I’ve lived 3 months in Nashville, 6 months in Denver, and 2 stretches of 6 months in Scottsdale AZ.
I didn’t like Nashville. It was mid January to mid April when I was there and it mostly rained and stormed. When it was sunny, it was ok but more humid for reasons I don’t understand. This won’t make sense, but the food sucked and the restaurants are nice. Was mostly in the Germantown area north of downtown. East Nashville was more my scene, but the roads that connect downtown to east Nashville have light failures on the highway and don’t paint stripe the highway well so traffic gets fucked up pretty common. Might try going back there sometime tho. The city is lib, but conservative influencers are everywhere. A very specific breed of “margarita moms” party there.
Denver is a hard no. Stayed downtown in the Ritz Carlton building. I wanted to love Denver but was ready to leave after a couple months. Body never adjusted to elevation and constantly woke up in middle of the night dying of thirst. Ballpark and RiNo area near me for bars fucking sucked. Giggling Grizzly (not a gay bar) has good wings though. Became a regular there and never felt more VIP than after the Finals two years ago when all Denver shut down and I cut to the front of line and they closed the bar down after I got there, so I got that. Lot of rampant petty crime that nobody gives a shit about. Bars are dude central and women do not actually exist. Go to Boulder instead. To live, not party. Nobody drinks anymore.
Love Scottsdale. The heat isn’t bad at all if you lived in Houston, San Antonio or Austin. Might make more sense to put a down payment down instead of buying outright as property taxes are laughably small. If you golf, you’re in Mecca. Constantly thirsty though so you’ll always need water there. The suburbs of Phoenix are better than the city, although downtown is getting better. Can expect grocery prices to be higher since it’s the desert. Rent and home prices fluctuate like crazy. Obviously sunscreen is a must, but so are sunglasses at every turn. I’ve had phone covers and sandals melt.