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Tucson, AZ vs New River, AZ

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#22 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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#61 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

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#70 2005 Best Places to Live

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#10 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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#15 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#18 Stressful Cities 2012

#19 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#20 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

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#23 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

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#28 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

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#34 America's Riskiest Online Cities

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#37 The Most Single Cities

#38 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#38 Sleepless Cities 2011

#40 2005 High Gas Prices

#40 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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#45 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#50 Gloomiest Places in America

#54 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#72 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#80 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#115 Best Green Cities

#273 2005 Best Places to Live

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

Air quality should be the most important part of where you decide to live. New River is smog  More

As New River resident and Realtor® for 14 years there are many reasons why I love calling New River home: the fresh air, the mountain views, the wildlife, the starry  More

thinking of moving and retiring in New River from  More