless.

I'm sure it varies by region, by county, by city and by neighborhood

[nutsy54]

I want to move to a state with strong gun and property laws.

What do you mean by "strong gun laws"? History and experience make it pretty clear that restrictive gun laws only lead to increased crime against unarmed victims. But "strong" gun laws that favor individual ownership rights are good for the law abiding citizen.

Concealed Carry permits are readily available in Arizona to qualified applicants.
http://www.***.state.az.us/ccw/default.asp
^^^ dammit, the *** should be d p s (Department of Public Safety). It gets blanked due to those letters being in a restricted site's address

[jdlaw243]

Actually now that I think of it, traffic is starting to suck because so many people are moving here, so....Phx sucks, no hot girls here, you should try Denver or something.

[ebes22]

I am thinking of moving and Arizona was my top choice, however someone on these boards has told me that it is "dangerous" there, true or false?

I want to move to a state with strong gun and property laws.

dangerous? No. Like every city, Phoenix has bad areas. I love it here, that heat is nothing when you see the girls out here.. well Scottsdale/Tempe.. it just means pool season is that much longer!

[LaNeR88]

Move to Phoenix. Seriously, do it.

It seems like everyone is moving here these days. The traffic sucks at least in my part of the city.

I live here in Phoenix, AZ. I love the weather here, most of the year you can expect sunny clear sky's and a the climate is great( At least for me). The summers get really hot but that's only for like 2 months and the winter's aren't too bad. I am only 20 but soon after I graduate college I want to move further north where there are less people and better climate.

[ebes22]

I just moved to north scottsdale and its awesome so far...just a huge culture shock

I am in N Scottsdale as well bro

[jdlaw243]

I have to say it is kind of wierd when you go to a bar and a cowboy has a 44 mag strapped to his holster (no ****, I've actually seen it), also I have a friend who has a concieled weapons permit and carries a small fire arm. To be honest it kind of freaks me out but whatever, I've got a Louisville Slugger next to my bed that I could some damage with...unless of course they have a conceiled weapon!!! I think I need to go gun shopping, I'm getting pretty sick at COD4

[J-Bol]

I'll will probably be moving to Tempe sometime late next year...hopefully. If my fiance gets accepted into law school out there. We're both pretty excited.

[Mundungus]

Thriving economy, though the housing market is a little low right now.

Perfect time to move there.

[ebes22]

Also Scottsdale women are far hotter than any other city out there (dirtyscottsdale.com), we have terrific feeder schools (U of A, ASU) that keep turning out prospects year after year.

dirtyscottsdale is the ****, keeps me entertained. Saw "g-girl" the other night, her lips are nasty in person, she thinks she is way better than what she is.

[jdlaw243]

Tempe is really starting to explode even though it will always be a college town (hopefully), my fiance works for a company that are building some huge towers right off mill next to ASU. It seems like that kind of stuff is going up everywhere here. ASU has a pretty decent law school, I've had some friends go through the program and get some pretty decent offers after their 2nd year.

[mrawdtsi]

dirtyscottsdale is the ****, keeps me entertained. Saw "g-girl" the other night, her lips are nasty in person, she thinks she is way better than what she is.

P-Nazi is the one to look for. that dude thinks hes the ****, no matter where his emo ass goes.

lol, the bar scene is such a good form of entertainment for me really. So many tools/stuck up snobby bitches in one place its funny to sit back and observe even sober.

[jdlaw243]

dude I crack up every time on there, what's even crazier is seeing girls I knew of went to highschool with are doing porn and getting called out on the site. Also G-Girl is the epitome of annoying scottsdale chicks.

[Fred Flinstone]

lived in phoenix my whole life. its the best place to live, seriously. the best weather in the world for 8 months of the year, worst weather for about 3 months. scottsdale has the hottest women you'll ever see, tons of bars, clubs etc. the only thing brining AZ down is all the illegal immigrants(90% of crime you'll see on the news here or read in the paper are from them)

[mjfan12]

dirtyscottsdale is the ****, keeps me entertained. Saw "g-girl" the other night, her lips are nasty in person, she thinks she is way better than what she is.

I just skimmed that website but it seems lame. Any better ones out there to display the girls of arizona?

[jjf1988]

It is legal to carry concealed weapons here. But it isn't "dangerous" in general. It really depends on where you go, every big city has dangerous sections. To me, Vegas is 10 times more dangerous than Phoenix.

