I'm currently a sophomore in high school and I am currently planning on moving my life from New York City, to Phoenix Arizona. I just have a few questions so can anyone please help? - How much is rent for a one bedroom apartment? -Are jobs difficult to find? How much is an airline flight from New York City to Arizona? -Is it really warm all year round? For the most part, New York is freezing and cold. Thanks a million!
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Unfortunately, Phoenix is set to self destruct in 3 years. Seriously, answering these questions for five years from now is just not going to work. There is no way to tell if the job situation will improve (we have 9% official unemployment right now, which is a real unemployment rate of about 18%). There is no way to tell you rents, because they may go up or down.Currently, a decent one bedroom goes for about $500 to $700 per month. But you can rent an entire house for about $800 per month right now. And if you can come up with a downpayment, buying a house would result in a mortgage cheaper than that. There is no way to tell airline flight prices either. Five months from now might be predictable. Five years, no. As for warm all year round, all I can say is that it has been warm all year as long as humans have inhabited the area (the last 700 years) but one never knows if that is going to change either. Ask Al Gore. Temperature today was about 75o Farenheit. Temperature in July is 115o Temperature in August 100o and humid.
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I'm sure our rent is cheaper than NYC, but you need to ask that question when you are ready to move. Jobs - right now the economy is less than desirable here and everywhere else. One can hope things will improve. Airline flights? That changes all the time - check for deals when you are ready to come out here. Is it really warm all year round? Well, yes. We are called "the valley of the sun" for a good reason. The summers are very hot and will take a little while for you to acclimate. Luckily about everything is air conditioned.
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Apartments are pretty cheap in Phx, definitely amazingly cheap compared to NYC. You can find one for as low as $400 for a cheapy one, $700 or so for something nicer. Jobs are difficult to find anywhere right now, but fortunately it's a huge city, so there's tons of businesses around, you'll find something somewhere in the city even if you have a bit of a commute. It's not really "warm" all year round. It's warm in the spring and fall, and freakishly hot in the summer. In the summer, it's a high of at least 105 most days. (Often up to 115). In the winter, it gets chillier, it's been raining a lot lately. Not too cold, just a bit chilly. It only goes below freezing a few nights each winter, and it snows about once every 5-10 years.
