I liked Tucson alright but I agree: it isn't a place I would personally choose to call home. :o) I like the dead airplane museum (or whatever it is called). I haven't been back there since 1990 or 1991...


>>Flagstaff is absolutely beautiful. However it is about 2.5 hours from Tempe so be prepared to drive. I came down the mountain onetime during fires and let me tell you, you do not want to get trapped up there when there are forest fires! I loved it though. I used to live in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale Arizona back in 1980 and weekends were usually spent in Flagstaff to cool off. My sister still lives in Tucson and wouldn't consider leaving Arizona for anything.
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>Hi Tracy,
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>I spent the summer of 1979 selling books in Tucson. (Southwestern Educational Children's Series with over 300,000 pages and over 60,000 images, all for only $115 payable on delivery with just a 30% down payment <s>) Everyone kept talking about the dry heat, but it would rain in the late morning with a temperature well over 100 degrees by noon and I could see steam coming off the sidewalk. Ok, since it wasn't 212 degrees it was just water vapor, but it sure felt like steam! Loved the Catalina mountains though I can't say I thought much of Tucson. Aside from the rigors of trying to sell books door-to-door I thought it was kind of run-down and dirty.