Chandler, AZ The Good, The Bad, The Ugly City Tour
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- Awesome city tour of #chandlerarizona Chandler is a East Valley Suburb of Phoenix AZ. If you are considering #movingtoarizona this is one #arizonasuburb you may be considering. This is a definite must see video.
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I've been living in Arizona since 1999. I've lived in Scottsdale, AZ. I've lived in Phoenix, AZ. I've lived in Avondale, AZ. I've live in Goodyear, AZ. I've also worked in the entire valley. I know the entire Maricopa County very well.
i’d rather live in the worst parts of chandler, than the worst parts of any other major city in phoenix metro. this whole place feels like a community, united by all walks of life.
I'm so grateful for this channel. My husband and I are looking to move to Arizona from Allentown, PA and your channel is perfect! Thank you for doing this!
Our pleasure!
Hey Victoria! I'm in York County, PA and I'm also looking to move to Arizona next June with my family. So far, I'm considering Scottsdale or Chandler.
@@cyndigirl418 have you gone to visit yet? My husband and i went out before the mandatory quarentine in June and im ao glad we did because when he says it's easy to land in the wrong neighborhood he wasn't kidding. Almosy every apartment I favorited to check out was in said wrong neighborhood
@@victoriarohach5656 was it really?? Well I definitely need to keep an eye on that! With rents ranging between $1500 and $2000, if these places that I'm looking at are in the wrong neighborhood, I'll be shocked! Hopefully when I narrow it down to the main 3 places that I'm interested in, I can get an honest review from Big Super! I plan to just take a chance and go! I'm daring like that!
im in NEPA ...did you move and what parts should i stay out of when looking?
Love Chandler!!! Tried to live in Phx, hated it and moved back. Chandler has the BEST people and community ❤️
I am hoping to move there in May. Need to find a good area to move
I love living in Chandler as well.
So Chandler is a good spot to live in? 👍🏼
I'm flying to chandler AZ in May to look to move. California is to expensive on a military disability
I’m a Chandler native, born and raised and I’ve lived here my entire life, grew up in the heart of downtown. I live in southern Chandler area now. I’ll never leave.
Good video though. I wish we had videos of Chandler when I was just a kid.
How much does it cost to live there? For work there with visa termporary.
You filmed my street next to the Chandler museum! I love my city! Thank you Big Super! And we have one of the best school districts in the state!
Moved to Chandler from San Francisvo 2 years ago. What a great city for so many reasons. Family schools recreation shopping cleanliness a functional municipal Government and city planners with an eye for the future.
Better restaurants are opening and the foodie scene should blossom going forward if that important.
Chandler is moving into the 21st century quite nicely
Vote republican if you want it to stay this way.
@@ananoer5545 Arizona is blooming *BLUE* The population *GROWTH* is being driven by people from traditionally *BLUE STATES* Blue States on average are more successful than red states.
@@socialbutterfly5694 you mean like California? Or maybe Chicago? How about Detroit? Maybe New York? Lol No thank you I will keep my Red State AZ anyday! We will fight for it guaranteed and fairly without violence. WWG1WGA!
@@ananoer5545 *Simple Economics* Let me unpack it for you. *Blue states* are the EXPENSIVE STATES i.e. Seattle, San Francisco, New York etc the coastal places. The medium home prices are higher than most *red states* i.e. Arizona, state we're discussing. The vast majority of residence moving into Arizona are mostly residence relocating from *blue states* These residence are looking to $ave money. The residence who are moving into Arizona doesn't hold the same political views. This shift could possibly *UNIFY* the country. I will use myself as an example. I'm a *Democrat* I vote as such, all across the board. Yet, I live in Arizona, currently a *red state* I moved from a Republican state (TEXAS) to another Republican state (ARIZONA) sixteen years ago. I'm a business grad of Texas Women's University. I didn't relocate to Arizona due to how reasonable is was to live here. I relocated strictly due to business which had a high profit margin in the state, the cost of living was a plus. With that said, It's inevitable, within 10 years Arizona as well as my birth state will go from *red to blue* if not, definitely a swing state. Within 20 years the majority of the US population will be all *people of color* Mostly DEMOCRATS. In my Same Cooke's voice *A Change Is Gonna Come* whether you're for it or not.
