Desert paradise
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8/9/2017
Maryland native moved to tucson in 2008 same job since 2008 making good money the recession sucked but wasn't horrible in my field of work. It is imprioving slowly. Housing market is improving depending on your location. Summers get hot (june-sep) but winters are awesome and mild, you can wear shorts year round. Plenty of outdoor activities Mt. Lemmon, Sabino canyon, Madera canyon plus many more activities. Plus 3 malls, outlet stores, plenty of movie theatres, wild West stunt shows and towns, tombstone and Bisbee are close by.
Used to live in Rancho Sahuarita (southern suburb area outside of Tucson) it is a great place for families but can be tiresome (driving) if you like to go out alot. Moved to north tucson beautiful mountain views and closer to stores. Never get tired of seeing winter snow on mountains while I'm in my t-shirt. Nights get cold in winter perfect for sitting by fireplace, temps warm up by 10am in winter to 70f. Never have to worry about bad weather year round until monsoon (july-sep.) Not many states can say that. Been to Phoenix many times, it has big city vibes but not for me since I'm more into outdoors vs. Big city life. Plus gets 5-10f hotter in summer and I'm maxed out here in summer. I enjoy Tucson and still to this day find new places to check out so definitely a good place for the traveling adventurer. Tucson is very sprawled and may take some time to find areas you are interested in. Don't forget the desert museum and kitt peak there pretty cool places to check out. Maybe one day I'll check another state out but now I call Tucson home.
Aaron | Oro Valley, AZ