Yes - no more so than California where home-mechanics are treated like lepers. In Irvine, CA you cannot leave your garage door open for more than a half hour.

RVs can't be visible in many parts of the state and some homeowners association can help you lose your home if you are cursed enough to live in one of those tract homes: if you have too many cars, not the 'right' cars which fit in the neighborhood, or simply pop the hood to change the plugs or replace an alternator.

In Arizona there is no such ordinances - but the HEAT keeps em indoors and out of garages during five months of the year.

The key is AC in the garage ;-)

When I have the time...the tinkerer in me now also likes fiddling with vacuum tubes, hopping up old shortwave radios and such - a hobby which can be pursued indoors and not get a sunstroke.

Best wishes,

SDAI-Tech1