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Posted: 2/27/2016 10:55:08 AM EDT
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Queen Creek is a great place to live. They have decent schools, plenty of Charter schools, and also some schools in the Chandler school district like Casteel 7-12. I'd agree that you get the best bang for your buck in the Easy Valley in QC.
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Posted: 2/27/2016 11:17:11 AM EDT
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Rizzo's Ammo Tax: Prepare your anus. 
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Posted: 2/27/2016 11:52:44 AM EDT
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Defiantly check out chandler, good schools and close to every thing.
Queen creek would be good if you work in that area . I would stay out of Phx and Mesa. |
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Posted: 2/27/2016 12:53:42 PM EDT
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250k will buy plenty of house out here.
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Posted: 2/27/2016 3:12:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rizzo's Ammo Tax: Prepare your anus. |
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Posted: 2/27/2016 3:14:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Defiantly check out chandler, good schools and close to every thing. Queen creek would be good if you work in that area . I would stay out of Phx and Mesa. I am going to be putting my house on the market here come spring. Any good ranges near by? We cant wait to leave these Midwest winters behind! |
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Posted: 2/27/2016 6:34:21 PM EDT
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Yep, we have been looking there, and Gilbert as well. Unfortunately any house that we find now will be gone when we move. So we are just trying to find a good area. I am going to be putting my house on the market here come spring. Any good ranges near by? We cant wait to leave these Midwest winters behind! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Defiantly check out chandler, good schools and close to every thing. Queen creek would be good if you work in that area . I would stay out of Phx and Mesa. I am going to be putting my house on the market here come spring. Any good ranges near by? We cant wait to leave these Midwest winters behind! About 4-5 decent ranges within ~30mins of Chandler/Tempe. C2 Tactical, Caswell's, Scottsdale Gun Club, are all nice indoor ranges, though they can be a bit expensive. Rio Salado and Phoenix Rod&Gun are both outdoor ranges, I've only been to Rio. |
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Posted: 2/27/2016 7:02:18 PM EDT
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You want the County Island between Queen Creek and Gilbert/Mesa.
No stupid city taxes that way. |
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Posted: 2/27/2016 11:27:38 PM EDT
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Please explain? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Rizzo's Ammo Tax: Prepare your anus. 
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Posted: 2/28/2016 7:49:04 AM EDT
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We cant wait to leave these Midwest winters behind! Trading one extreme for another. I'd rather deal with winter in Nebraska than summer in 'da valley'. |
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Posted: 2/28/2016 7:51:01 AM EDT
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At your price point Gold Canyon or unincorporated land North of AJ might be gtg. Really depends on where you plan to work and what highways you need good access to. I'd try and stay near big blocks of state trust lands to avoid the heat sink effect of most of PHX metro.
If work isn't making PHX metro your only option look into Prescott or Chino Valley |
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Posted: 2/28/2016 8:08:50 AM EDT
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Unfortunately, Arizona is full. Check back for a vacancy after the next housing bubble.
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Posted: 2/28/2016 10:38:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Unfortunately, Arizona is full. Check back for a vacancy after the next housing bubble. |
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Posted: 2/28/2016 10:40:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How hard it hits you depends on what state you're coming from Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Rizzo's Ammo Tax: Prepare your anus. |
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Posted: 2/28/2016 10:44:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At your price point Gold Canyon or unincorporated land North of AJ might be gtg. Really depends on where you plan to work and what highways you need good access to. I'd try and stay near big blocks of state trust lands to avoid the heat sink effect of most of PHX metro. If work isn't making PHX metro your only option look into Prescott or Chino Valley We have friends in Gilbert and would like to stay close to them. We have been going to AZ for the last 6 years 2-4 times a year. It was always a vacation so we never really explored the areas that much. I have dealt with the heat and let me tell you, we would rather have high heat vs negative temperatures in the winter and stupid humidity in the summer. |
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Posted: 2/28/2016 1:46:02 PM EDT
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Hi, You should really consider your commute to and from work. You and your wife's if you are going to be working. I cannot over empathize this enough the traffic during rush hours(yes plural) can be unbelievable. This would be my main consideration.
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Posted: 2/28/2016 2:27:44 PM EDT
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Hi, You should really consider your commute to and from work. You and your wife's if you are going to be working. I cannot over empathize this enough the traffic during rush hours(yes plural) can be unbelievable. This would be my main consideration. This! Also make sure you're driving west in the AM and east in the PM. |
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Posted: 2/28/2016 11:47:34 PM EDT
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Victorgonzales where is that map?
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Posted: 2/29/2016 12:01:37 AM EDT
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Victorgonzales where is that map? 
