Phoenix vs Tucson - Which Arizona City is Better?
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Are you stuck trying to figure out if you want to live in Phoenix or Tucson? Cant seem to make up your mind as to where to live in Arizona? Have no fear we put together this Arizona guide to assist you with information related to living in Arizona. If you like big cities then Phoenix is for you but if you like smaller cities and more laid back then you may lean towards Tucson.
#Tucson #Phoenix #Arizona
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I left Phoenix after 5 years and recently moved to Tucson. I love Tucson. I love being near the mountains. It's a beautiful retro city with a slower pace of life. Very affordable. I finally saw a Javalina near Dominoes pizza. It was so cute!!!
Although not quite as cute when they get into your garbage can & you get to go pick everything up at 9:00 o'clock at night...
Mmmmm, Javalina. Them's good eatin'. LOL
I also just moved to Tucson after living in the Valley for fourteen years. It's the best decision that I've ever made. However, I still have yet to see a wild Javelina.
AHHHH no more! Were full! AND ITS NOT CHEAP ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE KEEP MOVING HERE!
@@johnsavage7507 I have family here in Tucson. Also, blame greedy investors who are buying up properties and jacking up rent, not individuals woh are trying to get by.
One of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made in my life was leaving Tucson for the Phoenix area. 🥺
Go back
Why ????
@@raros5475 lol make him
I'm so glad that I'm still here all honestly. Left Phoenix to come here!!!
Quite the opposite for me. I am trying to get back to the phoenix area, I HATE Tucson, it's dead dead dead. It simply makes the drive to good places an extra 2 hours each way. You can't go anywhere from Tucson without going back to Phoenix to get there...and there's nothing in tucson to see other than slums. It's only saving grace is a slightly lower cost of living, and that's starting to go away.
In 32 years of traveling and worked, I have lived and visited most cities all over the world. After that I picked Tucson Az. (Saddlebrooke) to live. I love it. :-)
Tucson has a great feel of the Southwest, while Phoenix is just one giant Midwestern city plopped in the middle of the desert.
It just to be! Now looks more like a little L A, with homeless everywhere housing and gasoline more expensive high crime.
Tucson has sooooooo many homeless!
@@raqueldiaz4504 and Phoenix doesn't?
@@DJIcenhower it does, but I don’t see them taking over entire parks like they do in Tucson.
Still better then Tucson lol
I made a trip to Arizona this summer and went back and forth between Phoenix and Tucson a few times. My observation is Tucson always had clear blue sky while Phoenix always had a hazy sky. The temperature in Tucson was noticeably lower. One afternoon, I was eating lunch outside in Tucson, drove to Phoenix right after, got out of the car, o.m.g... no way I would sit outside to eat lunch there.
Tucson hands down! I grew up in Phoenix but always came back to Tucson. It's the weather, the scenery, the whole vibe is more calm here in Tucson.
Yes. Tucson is probly calmer. Phoenix is too busy. More stress.
If you have unlimited resources, Tucson is much nicer. Period. Unfortunately, the working class there is paid miserably compared to the cost of living. If income from a job is important to you, it's no contest. You must live in Phoenix.
A lot of allegations lacking any basis in truth. People earn what their skill set will maximize
. A highly paid rocket engineer makes great money in tucson. If you have the right skill set I’d argue you
live better in tucson than Phoenix as you’ll have less competition in tucson than Phoenix. Of course if you are low skilled, not someone aggressive in advancing your career then yes you will scrape by but that’s the same in any city whether Phoenix, tucson or any metropolitan city.
I took that into consideration before I commented. Obviously, it doesn't apply to each employment opportunity or person. Still, I've lived and worked in both places for 49 years before retirement 2 years ago. I know the Phoenix market pays better and Tucson is nicer if bucks are no object. Just like I said.
