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Old 01-22-2010, 08:53 PM
 
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We moved to Oro Valley a year ago. Prices are going down on housing...though plenty of people (my family included) rent.

What I really love about OV (I have two kids) is that although it is situated really on the edge of Tucson, it has a small town feel. I'm always running into people I know and it is just so crazy how I'll meet someone who is friends of a friend.

As for shopping, OV doesn't have much. Marana has more of that, the whole strip-mall, bustling shopping corridor-- but I wouldn't trade the beauty of OV for it.
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Old 02-26-2018, 08:13 AM
 
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Hello Rick,

Living in Oro Valley, do you have any problems with scorpions in your home?

Thank you
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Old 02-26-2018, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Oro Valley AZ.
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Hello Rick,

Living in Oro Valley, do you have any problems with scorpions in your home?

Thank you
Well I moved here almost 30 years ago. At the time, the area I am in was considered to be "way north of town". Now we are all one big metro area. I bought in a new construction area, the back of my house is to an open area and have had exactly ONE scorpion in 30 years. It seems like if you are in an area that has them, they can be a pain to get rid of. But they have not been a problem for me or any of my neighbors that I am aware of. FWIW
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Old 02-27-2018, 09:40 PM
 
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If I had 3 children like you (I have one) and I had the choice - I would definitely pick Vail. Top notch schools and more rural and scenic. And with a smaller town feel. You will find both planned communities and unique single family homes on acreage in Vail. And the SE side of the Rincon Mountain range? Gorgeous! But I am not you!

Oro Valley is mostly made up of mostly newer planned communities and has an urban sprawl feel to it. It is located off both sides of Oracle Road, one of the busiest and traffic dense roads in the city. Oro Valley Marketplace is very nice and you will find just about every chain restaurant, shopping, and department store up there if that appeals to you. There have been some recent news stories about the Oro Valley School districts ranking very high on drug use among students - just something for you to research and help you make your choice. It really depends on what you are looking for and you did not specify.

Give us some specifics and we can help you narrow it down.
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Old 02-28-2018, 10:03 PM
 
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Vail is pretty; here's a photo I took a long time ago (7 Jun 2010) on a visit, looking south from Colossal Cave in Colossal Cave Mountain Park (Pima County parks) in Vail. We went on down to the Posta Quemada Ranch which is in the park, too, and has a neat little CCC (1930's Civilian Conservation Corps)museum, which shows how they built the Colossal Cave HQ. My old camera; apologies...

https://tinyurl.com/y7k5vjx5
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Old 03-02-2018, 06:53 PM
 
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The OP posted in 2008. Lot has changed in 10 years.
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Old 03-02-2018, 07:31 PM
 
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The OP posted in 2008. Lot has changed in 10 years.
endya1 ^ picked up this thread 02-26-2018 while making a couple of other posts in the Tucson forum on similar topics; so an interested poster is around.
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