So you want to move to Scottsdale?

[AllenCrawley]

Scorpions too? Even better. I'm half expecting to hear the place also has Flying Yetis "but they haven't eaten anyone in quite a few days"

We also have these beauties...

I shot that photo near the summit of Four Peaks mountain but we've had them right outside our front door.

 

[BaraQueenbee]

This is a great thread

 

[Shades]

And you will be hard pressed to find annoying bugs like flies, gnats, and mosquitos here too. Not saying they don't exist, but there are waaaaaaaay less here than ANY other places I have ever lived (and I've lived in Norway, South Dakota, California, Washington).

and Florida is the pest capitol of the country. Seems theres always some new epidemic down there. They have to hold snake hunts just to try and control the python population. A couple years ago giant African snails were the pest of the year. Dunno what it is this year. May as well live in the Amazon

 

[lowtek]

My wife and I moved here at the beginning of January and I love it so far.

We're coming from Albuquerque, where winter would get down to freezing for a couple months, with a few weeks of single digit lows.

Having a low of around 45 degrees is definitely a nice change of pace.

The dry 110+ degree heat may not be so bad. I lived in Atlanta for a year, as a grad student, and will never forget walking to the lab in 100 degree heat with a 90% humidity. Now THAT was awful.

 

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[GIlman]

Spiders aren't the issue here. More scorpions. There is actually tons of wildlife here. Has bobcats and coyotes in my backyard. Saw 1 mountain lion in the city.


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[Get Right]

There IS NO FASTLANE CLUB in Scottsdale.

Shhhh - It's in Florida now

 

[Vigilante]

It does kind of feel like that.

The saying is there for a reason though.

Same reason Minnesotans say it is brisk out when it is 20 below Fahrenheit

 

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[AllenCrawley]

Picture this: you just moved down to Scottsdale. Your coolant tank in your car explodes and you have no AC in your car. Then, the AC in your apartment short circuits and you have no AC in your apartment.

It is 120 degrees outside.

Welcome to my life.

Man that's tough. I feel for ya. This is our third summer here. The first summer we had a SUV that had no AC. 3 months of driving around in 100+ degrees.

 

[Bigguns50]

You should check out Sedona

Sedona has my heart. I'm going back in October.

 

[twdavis]

Sedona has my heart. I'm going back in October.

I went to Sedona yesterday and it was stunning.

 

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[SteveO]

So what's the "gotta do" list in Scottsdale?

I wanna get ideas when I am there this coming up Feb.

1. Whats the best grub food you just can't miss there? Even if I need to go to Phoenix maybe? The hotel told gave me a list that looks like fancy restaurants. I don't mind fancy and will prob. try them, but I wanna know where the local grub food that I shouldn't miss.

2. What about activities? All I got from the hotel was "hiking the mountain" pretty much. Is there anything I shouldn't miss while in town?

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Close by the hotel is Sakana Sushi. Incredible. Not enough tables inside so get there when they open. Frank and Lupe's Mexican food in Old Town Scottsdale. Wally's pub is my fave in Scottsdale. The food is awesome! Scottsdale is where most locals go. Not Phoenix. Everything is happening in old town. If you just want to hang and chill, Fashion Square is a large mall with lots of interesting places around it. It is attached to the old town area. Everything is walkable.

Lots of golf in the area. Art galleries all over the place.

Hang with the crew. They usually just avoid jail.

 

[Raoul Duke]

bump

Putting out a feeler. Anyone who attended the Fastlane Summit 2018... Want to rent an apartment in Scottsdale, AZ?

 

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[TheSilverSpoon]

bump

Putting out a feeler. Anyone who attended the Fastlane Summit 2018... Want to rent an apartment in Scottsdale, AZ?

Don't think we got a chance to chat too much at the summit, but I'm potentially interested. Let's talk more.

 

[GuestUser4aMPs1]

Just beware of the Robo-Ubers:

Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Pedestrian in Arizona, Where Robots Roam

 

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[Red]

Just beware of the Robo-Ubers:

Don't worry, our normal distracted human drivers kill waaaaay more pedestrians on an annual basis.

EDIT: the investigation into that whole debacle concluded that dude walked out into the street, at night, and any human driver would have nailed him with the same fervor (but probably more regret).

Both are great places to live!

I second this.

 

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[SteveO]

I'd answer with my thoughts but I don't have any time because I'm out on a boat on the Gulf of Mexico.

And I'm heading to the beach in san diego for seven days. That rv of mine comes in handy sometimes. Beach front campsite with my crazy dogs... Life is good. Is it not @Vigilante?

 

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[AllenCrawley]

We're always game for a new sucker at the poker table!

Speaking of which, we need to have the next one at my new place.

 

[FionaS]

@TheTruth - stare at this picture, while listening to the song below. [HASHTAG]#persuasion101[/HASHTAG]
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...I'll have my traveling/living plans decided by June 1st. The soonest I'd move in is the end of August.

I recognize that place!

Wish I could move, too! The closest the military will let us move is California, though, and that's not gonna happen. All the more motivation to get a business started so that the military can be thrown out of the picture.

 

[eliquid]

I've actually talked to the wife months ago about exactly this.

Planned to go right to San Diego, but then reconsidered and thought about Las Vegas or Phoenix area b.c of taxes and other things while still being a days drive into SoCal.

