<I want good reasons to make it worth living in a sauna!!!>
Well
air-conditioning is almost a requirement, both in your house and your car,
and you you'll have very few heat issues except those while walking from
your house to your car.
I'm a native to the state, so the heat
doesn't bother me. For all the transplants (as most of them are), I've
heard varying reasons for why they've moved here.
There's no
snow in the Phoenix (well, maybe 1/100th of an inch every decade), and
sunshine almost all year long. There are only a few months out of the year
where the high temperature is over 100. Most of the rest of the year, we
enjoy day and evening temperatures from 50-80 while the rest of the country
is shoveling snow.
On the other hand, if you like the cooler
weather, there's Flagstaff and other parts of Northern Arizona| Arizona | (air-i'-ZON-u') | The State of Arizona comprises the extreme south-western portion of the United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by California and Nevada. |
. Once you've gone
up to the Mogollon Rim (about 5,000 feet elevation on up), you can get
all the snow you want in the winter time, and enjoy summer weather in the
mid-80s. So there are varying climates.. below zero to 120+ :-).
Other
reasons I've heard include the fact that Phoenix builds "out" instead of
"up", as opposed to New York or Chicago. So you don't have millions of
people compacted into a small area, yet you still have the availability
of all your normal living amenities. Then there are some really wealthy
areas like Scottsdale, Ahwatukee, and Sedona that make you forget about
the heat.
It's interesting though.. the number one reason I
hear that people move here is the same as the number one complaint I hear
from summer visitors.. the weather.
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