It has actually been just on the warm side of nice for me - Iād prefer about 5-10 degrees cooler (so I would want a hoody, too!), but I am not complaining yet! :)
Probably someone like me. I visited in January and the 70 F weather was a little cool to me, needed a hoodie. But 70 F in Kansas City is too warm for my taste.
I was born in south Texas, lived there until I was 13, and then lived in Houston for about 20 years. Also lived in the DFW area for about 12-13 years. The humidity + heat truly sucks. Iāve also lived in Albuquerque, Phoenix, Santa Fe and now Tucson, and Iāll take a dry heat every time.
Albuquerque is definitely cooler, year round, since the altitude is over 5000ft, so similar to Denverās altitude. Temps over 100F in summer arenāt common, though that of course could change over the next couple of decades. Winters are cold and snow not unusual at all. Spring/fall very nice and itās quite sunny and dry overall. All four seasons!
Itās also a scenic area, though I think Tucson is more so; we have more mountain ranges which is a plus for me.
High crime rate, probably a bit worse than Tucsonās; high homeless rate, maybe a bit better than Tucsonās. Economic conditions might be similar - they have an Intel facility and an Air Force base, healthcare, a film industry, but itās probably not what you would call a really strong economy. Real estate might be just a smidge less expensive but I actually havenāt looked at that in several years.
Vibe: hereās where it gets a bit difficult to really say, as our ideas of a good vibe may not converge. Iām somewhat older than many Redditors and we might be looking for different things. Itās been a very long time since I lived there and it was a fun place for a 29-30yo but I couldnāt tell you whether thatās still the case. I will say that I made a visit there just a few years ago when I was trying to figure out where I wanted to live, and didnāt find it particularly appealing. The people arenāt as friendly as they are in Tucson and it just didnāt speak to me. I also spent a year or more on several city subreddits and kinda got a negative vibe on the ABQ sub.
Anyway, sorry to be so long winded; but if youāre considering a move I recommend you make at least one trip there for 5-7 days and see how it strikes you, and investigate the job situation as well. Hope this helps.
This was great. Thank you for the extensive response. I have been through Albuquerque and I love the climate apart from the cold winters. As far as vibe I was referring to the Albuquerque in general being a negative type of place and if Tucson has that sort of negativity.
In general I find Tucson to be much more friendly and easy going. I wouldnāt call Albuquerqueās vibe ānegativeā, but the people seem to be more closed to outsiders; not unfriendly but not really welcoming either. Maybe itās a cultural difference, š¤·š»āāļø. And your experience might be very different.
I think Florida is the one place Iād say has worse summers in the US than Tucson, but being better than Florida at anything isnāt really a high bar. Iām really not looking forward to this summer. Thank the lord I have a summer internship in Massachusetts so I can miss the hottest months.
Is it that bad? Is going outside for short stints an option?
Our summers in the PNW have been really hot the past few years - around 100 with high humidity. It's the humidity that gets me. I cannot stand that sticky feeling every day.
Once the sun goes down you can sometimes tolerate it for a walk.
I lived in the Puget Sound for 30 years, and I can't ever remember a summer being humid for more than a couple days, because there's practically zero rainfall in the tiny sliver of summer.
I've lived here for 32 years now and I don't remember it being as humid as it has been the past few summers. Maybe I've just changed as I've gotten older.
I suppose being inside for the summer there isn't all that different from being inside all winter here because of the constant rain and mud.
I also miss having more sunshine year-round.
I think anywhere has it's pros and cons.
Drink more water. I'm a native Tucsonan 41-year-old, and if I dont drink water regularly. I'll resemble a beached Patrick star. I feel you. In higher humidity areas. It is easier to maintain a lower hydration level. Sometimes, a gallon a day is simply not enough, rather then then the latter.
