Just off the top of my head. Pardon the sarcasm...just a lil hot sauce.
Your friends and family will be posting on facebook that they are snowed in. That it is below 0. That they are stranded. You on the other hand, will be wearing flops and shorts. Drinking ice coffees and slurpees.
4 hour drive in either direction. Even though Arizona is a massive state there are some things that huge cities like Vegas or La have to offer. Diversity of people, places and things. Not to mention entertainment. Once you get that out of your system head on back to Arizona.
With so little to do and so many antisocial people you have plenty time to meditate or pick up a book. In the summer the temperatures upward 120. Plenty of time to get in touch with the lawd.
If you ever wanted to know what was like to live 50 years ago come to Arizona. People are still very much segregated and racist. It's like the civil rights movement never happened. People still walk around with ten gallon hats, cops stop whomever they want and its all tolerable to the majority of folks living in AZ.
In a booming Mexican population there are plenty of Mexican restaurants to go to. Why settle for Taco Bell when you can get the real deal?
Plenty of sunshine, desert and political incorrectness to go year round.
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