Does anyone here live in Arizona or close by? My family might be moving from NY to Arizona and this is making me so miserable :( What's it like?


And so this won't be deleted: I got a kick out of Jeffrey Tambor last night :) Every episode he's in is just genius....I really like the chemistry between John and himself.....agreed?

Aww..I'm so sorry your parents are moving..
*Nods*
I never had anyone close to me move before. So, it must be tough for you.
*Nods*
I love Jeffrey Tambor! I also think he is very good. I didn't get to see the episode though, because I fell asleep again..
*Sighs*

Thanks, sweetie *hugs* I'm honestly not sure if we're definately moving there(it depends on if my dad can get another job here....the place he's at now is transferring to Arizona). New York has been my home all my life :(

The episode was cute :) That sucks that you fell asleep...don't you hate that? I get so sleepy sometimes that I have to fight to stay up :happyface







Aww..I'm so sorry your parents are moving..
*Nods*
I never had anyone close to me move before. So, it must be tough for you.
*Nods*
I love Jeffrey Tambor! I also think he is very good. I didn't get to see the episode though, because I fell asleep again..
*Sighs*

Aw..moving might not be that bad. I mean, you can start new, and fresh. It wouldn't be that bad, but it's not thrilling that you could be moving..
*Sighs*

Oh man, I'm so mad that I fell asleep and missed TC. Actually I think I missed it two days! This is so torturing, I think I'm going to use my computer theory again.
*Giggles*

i don't live anywhere near Arizona, i live in Pennsylvania, hope everything goes good for you :wave:


Jeffrey Tambor is hilarious in every episode he's in :lol:

Aww, I'm not too far from you :D I've lived on Long Island my whole life, so if I move it'll be pretty tough :( Thanks for your kind words.

Tambor certainly is awesome! I've seen him in commercials for that show, Arrested Development. Apparently he has a starring role there? I'm not sure cause I've never seen it but, boy, has he aged! :lol:


i don't live anywhere near Arizona, i live in Pennsylvania, hope everything goes good for you :wave:


Jeffrey Tambor is hilarious in every episode he's in :lol:

Yea, I've seen him in a few commercials. I think one was for Mobile T Sidekick, something like that. I just noticed him in that commercial. The voice gave me the hint.
*Giggles*
He is a very great actor. But not as great as John!
*Drools*
*Huggles plushie*

Yeah, his voice hasn't changed one bit :) He has a distinctive voice(as does John, but it's not his voice as much as it's the way he says words). John is definately the better actor! :D




Yea, I've seen him in a few commercials. I think one was for Mobile T Sidekick, something like that. I just noticed him in that commercial. The voice gave me the hint.
*Giggles*
He is a very great actor. But not as great as John!
*Drools*
*Huggles plushie*

i don't live anywhere near Arizona, i live in Pennsylvania, hope everything goes good for you :wave:


Jeffrey Tambor is hilarious in every episode he's in :lol:


WOW, your in Pennsylvania also me too. Lovely weather were having NOT, lol.

I use to live in Arizona. Depends on where your moving to in Arizona. In Arizona it does not snow much, lots of desert lots of very hot dry days. If your moving anywhere near pheonix there is sort of a water shortage. The City of Phoenix never planned ahead, they never thought that the city would grow that fast and get as many people as they did.

Weather right now from a low of 61 degrees in Flagstaff to an 87 degrees in Yuma.

Has now 1.6 million people passing Phiadelphia in 2004 as the 5th largest city in the USA.

In 2000 the fourteenth largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 and it is growing rapidly one of the hottest cities to move to.

the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S including Washington D.C.

the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S.

Phoenix is called Hoodzo lit. the place is hot

in Navajo (a language spoken in Arizona & New Mexico) and Fiinigis in Western Apache (a language spoken in Arizona).

Lots of Native Americans(Indian reservations) in Arizona

The Grand Canyons are in Arizona

Parks & Monuments

National

Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Chiricahua National Monument
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Coronado National Memorial
Glen Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Hoover Dam
Hubbell Trading Post NHS
Lake Mead NRA
Lake Powell
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Monument Valley Tribal Park
Navajo National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Sunset Crater National Monument
Tonto National Monument
Tumacacori NHM
Tuzigoot National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Wupatki National Monument

Arizona State Parks

Alamo Lake State Park
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
Buckskin Mountain State Park
Catalina State Park
Cattail Cove State Park
Dead Horse Ranch State Park
Homolvi Ruins State Park
Lost Dutchman State Park
Lake Havasu State Park
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Lyman Lake State Park
Oracle State Park
Patagonia Lake State Park
Picacho Peak State Park
Red Rock State Park
Roper Lake State Park
Slide Rock State Park
Tombstone Courthouse SHP
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
Tubac Presidio Presidio SHP
Yuma Crossing SHP
Yuma Territorial Prison SHP