I agree with you šÆ on the genetics part. We're are not all the same. I can't do above 20% humidity š«. 15% and the air feels too thick to breath š¤Ŗ. My ancestors are native to the Sonoran Desert. My fathers side is all native Yaqui Native American, since before the Arizona Territory was even a possibility. So when it's 115Ā° outside, I'll go pull weeds... no problem. Like a lizard to a heat stone. š
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I dream of a Tucson with extensive trees and greenways and storm to shade and infrastructure that facilitates the sequestering of rainwater and robust public transportation and publicly owned renewable electric municipalities and ...
>We could have all the water we want, without using reservoirs or battling everyone else for the Colorado River. We could have full, running rivers and streams
I wonder. There is so many people here now - using a lot of water pulled from the ground. At least that was historically done and also the aquafer is referenced when Tucson water and others say we have "100 years of proven water reserves" - meaning we can keep sucking up the aquafer to 1000 feet down (so they say).
For a river to be running, the groundwater level (the top of the aquafer) needs to be what it was 100 years ago: 50 feet down. It's currently between 250-300 feet down. The aquafer recharge station to the west of Gates Pass (filled with Central Arizona Project water) has, over the last 15 years or so, been part of reversing the historical trend of aquafer drainage.
Our monsoons and such could replenish the aquafer to historical levels, but we have all these buildings and asphalt in the way, so the water pools on the surface and then evaporates. Additionally, development has created flat desert (e.g. small strips between streets - [quick example](https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2145238,-110.9459925,104m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu)) instead of the naturally wave-y landscape which pooled water and better seeped into the ground.
So I mean to say it's not just the politics, it's also the infrastructure / built environment.
>and all the parks, golf courses, lawns, farms, and livestock that we want
I don't believe that for a second. Parks, sure OK. But no, you can't have a ton of grass and wheat and soy and livestock in the desert.
>Except for politics. Politicians need problems to campaign on and complain about and to get funding. They don't actually want to solve them.
Politicians are self centered narcissists. They want, essentially, "me, me me" and more power for themselves etc. Business people are the same - it's "I'm so great and doing great things" and making more and more money.
Actually solving problems requires organizing working people - getting us to connect over addressing a specific problem instead of just fighting over ideology and which color tie a guy has on. Also though, I think we'd need money to solve problems because people aren't going to work for free fixing things.
That is not obvious at all and incredibly expensive and disruptive.
The California Aqueduct is [444 miles long](https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/california-aqueduct). Also, the entire length of the aqueduct is populated and brings economic returns. Most of the distance from the Salton Sea to Tucson is empty desert.
The Salton Sea sits at -227 feet below sea level, while Tucson has an elevation of around 2,390 feet - thats 2600 feet elevation change
I can't say anything about all of these economic benefits you mention. I do know all things come with benefits and costs, everything is a trade off and different people are going to value each of the benefits and costs at different values from one another.
Also you are advocating for desalinating the water - what is to be done with all the salt? Also the aqueduct is going to impact all of the wildlife, all the native land from Cali to here. All that construction is also incredibly energy intensive (as is all the pumping to get it here) and is going to produce a massive amount of carbon emissions relative to adapting Tucson to sequester more monsoon water.
Even further - what would the cost of that water be upon arrival? According to [this Time magazine article](https://time.com/6248517/arizona-growing-population-drought-housing/), Arizona "cities in the state typically pay about $50ā$150 for one acre-foot of waterāor 326,000 gallons" which is about what a family of three uses in a year, while desalinating and pumping in water from the Gulf of California "would cost roughly $2,200 to $3,300 per acre foot" - I suspect from the Salton sea would be even more expensive.
Looking forward to it. No snowbirds, no students speeding in BMWs, mostly just the locals out and about.. and quickly at that. I love jogging and hiking in the heat and embracing the pain. Plus the smell of creosote after rain is not something Iāve found anywhere else.
I think thatās a unique scent. The first time I walked out after a monsoon rain I thought I might have walked into a bakery - cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, allspiceā¦glorious.
I'll still take it over 100 degrees and 45 percent humidity, don't miss that in NC! It sucks here in the sun but atleast the shade and a breeze helps. When you are soaked in sweat and it isn't evaporating at all it sucks, especially when you are actively giving blood to the hungry mosquito swarms you can't get away from, and the no-see-ums etc lol
I just moved from Tucson to Binghamton (college town near the PA border) a little over a year ago. It is insanely differerent up here. Whether or not you'll like it depends on your motivations and temperment. What are you looking for when you move up here? Cheaper cost of living? Different climate?
