One link that might be helpful is the news paper here in town. You can have some idea of the jobs available and the rates for rental homes and stuff http://www.azcentral.com/ I live in Glendale, the city that adjoins Phoenix on the northwest side. It is more fashionable to live in the east valley, so homes tend to be more reasonable here. But the schools are still very good, and many of the public services, like trash collection to name one, are better than you will get in Phoenix. Devin On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 00:23 -0700, Rob Wultsch wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:39:37 -0700, Rafael Sanchez > wrote: > > One fo the places, neighborhoods, mentioned herein has been Queen Creek. Is > > there any other places you guys would recommend? I'm not rich by any strech > > of the imagination, but with family and all, I would like to be careful > > where I look. > > > > Like any other city, or country in N.A., there would be a public and a > > private education system? What are your thoughts? And what about taxes? Rent > > prices for a two bedroom app? Gasoline, groceries, public transportation? > Queen Creek is a bit BFE. > > If you are concerned about schools I would suggest Scottsdale. IIRC > Chaparral High School and Saguaro High are the consistently the > highest scoring public schools in the state. > Scottsdale is not cheap but for apartments it is somewhat bearable. > > Perhaps someone could speek to the relative merits of Mesa, Tempe, etc? > > One place to keep off of your list of canidates is south Phoenix (aka > "Da 'hood"). > > > -------------------------------------------- > Rob Wultsch > (480)951-3169 > wultsch@gmail.com > wultsch (aim) > msftisevil@hotmail.com (msn) > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss