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California VS. Arizona Cost of Living.?
I have been trying for over a year to convince my boyfriend (who was born and raised in Los Angeles) to move to Arizona.
We lost our house in a foreclosure a few years ago and have since been spending $1700 a month on rent alone! He doesn’t seem to understand we could rent a HOUSE for half of that in Arizona and we wouldn’t have to live day to day counting pennies!
He is convinced that it all “evens out” because you make less money in Arizona. I was raised in Nebraska and BELIEVE ME although minimum wage was $5 bucks and hour, my parents owned a home and raised 6 children without HALF of the debt we have here in California.
We have been together for 7 years and I will stay here if I must. I’m just searching for some information that might change his mind.
Any info would be appreciated!
Thanks!
If you have a job lined up you will fare better in Arizona. I know first hand what you get in California vs what you get in AZ. I’m from both Buckeye, AZ and San Diego. In SD I get a 2br apartment in Pacific Beach for $1600 per month. In Buckeye I live in a 7 br. two story home with an attached 3 car garage about 4,500 SF for $1400 per month and it’s less than six years old. You can get a smaller version of the same new house for $900 per month and that’s a 4br.
Wages are a little less, but that really depends upon what skills you have. Your vehicle registration is about 1/2 of CA. Your drivers license lasts many times longer in AZ because you pay onetime and don’t have to renew it every four years. Gasoline is always cheaper in AZ. If you play golf then you will love the green fees in AZ. A 100+ dollar green fee in CA for a nice course can be played in AZ. for $29. Surprisingly cigarettes in CA are about two dollars a pack less than AZ. Beer and booze is about the same price. Your electric bill in the summer may be higher, but that depends where abouts in California you are currently living. The heating bills in the winter in AZ are dirt cheap because the newer houses are so well insulated.
It’s your call to make because it’s your money. I personally prefer Arizona over California, but business and family require that I split my time between the two.
The traffic in AZ is so much lighter unless you live in the east valley area, then it sort of reminds me of I-5 in San Diego at rush hour. When I work in the west valley here I enjoy commuting surrounded by cotton fields, goats and cows. The open landscaping I think is what I like most about Arizona.
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