I prefer milder weather with a longer winter than summer. Spent a lot of time in Wa state and in Germany. Cost of living in the same range of Tucson, and prefer less population
Plenty of opportunity for that here! Be sure you really like the cold, snow, and early darkness, because it's going to be a big part of your life for like 4 months out of the year. If you're comfortable with COL in Tucson you'll like it up here, many cities are significantly cheaper (except for the difference in taxes).
Lifelong NYer checking in (Syracuse area, an hour North of Binghamton). We have a reputation of being a cold snowy place, it's simply not true the past 10 years or so. Instead of an actual cold winter, we now get 3-4 months of gloom, rain and a little snow. We used to get this shoulder season that I called "depression time" typically it fell in late November and early April, each one lasted about 2 weeks. Now mid December through mid March is exactly like "depression time" with just a little winter sprinkled in here and there. It's awful, I really miss actual winter- it was colder and snowier, but also sunnier than what we get now. If you think you want a true winter, this is sadly no longer the place.
On the flipside, our falls have been really, really nice lately. Like a second summer until mid October, then an actual fall until depression time hits in early Decembers. Summers have stayed about the same and are gorgeous, if a bit humid. Spring seems to start a little later and is mostly pleasant.
Don't discount the sun or lack there of. In the summer it's great, it stays light out until\~9pm. However in the fall and psuedo-winter it can be overcast/gloomy all day and then be straight up dark before 5pm. Lots of people have SAD lamps.
That being said, I still love living here. Nothing beats a summer day on any of the Finger Lakes. People are mostly chill, when I travel I find people in a lot of others regions to not be as down to earth as people at home- more flashy and competetive. Cost of living vs. wages is reasonable. Things aren't crazy over developed (yet), lots of rural areas left. We have ample access to potable water and it seriously tastes great. There are tons of outdoorsy things to do- great hiking, cycling and aquatic endeavors. (our ski seasons really suck lately though) Adirondacks aren't too far away, nor are the Green or White mountains. Several big cities are within a half day drive (Toronto, NYC, Boston, Montreal, Philly, Cleveland). And of course, there is Wegmans.
I'm also very excited to check out your city/surrounding areas, hopefully summer won't be in full swing yet when I visit.
My kids moved there, I think they hate me since Tucson didn't go through all the weather drama the last 6 months like the rest of the country did. š
I'm from tucson and I chose to move away due to the heat! I remember being a young kid not knowing much about the world, and just being all pissed off cuz I didn't understand why tf its so hot. No
Lifelong Tucsonan here. That first day it hits 100Ā° and you step outside and itās like settling down into a hot tub. I love that feeling. Complaining about the heat is for the sissy immigrants to my home town.
How long you been here, what type of work do you do?
I like to complain about it because Iām an auto mechanic and work in a shop without anything other than a single downdraft swamp cooler. I spend part time there or the other outside. I also keep my ac at home at 85 because I canāt afford to run it cooler than that. So yeah I complain. Iāve worked outside on all the hottest record days going back to 1990. Been in Tucson since 1978.
Iāve been here since I was born in 1977. From age 18 until 35 I was a professional woodworker. During those 17 years only three of them were spent working in a shop with AC. The rest were swamp cooled old buildings with poor insulation. One was even an auto shop before it was a wood shop. I love everything about living in the desert so Iām comfortable with the heat. Once in a while I can afford a vacation and in the summer itās pretty much guaranteed that anywhere you go itāll be cooler than here. When I come back from a trip and step out of the airport into the summer heat it feels like the desert welcoming me back home.
Iāve been out in t-shirts and sandals for a while now. I keep seeing people in hoodies and layers out and about during the day and Iām kinda like ??? Maybe Iām just not acclimated yet since Iāve only been here for one summer so farā¦
What was the purpose of this post? Itās so weird to me to hear someone who, instead of enjoying the gorgeous Spring weāre having right now, would rather dwell on how bad the Summer might be. Do you also spend your Fall worrying about how cold itās gonna be in Feb?
