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(More customer reviews)For anyone who has made the move to Phoenix from a major American cultural city (New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and, uh...are there more?) this humorous and very well-written journal of the home-attaining process in Arizona's Best Run Suburb will be quite familiar. The hilarity arises when the reader realizes that they've been through the same frustrations and doubts, thinking they were possibly the only ones numbed by the world's densest population of realtors, decorators, furniture stores, and optional home upgrades.
While the viewpoint is of a home-buyer entering a well earned retirement, the anecdotes will still appeal to anyone new to Phoenix. Actually, mostly due to the fluid and off-hand wit, anyone who has even visited or is curious about many aspects of the desert city will find the book very interesting.
Former New Yorkers (well, those that have moved from New York, once a New Yorker always a New Yorker) will find this book all the more a propos, while those who have not yet made the move but are considering it should definately read this for some perspective. Then without a doubt put it in with the road maps and sunblock for handy future reference.
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A hilarious account of one man's adjustment in moving from New York City to Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun. Laughingly takes us from the last eventful days in New York describing frantic garage sales, the end of a career in the East and the long distance real estate negotiation.Gently satirizes every aspect of the Phoenix scene from the real estate boom to such ordinary customs as food shopping, cowboy art walks and the local sports mania. Comically details taking ownership, arranging renovations and remodelling a house. A cast of characters including gay designers, petulant wallpaper hangers, carpet installers, painters and landscapers. Even finding a doctor proves to be a laughable ordeal. Moving from Manhattan to Phoenix hits home when the sign on the public library's door says, "Deadly weapons not allowed in building." Culture shock personified! This is an amusing narrative most will recognize as part of today's American experience.
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