An easy question to ask a digital nomad and adventurer who’s now been in more BnB’s than inside the wonder’s of women is, “Wow so cool so what was like your favorite stay and what was the least favorite stay?” — Arizona I’m sorry but you take the trophy for least favorite. In your defense, Arizona, I stayed in Flagstaff and not the city of Phoenix or Tulsa. Your lucky you have Sedona otherwise I’d tell everyone “Oh, you’re going to Arizona..”
Why did I chose Flagstaff you ask? “Well you see there’s this girl and…” Enough said right. Her and I shared this tiny 1 bedroom 1 bath studio for a week (which happened to be during an inconvenient time), seven whole nights and eight days. Somehow though we both came out with our heads still attached to our bodies, respectively.
Besides walking into the bathroom while she’s using it (because I have little boundaries like that), her makeup bag blowing up inside her luggage (things tend to go kaboom inside hot cars in the desert, pro tip), and (where I thought the camel’s back would break) not having a washer and dryer in the unit, things went relatively smooth (so I’m told). But this is not about her, it’s about “why is flagstaff your least favorite?”, they ask.
If you’re looking for more than eating, drinking and hiking (and maybe a bit of fucking), Flagstaff is not gonna be the place for you. This is a place for the degenerates of Arizona. Not only are you gonna be high as hell (from the elevation) but you’re gonna be cold too. It snows up here, in Arizona. Yes Arizona is more than a desert you ignorant… Go to Sedona for that hippie shit.
Flagstaff is not a place of culture or historical importance. It’s not a place with a vibrant community of young people. It’s a place for the unassuming, non-pretentious, I’m here cause I was born here or cause I’m going to die here. Shit, it doesn’t even have a homelessness problem.
If there is however a time to go to Flagstaff, it’s in the Fall — the very tall mountain ranges will make you feel small, the reds of Autumn will draw out the romantic in you and the people will make you go “what the hell?”. Or if someone say’s to you, “Hey i got this free ticket to Flagstaff wanna come?”
After about five days I was done with Flagstaff, and so was she, probably because the two sets of clothes she brought were dirty after using them twice. It was a great time though, right?
On a closing note, the food was surprisingly good and the pubs had a ton of personality. You can have anything from Thai food (which is now one of America’s favorite cuisines), Vietnamese Pho, grass-fed burgers, and, sushi (wait what?).