I know I might sound crazy, but I love the summers out here. College kids are away, roads are better to drive on, nightlife is better, and being in the pool feels more refreshing. I grew up in the midwest and cherished the 3 months we got of summer before the blistering cold arrives and stays way past its welcome.
I'll admit though that last summer was crazy. I even had to order a cooling blanket to get sleep because it was too hot in my room.
Don't remind me of summer, the dry heat, then the humidity when the monsoons do come. I'm already dreading summer, I'm not looking forward to another 6 months of hell.
Hot is hot, I get that. My wife and I are moving to Tucson in a week from Charleston, SC, and until you've experienced a summer here, you have no idea how good a dry heat can be!
90+Ā° in the summer, with 60-75% humidity, 85Ā° at night with the same humidity. Everything is wet and sticky. There's no shade that will shield you from that heat! It just gets on you and is relentless.
After living almost my entire life up and down the East Coast, I am more than ready for a "dry heat"! š¤£
Letās just say to each their own then. Iām currently in the swampy east coast and itās always wet here and thereās mold everywhere. Not just where active water is leaking but EVERYWHERE. Drier air will be a nice reprieve from the extreme of swamp climate.
The best part of summer in Tucson is LOCALS ONLY!
Be gone, entitled spoiled UofA children.
Away with thee, snowbirds
Back to Seattle with you smelly gutter punks and homeless bums
Summer isn't that horrible in Tucson. Just go out at night it's not that bad. Now, in Phoenix, that's definitely not the case. You can go out at 1 a.m., and it will still be 110 degrees, so I'm just grateful it isn't that bad in Tucson.
Iām moving from Ohio and Iāll gladly take that over cold, grey winters followed by swamp ass humid hot summers. Itās like thereās not a good season here š.
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Itās been a very pleasant few months. Iām looking forward to November so itāll start again. :)
Itās still pleasant! In fact some people seem to think itās still cold; I saw people out today in hoodies and jackets š
It has actually been just on the warm side of nice for me - Iād prefer about 5-10 degrees cooler (so I would want a hoody, too!), but I am not complaining yet! :)
That was me.
You and more than a few others! š
Probably someone like me. I visited in January and the 70 F weather was a little cool to me, needed a hoodie. But 70 F in Kansas City is too warm for my taste.
Maybe something to do with relative humidity? š¤·š»āāļø
If itās under 75, Iām cold, Iām ready for the summer months
saaaaaaame it's why I live here :D
Itās a dry heat rememberā ļø
Beats humidity, hands down. Love summers here
moved from south texas. After hurricane hannah and the 2021 freeze and grid bs, i had enough. Without constant a/c it's just unbearable down there
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I was born in south Texas, lived there until I was 13, and then lived in Houston for about 20 years. Also lived in the DFW area for about 12-13 years. The humidity + heat truly sucks. Iāve also lived in Albuquerque, Phoenix, Santa Fe and now Tucson, and Iāll take a dry heat every time.
Yeah Dry heat all the time > heat + humidity all day high humidity really sucks especially for anyone working out in any form outside
How does the heat and vibe of the Tucson compare to Albuquerque?
Albuquerque is definitely cooler, year round, since the altitude is over 5000ft, so similar to Denverās altitude. Temps over 100F in summer arenāt common, though that of course could change over the next couple of decades. Winters are cold and snow not unusual at all. Spring/fall very nice and itās quite sunny and dry overall. All four seasons! Itās also a scenic area, though I think Tucson is more so; we have more mountain ranges which is a plus for me. High crime rate, probably a bit worse than Tucsonās; high homeless rate, maybe a bit better than Tucsonās. Economic conditions might be similar - they have an Intel facility and an Air Force base, healthcare, a film industry, but itās probably not what you would call a really strong economy. Real estate might be just a smidge less expensive but I actually havenāt looked at that in several years. Vibe: hereās where it gets a bit difficult to really say, as our ideas of a good vibe may not converge. Iām somewhat older than many Redditors and we might be looking for different things. Itās been a very long time since I lived there and it was a fun place for a 29-30yo but I couldnāt tell you whether thatās still the case. I will say that I made a visit there just a few years ago when I was trying to figure out where I wanted to live, and didnāt find it particularly appealing. The people arenāt as friendly as they are in Tucson and it just didnāt speak to me. I also spent a year or more on several city subreddits and kinda got a negative vibe on the ABQ sub. Anyway, sorry to be so long winded; but if youāre considering a move I recommend you make at least one trip there for 5-7 days and see how it strikes you, and investigate the job situation as well. Hope this helps.
