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.
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).