That was a close one. I was afraid the democratic process was turning into some kind of shameful farce, but everything's cool.

http://blogs.phoenix...candidate_5.php

Is it fair to assume that buying a place outside of Phoenix proper is off the table for most of you? I know some of my friends are pretty adamant about staying in the central corridor area but when I was shopping around a year ago it just wasn't an option for me. The only decent places in my price range were either older homes you guys are talking about (which had major issues that I either don't know how or can't afford to deal with) or else were in the Laveen/South Mountain neighborhoods. Those houses are new and huge and look nice if that's important to you, but I guess the crime rate is a problem and every third house was empty. Also the floral bouquet of cow shit is inescapable, it's seriously like Buckeye. Ended up buying a new place in the Westgate area. Yeah, I'm contributing to the sprawl, and there's already a glut of unsold homes, but being from around here, I know for a fact that for years where my house is was just an empty block that was already surrounded by houses. Also, builders are motivated right now. Got a 2100 sq ft house for $138k, moved in a little over 3 months from the day I walked into the sales office. It's a 20 minute drive to where I work downtown (3rd and McDowell), but I also never have to deal with rush hour traffic because of my weird schedule, and most of my social interaction is conducted through Gmail chat anyways. I know it's pretty uncool living in what is essentially Glendale (even though it says Phoenix on my mail for some reason), but it's tough right now, so I thought I'd throw an option out there, especially since the prices are almost definitely lower now. Sorry about the wall of text.

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what? my azpwithdrawal board wasn't fulfilling everyone's needs? ;-P

Oh damn, didn't even know about this. Nice to see some familiar names, signing up right now.

Yes! But not on purpose. "Hello" isn't much fun to read.

Hi everyone. Been lurking for a little bit, and I like the board so I thought I'd introduce myself. Used to post on the azpunk board under the same username but I won't troll this one. In return, please validate me with your friendships. Thank you for your time and consideration.