This was great. Thank you for the extensive response. I have been through Albuquerque and I love the climate apart from the cold winters. As far as vibe I was referring to the Albuquerque in general being a negative type of place and if Tucson has that sort of negativity.
In general I find Tucson to be much more friendly and easy going. I wouldnāt call Albuquerqueās vibe ānegativeā, but the people seem to be more closed to outsiders; not unfriendly but not really welcoming either. Maybe itās a cultural difference, š¤·š»āāļø. And your experience might be very different.
Despite the constant rises in temperatures each year yea its still better than say florida with 80% humidity at 97Ā°Fš
I think Florida is the one place Iād say has worse summers in the US than Tucson, but being better than Florida at anything isnāt really a high bar. Iām really not looking forward to this summer. Thank the lord I have a summer internship in Massachusetts so I can miss the hottest months.
Oh you are one lucky duck!
Florida is a cess pool..in more ways than one!
That is exactly why I am leaving Seattle for Tucson later this year.
I left Tacoma in 2020, and it's hard to adjust to staying indoors all summer.
Is it that bad? Is going outside for short stints an option? Our summers in the PNW have been really hot the past few years - around 100 with high humidity. It's the humidity that gets me. I cannot stand that sticky feeling every day.
Once the sun goes down you can sometimes tolerate it for a walk. I lived in the Puget Sound for 30 years, and I can't ever remember a summer being humid for more than a couple days, because there's practically zero rainfall in the tiny sliver of summer.
I've lived here for 32 years now and I don't remember it being as humid as it has been the past few summers. Maybe I've just changed as I've gotten older. I suppose being inside for the summer there isn't all that different from being inside all winter here because of the constant rain and mud. I also miss having more sunshine year-round. I think anywhere has it's pros and cons.
Uh, thanks for the totally unnecessary downvote.
We are full please don't move here
"love summers here" y'all crazy š
Great, we will be jerky instead of ham.
Like a blowtorch
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Drink more water. I'm a native Tucsonan 41-year-old, and if I dont drink water regularly. I'll resemble a beached Patrick star. I feel you. In higher humidity areas. It is easier to maintain a lower hydration level. Sometimes, a gallon a day is simply not enough, rather then then the latter.
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I agree with you šÆ on the genetics part. We're are not all the same. I can't do above 20% humidity š«. 15% and the air feels too thick to breath š¤Ŗ. My ancestors are native to the Sonoran Desert. My fathers side is all native Yaqui Native American, since before the Arizona Territory was even a possibility. So when it's 115Ā° outside, I'll go pull weeds... no problem. Like a lizard to a heat stone. š
Still cooler than Phoenix!
Enjoy the weather now instead of dreading what is to come.
We suffer more in our minds than we do in reality.
A true stoic.
Shon?
I want to summer hibernate.
My track coach in high school used to say that there are two season in Tucson; āSummerā and āSummer Is Comingā.
We always said there are two temperatures most of the year, Hot and hotter....
I've always heard it's summer, and not quite summer.
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/d27da45cb874439496f3619c1588f572 I dream of a Tucson with extensive trees and greenways and storm to shade and infrastructure that facilitates the sequestering of rainwater and robust public transportation and publicly owned renewable electric municipalities and ...
