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[Miss R2FJ]

I agree with Wes, there is enough to do here for someone who is 26 and we have lots of great places to eat. You want to go out and party all night long? Go to Mill Ave or Scottsdale....personally I despise the clubs in Scottsdale, however there is a reason that many celebs live here/play here.

Just about every major act comes through here for shows, from Mary J and Jay Z who are playing here next week to CSNY, lots of punk shows, all the old 80's bands trying to re-make it, Paul McCartney...the list goes on and on. There are a lot of great small bars and clubs with all kinds of live music here too...is it Austin? No, but its not horrible.

Good food that isn't a chain...hmm well lets see tons of little Mexican Food places around, we have several great Indian, Thai, Ethiopian, and Irish food places around....and I dunno what everyones problem is with the pizza...go to Cibo, or Cafe Roma downtown and they have great pizza...oh and this other place some of you may have heard of...Pizzeria Bianco? You know, people like Seinfeld and Robin Williams fly from NYC here just to eat there....Martha Stuart just featured it on her show...its like a 5 hour wait!

Seriously, my point is there is a lot here to do...the downside is that Phoenix is a really spread out town, so you aren't going to find everything in a 10 block radius like NY. One night you might be downtown at the Artwalk, the next night you might be in Tempe for a live band, and the next night in Glendale for a football game, so be prepared to do some driving!

I suggest you head over to Yelp.com....it has reviews on everything in each city and the reviews are written by people just like you and me...parks, food, movie theaters, dry cleaners, whatever. There you can get honest opinions and see some upcoming events. Good luck!