Yea, I search for remote jobs outside of Tucson / Arizona for my experience
I am in Oro Valley (North Tucson) and will never ever move. Love living here so much. Never enjoy going to Phoenix and don’t like their freeways. Love the hiking and desert in Tucson and it’s just a 30 minute drive up the mountain to be in snow. Thank you for your video. I enjoy watching them all 😊
I’ve lived in both-Tucson gets my vote! Especially near Oro💜
Plus I first saw Tucson as a child in 1963 when my Mom and I stepped off a train from St Louis. And never stopped being in love with Tucson. I was blessed enough to have lived in Tucson for about 12 years
I lived in St. Louis from 2013-2021 and fell in love with that city. I just moved to Arizona without knowing anything about it but unfortunately I ended up in Sierra Vista. Now I’m doing research on Tucson, Phoenix, and Flagstaff
Grew up in Tucson, from mid 1950's to 1969. Frequently went to Phoenix for events, whatever. Overall, Tucson has the most appeal for me; the local music scene, Artists like DeGrazia, the fabulous architecture, friends and family, and the overall culture which defines me as a person. Tucson is, was, and always will be my home.
Excellent video, sir! I was hatched in Scottsdale (c. 1973), way back in the last century. I loved it.
Currently, I reside in the 85713 (Tucson, I-19 and W Ajo Way [approximate]). I love it!
I just REALLY love this great state, and I intend to have no other. 🤠
Also excellent comments sir. I will be in Verde Valley in December from PNW, but look forward to visiting Tucson. Born in Flagstaff.
Your location near I-19 and W Ajo Way places you just a short drive away from the TUcson Mountain Park and the west unit of the Saguaro National Park. What a great place to live!
Tucsonan here. Pretty accurate overall. I'd say the comments about age demographics are overstated. Also, in terms of water scarcity, Tucson's aquifers are in better health than most other parts of Arizona, and improving, but now we're having issues with wells poisoned by the air force base. I would also say that lack of highway infrastructure is less of an issue because Tucson is (somewhat) less sprawled than Phoenix.
Tucson has a TERRIBLE infrastructure and the potholes suck!
@@raqueldiaz4504 It's true, the potholes are pretty abysmal. I've seen worse though lol
I'm a grad student (22 years old) moving to Tucson to attend UA this fall. Do you have any recommendations on areas in the city to live, or things to do for the youth who are just out of undergrad?
@@harisserdarevic4913 East side will be a bit larger and cheaper midtown is closest to school and very walkable and bike friendly and close to downtown, south side has the best restaurants but where most of our crime is concentrated. Pockets of the midtown and east are rough, areas you will want to stay clear of, especially at night, drexel and alvernon, Ft Lowell and Prince to Ft Lowell and Swan 29th and Craycroft to 29th and Swan. Lots of homeless along every major intersection.
Tucson.... Just because. Well actually Tucson is "cooler" in the summer than Phoenix because Phoenix is in a valley and more humid than Tucson is. (To me anyway). And while I do like both cities Phoenix traffic and drivers are whew "different". And I just always like Tucson better
Same
Great points.. I live in Verrado ( West Phoenix) came for hubby's job... It's way too large!! But I like my home and as the buckeye area has developed more stuff is over here. I do travel and drive to CA several times a year. So airport and easy access to CA is a must.
@BOROS BROKENSON lolol.. ok ..
Tucson also gets more monsoon. Especially this year.
Native of tucson, the monsoon is far more active in tucson which is why are dew points and humidity is much higher than in Phoenix, we obviously get more rain which is why on a wet monsoon ragweed, bermuda grass, chilean mesquites grows 2-4 feet tall in so many yards, curbs, and sidewalks in tucson dirty littered unkempt streets, neighborhoods throughout tucson, city government that doesn't care or property owners who don't care native this sad city. Read "Tucson's Shortage of Capital", in the Arizona Daily Independent a excellent analysis of why tucson is in the condition it's in.
Those pictures in your background are amazing! Great video!
Thank you so much for these videos. They all really help someone like me pick the right city for them.
Love this one Jeff! Great info and to the point. ☺👍🌻✨
Great video. I was assigned to Davis-Montham AFB in the early 1990’s and absolutely loved the weather, the less frenetic pace of life, the cheaper cost of living and the good people. I returned to retire in 2007 in Oro Valley and have never regretted that decision. I occasionally visit Phoenix and realize how much I hate the traffic, higher temps and high costs of everything. Returning to the Old Pueblo is always a relief and comfort.
