doxiemom11 wrote:
Why the huge difference?
Phoenix is not some sleepy wild west town in the desert It's a sprawling major metropolitan area that is becoming a suburb of California's high tech and bio medical industries. Just drive along Main Street from Tempe to Mesa and you'll see all those antiquated RV parks giving way to new lofts and tech firms. Farmers's markets with craft foods are replacing flea markets. The metro area is redefining itself from snowbirds and retirement villages to exchange tech workers and town-homes. With that has come the end of Fido and Fluffy going to the neighborhood vet to now their designer pets and concierge veterinarian medicine. Vets in Phoenix are just charging what people are willing to and can now afford to pay.