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Posted: 2/29/2016 12:27:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hi, You should really consider your commute to and from work. You and your wife's if you are going to be working. I cannot over empathize this enough the traffic during rush hours(yes plural) can be unbelievable. This would be my main consideration. This is everything. You've been here. You know everything is spread out. Driving the same long road sucks, and it sucks 1000x when its hot. |
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Posted: 2/29/2016 5:37:37 AM EDT
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of?
Is this an inside joke? |
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Posted: 2/29/2016 5:41:14 AM EDT
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Tax evader .... |
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Posted: 2/29/2016 11:19:39 AM EDT
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Hardly. OP, hat's your trade? Do you have something lined up for work or other plan? |
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Posted: 2/29/2016 12:23:22 PM EDT
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I just moved here last summer from and CT and love it. Currently renting a house in Gilbert and love it here as well. It seems like you don't have to deal with the begger/transients here as much as you do in mesa/tempe/ certain parts of chandler. My lease is up in June and I have began looking at houses. Would like to stay in Gilbert but can't get everything I want it seems in the 250k price limit. We currently pay 1600/month for a 2k sqft 4bed/2bath with 2.5 car garage with a pool(I couldn't live here without a pool in the summer). Have been checking out houses online in Queen Creek but haven't driven down to check out the area yet. Living close to work is key. If you have to drive in to Phoenix in the AM or out in the PM its going to get old real quick.
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Posted: 2/29/2016 7:13:25 PM EDT
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I moved here from the midwest in 2010 and have yet to regret it. Queen Creek is definitely a developing area with houses in that price range. However, QC is just about as far away from Phoenix as you can get and still be considered a suburb. It's way, way out there. As some people have said, if you're going to live down there and commute even just over to Chandler you're looking at 30 minutes easy without traffic.
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Posted: 3/1/2016 1:57:22 AM EDT
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Tax evader .... Rizzo knocks on door in 3.. 2.. 1.. |
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Posted: 3/1/2016 2:00:35 AM EDT
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Tax evader .... If buying online to avoid the .08% city tax, then sure. I guess I am a tax evader. But, I usually buy ammo online, and if I buy in the store, it's a box of 9mm here and there. Never really pay attention to the recept Still doesn't explain this Rizzo nonesense |
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Posted: 3/1/2016 3:00:34 AM EDT
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If buying online to avoid the .08% city tax, then sure. I guess I am a tax evader. But, I usually buy ammo online, and if I buy in the store, it's a box of 9mm here and there. Never really pay attention to the recept Still doesn't explain this Rizzo nonesense Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Tax evader .... If buying online to avoid the .08% city tax, then sure. I guess I am a tax evader. But, I usually buy ammo online, and if I buy in the store, it's a box of 9mm here and there. Never really pay attention to the recept Still doesn't explain this Rizzo nonesense 
Somebody help this man out, lol. |
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Posted: 3/1/2016 9:40:52 AM EDT
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Somebody help this man out, lol. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Tax evader .... If buying online to avoid the .08% city tax, then sure. I guess I am a tax evader. But, I usually buy ammo online, and if I buy in the store, it's a box of 9mm here and there. Never really pay attention to the recept Still doesn't explain this Rizzo nonesense
Somebody help this man out, lol. And be charged as an accessory? No thanks, staying far away from this one. 
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Posted: 3/1/2016 1:49:54 PM EDT
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Looks like someone needs to be held up as an example for the masses...
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Posted: 3/1/2016 5:15:58 PM EDT
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I just got back from the netherworld outside of Sioux City, Iowa...(via Omaha) and let me tell ya......AM I GLAD AS HELL I LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 3/1/2016 6:47:36 PM EDT
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I'm FROM there! Why would you even go there? spirit Lake, Okoboji, sure; but Sioux City?
What's the best thing that ever came out of Iowa?
. . . . . . . wait for it . . . . . . Interstate 80 westbound! 
