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Old 06-04-2021, 09:59 AM
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetQ1kLKwx8&t=6s


He mentions that the skyline is pretty unimpressive for a city of Tucson's size. Does anyone know if this is due to zoning in the city?
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Old 06-05-2021, 07:17 AM
 
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My take is that it's generally a corporate HQ that builds a tall building for their corporate offices. Tucson doesn't have any major companies that are based here (we have some large regional locations, but not the actual company headquarters). Then again, if you compare Tucson's skyline to someplace like similar sized Boise (I've lived in both) their skyline isn't that impressive either despite being the corporate HQ for Albertsons, Boise Cascade, Micron, Winco and Micron. Of those companies, only Boise Cascade has a location in the downtown area but the building isn't that tall. The trend for a number of company HQ's is to build a suburban campus with sprawling grounds.
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Old 06-06-2021, 05:45 AM
 
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This video is the first one I've seen which mentions a limitation on light pollution in Tucson. I'm currently in northeastern Illinois and on a cloudless night, I can see about 20 stars. If that.


If you happen to read this, and are from Tucson, are you really able to see a lot of stars on a cloudless night? I haven't seen a starry sky since I was a kid around 1972 in upper Wisconsin at my Uncle's farm. I'm very interested in the northeastern part of Tucson. Right now, I can only visit via YouTube. It's going to be either Arizona or Ocala Florida where I have family. Soon, hopefully!
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Old 06-06-2021, 06:40 AM
 
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If you happen to read this, and are from Tucson, are you really able to see a lot of stars on a cloudless night?
Tons of stars and if you go camping and the conditions are right you can also see the Milky Way in certain locations around Arizona.
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Old 06-07-2021, 03:40 PM
 
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Tucson is what I call a dark sky city. Read this.

https://www.darksky.org/nights-over-tucson/

and this

https://www.azstateparks.com/oracle/...out-dark-skies

more here

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tucson+dar+sky&t=h_&ia=web

The dark sky reduces light pollution which really helps the observatory on My Lemmon.

https://skycenter.arizona.edu/content/visit-skycenter
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Old 06-29-2021, 02:46 PM
 
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I have mixed feelings about the light pollution ordinance. On one hand I can appreciate the fact that you can actually see the stars in Tucson, but part of what makes a city beautiful to me is what it looks like when lit up at night.

Great video!
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Old 07-10-2021, 08:36 AM
 
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I have mixed feelings about the light pollution ordinance. On one hand I can appreciate the fact that you can actually see the stars in Tucson, but part of what makes a city beautiful to me is what it looks like when lit up at night.

Great video!
Same here. I live barely a half-mile west of Silverbell and it's pitch black at night - very dangerous driving conditions.
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Old 07-14-2021, 02:01 PM
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetQ1kLKwx8&t=6s


He mentions that the skyline is pretty unimpressive for a city of Tucson's size. Does anyone know if this is due to zoning in the city?

I think it's due in large part to the fact that the city was heavily developed after the invention of the car and the fact that it is in the desert where there is just so so much land to develop. It doesn't really lend itself to be a huge dense city. Even Phoenix, SLC, ABQ etc have skylines that are "lacking" for same purposes. Although SLC geography is starting to fill in and they have nowhere else to build but up now. Those conditions do not exist (yet?) in Tucson and I really could care less. The beauty of this city is in the surrounding nature. Most of us didn't move to the desert to be in a big megalopolis and if the worse thing he says is about the skyline, I'm just fine with that.
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