A bar approacher who (per his own admission) isn't suited for bar approaches.
Might explain why you're jaded about the local scene.
From ages 18-29 (a period that overlaps my time as a Phoenix area resident), I was a primarily nightlife approacher when I was single. When I say nightlife approacher, that's the combination of random off campus apartment complex parties while in college and going to bars once I turned 21.
I had some knowledge of daygame during that time. I remember being around 22-23 and knowing that there were guys who were meeting women by going to yoga classes. Obviously, while in college, some people would find dates from going to their academic classes and hitting on women at the end of classes or randomly while walking on campus. While I did some approaches like that while in college, it wasn't my primary form of game while in college.
I think it's important to think about my life at age 22 for a moment. I'm a new college graduate and I'm brand new to the Phoenix area. I don't arrive in a new city with an established girlfriend, which I think is a good move. I have complete freedom.
I start going to the Old Town Scottsdale bars and the Mill Avenue bars in Tempe in order to start meeting women.
Being a primarily bar approacher in a new city as an introverted guy is not easy. Being a bar approacher in one of the most populated metropolitan areas with superficial women with bad attitudes is even more difficult.
In general, introverts are better suited to non-bar approaching and tech-based game. Some introverts can have decent social circle's with the right life circumstances and be beneficiaries of their social circles.
Even with being a bar approacher as an introvert in Metro Phoenix, I achieved a level of success. I was able to get laid and get into extended relationships doing this. It had a personal cost and you're observing this based on my level of being jaded. It has made me slightly biased in how I discuss game in Phoenix. Even for a man who is more extroverted than I am, the bar scene in Metro Phoenix will cause someone to become jaded if they have enough interactions from it. Old Town Scottsdale is the most challenging nightlife sub-scene in all of Metro Phoenix.
If I were new to Phoenix today and had to meet women, I would base all of my efforts around non-bar approaching.
I would be approaching at various grocery stores depending on my age range. If I was looking for the youngest women (18-24) at grocery stores, I would grocery shop at Sexy Safeway. Sexy Safeway is the Safeway nearest to the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. While that's a great grocery store for meeting women, it's not the only grocery store option for meeting women. There are some good grocery store locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, but those will be more of the post-college crowd. That might be more like 24-32 year old women. Old Town Scottsdale has a few good grocery store options. I could name some grocery locations that would be good choices.
Scottsdale Fashion Square is probably the best overall mall option for finding 20s-30s bougie White women. There are some other mall options too. A guy who is really into Hispanic women might try Desert Sky Mall or even Arizona Mills. Arizona Mills has a good diversity in selection of women. Guys who live near that mall and who want daygame options would be well served doing approaches there.
There are so many outdoor parks and hiking trail options for approaching as well during the months when it's less hot.
There are options with gym and fitness class studio game too.
