Post Something You like about Arizona

[Mike 03]

And please forgive us for our Senators. (We hate them too, and we tell them so.)

[EastTennesseeDem]

1. It's the state in which John McCain watched the election results

[alsame]

2. Sedona.

[grannylib]

3. Canyon de Chelly national monument

:hi:

[Swede]

4. The Cardinals,my favorite NFL team.

I've followed them since the St.Louis days.

[Doc_Technical]

5. The roads are in excellent condition.

Beautiful scenery, the deserts, the mountains,
and the pleasant winter weather.

[blondeatlast]

6. Saguaros, the Sonoran Desert at sunrise or sunset--and I live here! nt

[Ptah]

7. The flora

[GOPisEvil]

8. I have some good friends from AZ and some who live there.

[Pierre.Suave]

9. Didn't Arizona go for Obama?

Thats something good.

[UrbScotty]

29. No, but it was close.

[crimsonblue]

10. I like the fact that I don't live in Arizona. n/t

[GOPisEvil]

11. Please stop posting this in every state thread.

If you don't have anything positive to say, keep out of the thread.

[crimsonblue]

25. I don't do it in every thread

I mentioned nice things about Rhode Island, Delaware, and Massachusetts. Plus, I didn't realize that only positive things were allowed on DU. Thank you for informing me.

[GOPisEvil]

28. You can be negative.

But these threads are asking for positive things about the state itself. I think your posts violate the spirit of the threads, but I'm not the post police. Do what you want.

[crimsonblue]

30. The threads weren't asking about positive things

They were asking about something you like about a state. I like the fact that I don't live in those states. I do wish I lived in Massachusetts, Delaware, or Hawaii. I like those states quite a bit.

[pokerfan]

12. the observatories

Kitt Peak, Lowell, Mt. Graham and the rest.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. Your cactuses are cool.

[Kali]

33. We got Cactus!

check it out:http://ia301220.us.archive.org/2/items/alperry2005-09-03.flac16/alperry2005-09-03t13_vbr.mp3

[Blue_In_AK]

34. Oh, my God, that's funny.

I'm rolling on the floor here. This reminds me of Alaska's Mr. Whitekeys http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2008/11/mr-whitekeys-musical-take-on-sarah.html . Different style but similar purpose.

[stevedeshazer]

14. It's a dry heat.

[YankeyMCC]

15. Painted Desert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Desert,_Arizona

[underpants]

16. it wasn't easy with that sumbitch Reagan in the White House.

[distantearlywarning]

17. Oak Creek Canyon

Spend many happy days of my adolescence there.

[Drunken Girlfriend]

18. Arizona

Prostitution is legal in Arizona.

And I hear the casinos are awesome too.

[Kali]

36. maybe you are thinking of Nevada?

We have casinos (On Indian Reservations only, I think) but as far as I know prostitution is still illegal.

[CreekDog]

19. Slide Rock

was a resident for a little while, first at the Grand Canyon and second in Tucson. :hi:

it's a wonderful state, although prone to being run by wacky conservatives near Phoenix.

[TK421]

20. McCain will likely be buried there somewhere

just kidding, but it seems like a nice state from pictures I have seen

[Phentex]

21. Bedrock City

Yabba dabba dooooo!

[XemaSab]

22. Sky Islands

:)

[Ptah]

41. There is snow on the Sky Island know as The Catalina Mountains.

[XemaSab]

44. Cool

I hope all the Mexican Marigolds (Tagetes lemmonii) are okay. :)

[begin_within]

23. Parker Dam area, Payson, Sedona, Mogollon Rim, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest... oh and also that

place... what's it called? oh shoot... here's a picture

[Arugula Latte]

24. Raising.

Raising Arizona. Great movie.

And I love that big hole in the ground you have there ... the Grand Something or Other.

And I like my friends who live in Tucson.

And I love your big skies.

Here is a song in honor of the Arizona Sky. In fact, it's called "Arizona Sky": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=765Xko2slLQ

[av8rdave]

26. I LOVE Arizona

Lived there for 5 years in the early 80s. Of all the places I've lived, it's the one I still get homesick for.