It all depends on the individual, I was born in Tucson, I personally like living in Phoenix (2016) I like the pace it took me a while but I got used to it Phoenix is less restrictive when it comes to businesses & theirs alot more going on here with different events, (to each their own.)
Smh 🤦🏻♂️ traitor
@@michael_delouisa lmao 😆😆😆😆
Lol 😆😆😆😆
Great overview of each city. Thank you.
You do an excellent job on your videos, really enjoy them. Thanks!
Really appreciate this video. Most videos don't show the areas or do as well of a comparison!
Very informative video. Lots of great information.
Thank you for these invaluable videos. I need to move to AZ and trying to decide what city. You do a marvelous job of hitting the high points. thank you so very much.
Great presentation! Thank you. 💗💕🎈
Phoenix if you want to live in a major city, Tucson if you want a more laidback town vibe, despite a core pop in excess of 500,000.
Thanks for your presentation. Very nice photography and your explanation seems correct to me...
Great video. I’m considering moving to AZ from
CA, and this is great information! Thank you!
Thank you very much, I enjoy the videos so much. I live in West Virginia about an hour west of Baltimore and DC. DC STINKS. I fell in love with Arizona the 1st time I flew into Phoenix. I have a lot of time shares and I was able to stay in some of the most beautiful beautiful resorts in Phoenix. Getting up in the morning walking around the cactus and the cactus and flowers with my cup of coffee. I think I fell for Scottsdale more than anything anything. A lot of great memories. I am 7 years old and almost totally blind or I would be in Arizona today. I have been to Phoenix all 4 seasons and I love them all. Keep up the good work and thank you very much.
Tucson to live and going to university but Phoenix for activities, entertainment and leisure
Great, useful breakdown. Succinct. Thanks man
Got to give it up to you man. NICE
I love my home, so much to see & do. Tucson, AZ all the way
Thanks recently moved to Tucson , ws here briefly years ago ,I came back .
Absolutely brilliant presentation! I feel I now understand the differences between Phoenix and Tucson.
My daughter lives in Tucson, so I wondered. Now I know!!!
I live two miles from the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, great access. There is great, accessible hiking in Phoenix
Absolutely 💯
Awesome area, I always make the trip there when I drop family off at Sky Harbor.
Love the information. 😊
As a Tucson resident who travels to Phoenix often, I think you did a very good comparison of each city!
Thnks so much to your channel🎉
IMPRESSIVE breakdown !
Well done! This shows a lot of research was done and a good understanding of the two cities. Very well-presented. You’re really rocking the subscribers. Maybe those beautiful backgrounds…hmmm? I am a Tucson resident but work periodically in Phoenix and agree with you 100% on your comparisons. Tucson, being close to the border, is where many go for dental, medical care and meds, too. Also, Tucson seems greener and more attractive even in populated areas which is nice. It has a lot of great urban birding spots, also.
Reasons to move to (or from) Phoenix:
1) 100 degrees in the summer just feels too cold.
2) Political zaniness is actually something the kids will enjoy learning.
3) You won't feel out of place as every house on the block looks exactly the same.
4) You need a car to cross the street.
5) Has a great Light Rail that also serves as low-income housing.
Reasons to move to (or from) Tucson:
1) Phoenix Envy... Size does matter.
2) Old Pueblo isn't just a nickname; it's a selling point.
3) The planned Crosstown freeway that never is and never will be.
4) Convenient hourly shuttle service to Phoenix Sky Harbor because no one from Tucson flies out of Tucson.
5) Desert Landscaping... you'll never have to worry about mowing your cactus.
You had me at not cutting grass ever!
I fly out of Tucson international ;-; at least if i'm flying somewhere on this side of the country, like no further east than Texas.
You sound like a die hard Phoenician. Didn't say much good or neutral about Tucson. Loyalty to PHX I guess?
@@joshuadiaz2330 The war continues. Don't get me started on Yuma.
@@marcparella Yeah, Yuma is a completely and entirely different world. Not sure I agree with your list but I respect your right to speak and have your opinion.
