I’m retired from my career in IT (not looking for a salaried position), and do freelance editing. The paltry bucks I get editing will go further in Tucson than they do in NY. I visited Tucson in early June and although it got hot in the afternoons, the early mornings and evenings were lovely. Sat out on the patio with coffee in the A.M. and wine in the P.M. and stared at mountains. Only one person insulted Trump in 3 whole days (hard to go 3 whole minutes in NY without that happening).
Perfect economic situation to come down here. Even the liberals around here tend to be pretty mellow, it’s a mellow town. The mañana attitude (”we can do it tomorrow”) runs strong around here, which causes the whole pace to relax. You missed a great monsoon, we mostly avoided 100 for about a month, now we’re in the Summer’s revenge (last heat wave) part of the year. You pretty much won’t be wearing a tie anymore either, those are basically for weddings and funeral here, and half of those a tie is overdressing, last time I wore one I was IN the wedding and almost none of the guest wore them. If you can relax you’ll love it, you’re gonna miss high quality cold cuts here though, we’ve got some good sources, but none of them are NYC good.
June is the hottest month here
We lived there for a while. I love the weather there for the most part. The people tend to be social liberals. On one side of Tucson, the Congresscritter is a communist. On the other side, think Gabby Giffords and prior to that there was a gay Republican whose name escapes me. There is a shooting range on the southwest side. You can find conservatives there.
Mi Nidito is our favorite restaurant there. Mmm. Makes me wanna go on a road trip!
We lived there one summer in the 70s and every sunset was like a post card.