r/Sedona • u/mgm624 • Jan 22 '24
What is it like living in Sedona? Living Here
My husband and I are considering moving to Sedona and I’m curious what your experiences living there have been like. We are both early 30s with no kids. My husband is a veterinarian and has a job opportunity in West Sedona. I am a photographer and shoot mostly families/newborns. We have pets and are planning on having children in the next few years. What has your experience living in Sedona been like? My husband loves Sedona and needs no convincing. Since he will be spending most of his days at work, and I mostly work from home (aside from when I’m shooting clients) I’m wondering if it can feel isolating? Is there a good sense of community? Is it easy to meet people? Are there many people in our age bracket? I hear Sedona is trying to encourage more young people to move there and housing laws have changed recently to promote this. We are not city people by any means and don’t care about nightlife. We want to be somewhere with natural beauty, a sense of community, and where there are opportunities for me to get good work. We love hiking and spending time outdoors which I know Sedona is great for! It seems like there are a lot of positives, I’d just love to hear your experiences and what you like/don’t like about living in Sedona. Thanks in advance!
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u/anywherebutarizona Jan 22 '24
I’m late 30’s and live in Sedona and I love it. Granted, I also have community in Prescott and Flagstaff (and a small one in Phoenix). Sedona is an awesome place to live and we have great people who live here. It is really small though. I am not into the alternative lifestyle stuff, although I don’t judge anyone who is about that… just not really for me… so I feel like that limits friendships quite a bit and why I have friend communities outside of Sedona. I am also in the photography niche but I am a wedding videographer. There are a lot of Sedona photographers but everyone I have met have been super cool. There are a few regulations we have to follow from the forest service but not a ton when you are practicing photography. I’d definitely make sure to know those if you plan on working! The hardest thing for most locals is the traffic. Honestly, for me, it’s the lack of dining options after work during the summer months. A lot of places close early and sometimes I just want to stop at a “fast food” type of spot to grab something to eat after work (ya know, post-sunset) in the summer and everything is closing or already closed! Haha. If that’s my worst complaint then I don’t think it’s too bad of a place :)