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== Culture Shift ==
Over the last 10 years there has been a huge influx of new residents from big California cities to the small (and once super-affordable) towns of Arizona. As a result you will find many of these new residents to be more suspicious and less friendly than the true Arizona local. You may wait a little longer for a ride in the state than some neighboring regions like [[Utah]], [[Colorado]] and [[New Mexico]], but hang in there-- keep your thumb up and a smile on your face and the ride will come!
== Experiences ==
''Arizonans are used to seeing transients and are entirely unamused by you. Businesses are intolerant of hitchhiker activities, such as asking for a marker to make a sign, or asking for rides at gas stations. Many libraries charge a fee to use the computer. A subway restaurant in [[Phoenix]] would not let me use more than 2 napkins with my meal!! I assure you the locals are absolutely the stingiest and most unfriendly in the entire country. Catching rides is not prohibitively difficult here (although I was trapped at a truck stop for 3 days once) and there are many beautiful places in the backcountry to explore; it is a bummer the people are so spiteful. I cannot recommend going out of your way to visit [[Arizona.]]'' [[User:Thewindandrain|Thewindandrain]] ([[User talk:Thewindandrain|talk]]) 23:22, 1 June 2013 (CEST)
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