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=== Federal Districts ==='''Note''':All land regulated by the National Park service prohibits hitchhiking under the Code of Federal Regulations Title 36 section 4.31: Hitchhiking or soliciting transportation is prohibited ''except in designated areas and under conditions established by the superintendent.'' *Grand Canyon National Park4.31 has not been amended here, so hitchhiking is prohibited. Arizona has not made public the compendiums for any other NP administrative land, so we might assume it is prohibited on all of them.
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28-796. Pedestrian on roadways
C. A person shall not stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of a vehicle.
22. "Roadway" means that portion of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
In city areas (Phoenix, Tucson, Tempe) and some regions patrolled by the Sheriffs office (most small towns) you may be hassled. Always have identification at the ready and be respectful if you expect to keep moving.
== Cities ==
* [[Flagstaff]]
== 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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