A Gen Xer who moved to Phoenix from Kansas said while he's paying more for his house and summers are brutal, there's much more to do

• A Gen Xer moved last year from Overland Park, Kansas, to Phoenix for work.
• He's paying more for his Phoenix home that's half the size of his Kansas house.
• He said that while Phoenix summers are brutal, the weather is overall better than Kansas.

Ty, 59, has lived in Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana while working at various insurance companies. He settled in Overland Park, Kansas, a city near Kansas City with about 200,000 residents.

While he enjoyed living in Kansas, he was ready to move on to a new work opportunity that would set him up well for retirement. Ty, who asked to use just his first name for privacy reasons, settled on Phoenix, and moved there in 2023. He said Phoenix met his retirement and professional goals, had a lot more to do, and had better weather for most of the year.