Originally Posted By: Nick1994
As said above, Phoenix is huge. What do you want to know specifically? I work on an IT Help Desk, we have Intel, Insight, and lots of other tech companies.
West Phoenix isn't so nice. I live in the East valley in Mesa (they're all connected) and it's a lot nicer out here. Same with Chandler, Gilbert, and Tempe. Scottsdale is pricy and so is Paradise Valley.
A Phoenix is a mythological bird. Our summers are brutal, 110+ degrees regularly. We get over 100 days a year over 100 degrees.
Like Nick has mentioned, it can be brutally HOT in the summer. But consider when 'summer' starts. It can easily be over 100 F. in May. Indeed by mid-April you will already be experiencing some very warm days. By early June you can easily see 116 F. days. When it's that hot it's difficult to be outside. The heat and the sun are oppressive. You really need to be inside for the day.
The 100 F + heat can continue though to mid October. So from my perspective -- a guy who was born in the midwest -- it's hot almost six months of the year. The heat in the Phoenix area is as much a factor to me as are long, brutal winters up north and back east.
Some people can adjust to the heat over a period of years. Others cannot tolerate it. So do consider the weather when contemplating a move to the Phoenix area.