Everything is air conditioned. The winters are beautiful.



Again, not bad, depending on where.

Im pretty sure its illegal to carry a concealed weapon in any state unless you have a CCW permit...

[jdlaw243]

P-Nazi, the guy who's (famous) for being a tool on a website. I hope I never see him, luckily I don't think we would ever be at the same bar unless I was with my fiance and all her friends. I try to stay out of old town as much as possible, the people and bouncers there drive my nuts. Unless we have a table or bottle service I stay my ass away.

[legacyguy]

I just skimmed that website but it seems lame. Any better ones out there to display the girls of arizona?

www.tempe12.com

[mrawdtsi]

I just skimmed that website but it seems lame. Any better ones out there to display the girls of arizona?

the site doesnt really do it justice.

If you could spend a night on Mill Ave, youd get a better idea.

Thats in Tempe, and main place for the bar scene

[jdlaw243]

The best thing I can say to anyone thinking about moving to AZ is STAY THE F#@K AWAY FROM MESA. Mesa sucks, nothing food comes from or happens in Mesa.

[jdlaw243]

http://www.944.com/nightsites/

check out Phx (even though its all Scottsdale)

[mtxpert]

I live here, nothing bad about it. Just don't buy house in the far areas or we call it drive until you qualify. If you are coming and you have money down for a house and good credit we've just went through a huge housing depreciation so you can steal houses right now.

[ebes22]

P-Nazi is the one to look for. that dude thinks hes the ****, no matter where his emo ass goes.

lol, the bar scene is such a good form of entertainment for me really. So many tools/stuck up snobby bitches in one place its funny to sit back and observe even sober.

P Nazi def thinks he is a celebrity. I saw him at JackRabbit a few weeks back asking if his drinks were free b/c he "attracts attention to the club." douche.

its like going to an airport, people watching and the **** I see drops my jaw sometimes.

dude I crack up every time on there, what's even crazier is seeing girls I knew of went to highschool with are doing porn and getting called out on the site. Also G-Girl is the epitome of annoying scottsdale chicks.

if I was a girl I seriously would have bitchslapped her. I was at Six and she gave me an eyeroll b/c I wouldn't move out of her way as she was trying to lineback her way through a packed crowd. Def. the epitome of the scottsdale barbie factory

[Rockafella143]

The best thing I can say to anyone thinking about moving to AZ is STAY THE F#@K AWAY FROM MESA. Mesa sucks, nothing food comes from or happens in Mesa.

Hahah, I used to live in Mesa. Maybe that's why I don't miss AZ. Thinking about moving back though.

[mrawdtsi]

I live here, nothing bad about it. Just don't buy house in the far areas or we call it drive until you qualify. If you are coming and you have money down for a house and good credit we've just went through a huge housing depreciation so you can steal houses right now.

According to a real estate advisor (friend of family) they are expecting the drop to continue for another year or possibly two.

Good for new buyers, ****ty for homeowners.

[jdlaw243]

food = good

[ebes22]

****ty for homeowners.

ugh... yeah no ****. Trying to get a refi after the latest pts. drop

[6-SPEED]

AZ is "ok" but not the best place I've ever lived. Phoenix is considered one of the biggest cities in the US (I think it's 4th) but it doesn't look like it. Phoenix is nothing more than a bigger Tucson. It doesn't have a skyline like Chicago, New York, Dallas, etc. If you like "big city" life I don't think Phoenix is the place to go.

[jdlaw243]

I wouldn't say Phx is like a big Tucson but it's true it's not a metropolis city like the others, no real public transport system except for light rail they're building. Phx is more like a downtown surround by large suburbs.

[6-SPEED]

I wouldn't say Phx is like a big Tucson but it's true it's not a metropolis city like the others, no real public transport system except for light rail they're building. Phx is more like a downtown surround by large suburbs.

LOL, what's different in Phx than Tucson? I go to Phx almost every other weekend and I see nothing different than Tucson..there's just more of everything in Phoenix. Phoenix itself is not that big...but people include Scottsdale, Chandler, Tempe, etc. as all part of Phoenix. Most of Phoenix is just desert area...the actual populated part of Phoenix isn't THAT much more than Tucson. I don't think it's that big of a stretch to call Phoenix a "big Tucson". But that's just my little opinion. lol