planning to move to AZ

[Stuart Adams]

Ed M, Az is great. Alot of hot rods, and of course BJ auction in Jan. Good luck. The Pavillions in the winter is wild.
Bruce, when my car gets done I will look ya up and come over to the Pavillions and maybe have a brew.

[Xplantdad]

Stuart...the beer is my treat! Do me a favor and bring that Steve Sandlin guy!

Are you going to SCR8 with Steve? I'll buy you guys beers there, too. Now that I think of it...I'm going to have to make an excel spreadsheet to keep track of all the people I that I owe beers!

This may cost me a bit more than expected! J/K...

[Stuart Adams]

Bruce, I took a rain check for the trip with Steve, I will be in N.C. checking on my car. Steve S. is a great guy. SCR sounds like great fun, enjoy. I will call you when I come over to Scottsdale.

[bilede]

There are lots of nice places around the phoenix area with an acre or so but there is no city these days that will let you do whatever you want as far as building "outbuildings". I have built in phoenix, glendale, scottsdale, tempe (where I live now), and even chino valley outside of prescott and they all have a ton of red tape to get around now. I couldn't get a detached garage approved in tempe and finally had to attach it with a carport to the house for them to let me build what I wanted and even then I had to go to the city council for approval and it took 10 months, for a simple garage that is nuts.. For a place like you describe it comes down to finding it available and in your price range. as bruce said, west valley is cheaper if you want to stay close in to the city otherwise Tonopah to the west, maricopa to the south, apache junction/florence to the east, new river area to the north are still reasonable for land big enough to have a nice detached garage.

Good luck!

[Belair62]

Just don't go trying to mooch Lake Michigan water...drink the monsoon stuff !

[Xplantdad]

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Just don't go trying to mooch Lake Michigan water...drink the monsoon stuff !

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Are you kidding...Lake Michigan water..I'd rather drink the water in Ensenada! (It's piped in from San Diego anyways!)

[whitetop]

Here is a suggestion:

Move to Southeastern Ohio where I live. You could live like a king with 1 million dollars and rent a condo in AZ during the winter months(with global warming only 3-4 months are really bad nowdays).. Land is super cheap, no crime, no traffic or congestion. Our yearly property tax is probaly what you pay in 1-2 months. Guess what? no building permits or inspectors!! Build what you want.

Columbus (Goodguys, Mopar Nats, Springnationals, Jegs etc) is 1.75 hours away and Pittsburgh in the opposite direction in 1 1/2 hours. Summit Racing is 1 1/2 hrs north. Canfield (swap meets and Hot Rod Super nats is 1 1/4 hrs north), Street Machine Nationsls in Lima is 3 hours west. Carlisle PA (swap meets, GM show, MOpar, Ford show etc etc is 4 hours away exactly). Street Rod Nat's in Louisville is 5 hours south. I live in the car Mecca.

A million dollar house in our area is 3-5 million (or more)in AZ or Wa DC.
My wife and I bought 13 acres of nice rolling/level non stripped ground for 63K and it has restrictions (no trailers, house has to be a certain size etc) but still no building permits or inspectors. The land was more because of the restrictions and we are about 2 miles from I-70. A friend has an old farm(42 acres) about 8-10 miles from I-70 and he's asking 120k and it has a very good older barn and newer Morton 35x45 building though the house needs major work-best to tear it down.

The money you save you can buy a Yenko or another copo for that matter. Plus you don't have to check your shoes for scorpions or rattlesnakes before putting them on.

[budnate]

april 10th for spring break..plan to have some fun!!!!

[Xplantdad]

Cool Bud...can't wait. I owe you lunch anyways...

[Belair62]

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Plus you don't have to check your shoes for scorpions or rattlesnakes before putting them on.


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