Arizona: Phoenix Suburbs.

Also, what's the Internet situation in the area? I read Phoenix/Tempe was going to get google fiber, but had been put on hold due to a cox lawsuit (which I think they have a legitimate argument). Any other options?

Do they have caps that they enforce?

If you're near the airport chances are you are going to want to stay in the east valley (Tempe/Mesa/Chandler/Gilbert).

If you'd stomach a slightly longer commute for better property/more rural I'd take a look at Queen Creek, San Tan Valley or Maricopa, though. You'll get a lot more bang for your buck there. The problem is the highways to the airport tend to get bad traffic (for here, not LA/Boston/NY bad).

I think if I were you, though, I'd look south of South Mountain - in the Ahwatukee/Ahwatukee foothills area. EX:3320 E Mountain Vista Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85048 | MLS #5342942 | Zillow

Just curious, what's so bad about the west valley (Avondale, Goodyear)? Just shitty traffic or is it really that much worse?

Big Phoenix_sl said:

Shitty traffic if youre going to be commuting to the airport.

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Either way you head it's gonna be shitty traffic though. I know back when I lived in AZ 8ish years ago, you could find real cheap houses out in Avondale and was it Litchfield or whatever is on the west side of the 101 by the stadium. Though I guess now, the stadium has probably caused a massive increase in house prices in that area.

Big Phoenix_sl said:

They technically have caps but their enforcement of them is non existent.

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Century Link enforces their caps just fyi. I had a 300g cap, and the only way to increase it was to swap to a $500 business line.

Ritley_sl said:

Just curious, what's so bad about the west valley (Avondale, Goodyear)? Just shitty traffic or is it really that much worse?

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More specifically you have two major interchanges to go through to go from I10 on the west side to the airport. N/S in the valley is not terrible, E/W is a nightmare IMO. The loops are too far apart and surface streets are not interstates.

It's not something you can't do if you fall in love with a place but I would stay away from both those interchanges at all hazards if you could.

Mist_sl said:

I just spent 2 hours on the phone with CenturyLink just trying to get the right department for a DS1 circuit repair for a customer in Arizona.

Fuck that company.

PS: Also, fuck my job.

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Ahh hah I'm a network engineer for state of az....I deal with CL all the time. Their phone menu is horrible to get through.....other then that they are normally ok to work with but the trouble comes when you have to deal with the smaller providers for the rural areas....thats when things get really messy.

Well ended up getting the offer with the money I wanted, so Phoenix here I come. Now to figure out how to drive 1700 miles with 3 5 month old infants.

Part of the relo package is that the company will pay for a visit for house hunting, so I'll get a chance to look around a bit. Probably going to stick to the east side per most of the recommendations I've seen.

Ritley_sl said:

Well ended up getting the offer with the money I wanted, so Phoenix here I come. Now to figure out how to drive 1700 miles with 3 5 month old infants.

Part of the relo package is that the company will pay for a visit for house hunting, so I'll get a chance to look around a bit. Probably going to stick to the east side per most of the recommendations I've seen.

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Cool beans. If you need any info or help urgently while you're out here feel free to PM. Also I have a really knowledgeable realtor I'd refer you to if you want one and this is coming from someone who hates realtors. She's been in the valley forever and knows all the areas inside and out.

Palum_sl said:

Cool beans. If you need any info or help urgently while you're out here feel free to PM. Also I have a really knowledgeable realtor I'd refer you to if you want one and this is coming from someone who hates realtors. She's been in the valley forever and knows all the areas inside and out.

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I'll have to see what I need to do in order to get the benefits. One of the things they require in order to pay for closing costs is to go through their broker, not sure what all that entails.

Ritley_sl said:

I'll have to see what I need to do in order to get the benefits. One of the things they require in order to pay for closing costs is to go through their broker, not sure what all that entails.

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Oh did you already find a house then? What do you mean benefits?

Palum_sl said:

Oh did you already find a house then? What do you mean benefits?

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The company I'm going to pays closing costs if I go through their broker. Not sure what that means yet though. Once they finish the background check Ill talk to their relocation people

Ritley_sl said:

The company I'm going to pays closing costs if I go through their broker. Not sure what that means yet though. Once they finish the background check Ill talk to their relocation people

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Ah yea, so probably will still need to do all the legwork just have to go through their mortgage broker then.