Ever been to Mesa, AZ?

[UnicornsForBreakfast]

What's it like? Is it awesome? Is it a hole? Just wonderin.

[DeltaSigChi4]

Méjico > Arizona

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[mountmccabe]

My avatar is Mesa Ampitheatre which is in downtown Mesa. I was there last night.

I don't know Mesa real well. To me it's kind of a non-descript family type suburb. I only really go there to go to Mesa Amp, Hollywood Alley or to visit friends that live there. And if I'm going to stop for food/etc on the way/way back or we're going to do something more exciting than just going to dinner we generally go to Tempe or such.

Though as stated I don't live there. Others that do may have different impressions.

[luckyface]

Drive to Old Town Scottsdale. That's my advice to you if you are going to Mesa.

[UnicornsForBreakfast]

Drive to Old Town Scottsdale. That's my advice to you if you are going to Mesa.

What for exactly?

[luckyface]

That's where the nightlife is. Assuming you are into that sort of thing.

[captncrzy]

Mesa's just a suburb. Old houses, new houses, the Mormon Temple. That's about it.

[unbeliever]

Mesa is pretty boring. Half a million people, most of them drab white conservative republican drones. Though it has a few seedy parts, mostly around the borders of Apache Junction. Sadly those are the only parts with any character at all.

I live in Mesa and I honestly can't think of a single distinguishing attraction, point of interest or anything at all, really, that would warrant a visit. Other than me and mrs zzz of course.

[TomAz]

Mesa is the second-largest Mormon city in the US after Salt Lake. It's a suburb but it's huge, it's like 25 miles east to west and has a pop of half a million. the older (western) part of town is pretty drab. the not-as-old (middle) part of town has a lot of trailer parks. the newer (eastern) part of town has some 'nice' areas, by which I mean gated communities to keep the rest of Mesa out.

Mesa is probably the most conservative town in Arizona, itself a very conservative state. I'm talking no-tax, no-government conservative. For example, there have been serious proposals from Mesa legislators to do away with Medicaid.

[downingthief]

Mesa is one of the few towns in the Phoenix metro area that I will NEVER live in. Tom hit on a lot of the reasons why. It just looks old, and run down, for the most part. There are some nice "pockets", but those are few and far between.
Only reason I go to Mesa is to see shows, and visit some family that live there. Other than that, I stay clear.

[bug on your lip]

Fountain Hills = privileged,white,well-read

rest of AZ = undesirables

[unbeliever]

Someone should hack the diebold gibson and put some good liberal folks in charge of mesa for a few years. First order of business: Open Season on snow birds is between march 31st and october 31st.

[amyzzz]

Let me get out my shotgun.

[unbeliever]

Let me get out my shotgun.

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[amyzzz]

That is definitely an

[unbeliever]

That is definitely an

Watch for the mormon temple to convert, transformers style, into a giant galactic space robot. They might escape. Be ready with the lasers.

[TomAz]

i feel like i'm eavesdropping on Mr and Mrs Zzz at the breakfast table.

[unbeliever]

i feel like i'm eavesdropping on Mr and Mrs Zzz at the breakfast table.

Does chicken ramen at 11:30 count as breakfast?

[amyzzz]

Someone at work gave me something with chicken in it. Something like a tamale. Man, it was good.

[bug on your lip]

i feel like i'm eavesdropping on Mr and Mrs Zzz at the breakfast table.

*giggle*

[TomAz]

I made a thai stew with chicken last night. it was good.

[TomAz]

*giggle*

lamedar, p*i*n*g thyself.

[Archie Bunker]

Mesa is the second-largest Mormon city in the US after Salt Lake. It's a suburb but it's huge, it's like 25 miles east to west and has a pop of half a million. the older (western) part of town is pretty drab. the not-as-old (middle) part of town has a lot of trailer parks. the newer (eastern) part of town has some 'nice' areas, by which I mean gated communities to keep the rest of Mesa out.

Mesa is probably the most conservative town in Arizona, itself a very conservative state. I'm talking no-tax, no-government conservative. For example, there have been serious proposals from Mesa legislators to do away with Medicaid.

You have got to be kidding me. Arizona is a no-tax, no-government state? Actually, it's pretty much becoming a police state, with an increasing number of laws on the books meant to control, fine, and sometimes jail the populace with laws about petty crap.

I don't know about Mesa in particular, but Arizona itself is far from hands-off government.

[unbeliever]

You have got to be kidding me. Arizona is a no-tax, no-government state? Actually, it's pretty much becoming a police state, with an increasing number of laws on the books meant to control, fine, and sometimes jail the populace with laws about petty crap.

I don't know about Mesa in particular, but Arizona itself is far from hands-off government.

These are neo-conservatives. They like big government and spending.

[TomAz]

You have got to be kidding me. Arizona is a no-tax, no-government state? Actually, it's pretty much becoming a police state, with an increasing number of laws on the books meant to control, fine, and sometimes jail the populace with laws about petty crap.

I don't know about Mesa in particular, but Arizona itself is far from hands-off government.

Arizona is hardcore about certain things (drugs, immigration, and now smoking) but not very interested in other functions of government (schools, roads, healthcare, the poor).

[amyzzz]

Go Arizona... (argh)
Why do we live here again?

[Calamity Jane]

Prediction:
Meth smoking in-the-garage, no holds barred threesome starring Tomaz and the zzzs (after the kids are in bed.)

[unbeliever]

Go Arizona... (argh)
Why do we live here again?

We may be crazy.

[unbeliever]

Prediction:
Meth smoking in-the-garage, no holds barred threesome starring Tomaz and the zzzs (after the kids are in bed.)

my garage is full of boxes and a car.

[J~$$$]