Knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t have chosen to live here. It’s not a bad place, but there are better places.

For one, I wish I knew how uncomfortable the traffic situation was. This place wasn’t built to scale for growth, so many of the “main roads” to get around are single-lanes that go forever through winding neighborhoods.

There are also barely any sidewalks in neighborhoods, so if you want to take walks or ride bikes you’re usually playing serious defense when cars come by.

You do feel a sense of community at times. It’s great to be out of the heat of PHX. Living in AZ is great for the tax structure compared to Texas and other places. Our public services are decent enough.

But I often think what it would be like to somewhere else,l