@@socialbutterfly5694 They have been preaching that for years at colleges and universities. I think unless Democrats do something drastic during a brokered convention when, once again they steal the nomination away from Bernie again! I think there's a whole lot of American's tired of all of their games and destruction of America for profit. I've lived in Arizona for over 40 years. Its an evil plan as far as I'm concerned. Think about it, if we are all mixing eventually to where everyone is the same genetically over time, it's makes it easier to wipe out a race with one virus. It makes zero sense. To keep regions of the world regionalized into nations with botders where different races are clustered and only some intermingling occurs makes much more sense to the strength of a species from making themselves extinct in one world wide event with no cure or very low survival rate. Let's all be one is to our own detriment over a very short time. Genetic variety insures our survival So why do they push this? Why war and displacement? To intermingle All DNA. Stupid! We really are stupid species. They want to improve upon, like Elon Musks Nuro- link and the tech these people are rolling out. Enhanced human robots is what they are working on. When does it stop? How far are they going to get with thier One World Order, One human DNA. We were creaded differently for a reason. To keep us genetically strong. Noah did thank God. The bible tells the story of where we are at in History once again. Will we ever learn? I pray so. It is not about left or right, it is about right and wrong. There have been borders since the begining of history! Maybe for a damn good reason.
I moved from Chandler 2 yrs ago. I lived in Reflections apt complex on Kyrene in between Ray and Chandler Blvd. When I first moved there I got the small 2 BR for $900 a month. I stayed in that apt from November of 2013 to March 2014. I then moved into a 3 BR cuz my daughter and grandsons were gonna stay with me. It was a gorgeous apt, I gotta say that. At first it was $1300. I lived there until October 2015. After my daughter got her house I moved back into a 2 BR cuz the rent was going up to $1500. The second 2 BR I got had a “courtyard view”, so the rent was $1150. I ended up moving to E Mesa (ugh!) in October of 2017 cuz the rent on the 2BR was going up AGAIN to $1400. However, if it wasn’t for the high ass rent, W Chandler and Ahwatukee are my favorite places in AZ (which isn’t saying much since out of all the states I’ve lived in, AZ is second from the bottom. I’d have to say KS was the worst). I moved here when my grandsons were little and needed the stability I was able to provide them. Now that they’re gonna be graduating HS soon, it’s time for me to move back to Detroit.....
Hate to say it but people from chandler dont think of kyrene and chamdler as chandler. I know its Chandler but to us it isnt . chandler was from the where 202 is now to warner and the 101 to copper. That was Chandler.
I’m in chandler now definitely thinking about moving to Avondale thanks your videos. We’re on the wrong side of town lol
Lol
Naw...you just gotta reach out and love you some whitey. One person at a time! We can change the world if we have the right attitude.
Love Chandler, like you said it’s good for a family. It’s where I want to move but my wife doesn’t wanna move to Arizona.
Alright now Big Super! You came through with this nice video of Chandler! It was sketchy in the beginning! I thought it was going to be a project housing video at first! 😁😁
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Aye man this is my hood. Every part you went to was my stomping grounds back in the day. Got family all over that mug.
A proud Chandler resident here!! No plan on living anywhere else but Chandler 👍 best life ever!!😀😀😀😀 thank you bro!!
Great video Super, I like that you are not just blowing smoke and showing all areas, it's honest showing the good and the bad, even those trailer parks seem nice, not run down and the people seem to be maintaining them, always good to see
Thanks man.
cool video! Ive visited phoenix and now Im starting a job in chandler soon.. Glad to see it up close like this before I arrive!
Cool video. The Phoenix area is so big, I never had the time to visit all of these places.
Wooo Chandler resident here 🙋♀️
What’s your snap
Briauna Koczor sane here
Your videos are cool man. You show all the areas, poorer, middle, and Rich. Lots of info. I'm definitely watching your stuff
I appreciate that! Glad you like the vids. Thanks for watching!
Amazing video as usual! Loved how you dove into DT Chandler. Now try looking around more South of Chandler, it used to be hella empty until businesses over the years and housings started filling up the lots so quick.
Great Chandler video- the town is nice no doubt!
Thanks for the tour, the town looks like they are really building it up. Enjoyed
you drove right past my grandparents old house at 3:50. their back yard faced that uhaul building parking lot and we used to lean over the wall and throw rocks at the windows of that building (condemed at the time) for literal HOURS. we must have been like 4-5 years old.
