It Maybe "Retardo Land," but...

[Howard]

Some areas in the greater Maricopa County area (Pheonix et al) do have nice places. Where I live is an example - Fountain Hills.

My House:



My other house (I am selling):



From the town Fountain Park (Four Peaks in background)

[Cassini90125]

Nice place; kind of reminds me a bit of the architecture I saw in some parts of San Diego.

[koosie]

Wow! What a great place! Those are 2 big Washingtonia palms, right? Some of my plants would love it there. Nice looking motor too.

[Lynnie]

Nice crib you got there, Howard! After living in NM for a number of years, I've come to like stucco, and how insulating it is. AZ's climate is a bit too warm for me, but I always did like the wide openness. Just endless sky! Very nice area.

[Howard]

Originally Posted by Cassini90125

Nice place; kind of reminds me a bit of the architecture I saw in some parts of San Diego.

Thanks Cass, you will find plenty of that kind of architecture around here. Even colonial style homes for crying out loud!

Originally Posted by koosie

Wow! What a great place! Those are 2 big Washingtonia palms, right? Some of my plants would love it there. Nice looking motor too.

Thanks koosie. I am not sure what kind of palm trees they are; I know they need to be shaved real bad right now. My Toyota Prius is an '07 (purchased in Oct of '06). I get about 48 to 60 miles to the gallon. It now has 79,400 miles on it! It has been to California, Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico a lot; not to mention my 45 minute commute to work, and the same back daily.

Originally Posted by Lynnie

Nice crib you got there, Howard! After living in NM for a number of years, I've come to like stucco, and how insulating it is. AZ's climate is a bit too warm for me, but I always did like the wide openness. Just endless sky! Very nice area.

To be honest with you Lynnie - I would rather live in New Mexico. It has not grown like Arizona. Las Cruces has only 93,000 people. I love the way NM has more open land than AZ. I have a friend of mine from Las Cruces visiting with us now (he originally lived here in AZ).

[Lynnie]

My parents were in Albuquerque for eight years, and I was out there too for about four and a half. It's a very nice area, we loved the Sandia and Sangre de Christo mountains. And skiing at Taos and Santa Fe. I absolutely love where I am now too, but I sure miss the monsoon season. That was a fun time of year. I really miss it down there sometimes.