Hello Tucson!

[milliebfit]

Idaho...Thanks so much!

[Idaho]

I must concur with tucsondesertdweller. You really want a short rope for your builder. And with the housing market settling down a bit, you might want to seriously consider buying a 'preowned' home. There's a nice variety of choices all over Oro Valley now.

A couple of 'best kept secrets' of neighborhoods already established to look at: The Villages of La Canada and the Oro Valley Country Club areas.

Most, if not all, neighborhoods in OV are ruled by HOA's. Their monthly fees can be extremely steep! Be sure to check that out too.

Good Luck and Welcome to Oro Valley

[covered up granny]

Originally Posted by flipflopper

I'm new to this forum, and have a love for arizona. Actually I am thinking of moving there next year. I'm from the east coast so its a toss up between tucson and florida.

Does anyone on this forum have experience with both? I love the laid back vibe tucson offers (i visited last year). Would you recommend it for a single woman in her 40's and her 18 year old son? Would it be to much of a culture shock coming from the east coast?

Seems my fav state is getting slammed on these posts. WHAT GIVES!

Tucson is a great place for a family. I raised 4 kids here and 3 are still in the southern AZ area, Maricopa, Sierra Vista, and Tucson. Love the winters and stay in the house, pool, malls, or theatres in the summer. Have you heard about our cultural events? Wonderful! We have attended the FREE Tucson Pops and also FREE Tucson Symphony concerts in the spring (we really don't have spring, just hot and warm) and fall (cooler) in the park. Been going since 1985 when they started. Mother's day opened the season and there were 12,000 people on the ground enjoying their picnics and then feasting on the fab music. If humidity is not your thing, this is the place for you except from mid June through July - Monsoon Season. Then we do have a rainy season in winter but it is nice and gentle and cool. We've always felt safe here. That could be because there was a police car in the driveway for 27 years, but even now that it is gone we feel comfortable and safe in our friendly neighborhood where everyone is out morning and evening walking the dogs and kids and talking to each other. Same thing in the Rancho Vistoso area in Oro Valley. We know all our neighbors and everyone watches out for each other. In the 4 areas we've lived this has been the case. Good luck with your decision. AZ is great.

[ihatetucson]

Originally Posted by Ang1963

Roundtruck: visiting a place and then living in that place is not the same !! You move to tucson, you are in for a BIG surprice ! As AZBEC pointed out, -ANYTHING BUT - Go to Fla, its a better move -
Peace

A "jobless" surprise if I may add. The job growth here is in the slave driver call centers or healthcare. I could care less about the 110 degree heat in the summer or the high crime rates, but the jobless situation here is beyond belief. Before the economy went downhill, Tucson had over 1200 jobs advertised in the Sunday paper, now just 100 (mostly in the call center field or in healthcare).

[ZonyPony]

Originally Posted by ihatetucson

A "jobless" surprise if I may add. The job growth here is in the slave driver call centers or healthcare. I could care less about the 110 degree heat in the summer or the high crime rates, but the jobless situation here is beyond belief. Before the economy went downhill, Tucson had over 1200 jobs advertised in the Sunday paper, now just 100 (mostly in the call center field or in healthcare).

Yeah, but ain't the mountain views grand?

[bellringer]

When you can see them through the dust.

[ZonyPony]

Originally Posted by bellringer

When you can see them through the dust.

Belle... what are you doing "up here" on the Tucson BORED?