I miss chandler so much. I hate being back in New York
I moved to Chandler in the summer (no less) of 1980 from Indiana. On Erie St. off of McQueen for 30 yrs. Then moved to Dobson & Ray area. I love Chandler.
Bro I absolutely love your channel it gets to show off the right parts of Arizona the hood and good ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
thanks bro. thanks for watching.
Hey thanks for placing us watching this as if we there ,nice to take a look see about chandler
Born and raised 22 years in Chandler AZ. Thanks for doing my hometown Big Super.
Nice g keep up the amazing content for us love relaxing on the couch smoking a bowl after work and eating while tunning in to Mr big super one of the illest TH-camrs out here doing it !, Az fan love n support brotha !!!
Thanks bruh. I appreciate that.
Loved the little history lesson about Chandler (: I will add Chandler to my list of maybe's!
Chandler is ok... It's cool!
I've lived in Ahwatukee, Avondale and Downtown Chandler. Its more expensive here for sure. There are two big reasons why I like Downtown Chandler.
1. Close to my work, 10min drive in rush hour traffic, only way to beat that is to work from home!
2. Living downtown let's me walk to the bars, restaurants and shops (I drink!) A DUI is ridiculous here in AZ. Walking let's me drink and keeps my chances of a DUI at 0%.
I spend $1600 for a 1500 sqft townhouse that I purchased. You can get 2000 plus sqft a little further out for that price but for me living here is worth the bucks.
You must live across the street from the post office. hahahaha.
Hey! I finally moved here from sh!tty ass Sahuarita/Tucson... but I'm from CT. I LOVE CHANDLER! I FEEL AT HOME! Now I live Ocitillo until we find our house but I can walk to the grocery store, Walgreens or to get my nails did. I take the Waymo everywhere else primarily. All my doctors are minutes away. My kids school's phenomenal! Wayyyyyyy better then Tucson schools. If I walk the other way it's nothing but lakefront properties, ducks, parks, beautiful waterfalls & greenery. I finally feel at home. In Tuc, I was ready to give up & go back east. And throw 17 in the TRASH! How tf you have a place with that many ppl driving on a 2 lane highway everyday???
Thanks super, I like the nicer part of Chandler! Great video as usual. That home was nice but I think it’s too expensive too. Also I think I LIKE Litchfield and Goodyear better for me
I just moved back to Chandler.. I love it
Omg my hometown😍 love Chandler it has gone through so many changes. My family has lived here since the early 50's.
I just visited Chandler last week looking at places, and I absolutely loved it. But... was a little expensive...
Thanks for the video. I’m looking at moving to the area and looking a good area with a classical school. Chandler was on the list.
Wow I never seen that part of Chandler before. Another informative video👍🏾 Keep em comin
Chandler got all 4 seasons ant... don't take long to fall up in dahood for Real!!!
I live in Chandler. I love it!
How long have you lived in Chandler? We’re looking to move there this fall!! We live in the Midwest. Tired of winters and allergies! Any tips would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️
@@kimmarshall2884 make sure you live just north or south of downtown just make sure you're by AZ avenue, its the safest part of town‼️🙏🙏🙏
lmbo those kids had me rolling! "Are you filming?" lol
$160 to $200 per square foot! AZ housing prices going cray cray! Thanks for the informative video and keeping everyone posted. Subscribed.
Haha I had a couple of buddies that lived in that trailer park you started the video in off of chandler boulevard and Hamilton I used to hang out there all the time. Good video
At 1:50 you are strolling through the projects I lived in as a kid from 80-83! OMG such memories. Not all good not all bad. Back in those days it was a lot rougher and there was no police substation or walls around it. I believe we lived in Apartment 37. I used to take a note up to Circle K up the street to get my mom smokes LOL. Wow those were the dayz!! Thanks for the walk through!
Those looked like the units of Nebraska. My girlfriend delivered newspapers and I went with her to collect.
The majority of Chandler is really nice. I used to live in this neighborhood. Not a lot of money but I never had problems with the people. Head south of the freeway and you wont believe you are in the same city.
I owned a home for 6 years in Chandler. I was on the right side of the train tracks but too close for comfort lolz. I was real close to where you at in the beginning.
Ive lived in chandler for about 3 years, and not gonna lie, some parts are bad but my area has a ton of great schools, and great people.
