Yeah it gets hot during the summer, yeah it's brown and rocky with not much grass, droughts are a pain and when it rains they are gulley washers and we don't have many storm drains, the air around Phoenix is getting to be LALA land quality....................On the other hand there's Air Conditioning, I haven't mowed a lawn in 20 years, the best sunsets in the country, the mountians are majestic, I can play golf 365 (tee off at 5 AM in the summer), the economy is robustwith low unemployment, low cost of living, I can carry a gun on my hip without a permit and once you get away from Phoenix the air is clean, Snow sking is an hour and half away, year round softball, fishing and hunting. I smoke outside (DCs) year around.The Dbks have already won a world series, the Suns ain't to shabby and the number one reason to live in AZ, the local cable has NFL Game day so you don't have to watch the Cardinals.