10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Move to Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is a lousy place. If you live there, this is no surprise. Here are ONLY 10 of the reasons why you should never move to Phoenix, Arizona.

Everybody wants to move to Phoenix. It’s Official! It’s the fastest growing major city in the country. No other major population center in the US grew as fast as the Valley of the Sun. There’s 1.6 million people here now, so Phoenix has passed Philadelphia to become our nation’s 5th biggest city.

They gotta be doing something right, right? Well not necessarily. LA, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Antonio are also huge sprawling cities and they all suck. Phoenix happens to be the flavor of the year right now, that’s all. Maybe people just need to hear the truth about this place before it’s too late.

Is Phoenix a soulless, sun scorched landscape of urban sprawl? It is hot, and ugly and full of descrimination. Maybe. But on the bright side, there’s plenty of strip malls and entry level jobs, everyone!

Let’s take a look at just 10 reasons why Phoenix sucks and why you should never move there.

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[nohbodhi]

As someone who has lived in Arizona my whole life and in Phoenix for 10 years I'd be very happy if more people decide not to move here :)

[alisterfolson]

Nick disses Phoenix
Arizonians not wanting CA peoples here:
"He's doing it right"

[ZagnutBar]

Swimming pools in Phoenix sounds like a good idea until you realize that the sun keeps them the temperature of warm soup all summer. Awful, awful.

[dancoughlin]

I've lived in the Phoenix area (except when I was in the military) for 65 years. The change has been dramatic, I'm sorry to say. But the time has come for a change. My wife is from Missouri and that is where we're headed real soon. I'm tired of never getting drawn for hunting, the fishing sucks, the heat kills everything I plant, there are basically no season changes, cost of living has skyrocketed beyond wtf, and it can go six months between rains. Ooh, a whopping seven inches a year. Nope, time for a change.

[christopherkasik]

Can you make sure everybody in California watches this? Signed, a Phoenician

[gracec]

I’m a native and everything he said is true. Go back everyone. You ruined it for all of us. Prices are ridiculous now.

[Pamela-oijn]

I lived in the Phoenix area, Chandler, for almost 3 yrs. I've lived in Chicago & LA. I agree with Everything you've said. The Most unfriendly, entitled, rude people I've ever seen! I am an outdoor person, bike ride, you will spend most of your time indoors air conditioned. Horrible drivers, termites too! I bought my home at the right time so my value has greatly gone up so I am
moving!!

[omorin]

Every year I moved my daughter into her dorm at GCU and back home. That was August and May. August was horrible. May sucked but August was really unbearable. People say the heat doesn't bother you after a while. I always thought, if someone sets you on fire, it wont bother you either, after a while.

[stopc]

I live here and now it’s unaffordable … very low paying jobs compared to rents and home prices. Home purchases have nothing to do with the jobs here.

[dee.snuts]

Phoenix is a fad for transplants.
It looks good on paper until they spend a few years here. Most move on shortly after.

[mysticbengals]

Maricopa 'county, where Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, etc etc etc etc are all located is literally HELL... Pure absolute HELL. My parents moved to Scottsdale when I was 8, due to my father's job. He earned a lot as an engineer for Honeywell. So I know more than anyone ever would want to about the area. Maricopa County. In numerous recent years, not just the past few, housing prices have gone insane. An ugly tiny one story falling apart nothing works ac broken wood rotting plumbing broken wreck in a terrible part of any city in Maricopa county will likely costs at least, minimum, $300, 000 and then only if your a cash buyer or have flawless credit. That same level of dilapidated wreck may easily cost you $500, 000 and if you want a nasty falling apart fixer upper in a decent to good area, then you will definitely pay around 500, 000 and up, probably up, we are taking about any kind of house here. You can get wreck condos or trailer homes for less or for about what a nice home costs in many other States.. either way whatever you can afford to buy, the valley is still Hell.

[mymymy]

2020 did this all, alot of upper middle classes to rich people from the East and West coast went and made things expensive.

[alishap]

born and raised in AZ and I am so upset that this is happening to our state. No longer affordable!

[hooplafish]

Currently living in Phoenix born and raised. Everything in this video is scary accurate

[alicesaunders]

As of the end of 2023, no one has talked about how the City of Phoenix (not the Phoenix area) is building “luxury” condos and apartment high rises in some of the bad areas with businesses at the street level and getting premium prices for them. They don’t want you leaving their condos and apartments, so they build everything you may want into the building. Then charge $2300 to start for studios and up quite substantially for 1-3 bedroom apartments and condos.

[bmjv]

I remember years ago seeing a story on the news that Phoenix was dealing with a drought, and the interviewed a bunch of people complaining about it. My wife looked at me and said "Didn't they realize they were moving to a desert? What did they expect?"

[drifterproductions]

Lived in Phoenix most my life in various parts of the city. Left 10 months ago. My rent was about to be due and I was so tired of living in Phoenix that I just threw my clothes in my car and drove away with my rent money. Ended up in a little town and got a new job immediately. Crashed at a campground in a cabin tent for months and saved up for a big van I campered out with solar power, solar shower and everything.
Phoenix does suck, so much so I would rather sleep in a van in the middle of nowhere than keep my place in the house I was in.

[ryanoelkers]

I moved from the midwest to Phoenix and lived there for nearly 10 years. This video is way too accurate. Every year the city seemed to get hotter and more crowded. Zero identity because nobody is actually from there. Now I live in boring Omaha Nebraska, and life is much better :)

[Nobody_]

Thanks for making this video. Nice beat in the end 😀

[connerlee]

“The air is hot, and dry, and dusty, and filled with weed smoke”
Lmaooo he’s not wrong