We wouldn't be able to drop ship and move this year as it will take our house a bit of time to sell, plus we have kids in school right now. Looking at a 3 year plan to get our oldest out of High School first and then make the move.

 

[wade1mil]

Seriously, the weather we have to deal with in March...

Yeah, but what about June-August when it's 120 every day? Stick around for that this time. That part does suck.

 

[AndrewNC]

To those of you who said yes and want to move here in August... what action did you start taking to get the ball rolling on this? Did you start forming masterminds with your future roommates?

 

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[Vigilante]

You get what you choose.

 

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[JasonR]

Look if that isn't a huge a$$ motivator I'm not sure what could be, combined with the fact I've heard countless stories of Lambos riding around the entire Phoenix/Scottsdale area throughout the day pretty much everyday.

I kid you not - the other day I walked to the culinary drop out (like 5 minutes) and I saw two Ferraris.

Yesterday I walked to buddy's place, saw a Ferrari 458.

Today I walked around a bit and saw another one

They are everywhere here - even more so in North Scottsdale. Sunshine + a business friendly environment = people with money/businesses.

 

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[biophase]

Is that a special fastlaners rate or is all rent that cheap in Arizona?

I ask because it's impossible to find a 1 br with a garage for sub-1k prices around here.

$900 is actually a fairly expensive 1 br. You can find 1br without garages for $750-$800.

 

[biophase]

Garage is a dealbreaker for me. Still $900 for a 1 br w/ a garage is far cheaper than any place around here.

I suppose I've always thought Scottsdale = well-off area = expensive cost of living. But it actually seems to be quite cheap compared to what I'm used to.

And it is a nice place! I'm not just saying that either. I would live there. I'll post some pics later.

 

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[DeletedUser394]

This is a very common misconception, @Vigilante has spoken on it many times. Moving there does not gain you a network, it just happens to be a higher concentration of people linked on this forum. You still have to put in the work to build the relationships and trust of people. It is not a selling point or a given to moving to Scottsdale.

There is no misconception on my part, I didn't phrase it correctly then.

What I meant is that Phoenix has a high concentration of people, specifically from this forum that share similar ideas/ideals and ways of life. I didn't mean that you just move there and everyone is going to start helping you or that you can use people there to get what you want. That is laughable.

Anyone thinking of moving there that does so with those types of thoughts is in for a surprise..

 

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[Vigilante]

All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came.
~John F. Kennedy

 

[LightHouse]

This X10000.

When I roomed with @JasonR and @AndrewNC we actually had people hit us up to "move into our closet".

We didn't even know these people, in fact we had never talked to them before.

They wanted to "take the ultimate risk" and move into an environment that would accelerate their growth.

We actually found this a bit insulting for multiple reasons:

- They provided 0 value (they wanted to be in a great environment without working for it)
- They didn't even take the time to get to know us
- They had no idea that we built our relationship over 7 months of masterminding (and at that point it was actually very very hard for us to consider anyone into that mastermind - first, because there were 4 of us already and 2nd because we had a great vibe and intensity we didn't want to risk loosing out on)
- They didn't pay out of their pocket to come to one of the meetups (all of us who lived together and masterminded where at that years BnP meetup - so we met face to face before any decisions were made) - or to just come visit and see how we were actually operating.

Anyway, nothing is given and everything is earned.

When we did this last year, we only did it because WE felt like it was the right thing for us. No network infiltration was part of the plan. The environment and setup was specifically for our goals.

Networking, making friends, sharing ideas etc... only came after the fact.

Just like the rule of "don't chase money because it will always evade you", the same can be said about almost anything "don't chase a network because IT will evade you".

Yeah, I've been trying to evade you for years, TAKE A HINT!


LOVE YOU BOOBOO

 

[twdavis]

I don't expect to make friends just because I'm planning to move there. I feel like that's a totally extraneous reason for wanting to be there.

My reasons are:

1. Sunshine
2. Basically SoCal without the water
3. SoCal (and the beach) is about 5 hour drive away
4. Red state (as stated before)
5. Much more developed/modern area than most of the eastern states
6. Other rich people live there (what other motivation do you need?!?!)
7. In N Out


Now, IF by some extenuating situation I happen to network along the way and become acquainted/meet anyone from this forum or otherwise, that's just a bonus. But that's definitely not my intent. I wanna move there because I feel like the environment, irregardless of this forum, would be very beneficial to me.

 

[Rawr]

All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came.
~John F. Kennedy

So...who wants to get weird - there had been studies that showed your heart rate decreases by 15% as soon as you step into the water. Your primal reactions take over and you 'connect" to the earlier fish stages of your development as an embryo. I've had so many days when I am sitting inside and want to punch things and hate everything, and don't want to drive 5 minutes to the ocean because what's the point, but then I go, and after a swim everything is better. Watching it works too for me, but that takes longer and isn't as profound of a change.




So we're stuck on AZ.... who else wants to throw a hat into the ring? I've tracked Austin weather over the last few months and it is just too cold, their nights can go freezing and even during the day it hit 30-40 regularly in the winter. How about a little more north up the east coast, somewhere with a varied terrain but still no snow?

Also, Houston? How is Colorado in the winter?