Recreation & Wilderness Areas

THE COLORADO RIVER - Index
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Coconino National Forest
Coronado National Forest
Ehrenberg Sandbowl OHV Area
Fool Hollow Lake State Recreation Area
Gila Box Riparian Nat'l Conservation Area
Glen Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area
IKaibab National Forest
Lake Havasu
Lake Mead Nat'l Recreation Area
Lake Mohave
Madera Recreation Area
Martinez Lake
Mingus Mountain Recreation Area
Oak Creek Canyon Natural Area
Painted Desert Wilderness
Pena Blanca Recreation Area
Prescott National Forest
Rainbow Forest Wilderness
Roosevelt Lake
Rucker Canyon Recreation Area
Rustler Park Recreation Area
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
San Carlos Lake,
San Pedro Riparian Nat'l Conservation Area
Sonoita Creek Natural Area
Stoneman Lake


BLM WILDERNESS AREAS

Arizona Strip Field Office

Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
Cottonwood Point Wilderness
Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
Kanab Creek Wilderness
Mount Logan Wilderness
Mount Trumbull Wilderness
Paiute Wilderness
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness

Kingman Field Office

Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
Aubrey Peak Wilderness
Mount Nutt Wilderness
Mount Tipton Wilderness
Mount Wilson Wilderness
Tres Alamos Wilderness
Upper Burro Creek Wilderness
Wabayuma Peak Wilderness
Warm Springs Wilderness

Lake Havasu Field Office

Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area
East Cactus Plain Wilderness
Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness
Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness
Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
Swansea Wilderness

Phoenix Field Office

Big Horn Mountains Wilderness
Harquahala Mountains Wilderness
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness
Hells Canyon Wilderness
Hummingbird Springs Wilderness
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
Sierra Estrella Wilderness
Signal Mountain Wilderness
South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
Table Top Wilderness
Woolsey Peak Wilderness

Safford Field Office

Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness
Baker Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness
Fishhooks Wilderness
North Santa Teresa Wilderness
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness
Redfield Canyon Wilderness

Tucson Field Office

Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
Coyote Mountains Wilderness
Needle's Eye Wilderness
White Canyon Wilderness

Yuma Field Office

Eagletail Mountains Wilderness
Muggins Mountains Wilderness
New Water Mountains Wilderness
Trigo Mountains Wilderness


Cities & Towns

Ajo, Arizona
Benson, Arizona
Bisbee, Arizona
Bowie, Arizona
Bullhead City, Arizona
Cameron, Arizona
Casa Grande, Arizona
Chloride, Arizona
Coolidge, Arizona
Cottonwood, Arizona
Flagstaff, Arizona
Florence, Arizona
Fredonia, Arizona
Globe, Arizona
Gila Bend, Arizona
Green Valley, Arizona
Holbrook, Arizona
Jacob Lake, Arizona
Jerome, Arizona
Kingman, Arizona
Lake Havasu, Arizona
Lukeville, Arizona
Nogales, Arizona
Oatman, Arizona
Page, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona
Quartzite, Arizona
Sedona, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Tombstone, Arizona
Tubac, Arizona
Tuba City, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Why, Arizona
Willcox, Arizona
Winslow, Arizona
Yuma, Arizona

Historic & Points of Interest
Arboretum at ASU (Tempe)
Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson)
Besh Be Gowah Archeological Park
Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum
Blythe Intaglios (BLM)
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park Cochise Visitor Center & Museum (Wilcox)
Colossal Cave
Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)
Fort Verde SHP (Campe Verde)
Fort Lowell Museum (Tucson)
Grand Canyon Caverns (Peach Springs)
Ho Hardy Archeological Park
Homolovi Ruins SP (Winslow)
Hoover Dam
International Wildlife Museum (Tucson)
Juan Bautista de Anza Trail (Tubac)
Jerome State Historic Park
Lees Ferry
Lehner-Mammoth Kill Site (BLM)
McFarland State Historic Park
Meteor Crater (Two Guns)
Millville & Charleston (BLM)
Mineral Museum (Tucson)
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson)
Murray Springs Clovis Site (BLM)
Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff)
Navajo Tribal Museum (Window Rock)
Old Tucson Studios
Out of Africa wildlife park
Painted Rocks State Park
Pimeria Alta Historical Society Museum (Nogales)
Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum (Wilcox)
Riordan Mansion SHP
San Pedro Trail
Terrenate Presidio National Historic Site (Fairbank)
St. Michael's Historical Museum (Window Rock)
Sosa-Carillo-Fremont House (Tucson)
The Arboretum at Flagstaff
Tohono Chul Park (Tucson)
Tombstone Courthouse SHP
Tubac Presidio Presidio SHP
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Tucson Museum of Art & Historic Block
Yuma Crossing SHP
Yuma Territorial Prison SHP

WOW, your in Pennsylvania also me too. Lovely weather were having NOT, lol.

i know right, gotta love that snow :lol:, what part of PA do you live in?

