On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:23:30 -0600 "Kathy.Wilson"
 writes:
> 
> > > doctor's recommendation Amberlee's parents are looking for work 
> in
> > > Arizona. The doctors feel that she needs a hot, dry climate. 
> Very
> 
> >
> > My folks moved to Fall River Mills because of the dry climate 
> (it's not
> > just Arizona -- Denver, for example, is VERY dry, though you have 
> to deal
> 
> the benefits of Denver being dry (and it is, very) are probably 
> cancelled by
> it being so high...
> though after you've been here a while, taking a hike anywhere lower 
> is a
> breeze  Glide right on past those other ppl heaving and panting 
> for air
> 
> 
> > Anyway, it's an Adjustment any time you move, but Arizona's not a 
> bad
> > place to be -- not QUITE as Desolate (though anything is Desolate 
> after
> > the Pacific NorthWet) as some deserts -- say, most of Nevada.....
> 
> The northern part of Nevada is quite nice -- say up around Tahoe and 
> Reno.

Well, Reno's like Denver. Nice in the Sierras, but go East and it gets
pretty empty pretty fast.... unless, of course, you like high desert.
It's in the Sierra rain shadow, however, and, thus, DRY.

Tahoe and the whole Sierra summit areas are exceptional, but they are an
aberration re: Nevada in general.

[I've seen a LOT of Northern Nevada....]


> > Lots of new building going up in the Suprise/Sun City/Peoria area 
> to the
> > West of Phoenix.... probably all around the Phoenix metro, but I'm 
> only
> > acquainted with the Surprise area.  But, again, it all hinges on 
> the
> > work, doesn't it?
> 
> We lived in Tucson for a year -- hot and dry. I liked Tucson 
> though... still
> desert, but a little more forest-like in its desertness than So. NV

all that Saguaro cactus (Organ Pipes)

> I hear it's much more lush around Phoenix, and then there's 

=snrch!!!!=
describe "lush".....

Sure, you can get up into the hills, which rise like islands across the
South West, and find water and piney woods.
Northern Arizona (e.g. Flagstaff, etc.) you're getting higher, and more
forest/Rocky Mountain climate....
                even snow.

> Scottsdale which
> I've heard is quite nice. 

and PRICEY

> Though, like you said... gotta have a job 
> there or
> what's it matter? Good luck to them...

and there is the truth of it.....


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