Chandler is a very nice city to live in ....downfault for me as I've been here since just before the mall was built is the growth. So many housing developments constantly going up it's looking and feeling crowded and cost of housing is going up along with it. I plan to hopefully move out to Gilbert in hopes that it won't get crowded. Also that stretch of az ave that you were on is very sketchy but it's a work in progress.
Older doesnt always mean bad...PHX metro is known for nice and new but its nothing wrong with older neighborhoods imo
Not only fake suburban beef. Phoenix vs every where else. I told a lady at the store counter I live in Phoenix and the teens in the house were like, no we don’t! We live in Ahwatukee Foothills! No kids its Phoenix you can ask SRP, Phoenix water, Phoenix trash and sewer, Phoenix tax, and the post mailing address. People need to stop judging folks by somebody address. Love everyone everywhere.
I am so undecided on what part of Arizona I should move to but I think I have it narrowed down thanks Big Super.
Apartment prices definitely going up jobs paying the same
TRUTH. I moved here from CT being tokd by a couple friends "its so cheap to live here" get here and the jobs don't pay you anything, its basically the same of I had stayed in CT, the 5 years I've been here prices have skyrocketed, at first I saw places, studios ajd 1 bedroom apartments for 550-750. Now 1 bedroom is a 1,000 nothing included
It is $400k in Chandler because it is $2+ million in San Jose.
I grew up on W. Pecos Rd On corner of S. Palm Ln n Kesler Ln. I’m a Native San Carlos Apache. I use to go to San Marcos Elementary School there in chandler
People from California just stay in cali please. Don't ruin Az!!
That's what Californians have been saying to all the other states
Well the way Arizona looks, it's already ruined amigo 👍
Too late.
@@lentonasty3356 people are fleeing California like it has the plague.
To late
I went to Chandler like 3yrs ago and i didnt see this side of it though ....i think its time for me to take a day and go riding around again lol. For 350,000 you can get a mini mansion with more than 2000 sq ft in Minnesota so no I wouldn't pay that👎🏾but it was a nice house though.......Thanks Big Super🤗
I’m a Arizona native grew up SSC a lot of my dads side of familia still there… Martinez , Castillo, Valenzuela, Hernandez - I lived on Dakota st by chandler high when I was a kid then moved to palm lane off Frye and az Ave . So crazy I came across this video
I miss living in Chandler. I left the valley. Thanks for covering it!
I love chandler it’s a city that’s growing with us
Chandler had one black hood called Elgin Park and they renamed that park a few years ago.Used to go to school with some of the cats from EPG.LULAC housing projects on McQueen/Chandler Blvd and the Hamilton Projects on Hamilton/Chandler Blvd.The whole downtown Chandler area is way different than back in the 1990's
Exactly. I grew up on the south side on Pecos & Az ave in the late 90s-recent. The scene isnt what it was then with "CVL" "CMW" "SSC" and the "Tyson block" gangsters. Real dudes remember them days when the mexican bar(now a insurance shop) on Pecos & Az ave would get you a necktie for the wrong look. #RealShit
...the "New" Chandler tho...very white and nice😂
Ima truck driver from Compton Cali one time I drove through like the downtown area of chandler at like 2 am that shit was active, gang members out sippin on 40s on every corner
🤣 OK
@@celissetcf2878 what
And the reason the prices are so damn high I'd the California 'people's moving here.
... Californication.
The problems they're running from, their bringing it here. I'm sure they feel the housing market is way cheap and obtainable, compared to what they are accustom too. Over priced California housing market and taxation.
@@socialbutterfly5694 preach👍
@SAPO LOKO bro I'm from San Diego thinking about moving Chandler area my friend paying 1400 for 4 bed room shit I'm paying 1200 one bed room🙄
Pls stop blaming California people.
Hey, Big Super. Enjoyable vlog. I wanted to see more of Chandler. Thanks for the eye-opener!:)
Thanks Paula.
That house was beautiful.....tfs 😊😊....will be out there in 2weeks can't wait
Man, you were all around me. Hamilton, Galveston, Chandler Blvd, McQueen. Down town Chandler rocks.
Same
It's just like you said: so many people are moving in to the area. It's driving the prices up not only for homes but also for apartments.
Yup that’s chandler. Very accurate, if you are a tourist in downtown chandler don’t go in the neighborhood behind the businesses lol. The gentrification of Downtown is the reason for the high priced condos in the area too.
My first apartment was in Chandler , 1965 , I was stationed at William AFB.
Great restaurant at Margueriteville.
