10 Reasons Not To Move To Tucson (Phoenix, Marana: for sale, rent, buying a house)

[SAI126]

Originally Posted by smarino

Finding a liveable place in this modern USA is a really, really hard thing, so don't expect to get it right at first. Everyone's priorities and point of view are vastly different.

Very wise and sage advice, and my thanks for posting this. Costs have risen greatly, sprawl is everywhere, and a real sense of community is rare. The special uniqueness that many communities had is degraded or lost, as developers enforce a cooker cutter sameness across the land. It is so hard to find that special place in 2008 America, but we will continue to perservere. Tucson remains high on our list, and believe me I carefully read all the negative posts that I see concerning Tucson and everywhere else I read about here.

[picklepotts120]

Originally Posted by OHIOTIM

To Everyone Who Has Written In

Has Not Been Enough To Make A Decision
Still 50/50 On Whether Or Not We Really Want To Come To Tucson

I Need Something To Put Me Over The Line One Way Or Another

Moving to an area based on what people say on a forum is very brave! Good luck!!

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by picklepotts120

Moving to an area based on what people say on a forum is very brave!

It IS, isn't it?!

[Mal Parker]

Oro Valley is fantastic! Tucson has wonderful things. The only drawback is that you have to choose carefully where you move. I think Oro Valley is thebest overall but there are other parts of town which are great like the Catalina Foothills. June is HOT but July and August not so much due to the wonderful monsoons. We came from Santa Barbara to retire after 40+ years there (my wife is a native) and it was wonderful but the house we got here in 2004 for $385,000 would be $2,000,000 Yes, two MILLION) or MORE depending on location in SB. 350 days of sun here, mornings are GLORIOUS! I feel that this was the best decision we have ever made (but my wife does miss SB whereas I do not except for friends!) Mal

[homer1976]

1-10 Too many Transplants to AZ. GO HOME!

[ArizonaHeat]

Great Counter!

It's funny reading these comments from people. I live in Mesa and we are looking to move to Tucson. We have visited twice. Had zero problems finding great restaurants downtown area. I am finding it hard to understand such incredibly negative posts. I like your realistic answers.

Jeff


I'll counter.

1. There is no segregation against english speakers. Being bi-lingual is an advantage to most Americans, no matter where you live. A huge plus in the buisness world.
2. Horrible immigrant problem? Phoenix has more illegal immigrants than Tucson per/capita. Tucson is not on the border, but in fact on the corridor going to other cities in the U.S.
3 & 4. Tucson has added more law enforcement in the area. Working to solve this problem.
5. TUSD has some schools in their lower end areas in town. Which city doesn't have problems?
6. Compared to other cities (Phoenix, Vegas, San Diego, LA) in the West? Prices have dropped dramatically in the last 3 months.
7. Nonsense. Try living in California.
8. Why build a sprawling freeway? The Eastside to the Northwest side part of town is the only part of town where this problem exists.
9. Heat? Try living in Phoenix or Vegas. Take a 25 minute drive to MT. Lemmon if 97 degrees kills you.
10. Utility bills are rising all over the country
11. ?
12. Maybe you should have moved to LA or NY, if you or your wife wanted club excitement. Tucson is 2 hours from Phx, 3 1/2 hours from the resort city of Rocky Point,Mexico, and 4-5 hours from San Diego (perfect location for weekend trips). I hope you find your ideal place (Disneyland, Magic Mountain), but Tucson is a very diverse city and a great city to live in.[/quote]

[ArizonaHeat]

You have no clue what you are talking about and have portrayed Tucson badly and unfairly. There are many nice areas in Tucson.
Suggestion for everyone posting here....Can you please say the area or zip you are trashing or praising? It would help others make their minds up one way or the other. I would never live in the heart of any town! I didn't live in Miami or Ft Lauderdale when I lived in Florida. I don't live in Phoenix, I chose Mesa and I do not plan to live in the downtown area. So lets all get realistic on here and talk about Tucson and the areas worth living in, which is NOT the downtown area and to portray Tucson to others based on the obvious bad areas is a diservice to other people.


I was just down there last Saturday, stuck in traffic on the I-10 (they had it re-routed on the side streets), sittin in 110 degrees. It is NOT more comfortable than 90 degrees and humidity. If anything it feels like the same thing: HELL. Humidity or not, 110 degrees is absolute, positive, uncomfortable garbage. That was an experience Ill never soon forget. I came back to Illinois to 76 perfect degrees. You can keep that heat, along with Tucson, what a disappointing dump. Driving along I-10 was nothing but ghetto (there were a few nicer new parts east of downtown), abandoned motels and gas stations, and a nasty huge plant (electric?). Those new homes were cookie cutter and ugly, the rest of Tucson was quite scary,minus Oro Valley, but that wasnt anything to write home about either. Needless to say I was very disappointed in Tucson, I should have listened to my brother in law. [/quote]

[ArizonaHeat]

Disclaimer! Be careful in reading or taking seriously anything Jimarisu says. So many ridiculous statements and outright lies it's wild to read. People reading this forum please read anyone elses posts but this persons. The comments are just off the charts.


Housing prices are dropping because of the predatory lending and people are foreclosing on their homes. Again, Arizona in general is number one in this area.

Tucson has ZERO interest in preserving the environment. It's is completely run by developers and large car dealerships. They control what happens politically.

Phoenix and Tucson are melding into one large city, with endless beige homes being built across the desert.

But if there is one thing to inform your decision, again, and others have said too....

WATER.


It's a desert.

The water comes from the Colorado River, which also feeds, Colorado, LA, Southern California, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson.

Which of those cities do you think has the least political, monetary pull to maintain water rights?

If you think you can live without water, then good luck.[/quote]

[ArizonaHeat]

And you are misleading people Barb. We drove down I-10 last weekend and saw the opposite. Beautiful scenery. Incredible homes. Ate at a great restaurant (Not Mexican) Italian. Be careful when reading posts that SLAM Tucson or any city. Too extreme comments make me wary.

Originally Posted by PhxBarb

Tucson IS a landfill. Garbage, eyesores, trash, rundown ghetto houses, graffitti, etc, etc. You will see it all if you drive down I10 from Phoenix. Just did it today....

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by ArizonaHeat

I was just down there last Saturday, stuck in traffic on the I-10 (they had it re-routed on the side streets), sittin in 110 degrees.

Excuse me? Let me get this straight... You posted today and you experienced this a week before?! Did they start heating I-10 and I'm not aware of that?! If so, I'd love to go and get stuck in traffic there!