Tucson is better imo, toomuch people in Phoenix and I cant deal with the traffic. Tucson landscapes are stunning vs just seeing cars and buildings.
Thank you that was very informative. I just moved to Tucson a year-and-a-half ago and have not spent any time up in Phoenix to make any kind of comparison
Mt. Lemmon is gorgeous, been up there twice, moving to Tucson from Texas in a month. Can’t wait to get there and begin a new life with my family. I’ve visited 4 times in the past year, I just love the community and beautiful landscapes. And don’t worry, I’ll be repping my AZ sports teams!
Hi Shawn, do you have an update after living in Tucson for a few months?
Any update?
Great video! Great opinions on both. I live in Minnesota and Tucson to me seems the best choice for many reasons . Cost community and hiking ha e me sold on Tucson
I spend time visiting in both places and love certain things and dislike certain things in each. Eventually want to move down there and have a hard time deciding :) Thanks for the info !
Hi there! Great comparison….thank you for this info! I live up in the mountains of Colorado, but come down to Arizona for both work and pleasure. I REALLY enjoy AZ! And, I love American deserts! I have brought my wife with in a few Phoenix trips….she liked it there too!
I have lived in Tucson 62 years, I think you did a great job with this video and the information is accurate.
Tucson was a shithole one horse town in 1964 and same today. The only thing Tucson had was watching DR Scar movies on Saturday night.
I would say you nailed it except the water issue. Both cities will eventually have problems with drought and CAP restrictions; however, Tucson years ago went more Xeriscape with its landscaping and built a water reservoir system albeit it is not open lakes. I would say Phoenix is more at risk for water simply because they consume more inefficiently and its hard to shift behavior for a larger city. Hope this helps.
There is no escaping the water issue. You can delay it and it probably won't be really nasty over the next few decades (and in many of our lifetimes), but unless there is a weather anomaly with huge amounts of rain or snow... from a climate trend pov, it's essentially inevitable.
It was really interesting! I'm from Hungary. I want to go to America, Cali, Arizona, Utah once! This is my dream!🙂 And I study a lot of from your English, because you speak pretty! And I can practice my English, a little bit.
True not many direct flights out of Tucson.
This California girl enjoys every single one of your videos! Keep up the good work 😊
Great video😎
I love both cities, but I definitely prefer Tucson; it’s just the perfect size for me: plenty to do and see, lots of nature and arts, and it is (slightly) cooler in weather. Phoenix is definitely better for higher-paying jobs though!
Im 29 years old i prefer Tucson❤
Lived in Tucson.....loved it!
Nice comparison. Down to earth and simple. I’d probably take phoenix but both sound really nice
Thanks for this video, it is helpful. I’ve always felt intuitively drawn to the southwest. As someone who has long considered moving to Phoenix eventually, I’m now thinking Tucson might be more for me. I’m planning to visit Tucson in February to check it out. 😊 🌵
Nice info. !!!!!!
Very informative video. I've lived in Lake Havasu for 10 years, Flagstaff for another 10 years and now Bullhead area for the past 12 years. Nice to learn about the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Thanks.
Thanks for this vídeo...Its greats😉...I will move to Phoenix soon...🤗😃
Phoenix is just Los Angeles without the beach. Oh and hot as hell.
Clearly, you either haven’t lived in LA or Phoenix. It’s only hot to keep away the snowbirds 6 months out of the year. 😜
@@larrymcdonald5219 I grew up and spent my first 30+ years in LA….. live in Tucson half the time.
@@garynewman2935 LA is way more traffic congested than Phoenix. I travelled frequently between the two cities and dreaded driving in the LA area. Phoenix is much more organized traffic wise. I like Tucson in some respects but prefer Marana or Oro Valley if I had to choose.
Awesome
32½, enjoying Tucson even through the Covid variants. I put my clubbing days behind me in Albuquerque before I got serious with job hunting and taking a job with a copper mine in the Gila region. If I do stay long-term (2 years plus), I would love to venture in the back country here (Santa Catalinas wilderness) and so on.
Phoenix is LA without the ocean.