Dad was stationed there in 68 after coming back stateside. Met Mom, apt off base. Rest is history.
Hey thats my city. Love Chandler AZ. :)
I moved to Chandler in 2006 and it has definitely gotten more crowded since then. Large corporations and companies are setting up their customer service centers here in Chandler because there’s still a lot of rural land where they can actually built their buildings from the ground, up! And, Arizona doesn’t have major weather like in other parts of the country. I’ve worked for call centers here in Chandler where other call center’s for the same company, had to temporarily close because of weather. The new apartments being build are too expensive and cater to executives of the large companies coming into town. And that makes older complexes raise their prices too. The criminal element and illegal drug use has definitely taken over the city as well. I loved it when I first moved here 14 years ago. Not so much anymore. I will be leaving the valley in the next few months.
@@chuckscott4661 yes
@@chuckscott4661 not in AZ. Most of the time they were other call centers in the East where it snowed a lot.
I work for a call center and agree that the valley is call center central. I moved to Chandler in 2013 & stayed in the same apartment 10 years. The service declined and price went up from $750 - $1600 for the same unit without upgrades. I left the valley where it's quieter like Chandler was and pay $1200 for a 2 bed 2 bath built in 2022. I miss what Chandler had to offer before the price increases and population growth. I don't know how people at call centers are affording to live in the valley anymore.
Cost of living here in Chandler has gone up exponentially since 2013 or so. A 2000~ sq ft home in the area cost anywhere from $215k-$230k 6-7 years ago, those same homes are now on the market for $350k+. Apartments that used to be 900/month are now 1100/mo. It's a great area and as some have previously said in the comments already, the only people calling anywhere in Chandler "ghetto" have simply just not experienced living among other cultures.
Parents bought there house in anderson Springs in 88. 125 thousand. Now it 400 thousand. From farm land to big land.
As for the ghetto part yes its still a bit ghetto but its cleaned up alot .
I retired 2 months ago and spent the day looking at apartments in Chandler. Chandler is a good 1st place to relocate but eventually I would move because the price keeps going up for apartments and homes. Not the best value for Arizona
Yes prices have gone up recently because the pace of construction is not keeping up with demand. Eventually it will go back down. People who bought a home in Chandler before 2017 made a great investment.
... and the best or better place might be?
What would you consider a better place?
@@martywilsonlife a place suited more for retirees. Chandler prices are higher than other Arizona cities within a 15 mile radius.
Herbert Walker Chandler is ideal for families
That was my local store. I'm gonna see you one of these days it's gonna be cool
I live in Chandler my whole life & I love it 🥰🥰
The first apartments you were in was section 8.. you walked rite by my homeboys apartment haha
They may be Section 8 but they look well maintained better than some I have seen
Yo Chandler is snitchville central😎🇺🇸😆
Chandler's spread out, it has it's different areas. Not just a mall :) I need to go back to the Valley. Everytime I watch one of your videos, I get home sick. Here in L.A 1400 sq ft goes for $870,000 in a so so neighborhood.
Wow! That's expensive.
I've lived in Chandler before the Chandler Mall and before the express way was built. People keep moving hereeeeeee! I had cows as neighbors and now I have rude people from other states. My house is paid off because it was only $96,000 when I purchased it. Now it's worth about $320,000. The reason for the high home prices is people coming from all over to live here because $300,000 is a steal for someone coming from NY or Cali. During the winter when the snowbirds arrive the golf course snub the people who support them during the scorching summer months by upping the green fees for a round of golf!
Thank us rude people from other states for the increase in you home’s value. Also, the increase in fees is more about the increase in demand. Not everyone wants to swing a club when it’s 120 degrees out.
@@wm1779 you are correct they are VERY rude! They move here thinking they have the right to dictate to the Natives who've lived here all of our lives. Sounds like some Christopher Columbus stuff. As for golf you should've said " If you are a living in Arizona the courses should maybe give a discount especially if you support the courses during the hot summer months." But nope your privilege wants me to THANK YOU LOL!!!!! You drove up the prices on the homes now the people living here can't afford a home that's gone up triple the price with bidding wars. I was doing just fine before you arrived and will do fine when you leave. The people who move to Arizona with a good attitude.......great to have you in Arizona.
Your equity is a gold mine, that is amazing!
