Living in Arizona has its fair share of perks (and quite a few quirks, as well.) Here are seven quirky and unusual things nobody tells you about living in Arizona – let’s see how many you can relate to!
- Daylight Saving Time? We don’t know her.
Anna Blazhuk / Moment Collection / Getty Images That’s right - you don’t have to “spring forward” or “fall back” anymore when you move to Arizona. The days of being too early or late for work are long gone!
- When we see a dust storm brewing, we don’t lock the doors and shutter ourselves inside.
John Sirlin / EyeEm Collection / Getty Images You’ll often see Arizonans standing on their front porches, no matter how apocalyptic the sky looks.
- Our hot dogs aren’t your average concession stand fare.
Flickr/stu_spivack Created in Tucson, the Sonoran hot dog is wrapped in bacon and topped with all sorts of delicious goodies. One bite and your life will be forever changed.
- Arizona isn’t all cacti and tumbleweeds.
Flickr/Grand Canyon National Park - NPS Photo/M. Quinn Contrary to popular belief, we do get snow. Quite a bit, sometimes.
- We’re almost desensitized to natural wonders given how many there are in Arizona.
Flickr/Simon Morris The world’s largest meteor crater, the Painted Desert, the Grand Canyon… the list goes on.
- Keeping the spirit of the Wild West alive is very important to us.
Flickr/ksblack99 We can’t even count on one hand the number of replica Old West towns across Arizona.
- You’ll never catch us complaining about the heat.
Flickr/Octavio Ruiz Cervera 100 degrees in the summer? That’s a mild day, as far as we’re concerned.
How many of these Arizona quirks can you relate to? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below, and check out our previous article for some of the best life hacks every Arizonan should know about.
Anna Blazhuk / Moment Collection / Getty Images
That’s right - you don’t have to “spring forward” or “fall back” anymore when you move to Arizona. The days of being too early or late for work are long gone!
John Sirlin / EyeEm Collection / Getty Images
You’ll often see Arizonans standing on their front porches, no matter how apocalyptic the sky looks.
Flickr/stu_spivack
Created in Tucson, the Sonoran hot dog is wrapped in bacon and topped with all sorts of delicious goodies. One bite and your life will be forever changed.
Flickr/Grand Canyon National Park - NPS Photo/M. Quinn
Contrary to popular belief, we do get snow. Quite a bit, sometimes.
Flickr/Simon Morris
The world’s largest meteor crater, the Painted Desert, the Grand Canyon… the list goes on.
Flickr/ksblack99
We can’t even count on one hand the number of replica Old West towns across Arizona.
Flickr/Octavio Ruiz Cervera
100 degrees in the summer? That’s a mild day, as far as we’re concerned.
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