text: Better skip Glendale (and the whole west side) unless you HAVE to be close for work, North Scottsdale is much better. "East of Central" better than "Westside". Tt will be a big change, socially and culturally from NY...no neighborhoods...no mixing of races, cultures or economic levels. not much culture, period.,,restaurants are way behind the times...no good ethnic foods. Just plain middle-american life with an unhealthy dose of bigotry thrown in.  Good luck...for me it's a nice place to visit (spent alot of time with grandparents there 50-80's, still visit now), but I wouldn't want to live there.