I live in TX~!!! But I've been to Arizona and I love it! Mostly in the afternoon the sunsets are beautiful! Its warm...I love warm weather! :) I think you will like it...it will be very different from NY of course but you will enjoy it if you like warm weather!

I live in TX~!!! But I've been to Arizona and I love it! Mostly in the afternoon the sunsets are beautiful! Its warm...I love warm weather! :) I think you will like it...it will be very different from NY of course but you will enjoy it if you like warm weather!


It could be cool to live in Arizona b/c of the warm weather. I hate the snow and cold here :mad: I'd love to live in California if I would move anywhere! :D

I wanna live in Australia... WOW that was random :lol:

Well I live in San Diego, that's sort of close to Arizona LOL. I've been to Arizona before, and it seems nice. I'm sure you'll have a great move. :)

Aww, thanks so much for your well wishes....I'll be moving to Tuscan if I do move...I'm really dreading it, though :( It'll be so different.



Well I live in San Diego, that's sort of close to Arizona LOL. I've been to Arizona before, and it seems nice. I'm sure you'll have a great move. :)

I've always wanted to visit CA. Thing is, I LOVE the change of the seasons(although I could do without these blizzards we've been having!) :D




It could be cool to live in Arizona b/c of the warm weather. I hate the snow and cold here :mad: I'd love to live in California if I would move anywhere! :D

Thanks for all the info....I'd be moving to Tuscan if we did move.





WOW, your in Pennsylvania also me too. Lovely weather were having NOT, lol.

I use to live in Arizona. Depends on where your moving to in Arizona. In Arizona it does not snow much, lots of desert lots of very hot dry days. If your moving anywhere near pheonix there is sort of a water shortage. The City of Phoenix never planned ahead, they never thought that the city would grow that fast and get as many people as they did.

Weather right now from a low of 61 degrees in Flagstaff to an 87 degrees in Yuma.

Has now 1.6 million people passing Phiadelphia in 2004 as the 5th largest city in the USA.

In 2000 the fourteenth largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 and it is growing rapidly one of the hottest cities to move to.

the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S including Washington D.C.

the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S.

Phoenix is called Hoodzo lit. the place is hot

in Navajo (a language spoken in Arizona & New Mexico) and Fiinigis in Western Apache (a language spoken in Arizona).

Lots of Native Americans(Indian reservations) in Arizona

The Grand Canyons are in Arizona

Parks & Monuments

National

Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Chiricahua National Monument
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Coronado National Memorial
Glen Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Hoover Dam
Hubbell Trading Post NHS
Lake Mead NRA
Lake Powell
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Monument Valley Tribal Park
Navajo National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Sunset Crater National Monument
Tonto National Monument
Tumacacori NHM
Tuzigoot National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Wupatki National Monument

Arizona State Parks

Alamo Lake State Park
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
Buckskin Mountain State Park
Catalina State Park
Cattail Cove State Park
Dead Horse Ranch State Park
Homolvi Ruins State Park
Lost Dutchman State Park
Lake Havasu State Park
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Lyman Lake State Park
Oracle State Park
Patagonia Lake State Park
Picacho Peak State Park
Red Rock State Park
Roper Lake State Park
Slide Rock State Park
Tombstone Courthouse SHP
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
Tubac Presidio Presidio SHP
Yuma Crossing SHP
Yuma Territorial Prison SHP

Recreation & Wilderness Areas

THE COLORADO RIVER - Index
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Coconino National Forest
Coronado National Forest
Ehrenberg Sandbowl OHV Area
Fool Hollow Lake State Recreation Area
Gila Box Riparian Nat'l Conservation Area
Glen Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area
IKaibab National Forest
Lake Havasu
Lake Mead Nat'l Recreation Area
Lake Mohave
Madera Recreation Area
Martinez Lake
Mingus Mountain Recreation Area
Oak Creek Canyon Natural Area
Painted Desert Wilderness
Pena Blanca Recreation Area
Prescott National Forest
Rainbow Forest Wilderness
Roosevelt Lake
Rucker Canyon Recreation Area
Rustler Park Recreation Area
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
San Carlos Lake,
San Pedro Riparian Nat'l Conservation Area
Sonoita Creek Natural Area
Stoneman Lake


BLM WILDERNESS AREAS

Arizona Strip Field Office

Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
Cottonwood Point Wilderness
Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
Kanab Creek Wilderness
Mount Logan Wilderness
Mount Trumbull Wilderness
Paiute Wilderness
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness

Kingman Field Office

Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
Aubrey Peak Wilderness
Mount Nutt Wilderness
Mount Tipton Wilderness
Mount Wilson Wilderness
Tres Alamos Wilderness
Upper Burro Creek Wilderness
Wabayuma Peak Wilderness
Warm Springs Wilderness

Lake Havasu Field Office

Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area
East Cactus Plain Wilderness
Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness
Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness
Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
Swansea Wilderness

Phoenix Field Office

Big Horn Mountains Wilderness
Harquahala Mountains Wilderness
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness
Hells Canyon Wilderness
Hummingbird Springs Wilderness
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
Sierra Estrella Wilderness
Signal Mountain Wilderness
South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
Table Top Wilderness
Woolsey Peak Wilderness

Safford Field Office

Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness
Baker Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness
Fishhooks Wilderness
North Santa Teresa Wilderness
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness
Redfield Canyon Wilderness

Tucson Field Office

Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
Coyote Mountains Wilderness
Needle's Eye Wilderness
White Canyon Wilderness

Yuma Field Office

Eagletail Mountains Wilderness
Muggins Mountains Wilderness
New Water Mountains Wilderness
Trigo Mountains Wilderness


Cities & Towns

Ajo, Arizona
Benson, Arizona
Bisbee, Arizona
Bowie, Arizona
Bullhead City, Arizona
Cameron, Arizona
Casa Grande, Arizona
Chloride, Arizona
Coolidge, Arizona
Cottonwood, Arizona
Flagstaff, Arizona
Florence, Arizona
Fredonia, Arizona
Globe, Arizona
Gila Bend, Arizona
Green Valley, Arizona
Holbrook, Arizona
Jacob Lake, Arizona
Jerome, Arizona
Kingman, Arizona
Lake Havasu, Arizona
Lukeville, Arizona
Nogales, Arizona
Oatman, Arizona
Page, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona
Quartzite, Arizona
Sedona, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Tombstone, Arizona
Tubac, Arizona
Tuba City, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Why, Arizona
Willcox, Arizona
Winslow, Arizona
Yuma, Arizona

Historic & Points of Interest
Arboretum at ASU (Tempe)
Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson)
Besh Be Gowah Archeological Park
Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum
Blythe Intaglios (BLM)
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park Cochise Visitor Center & Museum (Wilcox)
Colossal Cave
Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)
Fort Verde SHP (Campe Verde)
Fort Lowell Museum (Tucson)
Grand Canyon Caverns (Peach Springs)
Ho Hardy Archeological Park
Homolovi Ruins SP (Winslow)
Hoover Dam
International Wildlife Museum (Tucson)
Juan Bautista de Anza Trail (Tubac)
Jerome State Historic Park
Lees Ferry
Lehner-Mammoth Kill Site (BLM)
McFarland State Historic Park
Meteor Crater (Two Guns)
Millville & Charleston (BLM)
Mineral Museum (Tucson)
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson)
Murray Springs Clovis Site (BLM)
Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff)
Navajo Tribal Museum (Window Rock)
Old Tucson Studios
Out of Africa wildlife park
Painted Rocks State Park
Pimeria Alta Historical Society Museum (Nogales)
Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum (Wilcox)
Riordan Mansion SHP
San Pedro Trail
Terrenate Presidio National Historic Site (Fairbank)
St. Michael's Historical Museum (Window Rock)
Sosa-Carillo-Fremont House (Tucson)
The Arboretum at Flagstaff
Tohono Chul Park (Tucson)
Tombstone Courthouse SHP
Tubac Presidio Presidio SHP
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Tucson Museum of Art & Historic Block
Yuma Crossing SHP
Yuma Territorial Prison SHP

It sounds pretty but I do like my autumn type weather :( I'd miss that if I moved to AZ....is there stuff to do around there?




I live in TX~!!! But I've been to Arizona and I love it! Mostly in the afternoon the sunsets are beautiful! Its warm...I love warm weather! :) I think you will like it...it will be very different from NY of course but you will enjoy it if you like warm weather!

There is a University of Arizona in Tuscan.