Well I plan on coming from Ohio sis 😂😂😂😂 BUT I feel your pain. I live in Sandusky, the home of Cedar Point the amusement park, and when I tell you they do us locals So dirty during the summer. No dollar menus at the fast food spots, gas sky high, hotel rooms and attractions are ridiculously high, but baby once they leave during the Fall/Winter it is us, the locals, that have to keep everything afloat. I won’t even get started on Bike Week. I promise to be a good neighbor wherever I go because rich people are coming here buying up everything to the point that we can’t really afford to rent the few homes we do have here.
@@shawnareynolds4389Come on down and you better hurry because the prices are sky rocketing . They are building like crazy.
You drove right by my house!
Bro in the complex in used to live there brings back memories
Love you're channel big super! AZ For life💪🏻🔥
Thanks for the good work! I’m impressed...subscribed!
Great to see that there are free places for people.
That was fun! Thank You, and be blessed.
Hi Super! Thank you for the video. I'm going to visit Chandler in September.
If you do everything in Arizona you automatically get a sub for me! I lived out that way when I was a teenager I want to know if you could do a video on wheelchair accessible single-family homes in the area of 1600 ft.² something like that if you could do that sometime that be great because I’d like to move back that way. Thanks and I’ll keep a definite ion your channel😎
Thank you Soop for another awesome thorough video! I was looking at Chandler on my first visit but I never knew the portion you showed. Now does the light rail go into Chandler?
No light rail in Chandler.
Mark Vanderlee thank you, God bless you
Big Super thanks for your videos!
I moved from Albuquerque and really appreciated a real observation of AZ. You go into the hoods and everything. Keep it up Big Super!
Welcome... Thanks for watching.
I've lived in Chandler for about 15 years, seen the best and worst. You hit some of the great areas, but night is a WHOLE different story.
So where are you Jody ? We met in Alsace (France) in July 1976 and I still think of you.
What’s up, bro? New subscriber here. Appreciate the videos you make about our wonderful state of Arizona. Keep up the good work 👊
Thanks Bro
Big Super Living In Arizona
No problem
Drove through Chandler last night and it was nice didn't see no tweekers
You should do a video on Ahwatukee and the 202 extension
Josh Willson yes do Ahwatukee!
Living in Canada now but I graduated from Chandler High back in 93. I miss the Valley of the Sun!
I miss Chandler so much
I actually just relocated here and I absolute love the area where I live I can’t get over all the beautiful scenery houses, apartments,stores, restaurants everything I need or want is less than 5 minutes drive time for me Thank you for sharing
Which area is that? Zipcode?
I was born and raised in Chandler, Az but have been living in mesa for 24 years. Chandler is way more expensive for what you can get in mesa. I think the only cities i would live in az is mesa, Gilbert, or Chandler but I'm here to stay in mesa. I was a little reluctant to move back to Chandler because it was getting too big for me. We got lucky to buy our house in mesa in 2012 when prices were good and a good neighborhood.
So where would you day would be a good neighborhood to live in?
Chandler Varrio Locos in the heezzzyyyy🙌
Great channel bro! Keep up the content! Wish I would've knew about your channel before I moved out here to Phx.
Thanks for watching.
No way . That’s crazy , I’d never pay that much living next to someone . If there was acreage i would !! But not having neighbors. No way . It’s not that nice . Thanks for your videos !!
The houses are crammed on top of one another. That alone, is a deterring selling point for a lot of people.
I'm Disabled, a Veteran, and have been homeless for two years. I'm not a drug addict, just lost my housing two years ago when the apartment complex I was living at in Mesa Arizona was sold to a buyer in Toronto, who promptly notified the tenants living with Section 8 or VASH assistance they had the option to move out or pay full market value rent without assistance.
I found while looking for a place to move to, that most low income housing in my area was eliminated in this same fashion by greedy investors and was unavailable to find another place to live.
I bought an old van on payments and was forced to start living in it. I did so for a year and was offered a tiny fiberglass trailer on payments. I found that the person I bought it from had mislead me on a clear title, and have had difficulty getting it registered and legal to tow. I have been stranded at a Recreation Area, above Kingman Arizona for seven months now trying to get repairs done to my van. It is no longer safe to drive, and definitely not suitable to tow my trailer. It has been a living hell, upto 128 degrees at times this summer, now dealing with freezing cold at night and heavy winds. Every time I try to get some repairs made, something comes up. I bought a used generator which failed in a couple weeks, had to buy another one, then my emotional support dog Archie was badly bitten and required veterinary care, my air conditioning compressor failed in my Van, I cut my knuckle to the bone and ligaments on some glass discarding some trash which resulted in an Emergency Room Visit.
