Omicron – A word you get when scrambling the letters of “Moronic”
Today’s HOT LIST Link ( click the pretty blue link below to see today’s picks ):
$3,900,000
5841 N ECHO CANYON CIR, Phoenix, AZ
“quietly nestled below the Praying Monk! ”
For those pondering such word play, “Praying Monk” refers to a unique rock formation shaped like Friar Tuck betting on the Jets. That red sandstone silhouette rises 100 feet skyward from Camelback Mountain’s northwestern face, dripping its morning shadows directly onto this lot. That wall you see in these backyard pics hides Camelback Mountain’s Echo Canyon Trailhead parking lot. You could make the house payment here by simply charging hikers to park in your driveway. We’re not going to discuss the materials and details of this interior as nobody will ever notice such trivialities. Imagine Dolly Parton on a trampoline. Now imagine she’s bouncing outside your window. See…nobody even notices you bought chairs.
Many of you will recognize this house, as it’s been on the Hot List before. It will be on the Hot List every time it comes to market. This is magnificence.
$450,000
11720 W FOOTHILL CT, Sun City, AZ
“NOT a 55+ Community!! “
They say Forty is the old age of youth and Fifty is the youth of old age, but when you add a set of Logan’s Run exclamation marks celebrating a lack of age restrictions in a community…some of us get our nipple high panties in a bunch. I’m nearly 55. Starting to get sensitive. The worst thing about getting old is noticing all the ageism around you. Just kidding, the worst thing about getting old is depending on a five year old to fix your laptop, but ageism is an inescapable Arizona attribute worth discussing. We stockpile the elderly here. There are consequences.
When you see the word combo “Sun City”, you think of a 55 and up rock yard world of golf carts and Life Alert jewelry. Silver in the hair, gold in the teeth, crystals in the kidneys. Sun City borders the onramp to Heaven’s Gate, so it features unlimited bad-knee-friendly recreation centers to distract residents from that not-so-distant fact. Sun City is located on the westernmost edge of the valley because “sunsets” are the Holy Grail of subliminal messaging. 55 and beyond age restrictions are the Sun City norm Keeps the children from moving back in.
The “newer” neighborhoods of Crossriver and Dos Rios are sandwiched between Sun City West and the Agua Fria River, north of the Deer Valley Road alignment. This was two clicks west of the middle of nowhere for a decade, a spot on the map that required Sherpas to locate, but that’s now changed. This remote location tattoos these young communities with a Sun City mailing address, which is like getting varicose veins in your teens. These are not Sun City communities. I’ve sold several homes in here to young families who desired a kid friendly, family-oriented neighborhood with parks, quiet streets, and a ridiculously long school commutes…FOR CHEAP.
These neighborhoods are cheap in large part due to their Sun City address, which nearly eliminates out-of-state Buyers who don’t know any better. The opening of the 303 freeway has now granted these neighborhoods with easy I-17access, while the development of the Happy Valley corridor places shopping right around the corner. The first time I closed a house out here was 2006-ish. The title company was not aware they were houses out this far! Times change. Valleys expand. Too far becomes “closer than”. The development envelope has grown beyond this area, but the cheap deals can still be found here. Clean quiet community. Enjoyable at any age.
MONDAY
We had two Thanksgivings over the Holiday. It was wonderful. I feel pregnant. Can we start this week, oh, maybe next week? No?
Fine. Let’s…get…yaaawn, moving…pie is an essential part of a well-balanced breakfast.
Cue Mariah Carey…it’s that time of year again…
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