Worst Places to Live in Arizona 2024

Published 2023-06-04
Are you curious what the worst places to live in Arizona are? Well we have put together a list of 10 places in Arizona you should probably not consider moving too. You will notice many of these places are located in the Phoenix metro area. Some key noteworthy worst places in Arizona that didn't make the list include Bullhead City, Paige, Thatcher and Black Canyon City. We made this Arizona list based on crime statistics as well as overall cost of living and things to do in these places in Arizona.

10 Worst Places to Live in Arizona

1- South Phoenix
2- Sunnyslope
3- Coolidge
4- Casa Grande
5- Ajo
6- Winslow
7- Globe
8- Buckeye
9- Glendale
10- South Tucson

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All Comments (21)
  • @JVlife22
    I never thought I’d be alive to hear someone say, “it’s a low income neighborhood, the homes average $350k”.
  • @valdez2957
    I’ve lived in south Phoenix for 40 years. Raise a large family 5 girls and 3 boys here. Just in the area of your video. All are doing well and successful . It’s not as bad as you say. You just need to hang out with the right people. Like anywhere you go.
  • @thearmchairmystic
    When I was hiking across the state, I ran into the Hopi tribe. Some of the best, friendliest people I have ever met in my sojourn here on earth. Easily one of the most interesting and kind-hearted group of individuals willing to help out a complete stranger a bit lost in life.
  • @diannadima7082
    How can the average person or family afford a $375K home? How can you say affordable?
  • I lived in South Tucson from 1977 to 1979 with my family as a teenager. What I saw left an indelible mark in my memory that I will never forget. At no time though did I ever feel I was in any personal danger. But the surroundings were sad and in a strange way, beautiful.
  • @clydegreen3028
    I've been in my neighborhood in Glendale for 25 years and I wouldn't live anywhere else. My neighborhood has an 85% homeowner rate with very few rental properties. Our kids play outside and everyone pretty much knows where and who these kids belong to. Our schools take very few variances so our kids develop friends from kinder thru high school and beyond. These are the things (in my opinion) that make my neighborhood in Glendale AZ great
  • @carmenpena4912
    Worst place than S. Phx is Maryvale area. Do not walk alone at night on 27th ave and Indian School Rd. Even in daytime.
  • @sherylclements2846
    Thank you!! Very helpful as I want to move to get out of so much boredom (and honestly cooler) ... I live in Mohave Valley which does have "some" decent shopping, Laughlin is 30 minutes up however it's isolated from any metro area as is Kingman and Havasu.
  • @kevinfehr5934
    South Phoenix here. I live on South Mountain and it's beautiful and peaceful. I'd only get a house south of Baseline. Gotta drive to Tempe and Tukee for anything cool though. 15 minutes from three great city areas.
  • I love Phoenix 🌵 Glad I moved here from the cold, snowy Midwest! Love your Channel!
  • @marachristian8726
    I live in Chino Valley and have to drive to Phoenix (Central and Indian School) once a week. While I feel safe in the parking garage and walking to my building, I will never stop for gas or groceries ANYWHERE near my office. I moved here from Albuquerque to escape crime and traffic, and it is 100 times WORSE in Phoenix (which is why I live in Chino Valley.) Once I retire, I will never go to Phoenix unless I have to use the Airport or visit my sister and my father that live in Mesa (for reasons I will never understand!)
  • @markwalker3957
    I was born and raised in the south east valley, in the 1960s. I moved to the mid west a decade and a half ago, I can't even recognize it anymore. Thanks for the videos.
  • @hollieshadd5021
    These videos are great and very entertaining! Keep making them I enjoy watching them! They are kind of funny too I’d never move here anyways lol
  • @mreppen1
    Reminds me of Desert Hot Springs, and Yucca Valley, CA. Tweaker land.
  • @raymondmartin6737
    Interesting video. We, then my parents and I lived in Phoenix, NE, 16th St and E Colter, back in 1976 when it was much smaller. We lived in Schultz Apt then for a rent of $225.00 a month for a two bedroom, with one bath. My wife and I went back to Phoenix in 2003, and the apartment Bldg was still there. We liked going for steaks at Monte's Cada Vieja, Restaurant, near ASU in Tempe, where I had eaten there with my parents too, now closed. I remember a place called Big Surf near Phoenix, which has closed. We went up the road to Payson, NE of Pnx, much bigger when my wife and I went back there in 2003. We stayed at the Holiday Inn, then, on Bend Road, in Scottsdale. I saw Metrocenter closed to. There used to be a Piccadilly Cafeteria near us, Bashas Supermarket. I also think I remember Phoenix itself was around a population of 500,000. My Father, recently then recently retired,bought a new Olds Cutlass from Edward's Oldsmobile in Phoenix, and gas in Phoenix was about 50 cents a gallon back then. I remember, Glendale, was a cheaper place for a basic home, around $20,000 back in 1976. 😊