ChEFF
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It's a dry heat. Peace
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I have a few friends that say the exact same thing - they still have boats and sand cars sitting and I can never get them to go out - they just say its paradise every day here - I used to go out to get away and relax, now I come home to relax. I never got that in AZ being there part time .. but I believe you would full timeone thing i keep saying these days when asked why i sold my boat when i live at a lake, dont go to glamis much at all, etc.. is i no longer live a life i need to escape from. socal living was stressful, and i couldnt wait to go somewhere for the weekends, these days are much different.
I still check Zillow daily. I have a couple close friends that live on the north/east side of town. A house popped up right next door to my buddy. I knew I was going out there a week after it got listed. So I planned on looking at it and hopefully putting in an offer. It sold the day before we went out there. I had 3 other houses I wanted to look at. All of them went pending that weekend. WTF! This was a couple months ago. The market had been dropping and then it jumped right back up. Now it is dropping slowly.Life choices man... :lol:
Everyone knows me by my drinking antics. I rarely drink now at all. Havasu is what you make of it. We have plenty of friends here. @Kevin lives here and we do a lot of stuff and hangout. @2dasand started up an offroad group here in Havasu that does SXS runs all the time. We do year round boating. Winter months, lots of off-roading, hiking, tons of city planned events, lots of car shows. Winter Havasu is pretty bitchin. Bike night on main street every Wednesday, Car night on Thursdays. Plus, making new friends and such. We'll have game nights and such. When's the last time as an adult you sat with friends and played cards or a board game? Great times. If you have a dog, the dog park people here are in full force. My wife takes the dogs out there a lot. My wife started having us take "adult interest" classes with the local community college. It's fun to get out and meet people. We've met a lot of nice people. There are a lot of GD.com people here. We all kind of lay low but run into each other.
And of course, you have the bars. We go out at least once a week. Go have a drink. If you know where to go, Havasu is a very social place and lots of fun. We always sit at the bar and it's never a dull time. Have a drink or 2 and then call it a night.
My wife is a San Diego native. I was in SD for 32 years. She said she would never leave but coming here for 2 weeks...on day 5 she didn't want to go back. Day 10...she told me she wanted to move here. It's nice to be in a small town. Plus, living here, the party stays down at the lake or in the bars. Our neighborhood is so nice and quiet. We can have a pool party, sit in the hot tub and watch the sun set over the lake (we have a lake view). Life is easy here. It took me a few months to adjust. I had no idea how consumed by the chaos I had become. My physical and mental health are way better here. Slowing down is a good thing.
Definitely NOT a dry heat there. No beer. No porn. All the heat. Yeah, can’t blame them for being angry…As sick as it sounds...I freaking LOVE the heat. I wish is was 100+ here year round. I go out and take naps in the sun on the hot summer days. It will be 115 and I'm out taking a nap. My wife thinks I've lost my mind.
Disclaimer...5 summers in the Persian gulf will cure you from complaining about the heat.
The crime facts are there but...these are generated by ratios and percentages, not plain numbers. When you have 40 million people to base your numbers off of, of course it looks lower. The crime you have to deal with in Havasu is petty robbery. Meth heads grabbing stuff to get their next fix. It also depends on where in town you are. I still feel safer here than I did in a very nice, newer area in San Diego.I have a few friends that say the exact same thing - they still have boats and sand cars sitting and I can never get them to go out - they just say its paradise every day here - I used to go out to get away and relax, now I come home to relax. I never got that in AZ being there part time .. but I believe you would full time
I started looking at Yuma since I still travel a bit for work if mostly at home - I did the run to Las Vegas a number of times for flights from Havasu - that gets real old real fast... Yuma is near the river, near Glamis both within an hour, and a real airport in town. Good hospitals - got think about that getting older, Havasu is good on healthcare - but anything big they fly you to Vegas. Then there is the border in Yuma, but ... maybe that gets fixed in 2024
I can get a nice newer house, and a couple acres in Yuma a 2500 sq ft shop and a pool about half the cost of Havasu right now, but not sure of the culture.
Its amazing how all of AZ has a significantly higher crime rate (by on line stats) than my town (Torrance) in CA but I never felt that way in Havasu. They rate Havasu same as Yuma C- in most crime, most coastal cities in CA are A- like mine , makes you wonder
I use some stupid measurements to determine culture of where I want to live - How red is it, what is the percentage of RV garages, how many car clubs, Plusess...how many chain restaurants and 7-11's Minuses ..., percentage of college grads ... A mixed bag and of course healthcare, and location
I moved my parents a couple years back out to N. Las Vegas and I have a good buddy that lives out that way as well...they all seem very happy there, not sure if the wife will go for Nevada. :fl:Nevada might be an option....no income tax. I know people that have moved to Texas, which also has no income tax, but they tax the heck out of you in other areas, like property. I don't know if NV is the same way.
Nevada might be an option....no income tax. I know people that have moved to Texas, which also has no income tax, but they tax the heck out of you in other areas, like property. I don't know if NV is the same way.
+1 on Yuma...If I ever moved from San Diego (hard to justify with all points previously mentioned by you - if you can afford to stay, why leave? ) + Daily flights to Phoenix from Yuma to jump onto another international flight if needed, relatively inexpensive, some nice areas, etc. But when stop and think about it, I really like where I live now...if I can afford to stay in Ramona CA when I eventually retire - I'm here for life...small town feel and great weather. If I am dead broke, Yuma is on the short list.I have a few friends that say the exact same thing - they still have boats and sand cars sitting and I can never get them to go out - they just say its paradise every day here - I used to go out to get away and relax, now I come home to relax. I never got that in AZ being there part time .. but I believe you would full time
I started looking at Yuma since I still travel a bit for work if mostly at home - I did the run to Las Vegas a number of times for flights from Havasu - that gets real old real fast... Yuma is near the river, near Glamis both within an hour, and a real airport in town. Good hospitals - got think about that getting older, Havasu is good on healthcare - but anything big they fly you to Vegas. Then there is the border in Yuma, but ... maybe that gets fixed in 2024
I can get a nice newer house, and a couple acres in Yuma a 2500 sq ft shop and a pool about half the cost of Havasu right now, but not sure of the culture.
Its amazing how all of AZ has a significantly higher crime rate (by on line stats) than my town (Torrance) in CA but I never felt that way in Havasu. They rate Havasu same as Yuma C- in most crime, most coastal cities in CA are A- like mine , makes you wonder
I use some stupid measurements to determine culture of where I want to live - How red is it, what is the percentage of RV garages, how many car clubs, Plusess...how many chain restaurants and 7-11's Minuses ..., percentage of college grads ... A mixed bag and of course healthcare, and location