Moving, need help please

I googled the following Queen Creek link. Seems to have some good info and relocation brochures. It could be a realtor's site to fish potential new Queen Creek residents.

http://queen-creek-az-relocation.com/

For what my lousy opinion is worth, I would stay out of queen creek. What you would spend on time + gas is easily compensated by living in East Mesa or Apache Junction.

Thanks :)

Too far out

Yaoo map says it's a 23min. commute is that accurate??

It probably would be without traffic. Several of my classmates lived in Queen Creek and their average commute time to Mesa was about an hour. There were a couple of threads about Queen Creek on this board, you may want to do a search on the topic.....

also, if you have little ones you may want to check out this website:

http://www.ade.az.gov/profile/publicview/HighlyPerforming.asp

this site gives information about the various school districts....the educational system isn't the best so you may want to research the school districts performance before you get your heart set on living in a particular area....

Does anybody know about the city of Maricopa? Is it a nice place to live? I 'm considering working at St Joseph or Good Samatarin nite shift. Is it really far from those 2 hospitals?

If you are thinking about their facilities in downtown Phoenix - it is hideously far away and you are looking at grinding traffic. If you are thinking about "closer" facilities in Chandler or Mesa - not as far but I don't know about the traffic situation. Anybody out there with more facts?

I'm not sure how good the roads are but it's about 35 miles one way.

http://tinyurl.com/kpj9x

I'm looking at Banner Baywood in Mesa/Chandler Regional/Mercy Gilbert. I just read an article yesterday that they are widening and adding additional lanes, but it will take like 3 years to completely. They are also hiring a sheriff and some deputies.

I don't know. I'm used to living in more rural areas. My current commute to work is 45 min each way. The closest mall is 45 min. away. etc. I just don't want to sit in unpredicatable traffic for an hour and a half to go 25 miles.

I am hoping if we do decide to continue with the QC route that since I'll be working 7p-7a that most of the commuter traffic will be going the opposite direction I'll be heading. kwim.

Thanks for all the insight, and more pros/cons would be great. :)

I am hoping if we do decide to continue with the QC route that since I'll be working 7p-7a that most of the commuter traffic will be going the opposite direction I'll be heading. kwim.

I read in the paper a few months back that the commute between QC and PHoenix is horrible. Lots of people have bought out there and regretted it because there is only one main highway back and forth and it gets plugged up real easily. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong)

If you are working nights though, I bet the commute won't be as bad. At 7 in the morning there is probably way more traffic than at night. But like you said, your going the opposite way.

Rebecca