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Posted: 3/1/2016 8:19:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hardly. OP, hat's your trade? Do you have something lined up for work or other plan? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Hardly. OP, hat's your trade? Do you have something lined up for work or other plan? Currently, I design/develop and test chassis and other "automotive" parts. Lets say that I talk to engineers at Daimler on weekly bases. Typical projects that I do, run anywhere from 130-450k. My night time hobby is designing gun parts... :) Here is a Tavor barrel I re-created when I was laying out an upper rail for it. (Flash hider is a retro)   Worst case I can work construction? I have designed a few building and have worked construction for a number of years while I was going though college. I can frame, do flat work, electric, plumbing, HVAC. Heck, apparently I made a really good stir fry today (according to my wife) so I can always get a job at McDonalds! |
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Posted: 3/1/2016 8:28:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If buying online to avoid the .08% city tax, then sure. I guess I am a tax evader. But, I usually buy ammo online, and if I buy in the store, it's a box of 9mm here and there. Never really pay attention to the recept Still doesn't explain this Rizzo nonesense Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Tax evader .... If buying online to avoid the .08% city tax, then sure. I guess I am a tax evader. But, I usually buy ammo online, and if I buy in the store, it's a box of 9mm here and there. Never really pay attention to the recept Still doesn't explain this Rizzo nonesense |
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Posted: 3/2/2016 12:35:34 AM EDT
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And be charged as an accessory? No thanks, staying far away from this one. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I still don't get this Rizzo tax you guys speak of? Is this an inside joke? Tax evader .... If buying online to avoid the .08% city tax, then sure. I guess I am a tax evader. But, I usually buy ammo online, and if I buy in the store, it's a box of 9mm here and there. Never really pay attention to the recept Still doesn't explain this Rizzo nonesense
Somebody help this man out, lol. And be charged as an accessory? No thanks, staying far away from this one. 
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Posted: 3/12/2016 8:42:25 PM EDT
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Well.. My employer offered me a promotion for an upper lvl management if I stay and a nice pay increase to go with it.....
Its crazy that I am going to say NO, and turn away a job that will now pay $68 hr... Oh well you only live once and I want to live in AZ. |
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Posted: 3/12/2016 9:16:40 PM EDT
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Well.. My employer offered me a promotion for an upper lvl management if I stay and a nice pay increase to go with it..... Its crazy that I am going to say NO, and turn away a job that will now pay $68 hr... Oh well you only live once and I want to live in AZ. Smart move. We have lower wages but cost of living is also low. I paid $1.27 for gas today and that's up from $1.12 a week ago. |
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Posted: 3/12/2016 9:17:28 PM EDT
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Smart move. We have lower wages but cost of living is also low. I paid $1.27 for gas today and that's up from $1.12 a week ago. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well.. My employer offered me a promotion for an upper lvl management if I stay and a nice pay increase to go with it..... Its crazy that I am going to say NO, and turn away a job that will now pay $68 hr... Oh well you only live once and I want to live in AZ. Smart move. We have lower wages but cost of living is also low. I paid $1.27 for gas today and that's up from $1.12 a week ago. Fuck. $2.05 here in the middle of nowhere...... |
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Posted: 3/12/2016 10:16:01 PM EDT
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Well.. My employer offered me a promotion for an upper lvl management if I stay and a nice pay increase to go with it..... Its crazy that I am going to say NO, and turn away a job that will now pay $68 hr... Oh well you only live once and I want to live in AZ. Smart move. We have lower wages but cost of living is also low. I paid $1.27 for gas today and that's up from $1.12 a week ago. Fuck. $2.05 here in the middle of nowhere...... |
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Posted: 3/14/2016 7:11:25 PM EDT
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Smart move. We have lower wages but cost of living is also low. I paid $1.27 for gas today and that's up from $1.12 a week ago. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well.. My employer offered me a promotion for an upper lvl management if I stay and a nice pay increase to go with it..... Its crazy that I am going to say NO, and turn away a job that will now pay $68 hr... Oh well you only live once and I want to live in AZ. Smart move. We have lower wages but cost of living is also low. I paid $1.27 for gas today and that's up from $1.12 a week ago. Yep. With the cost of living, even though I'm making slightly more than half what I did in Michigan, I'm damn close to breaking even with what I made there, all things considered. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 8:46:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. With the cost of living, even though I'm making slightly more than half what I did in Michigan, I'm damn close to breaking even with what I made there, all things considered. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Well.. My employer offered me a promotion for an upper lvl management if I stay and a nice pay increase to go with it..... Its crazy that I am going to say NO, and turn away a job that will now pay $68 hr... Oh well you only live once and I want to live in AZ. Smart move. We have lower wages but cost of living is also low. I paid $1.27 for gas today and that's up from $1.12 a week ago. Yep. With the cost of living, even though I'm making slightly more than half what I did in Michigan, I'm damn close to breaking even with what I made there, all things considered. At any rate, I have been talking to someone seeing if they want to go in to businesses together. Maybe open a small engineering company, that way I don't have to deal with finding a job and then dealing with being a newbie.. |
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Posted: 5/1/2016 10:48:45 PM EDT
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I moved here from the midwest in 2010 and have yet to regret it. Queen Creek is definitely a developing area with houses in that price range. However, QC is just about as far away from Phoenix as you can get and still be considered a suburb. It's way, way out there. As some people have said, if you're going to live down there and commute even just over to Chandler you're looking at 30 minutes easy without traffic. Yep. I have a good friend that lives in QC and its 35 miles to go see him from our hacienda just north of South Mountain. |
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