El Paso vs Tucson (Houston, Dallas: apartment complex, credit, home)

[Six Foot Three]

I just got back from about a week and a half in Tucson as our Company sent us out there to assist in a takeover of an apartment complex and a couple of things stood out to me in my short time there.

First for those who complain about EP being hot (yes it does) it averaged 110 daily out there and they said it will be hotter by august. Also didn't see a water park like EP has Wet and Wild water park.

Secondly it is a very OLD looking city as the streets and medians are cracked bad do to high temps and the parks that i saw where brown as again the high temp and suns rays must be blasting the grass very hard.

Was unimpressed with the U of Arizona (looks wise) as most of their buildings were 1950's brick and couldn't come close to UTEP IMHO.

They have one major freeway I-10 and a partial one heading south to Nogales (don't remember the Interstate #) and were very old and cruddy but to their credit are going thru a major overhaul/expansion but the Loop 375 and north I-54 expansions in EP are very nice in comparrison.

The wages are better there but there are alot of migrants there like in EP which work very cheaply in wages. I also believe Tucson gets shafted in state funds like EP does as Phoenix gets most of the road monies etc.. like Dallas, Houston, San Antonio do in texas over El Paso.

Anyway not sure what else to add but i though comparing the 2 cities that EP held its own against Tucson although Tucson does have some Beautiful Resort and Spa retreats in the Mountains there.

Anyway just wanted to post about another hard core desert city compared to EP as i had the rare opportunity to visit Tucson and Arizona ....

[malamute]

Originally Posted by harry o

I just got back from about a week and a half in Tucson as our Company sent us out there to assist in a takeover of an apartment complex and a couple of things stood out to me in my short time there.

First for those who complain about EP being hot (yes it does) it averaged 110 daily out there and they said it will be hotter by august. Also didn't see a water park like EP has Wet and Wild water park.

Secondly it is a very OLD looking city as the streets and medians are cracked bad do to high temps and the parks that i saw where brown as again the high temp and suns rays must be blasting the grass very hard.

Was unimpressed with the U of Arizona (looks wise) as most of their buildings were 1950's brick and couldn't come close to UTEP IMHO.

They have one major freeway I-10 and a partial one heading south to Nogales (don't remember the Interstate #) and were very old and cruddy but to their credit are going thru a major overhaul/expansion but the Loop 375 and north I-54 expansions in EP are very nice in comparrison.

The wages are better there but there are alot of migrants there like in EP which work very cheaply in wages. I also believe Tucson gets shafted in state funds like EP does as Phoenix gets most of the road monies etc.. like Dallas, Houston, San Antonio do in texas over El Paso.

Anyway not sure what else to add but i though comparing the 2 cities that EP held its own against Tucson although Tucson does have some Beautiful Resort and Spa retreats in the Mountains there.

Anyway just wanted to post about another hard core desert city compared to EP as i had the rare opportunity to visit Tucson and Arizona ....

I was in Tucson once when it was 118 degrees. That's a bit on the warm side for me.

El Paso doesn't get hot and it doesn't get cold -- but it has just enough weather that you know what time of year it is.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by harry o

The wages are better there but there are alot of migrants there like in EP which work very cheaply in wages. I also believe Tucson gets shafted in state funds like EP does as Phoenix gets most of the road monies etc.. like Dallas, Houston, San Antonio do in texas over El Paso.

Well -- most people would obviously pick Tucson for the better wages, opportunities, and better certain social conditions. No getting around that.

It's too hot there though. There are mountains nearby -- that helps. I suppose I COULD move to Tucson if I had to -- it would be a toss-up between Albuequerque and Tucson -- one is too hot, one is too cold.

[Chuco]

I passed through Tucson in April and they have some nice areas, but a lot of that town did seem burned up and that was in April. They do have a lot of golf courses and they do have those resorts that I hear are first class. I think they are moving forward and will get better as the years go by, they do get passed by a lot by Phoenix, but I'm sure they still get more say in their state politics, especially with them being the 2nd major city in that state and they are only 100 miles away from Phoenix..especially when you compare that to Texas and El Paso, big difference.

[Muhnay]

El Paso vs Tucson, I would live in El Paso.

Love the comment most would choose Tucson for the better wages and blah blah blah... Ha its El Paso just in Arizona. And a tad hotter normally there.

Choose neither, move to Mississippi.. =)

[holmes]

I visited Tuscon once 12+ years ago and thought it was pretty cool with a great nightlife. I forgot what area we hung out at, but it was young and hip. Maybe I felt positive about it since that was in the evening though.. There's no way I would live in a city with temps like they have, higher wages or not.

[Six Foot Three]

Here's the ''Fourth of July'' temps for these cities tomorrow (newspapers)

Tucson.........110/79..... 14% Humidity
El Paso.........100/76..... 22% Humidity
Albuquerque...93/66...... 16% Humidity
San Antonio...85/72...... 74% Humidity

[EnjoyEP]

Originally Posted by harry o

Here's the ''Fourth of July'' temps for these cities tomorrow (newspapers)

Tucson.........110/79..... 14% Humidity
El Paso.........100/76..... 22% Humidity
Albuquerque...93/66...... 16% Humidity
San Antonio...85/72...... 74% Humidity

Although in fairness Harry, you do have to admit that the high in Albuquerque today is to be 103 degrees, and in EP 105... ! But you are 100% right...ABQ and EP are NOTHING compared to summer in Tucson. But then again, summer in Tucson is nothing compared to summer in Phoenix!

[lipbalm]

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Although in fairness Harry, you do have to admit that the high in Albuquerque today is to be 103 degrees, and in EP 105... ! But you are 100% right...ABQ and EP are NOTHING compared to summer in Tucson. But then again, summer in Tucson is nothing compared to summer in Phoenix!

I think were nitpicking here, anything over 100F is freaking HOT! It's been pretty pleasent here in the Houston area, with highs only in the mid 80's to mid 90's. The humidity does not bother my as much as it used to, maybe it's because I don't work outside and are always in an air conditioned building, and or car.

When I go to EP in Late August it will "feel" like home with that monsoon moist air that usually hits el paso around that time of the year.

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Although in fairness Harry, you do have to admit that the high in Albuquerque today is to be 103 degrees, and in EP 105... ! But you are 100% right...ABQ and EP are NOTHING compared to summer in Tucson. But then again, summer in Tucson is nothing compared to summer in Phoenix!

Hey Enjoy......Yeap i got what your saying. I was just posting from each of these cities newspapers online edition 5 or 7 day forcasts as they have it. Hey who knows maybe Tucson will be the coolest tomorrow if they're wrong....lol...

Only printed San Antonio's as i wanted to show the Humidity and i'm sure by 5.00 p.m. tomorrow their temps will exceed 85 as that seems awfully low at this time of year for San Antonio.

Now if we can just get the Biloxi, Mississippi forcast......lol.....