Not really
Yes it is
cost of living goes to Tucson
weather goes to Tucson
Traffic goes to Phoenix(yes we have traffic jams but the drivers and speed limits are fucking stupid in tucson)
Career opportunities goes to Phoenix (was able to make 3x what I did in Tucson in the same industry)
Tucson is great if your older and just want to go slooooow in life.
I have lived in Tucson & Phoenix. For me Tucson!
If they had that high-speed train I'd work in Phoenix and live in Tucson.
Places to live in Tucson: most of the East side, Catalina Foothills, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, Vail
Places to live in Phoenix: Cave Creek, Gilbert, Chandler
Surface street traffic in Tucson is worse than most of Phoenix due to the lack of freeways.
Tucson does vote more blue but I wouldn't say it's more progressive than Phoenix. Phoenix actually votes in favor of updating their infrastructure, freeways, light-rail, etc.
(They really need to up their bicycle infrastructure). Also most of the area in Phoenix seems to favor annexation bringing more money into the area as 90% of the metro population in Maricopa county is incorporated as opposed to 55% in Pima county. Tucson votes no on most infrastructure projects and constantly fights annexation.
Also Tucson has LOTS of nice bike trails.
Definitely...in love with Tucson...❤️
Great channel providing information about the state of Arizona. Moved to Phoenix from California and it's like being on another planet. Your channel is fantastic for learning more about the state. Keep up the great work. You're providing a public service in many ways. Thanks!
Born in Tucson and lived there until after graduating from U of A at 22 years old. Spent last 38 years in Phoenix. I like Tucson but the traffic really sucks. My other complaint is that roads never get fixed. Example; - Ever drive on Kolb south of Sunrise? Work has been going on there forever...
Didn't you do a video like this before? I still like it
Yes a few years ago. Made some adjustments and modernized it.
@@LivinginArizona excellent
As an outsider who comes to Arizona for a month each summer, I usually divide my time equally between the greater Phoenix area and the Greater Tucson area. As a wildlife and nature enthusiast, I like the area around Tucson more, but there are great natural areas that lie outside of Phoenix, as well. I really can't say that one is "better" than the other, and I will probably continue to split my time equally between the two cities.
The biggest thing that would make me chose Tucson is summer temperatures. Enjoyed visiting both. I think Tucson would have enough that I would only occasionally go up to Phoenix.
But the summer temps are the same 🤔
Good video. Just subscribed
Was born in PHX 87' and moved to Idaho in 94'. Love always going back to visit Phoenix and feel I can still call home though I enjoy southeast Idaho as well.
I lived in Idaho Falls for 11 years but now call Tucson home! Southern AZ and Southeast Idaho are my homes.
Well done.
Because of Phoenix's size it's far more diverse. You could find something for just about anyone. Tucson is just.......Tucson. You either like it or you don't..
I haven't visit Tuscan but Phoenix isn't diverse at all.
@@Teetee554 Then you're not looking....
The diversity in Phoenix is what fast food chain is there most of in your suburb haha
I'd agree with most of your assessments...
I love both! Live in East Valley of Phoenix. Tucson and SE AZ in general are a little more lush I think, due to getting more monsoon activity. Cooler temps. And a lot of iconic Westerns and 80's films were made in this area as well. Only con I guess I would have is it make a farther drive up northern az
Love to see a review on ethnic foods (tamales, tacos, enchiladas, menudo, sushi, tempura, Chinese, dim sum, German, Italian, middle eastern, Greek, etc). Also fish, sea food (shrimp, lobster, scallops, oysters, etc).
"Tucson meet yourself ," pre pandemic the food trucks would hang downtown on tuesdays. I am not sure now. Tucosn meet yourself has all kinds of food from just about anywhere.mIssing Long John slivers. Pheonix has them but not here.;(. I love fish and chip shopped. Culvers is good for it though.
South Tucson has the best burrito i've ever had. Forgot the restaurant name sadly.
I actually don't mind our 1 highway lol😂 I've always preferred living around the grant area cus 1-10 is a 2 mile drive. Also, aviation rd, while not a highway is a great route to use if you need to get to the base or east side in general.
