Don’t vote for McCain, Flake or McSally.
God bless your move….but see if you can find out why this large GOP club in Tucson probably has backed McCain for 30 years. We hope you aren’t disappointed by the answers.
Wow, good luck!! I need to consider this.... (my ‘Rat Congressmam is going to jail, Chaka Fattah).
Just keep in mind, although Arizona is still pretty republican, Tucson and Phoenix is drifting left. We welcome another republican to AZ
There is hot and there is HOT hot.
Don’t bring any debt. Cost of living here is lower, which means so are the wages, if you bring NYC debt you’re hosed. Keep in mind too we are still the democrat enclave within AZ, it’s not NYC style liberalism (we had shall issue C&C before the state did) but it’s still pretty liberal. Also grossly incompetent, Tucson’s government is just plain dumb. But I love it and my closest plan to leave is I kind of want to retire in Tombstone, but that’s like 45 minutes away, hardly even counts as leaving.
You acclimate. I live in Vegas and it feels good at 99 degrees and it’s not unbearable up to 105. It’s like scuba diving you only go below/out for so long and go in, cool off, and back out again.
Tucson....home of former Senator Dennis DeCocini (D) and the Bonanno family....should feel like New York with a prickly cactus.
Remember Jumping Cholla will getcha every time.
You’ll want to check out the CCW requirements and participate ASAP.
Oh yeah, study this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_cuisine
If you don’t know your way around Mexican food you’re doomed down here.
a friend just moved to Prescott Valley...
Tucson is only 100 degrees. Parts of San Fransicko area are at 117 and still rising.
Tucson is to AZ as Austin is to TX. Heavily influenced by a big university and major inflow of CA smug, idiot leftists. Don’t be surprised to run into a lot of people to the left of NYers.
Tucson sucks. Lived there thirteen years. They didn’t build freeways so you sit in massive traffic. The politics are insane. The police have traffic quotas and if one gets behind you, it’s a ticket, even for chewing gum, figuratively. Crime is terrible. Breakin’s all over. I got robbed in 2007, and survived three other attempts because I was armed.
You can make friends, but they will be liberals. Some nice people individually, but collectively it’s the armpit of the state.
Don't get me wrong, Tucson is a and interesting and nice city but it's not a patriot's paradise. It has fantastic Mexican restaurants, a wealth of things to see, and is very close to some awesome wilderness.
If you find the heat too oppressive in the summer I highly recommend a day trip up to Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. The top of Mount Lemmon in a straight line is only about 15 miles from downtown Tucson but it's like being in Canada. At the start of the road at the bottom of the mountain you're in Sonoran desert surrounded by Saguaro cactus and at the top of the mountain you are at 8700 feet in a green Canadian Alpine paradise of Aspen and Blue Spruce.
I’m thinking of doing the same thing so by all means please give us an update 6 months or so from now so that we know how you feel about it.
Watch out for girls from Winslow who are driving flatbed Fords.
A tip from a former resident of Yuma. Locate a nice hotel on San Diego bay, plan to spend a couple of weeks in August there. It was the key to our survival.
Awesome! Welcome to the Liberation of the Old Pueblo! I moved here from NorCal recently...plenty of friendly people, but beware, it's the left wing headquarters of Arizona.
I’m in Tucson so private mail me with your questions Welcome!