The seasonal average tempature in Tuscan is
AVG HI AVG LO AVG Percp. Recent High Recent Low.
January 66.0° F 33.0° F 0.84 in 89.0° (01/19/1971) 9.0° F (01/07/1967)
February 70.0° F 36.0° F 0.80 in 97.0° (02/25/1986) 11.0° F (02/03/1972)
March 74.0° F 40.0° F 0.80 in 97.0° (03/26/1988) 17.0° F (03/03/1971)
April 82.0° F 44.0° F 0.22 in 104.0° (04/21/1965) 24.0° F (04/05/1983)
May 90.0° F 53.0° F 0.24 in 111.0° (05/28/1958) 28.0° F (05/06/1969)
June 99.0° F 62.0° F 0.35 in 116.0° (06/20/1960) 38.0° F (06/09/1993)
July 99.0° F 70.0° F 2.54 in 114.0° (07/11/1958) 52.0° F (07/02/1992)
August 97.0° F 68.0° F 2.69 in 113.0° (08/11/1962) 50.0° F (08/15/1968)
September 94.0° F 62.0° F 1.39 in 111.0° (09/01/1950) 38.0° F (09/30/1965)
October 85.0° F 50.0° F 1.12 in 103.0° (10/08/1950) 20.0° F (10/30/1971)
November 74.0° F 39.0° F 0.55 in 94.0° (11/07/1999) 15.0° F (11/26/1992)
December 66.0° F 33.0° F 1.07 in 86.0° (12/16/1980) 8.0° F (12/28/1954)


Areas of Tuscon

Include:

Downtown Tucson and the Historic District

This includes things in downtown Tuscon

Of all the neighborhoods in Tucson, downtown offers the most variety. Century-old adobe homes, Victorian mansions, imposing government buildings, museums and affordable restaurants lie within easy walking distance of each other. The area is bounded by the Santa Cruz River on the west, Park Avenue on the east, St. Mary's Road on the north and 22nd Street on the south. It's a favorite destination for artists and art lovers, with numerous galleries and studios situated in and around the Old Town Artisans art marketplace, just a block north from the Tucson Museum of Art. Downtown is also the site of the city's major performing arts events, with the Tucson Convention Center and the Temple of Music and Art providing the main venues for opera, symphony and dance performances. While it is true that the city still has a long way to go for a complete revival of its once-decrepit downtown district, progress is visible. Projects are currently under way to build a Sonoran Sea aquarium, a science center, a cultural center and an IMAX theater near the Convention Center. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, downtown Tucson will attract the tourist crowds that the city council has envisioned for years.

Renewal has already been quite successful in the Barrio Historico, the now-gentrified Hispanic historic quarter south of the Convention Center, where old Spanish-style homes have been largely restored to their original beauty. Take your time to explore this area on foot after leaving your car in one of the parking garages downtown; try the one across from the Main Library on Pennington Street.


South Tucson and the South Side

Bordering downtown Tucson on the south, the small municipality of South Tucson has become a largely Hispanic community. For out-of-town visitors, its main attractions are the Mexican restaurants, which, although low profile and inexpensive, offer the best of south-of-the-border food in town. Places like Michas, Mi Nidito and Su Casa might not offer the ultimate experience in service and decor, but when it comes to food quality, there are few others to match them.

Moving further to the south, the Hispanic influence deepens, intermingling with the Native American people living in and around the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Tucson's far southwest. Many visitors get at least a glimpse of this area going to and from Tucson International Airport, the Desert Diamond Casino on the reservation, or on the road to visit Mission San Xavier del Bac, a national landmark and by far the most attractive site on this side of town.

North-Central, and the Foothills

In Tucson, "north" generally means "north of Broadway," with Broadway Boulevard as the dividing line between north-south street numbers. Bounded on the north by the natural barriers of the Santa Catalina Mountains and Coronado National Forest, this area includes the University of Arizona campus with its many venues for science and art as well as the city's main business and shopping areas, with the Tucson Mall and the Foothills Mall considered by many to be the biggest and the best of them. Since most of Tucson's social life takes place inside air-conditioned malls, at least during hot summer days, these are really the places to meet the locals. Further to the north, the land and the income level slowly rise all the way up to the tony Foothills residential district. This area features beautiful homes with a view, surrounded by stately saguaro cacti and mesquite trees, outside the city limits and well out of reach of Tucson's tax authorities. Well-heeled residents stroll about upscale shopping malls and adobe-style galleries, while wintertime visitors relax after a game of golf at one of the posh resorts in the area, such as the Westin La Paloma, Westward Look or Loews Ventana Canyon Resort.

The West Side

West essentially means that big chunk of Tucson stretching from Oracle Road, the main north-south artery, and I-19 westward to the base of the Tucson Mountains and the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. Bordered on the northwest by the ever-expanding residential and recreational retreat of Oro Valley (more golf courses here), this part of the city offers few visual attractions other than Tohono Chul Park, a very civilized, pleasant desert garden with an artsy touch. Once you're past I-10, the road starts snaking into the grandeur of Saguaro National Park West, covered by entire forests of the giant cacti that gave the park its name, and the site of several ancient Indian petroglyphs. Don't miss the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on the far side of the Tucson Mountains, and consider stopping at Old Tucson Studios for the sake of the kids.