I’ve lived in both and prefer Phoenix. Phoenix is hotter, and worse traffic but I love the hustle bustle of being in a big city. In Tucson I felt isolated from all the major sporting events, concerts, tours and entertainment activities, they only happen in Phoenix. If you have FOMO a lot I definitely recommend Phoenix over Tucson.
A lot of the different, space and plant assets of Tucson are available in many Phoenix suburbs.
Great video! It was my understanding though that Tucson got it's name from the Tohono O'odham people who called it Stjukson which means black base referring to the volcanic rock found here that can still be seen at the base of A Mountain.
Yes base of the mountain. You are right.
Not "the" mountain. A mountain. As in theres a mountain in tucson where the city gots it name and the mountain is now called "A Mountain"
@@Westnilekills Not only is it named "A Mountain," it also has a giant white "A" on it's east facing side and that giant "A" is often decorated by the city & / or by the University kids, for holidays and special occasions. It is also the focal point of the city's official 4th of July fireworks show, which are launched from it base. (Also, just two lil points of clarification for the video maker.....It is not Tumacori, its actually Tuma-ca-cori; and it's not pronounced Peee-nil County, it is pronounced Pin - AL County, as you can be said to have done after affixing a state flag pin on Alfred or "AL" as his buddies called him, when they asked you to "pin AL"...lol....if that makes sense. Thanks for the video.)
@@scarlettrai3458 dont hassle me man, im local
You do good.
Both cities have a lot
to offer.
Both have good winter
weathet
Both will need a lot of water.
Visited my family in Tucson for 3 weeks only (first time in the US from Guam) in June last year! Def took some time to adjust to dry heat (my nose bled and had to sleep with a humidifier) lmao! Anyways, I found Tucson to be really simple and slow paced, perfect for my elderly parents. However, I think I will very much prefer Phoenix and plan to move there late 2023 for better job opportunities in the marketing/advertising industry (I found that they pay higher for my field in Phoenix compared to Tucson) and I plan to start a family there ☺️ Also to be closer to my family instead of being separated by an ocean and a 22 hour plane ride 🥴.
I love Guam and I will miss the beautiful islands’ food, culture, constant weather and the ocean, but home is wherever my family is and I’ll make it in Arizona. Besides, gotta step out of my comfort zone.
I find your story intriguing because as an Air Force brat growing up, I lived in both Guam and Phoenix, Andersen AFB and Williams AFB( now Mesa Gateway Airport and ASU East), respectively. We lived in Arizona first and then moved to the island of Guam when I was 8 years-old. What a contrast in terms of climate and culture! Went from hot dry desert to tropical island with typhoons! I did enjoy Guam but being from the states I missed being on a larger landmass and got island fever. Many military brats did. But those are some years I’ll never forget and I long to go back there but tickets are not cheap! And not a quick flight either, like you said! Anyway, good luck to you in your move and being close to family is always a blessing and makes life easier in many ways.
I’ve lived in the Phoenix area for over 30 years. I keep thinking I want to move, but where? Initially my thoughts were to move to another state, but where? Lately Tucson has been calling me. I’ve only been there two times. The most resent time we went up Mount Lemon to the observatory. Loved that the mountain was so close to the city. 😊
As a Tucsonain born and raised I love my city. Phoenix on the other hand is barely talked about (and you might get the sink eye if you like that city) and we only deal with it when we go on a trip going north. Its confusing systems of freeways is always stressful. It's almost as bad as going through Los Angeles. Almost.
I live in the Phoenix area. Traffic is bad at times but L A is 10 times worse in my experience. I do love Tucson and wish we could have settled there but the jobs were the reason we are in Phoenix after retiring from the military.
Native of tucson ,Phoenix, freeways aren't confusing unless you have a learning disability. The road infrastructure in metro ,Phoenix is superior to tucsons. Read , "Tucson's Shortage of Capital" in the Arizona Daily Independent a excellent analysis of why tucson is in the condition it's in. People in general aren't honest most prefer comforting lies, hard truth offends. My birthplace has beautiful mountains the city as a whole is a shithole.
Lol we laugh when we hear Tucson. Its like hearing Albuquerque. Its the New Jersey of AZ. Yuck.