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. It's the new home of Dodgertown

:bounce:

[Zomby Woof]

31. I lived in Flagstaff for two years

I enjoyed my time there. I liked my nice little apartment on the edge of town, I had a good job, and my front door was only 89 miles by car to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. I got used to living at 7,000 feet, loved the slower pace of life, and the rich Navajo and Hopi cultures. Living there brought back direction and purpose to my life after a rough patch following September 11 and being laid off. I also enjoyed starring in several plays at the local playhouse - making TV appearances, being called out in the streets. It was all good fun. Route 66 ran right through town, and the university gave the place some vitality and progressivism to balance the normal conservative bent of the state. The San Francisco Peaks added a bit of snow-capped natural beauty to the landscape. I shall always hold a special place for northern Arizona in my heart,

And damn if their flag isn't one of the prettiest of the 50 states:

[yellowdogintexas]

32. my daughter is there. I enjoyed Phoenix when I visited her and I loved Tucson

(was there about 10 years ago)

[Kali]

35. It is my home.

I was born in Flagstaff, raised mostly in Tempe and now live where the really deep roots are in the Southeastern part. I am a fifth generation Arizonan and my kids are 6th. Not many Anglos can make that claim. I love the cultural, ecological, and geographical diversity (contrasts!) of the whole region. I love the proximity to my next favorite place, Northern Mexico.

I love the smell of creosote bushes and ozone after a summer storm. The sunsets, the clear sky at night. I love the distances and space (although that can be a pain sometimes too, also it feels like it is getting filled in too fast).

[Tommy_Carcetti]

37. The Grand Canyon.

My friend was lucky enough to score himself a job there, and I decided to visit. Pictures don't do it justice, especially the first time you see it. Very cool experience.

Flagstaff was a cool, funky little town as well.

Oh, and Najavo Tacos! Went to this place in Cameron that sold these great Najavo Tacos!

[Lady Effingbroke]

38. Joe's Farm Grill.

http://www.joesfarmgrill.com

I visited my uncle in Phoenix last year. This place is about 6 blocks from his house and the food is absolutely fantabulous.

[SoxFan]

39. The 2001 Diamondbacks

Beat the Yankees in a wild finish.

And remember, the Yankee asskissers at ESPN and Fox were trying to convince us that we had to root for the Yankees because of 9/11. Like Derek Jeter had pulled bodies out of the rubble or something.

[taterguy]

40. It has a fabulous coastline

Or it will when California slides into the ocean, like the mystics and statistics say it will

[Taverner]

42. Four Peaks Brewing, Papago Brewing, Sun Devil Liquors, All female inhabitants of ASU

[Tikki]

43. The Colorado River....

We camp, often, near Buckskin SP...oh, and River Island Park...
just up the road from Buckskin.




The Tikkis

[Midlodemocrat]

45. Ptah lives there.

And Sedona is beyond beautiful.

[Ptah]

50. You should see the better view

Southern Arizona waits for you.

Midlo DEMocrat, come on DOWN!

[likesmountains 52]

46. The North Rim of the Grand Canyon

[no name no slogan]

47. My dad lives in Scottsdale

and until it got too suburban, it seemed like a nice place to live. He lives in the "old town", a few blocks north of Tempe, and was pretty close to the edge of town by the reservation.

I also like the Papago Mts. Those holes freak me out. :thumbsup:

[Iggo]

48. I love the heat and I love the desert.

Arizona has plenty of what I love.

[trof]

49. Airrrrr-a-zona, where the winds come whistlin' down the plains.

No...wait.
That's Oklahoma.
Sorry.

[Ptah]

53. The movie Oklahoma was filmed near Nogales, Arizona

Corn and all

[Patiod]

51. The Cup Cafe in Tuscon's Hotel Congress, Cowboy Ciao in Phx

and Los Dos Molinos in Phx.

(can you tell what's important to me?)

Three of my all-time favorite restaurants.

[drmeow]

57. The Mexican Hot Chocolate Pot d'Creme

at Cowboy Ciao's (they don't call it that anymore - now they call it Cuppa' Red Hot Chocolate) is the most incredible chocolate desert I think I have EVER tasted!

[Critters2]

52. It's a dry heat. nt

[AngryAmish]

54. The Phoenician is nice

[lost-in-nj]

55. I went to Tanque Verde

horse ranch


and I thought it was beautiful


maybe some one I care a lot about lives there

and I would love to meet them

in Sedona

:pals:

lost

[drmeow]

56. I've been waiting for the right forum for

my 1000th post - this is it.

What I like about AZ (I live in Tempe):

Phoenix's brand new light rail
The Grand Canyon
Taliesin West
Being able to see the sky and the horizons
Monsoon storms and amazing sunsets
Saguaros, Palo Verdes, Baja Fairy Dusters
More species of hummingbirds than any other state
Harry Mitchell
Janet Napolitano (even though she abandoned us)
The Desert Botanical Gardens
The Center for Biological Diversity http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/index.html
Solar panels
Weather and landscape diversity (from sun to snow and flat desert to forest covered mountains)
Areas where there is very little light pollution (those areas are getting smaller but there still is a lot of open land here and with the housing market tanking, maybe it will stay that way for a little longer now)

[quakerboy]

58. Congratulations on being

near the great state of Colorado. I like that about you. I also appreciate that you are not Utah.