The East Side

Bounded roughly on the west by Wilmot Road, the Rincon and Catalina Mountains on the east and north, and Interstate 10 on the south, expansion of this district is largely limited by state and federal lands. The most attractive natural feature in the northeast is certainly Sabino Canyon, the most accessible part of the Catalinas, which teems with tourists, trams, hikers and joggers on weekends, while still retaining its serene beauty. If you are an outdoors person, you will also appreciate the vast expanses of Saguaro National Park East. Enjoy the desert and mountain scenery, and try not to disturb the roving of the native scorpions and

Things to do in Tuscon

Sabino Canyon
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Tohono Chul Park
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Pima Air and Space Museum
Saguaro National Park
Santa Catalina Mountains
"El Tiradito" Wishing Shrine
Reid Park Zoo
Biosphere 2
Arizona Historical Society
DeGrazia Gallery
Tuscon Museum of Art
St. Augustine Cathedral
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Old Tucson Studios
Tuscon Art District
Gates Pass
Mount Lemmon
Breakers Water Park place to go ride water rides and swimm
Gamezone by Gameworks
Temple of Music and Arts
Valley of the Moon
William T. Zivic Gallery
Bisbee
Catalina State Park
Tumacacori National Historic Park
Magic Carpet Golf
Trail Dust Town
The Village Blacksmith
Mount Lemmon Ski Valley
Lost Barrio
Mountain View Golf Club at SaddleBrooke
Pusch Ridge Stables is a Young riders camp
Enchanted Earthworks jewelry was so unique and beautiful A rare type of Jewlery store
Kaibab Courtyard Shops shop carries everything from small Day of the Dead notepads to authentic native woven rugs and hand-carved fetishes.
Primitive Arts Gallery
El Rio Neighborhood Center Murals
Rillito River Park
Justin's Water World
Famous French Gallery
Summit Hut
Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art
Prima County Court House
Sunshine Jeep Tours
Desert Artisans
Hilton El Conquistador Resort and Country Club
C.O.D. Ranch
Grand Canyon Tours Tours
Yaqui Easter Lenten Ceremony
Tubac
SouthWest Indian Fair
Tucson Mall
Studio 220
Queen Mine Tours
JAG - Jon Alexander Gallery
Franklin Museum
The Art Company
Aravaipa Canyon Preserve
Muse
Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium
Tuscon International Airport
Fort Lowell Museum
Silverbell Trading
University of Arizona
Club Congress
Arizona State Museum
Tucson Children's Museum
Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House
Sentinel Peak
Prima County Fair
Center for Creative
Etherton Gallery
Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass
Simon Peter Annual Passion Play of Tucson
Rillito Park Racetrack
La Plaza Shoppes
Bank One Building
Barrio Historico
Arizona Trail Tours
Tucson Convention Center
Himmel Park
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Metro Fitness
Galleria Tubac
Above and Below the Equator Gallery
Finger Rock Trail
Mader Canyon
Nogales
Metropolitan Tucson Visitors and Convention Bureau
Fourth Avenue
Besh Ba Gowah
Environmental Research Lab
Ventana Canyon Golf Courses
Picture Rocks Miniature Horse Ranch
Fred Baier Design
Purple Mountain Pack Goats Family Adventure an amusement park
Funtasticks Family Fun Park an amusement park
Old Pueblo Tours
Tombstone
Southwest Offroad Tours
Baja's Frontier Tours
Arizona Coach Tours
Watercolor Gallery
O.K Corral
Ramsey Canyon Preserves
Lionel Rombach Gallery
Golf 'N' Stuff Family Fun Center
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory
Newman's Design Mine Jewelry it is a store
Petroglyphs Gallery
San Pedro River
Steinfeld Masion
Tuson Puppet Works
Sally Huss Gallery
Chysler Classic of Tuson
Tuscon Rodeo
Fort Bowie
Niece-Kimpton Gallery
Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery
Chapel of San Pedro
Wings Over Willcox
Cocoraque Ranch Cattle Drive
International Wildlife Museum
Settlers West Gallery
Tolteca Tlacuilo
La Buhardilla
Asarco Mineral Discovery Center
Civano
St. Phillip's in the Hills
Tuscon Greyhound Park Bus Station with a park next to it
Old Town Artisans
Santa Rita Abbey
Milagro Art Gallery
Covinton Fine Arts
Center for Desert Archaelogy
Heavenly Medley Boutique
Bahti Indian Ats
Nava-Hopi Gallery
Desert High Adventures
Sonora
Muleshoe Ranch
La Casa Cordova
Details and Shoelaces like an fashion art museum
Don Donnelly Horseback Vacations and Stabless
Edward Nye Fish House
Santa Fe Square and Galleria
Museum of Contemporary Art/Hazmat Gallery
Pink Adobe Gallery
Fox Threatre
Cowboy-up Adventures
Villa Feliz Flowers
Creative Adventures
Hugh Cabot
Gila River Arts and Crafts Center
Venture Fine Arts Gallery
Medicine Man Gallery, INC.
Meloria Architectural Gallery
Sky Islands Treks
The Amerind Foundation, Inc.
Nadines
Desert Paths Tours
Old Peblo Framworks and Gallery
Audubon Nature Shop
Owls Club Masion
Organ Pipe National Monument
Desert Legacy
Sancutary Cove
Sanders Galleries
Great Western Tours
Shane House Gallery
Pantano Riding Stables
Romero House
Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery
The Cheney House
Obsidian Gallery
Tucson-Pima Arts Council Community Gallery
El Fronterzio
Greasewood Park
Tubac Chamber of Commerce
El Presidio Gallery
El Presidio Park
Joesler Village
Craig Fine Art
Joseph Gross Gallery
Two Coats Trading Comapny
Paloma Art
Artist of the Month Gallery
Ourboros Stone Art Gallery
El Centro Cultural de las Americas
Annual Tuscon Bluegrass Festival
Tuscon Gem and Mineral show
Annual Norteno Music Festival
Plaza Palomino Summer Concert Series
Indian Territory an art gallery/store
Madaras Gallery
J. Knox Corbett House
Old Town Pot Shop Gallery
Mo's Gallery and Fine Framing
Magellan Trading Company
Picante Designs
Gallery Four Ten
it's a Blast
Gallery at St. Paul's
Randolph Municipal Courses
Gallery at St. Paul's
Old Pueblo Archaeology
Del Sol International Shops
Bisbee Minning and Historical Museum
Old Peblo Trolley
Galeria La Sirena
Postal History Foundation
Turquoise Door
Stevens House
HRC Family Coat-of-Arms
Pioneer Memorial
GOCAIA, Gallery of Contemporary and Indigenous Art
Grey Dog Trading Co.
Sierra Madre Express
Temple Gallery
Teissedre Designs
Artwalk
Kay Mallek Gallery
Reid Park
Saguaro Artisans
The Golf Club at Vistoso
Rosequist Galleries
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Cloud Dancer
Titan Missle Museum
Tacheenie Arts
Lights of Tuscon
Novaspace
Colonial Frontiers
Morning Singer
Morning Star Traders, Inc.
Berger Performing Arts Center
Club Kidz at the Tucson Mall
Metroform Limited
Molly Ramolla Gallery
El Cortijo
Spanish Trail Outfitters
Touch of Turquoise
Trail Dust Adventures
Pima Canyon
Michael Higgins American Indian Art
Arizona Foklore Preserves
The St. John Studio
Eric Firestone Gallery
Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery
AuSi Gallery
Oracle
Inspirations From Nature
Arizona Vineyards
Ambassador Travel
Brumm's Nature Gallery
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Gadabout Salon Spa
DeMeester Outdoor Concerts
International Mariachi Conference
Viva Tucson! Tex-Mex Jam
Mexican Independance Day
Tucson Blues Week
Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair
La Fiesta de los Chiles
Cinco de Mayo
Tucson Quilters Guild Annual Quilt Show
Arizona Stadium
Tuscon SymphonyOrchestra Indoor Season
Annual Southern Arizona Dance Festival
Feria Navidena
Winter Chamber Music Festival
Old Tucson Studios--Winter West Fest
Prima County Fairgrounds
Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater
McKale Center
Tucson Convention Center