Besides Albuquerque, I cant think of an uglier city to drive through than Tucson. It all looks like Mesa.
I live 35 miles south of Tucson and whenever I have to drive up to and around PHX I get the same nervous jitters, same feeling I have driving around LI, NY whenever I fly “home” to visit my people. Tucson is on its way to getting as bad, not quit yet though. None of that where I live further south.
@@davidfosca1044 Thanks David for recommending that article, very useful analysis.
I am looking into the Tucson area as I currently live in the Tahoe area… thanks for the thorough explanation of both cities.
I've lived in Phoenix and in Tucson (currently in Tucson) and Tucson is by far the better place to live. Tucson just has a couple of drawbacks. If you're a blue collar worker it's hard to find a good paying job here. The other one is you have to know what neighborhood to live in. This guy is just giving you the basics.If you have any questions about Tucson, feel free to ask.
@@commonscents7801 thank you! I have a an in person job interview that I will be going to Tucson at the end of the month. I’m super excited!
@@deannacoker436 If you're in town check out Maglione Rentals. He owns most of the apartments on the block I live on. I live 5 blocks from the University of Arizona. Nice neighborhood and Chris Maglione is probably the best landlord I've ever had.
@@commonscents7801 thank you for the guidance! I will check this out.if the community is as nice and welcoming as you are… I’m going to love Tucson. I already love the mountains and the architecture I’ve seen online. 😊🙏🏻🙌🏻
Tucson is a really strange place but in a charming, unusual way. It took me three months to even form an opinion about it but I really enjoyed living there and would love to go back.
I have been to both cities on various vacations and like both however, back in 2017 I was in the Phoenix area (Scottsdale) and the official temperature on one day I was there was 120 degrees. So if you don't like the heat, Tucson is a better choice but still pretty hot there as well.
Both cities have their differences I totally agree with the outcome
I think you did a fair assessment of each. Although I would have mentioned the oracle highway at the end for Tucson. I tend to enjoy pheonix for its youthful spirit and rivers/lakes. I really only enjoy tucson for mt lemmon if I am being honest haha. Definitely a more relaxed city, tucson is. Either way both have their strengths and overall are enjoyable.
I grew up in Tucson but have lived in the Phoenix metro almost 40 years. Given a choice I would move to Tucson in a heartbeat but wife's job is too good to leave at the moment. Summary: Phoenix has a lower cost of living with many more job opportunities and is a much better place to raise a family (sports, schools, entertainment). It is also much easier to get around by car (although distances tend to be longer) and by air. Phoenix is also more convenient to the rural areas of the state. Tucson has much more natural beauty but a pain in the ass to drive around and has better weather.
Phoenix does not have a lower cost of living, it's a lot more expensive lol.
Love the hat!
Tucson gets my vote. Our new gym is opening in Tucson. So get ready
Originally from Tennessee. Lived in Phoenix/Scottsdale for a year, then Havasu, then five years in Tucson, and am now back in Phoenix for the past two years. Tucson is much better than Phoenix. The weather is a little more sane. The people are friendlier. More people are from there originally so it has a better sense of community. Phoenix is just so sterile by comparison. I also think the escapes in Southern Arizona are greatly underrated(chiracahaus, madera canyon and various other outdoor adventures)
Not for long if people keep moving here. Phoenix was nice too before 4 million more people moved there.
@@johnsavage7507
That's so true! 67 yr. native of Tucson.
@@robertl9154 47 year native. It's getting so bad here I don't even have the words.
Tucson my pick
You forgot Raytheon as a major skilled job producer in Tucson.
Raytheon is just a munitions factory, usaf plant 44 , based on perpetual wars tucson would have been better off with a truck or auto plant. As a Constitutional conservative all it did for this rundown poverty stricken city is put us on the nuclear hit list. Native of tucson my birthplace could have been much better it's sad what corrupt governments establishments can do to a city, county, country.
Don't know about their operations in Tucson, but Raytheon hires a lot of engineers, programmers.
Yes, our local rapacious 'defence' contractor. As long as the perpetual war economy flourishes, Tucson will do well.
Superstition mountains?