8.22.06 - Greetings From Flagstaff...
Flagstaff, Az...Green, tall trees, gave it a "Pine-Sol" early morning scent on the ride up to Grand Canyon. In less than 75 miles, you see forest, pasture, rock, scrub, 10-mile wide canyons, and desert. Pocket ranches, McMansions, Indian dwellings. Vast Reservations, along with State and National Parks, means this landscape isn't pock-marked with stupid buildings in places where there should be nature. Flagstaff is the total opposite of PHX. Many 'staffers are former "valley" people who tired of the rat race, and moved north. The local Navajo population is very friendly, eagerly asking what it's like to live in Florida. (you'd better like fish, shrimp, and BBQ).
FLAGSTAFF:
* More motels/hotels per capita than anywhere but Daytona.
* Cool 70's/80's when nearby Phoenix has 105-112.
* More natural attractions than you could fully explore in a year.
* Nice People. If you have a bad person experience here, it's probably w/a tourist.
If for some reason, you need the big city, it's just a coast downhill..but WHY?
PHOENIX:
* More smog, traffic problems than anywhere but L.A.
* Ultra-crowded, no lawns allowed, hyper-expensive housing that's not selling anymore.**
* Random Freeway shootings by sniper NUT-JOBS who should be out in the desert plinking soda cans.
**-Home sellers have taken to BURYING STATUES OF ST. JOSEPH IN THEIR YARDS in an attempt to lure buyers!
--BEWARE BIKERS!--(either way, you're GONNA GET SHOT!)
AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC-CAM on the "101 LOOP", PHOTOS YOUR PLATE AND SENDS YA A TICKET FOR FIVE OVER! (considering tripping it off, just to see if it's capable of shooting a vertical mount florida mc plate), BAD IDEA, 'CAUSE..
#1)- IT'S RAINING LIKE HELL DOWN THERE---and---
#2)- HAD ENOUGH BEING SHOT AT IN 'NAM.
Still, Scottsdale has one hell of a great biker scene, too bad you have to hit the POWERBALL jackpot before you could buy a decent house in that 'hood, and w/t "traffic cam", the treasured ABM mc operator's license would accumulate more points than a 200 lb buck.
FLAGSTAFF:
* More motels/hotels per capita than anywhere but Daytona.
* Cool 70's/80's when nearby Phoenix has 105-112.
* More natural attractions than you could fully explore in a year.
* Nice People. If you have a bad person experience here, it's probably w/a tourist.
If for some reason, you need the big city, it's just a coast downhill..but WHY?
PHOENIX:
* More smog, traffic problems than anywhere but L.A.
* Ultra-crowded, no lawns allowed, hyper-expensive housing that's not selling anymore.**
* Random Freeway shootings by sniper NUT-JOBS who should be out in the desert plinking soda cans.
**-Home sellers have taken to BURYING STATUES OF ST. JOSEPH IN THEIR YARDS in an attempt to lure buyers!
--BEWARE BIKERS!--(either way, you're GONNA GET SHOT!)
AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC-CAM on the "101 LOOP", PHOTOS YOUR PLATE AND SENDS YA A TICKET FOR FIVE OVER! (considering tripping it off, just to see if it's capable of shooting a vertical mount florida mc plate), BAD IDEA, 'CAUSE..
#1)- IT'S RAINING LIKE HELL DOWN THERE---and---
#2)- HAD ENOUGH BEING SHOT AT IN 'NAM.
Still, Scottsdale has one hell of a great biker scene, too bad you have to hit the POWERBALL jackpot before you could buy a decent house in that 'hood, and w/t "traffic cam", the treasured ABM mc operator's license would accumulate more points than a 200 lb buck.
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