What I think you will like, well I don't know you personally but will take a guess at it.

DeMeester Outdoor Concerts is a place with a built on site stage with a big hugh area like a baseball field without the bleachers like an open field, where you can watch alot of outdoor concerts.

You might want to try the Berger Performing Arts Center where you can hopefully join and get in to some plays to help you with an acting career.

Don't know how old you are but there is like 3 or so Amusement Parks there.

There are a ton of Museums and art Galleries which to me it not to exciting, I do love art but when there are to many in one area is spoils the excitement.

There are a few Malls in the Area you can go to.

Lots and lots of different cutural food resturants, like american. mexican, Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, German, Hungarian, etc.

Tucson is a growing metropolis of 800,000

Foothills Mall - Tucson
Located in south Tucson. I-10 to Palo Verde Exit 264

Tuscon is 107 miles North West of Phoenix off of highway 17

They have a water slide swimming Amusement park you may like.

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A view of downtown Tucson

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another view of Tucson

Schools in Tucson, don't know if you are still in school or not.



Amphitheater School District
Catalina Foothills School District
Pima Community College District
Vail School District Sunnyside
Unified School District
School District of Tanque Verde
Tucson Unified School District

Elementary Schools

Acacia Elementary School
Blenman Elementary School
Carden of Tucson
Copper Creek Elementary School
Corbett Elementary School
Coronado K-8 School
Cottonwood Elementary
DeGrazia Elementary School
Desert Willow Elementary
Davidson School
Donaldson Elementary School
E.C. Nash Elementary School
Enchanted Desert Playgarden
Ford Elementary School
Grace Christian School
Harelson Elementary School
Kino School
Manzanita Elementary School
Mesa Verde Elementary School
Mesquite Elementary School
Prince Elementary School
Reynolds Elementary School
Rio Vista Elementary School
Smith Elementary School
St. Ambrose Catholic School,
Tucson,
AZ Tully Elementary Accelerated
Magnet School
Sunrise Drive Elementary School
Ventana Vista Elementary School
Walker Elementary School
Wilson K-8

Junior High Schools

Amphitheater Middle School
Challenger Middle School
Chaparral Middle School
Cross Middle School
Desert Sky Middle School
Grace Christian School
Green Fields Country Day School
Kino School
La Cima Middle School
Magee Middle School
Maxwell Middle School
Townsend Middle School

High Schools

Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps.
Catalina High Magnet School
Amphitheater High School
Amphitheater School District Alternative Program
Cholla High Magnet School
Catalina High Magnet School
Catalina High School
Fenster School of Southern Arizona
Flowing Wells High School
Kino School
Pueblo High School
PPEP TEC Charter High Schools
Rincon High School
Sabino High School
Sahuaro High School
Salpointe Catholic High School Vail High

Colleges and Universities

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Pima College
Teacher-Scientist Alliance Institute
The University of Phoenix: Southern Arizona Campus
Tucson University
UA Departmental Listings
University of Arizona

If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

i know right, gotta love that snow :lol:, what part of PA do you live in?

I live 75 miles East of Youngstown Ohio, 75 Miles North East of Pittsburgh, and 90 miles South East of Erie.

So that would put me in North Western Pennsylvania, almost.

Thanks sooooo much for the info :) It really helps to know what environment I'm coming in to.....It's gonna be so different :(

I live 75 miles East of Youngstown Ohio, 75 Miles North East of Pittsburgh, and 90 miles South East of Erie.

So that would put me in North Western Pennsylvania, almost.

ooo cool, i'm from south western PA :wave:

Thanks sooooo much for the info :) It really helps to know what environment I'm coming in to.....It's gonna be so different :(

I know what you mean about it gonna be different. My dad was in the Navy for 20 some years and my family moved around alot.

I lived in California where I was born, but don't remember since my family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when I was 6 months old. Lived in Norfolk, Virginia for 13 years. Then my dad retired from the Navy, we moved to Pennsylvania, since my parents are both from Pennsylvania. My dad developed a heart condition and doctor told him to move where it is warm year around, so my family ended up outside of Yuma (about 20 miles or so) Arizona.

When my dad got sort of better he got home sick for Pennsylvania so my family moved back to Pennsylvania.

I also lived in very small town in Indiana about 50-100 or so residents 15 miles South West of Warsaw, Indiana.

Now I am back in Pennsylvania. Another small town not as bad as Indiana but only 6,000 or so residents with a small college of like 6,000 or so.

Just remember try and keep in touch with your friends from New York, they can't be replaced. You will make new friends but they can never take place of your freinds from New York.

When I was growing up we didn't have computers, cellar phones like there is today, so the most common way of keeping in touch was snail mail and telephone.

So, yes I lost alot of my friends over the years when my family moved and I regret it.

Then I think back what ever happen to him, whatever happen to her, if I only kept in touch.

ooo cool, i'm from south western PA :wave:

:wave: Don't know how close to Pittsburgh you live, but if you ever get in trouble in Pittsburgh, I have a brother is is a policman for the city of Pittsburgh. Just tell him you talk to me on this site and he will let you off, lol :lol:

Thanks for the advice :) I'm not definately sure we're moving yet(it depends if my dad can get a new job here) but I'm trying to prepare.

:wave: Don't know how close to Pittsburgh you live, but if you ever get in trouble in Pittsburgh, I have a brother is is a policman for the city of Pittsburgh. Just tell him you talk to me on this site and he will let you off, lol :lol:

:lol:

Thanks for the advice :) I'm not definately sure we're moving yet(it depends if my dad can get a new job here) but I'm trying to prepare.

If your dad is into art and museums there are plenty in Tucson. Plus there are a few college. Shouldn't be to hard to get a good paying job in Tucson. The cost of living maybe a little higher than your used to. It was in Yuma, seemed like everything cost like anywhere from 20 cents and up more than where I live now.