Glendale also tends to be a bit more anal about traffic control, specifically speed limits. There seems to be a traffic light at almost every obscure intersection you run across, so travelling via surface roads can be slow. They're not as strict as Paradise Valley or Guadalupe, however. Glendale has a lot of antique shops. On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:19:35 -0700, devin rankin wrote: > 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 > -- .dh --------------------------------------------------- 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