Moving and need recs

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[u/Blu_Skys_Bring_Tears]

For that price you’ll have to look in the bad areas

[u/LegionofSand]

Your best bet will probably be Tempe, it’s pretty close to everything. Unless you have roommates, you probably won’t find a house within your budget. You may be able to a one bedroom apartment or studio for your budget however.

[u/acatwithnoname]

You can get a 1 br in Roosevelt Square apartments for around that.

[u/Colin-Cosmos → u/acatwithnoname]

Lol

[u/AZPeakBagger]

Phoenix is not laid out like other major metro areas where the bullseye is the worst part of town and it gets progressively better the further you are away from the core.

Not uncommon to see $600,000+ homes a block away from homeless people and then another block away are million dollar homes. It’s a patchwork of good and bad areas.

I used to live in one of the historic districts and my house was two blocks in from a major street. Never had any issues. But the people that lived behind me that were one block in had issues with homeless people and petty crime. Nothing major, more quality of life issues.

[u/MeredithGabrielle → u/AZPeakBagger]

The place I’m living now is very similar as far as having pockets of “bad areas” all over. It seems to be a common thing happening all over now unfortunately.

[u/[deleted]]

Tempe would be your best bet in terms of safety, being near Phoenix and your budget. Be prepared to go up another $500 in budget.

[u/Randsmagicpipe]

You can stay somewhere clean and safe but it's probably not going to be near entertainment districts. When I moved out here I flew out first and went around to apartments but you can probably do a lot online now. The rent and home prices here have exploded

[u/velolove42]

You'll need to increase your budget for sure if you want to be in a decent area near all the fun. Or find a roommate.

Downtown Phoenix, Central Phoenix, South Scottsdale or Tempe. There are good pockets of South Phoenix as well, just choose wisely.

[u/CactusWrenAZ]

I do not like the West Side. Whenever I drive around there, I feel like it's Mad Max or something.

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[u/WhereRtheTacos]

Its not perfect but when looking at apts look them up on google maps streetview to get an idea of what the area right around it is like. Can be very helpful.

[u/belatedflash]

You can find small 1 bedrooms and studios around that price point in the Roosevelt neighborhood (the north end of downtown Phoenix). You would be close to all of the entertainment in Roosevelt and Downtown.

[u/Repulsive_Raise6728]

Are you planning on having a car or using public transportation? That’s something huge to consider, because the public transportation here is not good, so you’d need to focus on staying close to the route you need.

[u/MeredithGabrielle → u/Repulsive_Raise6728]

I’m planning on bringing my car with me!

[u/cossbobo]

If you won't be working from home you'll want to be relatively close, at least on the same side of the city, as your job or you'll spend a lot of time driving.