Yeah, I think I would have liked it better, if I wasn't picking oranges for a nickel a sack, and living in a $1.50 a night hotel.=0]

Oh yes! I lived in Tucson, Alhambra, Glendale, and Peoria and I think it is a beautiful, unique state that I enjoy very much. Beautiful sunsets, desert foliage, historical towns and a diverse terrain, from some of the hottest US deserts to the snow-covered mountains of Flagstaff, only one hundred miles apart.

Yes. I didn't care for it much, the folk there seemed a bit unfriendly, but I live in the deep south, so I might be spoiled in Hospitality.

i spent the first 20 years of my life in the phoenix area. Kinda like Plato's Cave. I didn't know any better. as soon as I started traveling I realized that those summers are not necessary. far too hot. other than the heat, it was fine. You know that feeling when you open the oven and that hot blast of air hits you, well, that is your front door 3 months a year.

The state is beautiful. The people a bit unfriendly. I think they are hot and cranky.

Lived there, in Phoenix. The sun fries people's brains, so everyone is a bit crazy. Drugs are ubiquitous (which may be a plus or a minus for you, I don't know your life), there are drive-through liquor stores. Every block has a gun shop and a strip club. On the plus side, you can leave your house at any time of night or the wee hours of the morning and find something to do...good thing too because the daytime is TOO HOT. One year I was watching the 10:00 news, so the sun had been down for a few hours. The weatherman said that the current temperature was nearly 130 degrees! This was during "monsoon season" where tropical storms come up through Baja Mexico into Phoenix and the humidity goes through the roof, so stepping outside my apartment I felt like I had stepped right into a diesel exhaust pipe. The heat PRESSES into you. You strip down and you're still hot. You don't dare go out to the pool. You leave footprints in the asphalt (I'm serious). If you are a night-owl or a party animal with a high tolerance for heat or enough money to put A/C on everything you own, then AZ is for you. Otherwise do yourself a favor and avoid the heat stroke, the gang violence and all the old people behind the wheel. This place is dangerous. Outside of Metro Phoenix you have Tempe, a nice college town. Mesa, which is like a giant retirement village, and Scottsdale, which is the Beverly Hills of AZ. Further north you have Prescott and Flagstaff, which have pine forests, a community college and a ski resort. The rest of the state is a barren wasteland.

I went to Phoenix a couple of years back for a baseball tournament. We went in October and it was possibly the nicest weather I've ever seen. I liked it a lot, but I hate the cold and love the heat...

Yes. Several times. I loved it. : )

It's a beautiful state to visit. I loved staying a week at a resort in Flagstaff one summer. I have visited the state several times, always going someplace new and it's always pleasant.

AZ is great. PHX sucked. I found it just too cold (the people's hearts) and too much drugs and drunkeness. Not to mention crime. I joined the unofficial 'I hate Phoenix Survivor Club'. Still maybe much has changed since then.

arizona is great!

I love it. I used to go to Phoenix once a year to visit family. I've visited Tuscon, Scottsdale, Glendale, The Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Mesa, a few other cities. Its very hot on the summer (yeah its dry but its still HOT!) but the fall and winters are nice. I love the desert and the mountains, its very pretty.

I like it, especially down in Douglas County.

Of course there is the Grand Canyon which is unbelievable, but there are other beautiful/fun areas to go. Sonoma is gorgeous. There's a fun, touristy type town called Rawhide. There is also a lot of historical sites and ruins which are really interesting to see.

Nothing matches the natural beauty of Arizona. It has colorful deserts and lush pine forests and expansive canyons, all the splendor of nature. If you like natural scenery, visit the desert regions in the winter, when it is less hot, or the mountain regions in the summer, when it is less cold--unless you like snow. :) Do see the Grand Canyon if you can, and also the White Mountains in the east part of the state (if the latter, then Show Low is probably the best town to find lodging). Visit Tucson or Flagstaff if you're looking for a more urban setting. Phoenix is not as friendly in my expreience.