I have been trying to get help, and have not had much success. I was accepted for PATH Rapid Rehousing through the Catholic Charities, but have searched all over Mohave County but found I cannot afford an apartment on my disability income. I have been looking for a room for rent, but no luck.
So now I'm in a panic as I was notified by the Catholic Charities Caseworker handling my information, had their computer stolen and now my personal information has been compromised.
I am on a waiting list for Section 8, basically started over. I did not choose to be in this homeless situation, and have been doing my best to deal with everything I have experienced the past 2 years. I had to literally give everything I owned away when I lost my apartment EVERYTHING!, I did try and keep my many tools, but those to were lost to a "friend" who was going but keep them until I get settled, but would never respond to my calls or texts.
I am absolutely sick of my life. I don't live anymore, I merely exist, and it's not much of an existence at that. I have not showered in nearly 8 months, and haven't bathed in over two years since losing my apartment. My teeth are broken, many missing, and I broke another one recently, not looking forward to the toothache that's coming. I am nearly blind in one eye and can only see clearly with glasses, but I lost one of the lenses. I have reached out to every VA organization or service center I know of for help, but am ineligible.
I worked for the Air Force starting my senior year of high school, as a civilian employee and for the next decade.
I also simultaneously served 6 years in the Air National Guard, and was honorably discharged, but still don't meet the requirements as I was on active duty for well over a year with Avionics Technical School, and was activated during Desert Storm, but could not deploy with my unit, as I was a 3 level technician straight out of school.
I have no family for support, no friends, only a few people I have met while being homeless. I have had a fellow vet brings some water bottles and food items several months back, and just today was given a propane tank, heavy sleeping bag, and nice winter coat by Catholic charities, these were definitely a blessing and will definitely help, but I don't see how I can ever get out of my situation as my limited income doesn't suffice to handle the many needs I currently have trying to get out of my homeless situation along with handling my major dental problems, lack now of a safe vehicle, and trailer registration.
Any day the area I am staying may be closed, the BLM Rangers have told me they plan to close access to this Recreation Area soon. I will be in an Emergency Situation when they do, and have no idea yet what I will do.
I have been living in Chandler for Sixteen Years *(16 years, in one zip code 85225)* both my daughters Graduated IB from Chandler High School, 2010 and 2016. True facts, there are a few less desirable areas slightly South of Downtown and on Ray Road mostly between Alma School Rd. and Arizona Ave. Also East of Downtown from Ray Rd. down to Pecos Rd. The Apartment/Projects you were walking through are Government Section 8 housing for Low income families. There are several low Income Complexes all within a five miles radius. I'm a local residence who was elated our Downtown area was finally being revamped with new businesses coming in, beautiful constructions, etc. Some of you may disagree with the following statement and or, are accustom to living amongst dilapidated structures and that's okay. But! I have always disliked the less desirable South end of Downtown Chandler, i.e the old ran down dated businesses, livable shacks, and trailers which detract from the beautiful City of Chandler which I love, the very reason why I've never live in any other part of the valley. The area will succumb to being gentrified to improve the over all aesthetics of Downtown. Correction though. There are no longer any reasonable Apartments in Chandler as there once were, all due to the influx of people moving in, *in DROVES* especially 1.Californians, 2.The Midwestern States and so on. Due to the rising cost of homes, shortages due to the influx moving in, living expenses etc. The cost of living in Arizona has become more expensive than in 56% of cities in North America. Arizona once had a reputation for being an affordable place to live (The rise in population speaks for itself), But that's no longer the case. Drive around and take a look at the increased homeless population it's *UNBELIEVABLE* In all the years I've lived here. I would see a homeless person here and there, wasn't really noticeable. I have never seen it this bad. The new over priced Housing Development you toured. I too took a look, just to see what was being built near my neighborhood. My daughter and I were just saying, we're going to miss seeing the horses that used to graze the filed that's no longer there :( Let me digress.
I want to move back so bad. Miss Chandler and Arizona.
I’ve lived in Chandler all my life. Still live here, very close to downtown Chandler. My current rent is 1700 for a 2 bedroom. I would love to buy a home but the cost of living is insane here.