<The problem is that I know absolutley nothing about Phoenix or
even Arizona.>
There's an easy answer to that.. visit!
<I
do not know where to even begin to look. I am going to be looking to rent
a house for a year or so @ first.>
If you do plan a trip
here, there are local publications that you can pick up with all sorts
of rental information in them. Most of them are for apartments. You can
also check with a realtor or even drive around in areas where you might
want to live and look for "for rent" signs.
<What areas should
I stay away from when looking for a house ?>
The Phoenix
metro area is huge, so this long list of places not to live in is going
to seem big, but it's a small amount of places compared to the places not
listed.
The city of Phoenix is divided into 14 urban villages.
In my opinion, you'd want to avoid living in Maryvale and South Mountain| South Mountain | (so'wth MAWN-ti'n) | Serving as the "exclamation point" of pride, South Mountain is the largest municipal park in the world. The 16,500-acre park is home to more than 300 species of plant life and a variety of fauna, including rabbits, foxes, coyotes, snakes, lizards and birds. |
Village (not
to be confused with South Mountain| South Mountain | (so'wth MAWN-ti'n) | Serving as the "exclamation point" of pride, South Mountain is the largest municipal park in the world. The 16,500-acre park is home to more than 300 species of plant life and a variety of fauna, including rabbits, foxes, coyotes, snakes, lizards and birds. |
). Other areas that have both good and bad would be Central
City and Encanto.
Outside of Phoenix, you'll probably want to
stay away from the areas of Glendale that are closest to Phoenix, the half-mile
radius surrounding Apache Blvd. and McClintock Dr. in Tempe, and either
a mile north or south of Main St. in Mesa between Dobson and Lindsay.
I
know it sounds like a lot, but it's actually a very small total area.
<What
should I expect to be different from the northeast as far as living conditions
?>
I can't really say.. never having been to the east coast
myself. But the summers are very hot, spring and fall are pretty hot,
and winter is mild.
<How far out of Phoenix can you go without
being in the middle of no where ?>
Very far :-). Development
is happening quickly. If I gave you an answer now, it would be obsolete
by the time you got here.
<I would like to be withen 1/2
hours drive of Phoenix.>
A 1/2 hour drive to where in Phoenix?
I'm a 1/2 hour drive to east Phoenix, but I'm an hour and a half drive
to northwest Phoenix.
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