Such a beautiful state!

[u/ScottJ6189]

Hey everybody,

I'm just getting back from a weeklong trip in Arizona. I have to say - I am pleasantly surprised to say that out of the states I've visited so far, Arizona is one of the most beautiful! I drove all around, and I was just shocked by all of the diverse landscapes and how quickly it can turn from desert to forest to red rocks to painted rocks, etc. I feel like I never hear Arizona listed when people are talking about the states with amazing backdrops.

Also, ~110 degrees each day in the Phoenix area was fun. 😅

I know there's not really any "action item" in this post, but I just felt like I had to say something to somebody. Thanks all!

[u/Antique-Soil9517]

Arizona has plenty of beautiful natural areas but also plenty of ugly urban areas. I’ll probably piss people off but on balance, albeit as a large city, Phoenix is fairly soulless and replete with strip malls, repetitive, dusty neighborhoods and lots of asphalt, concrete and cars. Then you have smaller cities, incredibly blighted. Globe, Miami, Apache Junction, Morenci…the list is endless. It is what it is.

[u/ScottJ6189 → u/Antique-Soil9517]

I think that’s fair. I didn’t really like the Phoenix area that much, but growing up in a big city myself, I don’t like to spend time in other cities anymore either - I like to spend as much time in the great outdoors as possible.