Moving to AZ - research thread

Electric will vary drastically. We are around $125 in winter steadily climbing to $500 in summer.

Water and sewer runs us around $100/month with minimal landscaping.

we have gas dryer, stove/oven, and water heater. It’s around $40/month when not using furnace. In the winter it can touch $100.

 

it seems some of the burbs from what Im researching, like Oro, Vail, ricon , marana, (ya spelling police , like fucked those up too). have most of what you need without going into Tucson at all?

its like here, you don't want to go into Chicago unless you have to, nor some of the small downtowns like Aurora, etc. those are 200K + and gang banger time

 

thanks I appreciate the humor, but thats not helping me much.

 

The only reason we go downtown is for events - mostly sports. Hockey games, baseball games, U of A, etc.


99% of the time we stay north of Orange Grove. The east side equivalent would be like east of Wilmot. Out of the riff raff.

 

Not sure who the providers are down south, but after a full calendar year SRP will average your annual bill so its relatively consistent throughout the year. The last bill is adjusted up/down depending on the previous year's usage.

 

ok, so not much different than here, Im on a budget plan for natural gas, it gets WAY high in the winter and low in the summer so all year round about $75-$100

electric here gets real high in the summer too, so about $200 year round on a budget plan.

depends on how good of unit you have, insulation, etc. I got a bad ass 2 stage 95% heater a few years ago and it went way down

 

We have TEP. They offer the adjusted monthly program but I just suck it up.

 

ya, they do that here as well for natural gas and electric, I like that much more, nice and consistent rather then 50 bucks in the winter and 400 in the summer type peaks..

good to know

 

If Anita street market is still in the hood you should stop in for burritos or tortillas. I used to lifeguard at that park

 

That's a lot nicer than the railyard!

 

Actually they good a pretty damn good job with Downtown Tucson. I have to give the City planners that.

 

The planning is solid. It’s the homelessness/drug problem that creates the issues I’ve encountered.

One day eating with a buddy on 4th Ave, some homeless dude pops down his tailgate and gets on his truck. Small example.

 

YES, that's still a big issue, for sure.

 

awesome , thanks

 

ya, I could see in that case, it would be nice compared to some of the areas in chicago though, lol. yikes

I wouldn't have to go anywhere though, just work out of the house.

I like Vail so far and Oro areas

 

I loved living in Tucson 82-84 (DMAFB) ... heck I was there during that 100 year flood.

Homeless problem is almost everywhere these days in metro areas. In LV my wife was stopped at a traffic light in our first gen Tacoma and felt the truck shake slightly. She didn't see anything around her abnormal in her mirrors until a couple of miles down the road when asshole jumped out of the bed at the next red light she stopped at.

 

My grandfather (99 year old WWII navy vet) has lived right by the Swan gate for the last 68 years. It’s changed a lot.

 

Apartment complexes seem to be breeding grounds for the destruction of neighborhoods. My grandparents neighborhood was never the same after all the area complexes started to go downhill in the early 90s. It’s too bad as they keep creeping further north up Oracle Road.

 

Ya I'm sure, we lived off Stella road near that back gate and bone yard. Since my daughter was born there it's kind of a bucket list item to revisit. Mt Lemmon, Old Tucson, Tombstone etc. Fun place.

 

Not far from @Azblue. I’m around the mountain.

 

I loved monsoon season and the sunsets.

 

How close are you to downtown?

but ya, things change over time, this used to be cornfields my me, now its built up and crawling with people.

maybe I need to mark up a map with a go , no-go around Tucson, seems to me that its central, south, southwest, no go. north, east, west, southeast - go

 

Ha - I just posted this pic in another thread. Monsoon sunset could be its title.

 

Ya weird ... our go to camp site at Willow Beach Arizona just 50 miles SE of Vegas has spectacular sunsets as well. I don't ever recall seeing anything like this in Vegas

 

I think vail or picture rocks are the only options if he wants a few acres or more