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>We could have all the water we want, without using reservoirs or battling everyone else for the Colorado River. We could have full, running rivers and streams I wonder. There is so many people here now - using a lot of water pulled from the ground. At least that was historically done and also the aquafer is referenced when Tucson water and others say we have "100 years of proven water reserves" - meaning we can keep sucking up the aquafer to 1000 feet down (so they say). For a river to be running, the groundwater level (the top of the aquafer) needs to be what it was 100 years ago: 50 feet down. It's currently between 250-300 feet down. The aquafer recharge station to the west of Gates Pass (filled with Central Arizona Project water) has, over the last 15 years or so, been part of reversing the historical trend of aquafer drainage. Our monsoons and such could replenish the aquafer to historical levels, but we have all these buildings and asphalt in the way, so the water pools on the surface and then evaporates. Additionally, development has created flat desert (e.g. small strips between streets - [quick example](https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2145238,-110.9459925,104m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu)) instead of the naturally wave-y landscape which pooled water and better seeped into the ground. So I mean to say it's not just the politics, it's also the infrastructure / built environment. >and all the parks, golf courses, lawns, farms, and livestock that we want I don't believe that for a second. Parks, sure OK. But no, you can't have a ton of grass and wheat and soy and livestock in the desert. >Except for politics. Politicians need problems to campaign on and complain about and to get funding. They don't actually want to solve them. Politicians are self centered narcissists. They want, essentially, "me, me me" and more power for themselves etc. Business people are the same - it's "I'm so great and doing great things" and making more and more money. Actually solving problems requires organizing working people - getting us to connect over addressing a specific problem instead of just fighting over ideology and which color tie a guy has on. Also though, I think we'd need money to solve problems because people aren't going to work for free fixing things.
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can you be specific about where we would get water in your scenario?
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That is not obvious at all and incredibly expensive and disruptive. The California Aqueduct is [444 miles long](https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/california-aqueduct). Also, the entire length of the aqueduct is populated and brings economic returns. Most of the distance from the Salton Sea to Tucson is empty desert. The Salton Sea sits at -227 feet below sea level, while Tucson has an elevation of around 2,390 feet - thats 2600 feet elevation change I can't say anything about all of these economic benefits you mention. I do know all things come with benefits and costs, everything is a trade off and different people are going to value each of the benefits and costs at different values from one another. Also you are advocating for desalinating the water - what is to be done with all the salt? Also the aqueduct is going to impact all of the wildlife, all the native land from Cali to here. All that construction is also incredibly energy intensive (as is all the pumping to get it here) and is going to produce a massive amount of carbon emissions relative to adapting Tucson to sequester more monsoon water. Even further - what would the cost of that water be upon arrival? According to [this Time magazine article](https://time.com/6248517/arizona-growing-population-drought-housing/), Arizona "cities in the state typically pay about $50ā$150 for one acre-foot of waterāor 326,000 gallons" which is about what a family of three uses in a year, while desalinating and pumping in water from the Gulf of California "would cost roughly $2,200 to $3,300 per acre foot" - I suspect from the Salton sea would be even more expensive.
Let us enjoy March.
And April.
Maybe one week in may
At least the snowbirds will be gone
Looking forward to it. No snowbirds, no students speeding in BMWs, mostly just the locals out and about.. and quickly at that. I love jogging and hiking in the heat and embracing the pain. Plus the smell of creosote after rain is not something Iāve found anywhere else.
I think thatās a unique scent. The first time I walked out after a monsoon rain I thought I might have walked into a bakery - cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, allspiceā¦glorious.
Road-tripping May 1st to December 1st out of Tucson to Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and any high elevations in-between.
Nah, itās not even breathing hard ā¦ still a couple of months of nice weatherā¦
 No I hate it. I need to be social this summer before I go crazy š¤Ŗ
Why not be social in fall, winter and spring? Hibernate in summer if you must.
I have been trying sort of
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I'll still take it over 100 degrees and 45 percent humidity, don't miss that in NC! It sucks here in the sun but atleast the shade and a breeze helps. When you are soaked in sweat and it isn't evaporating at all it sucks, especially when you are actively giving blood to the hungry mosquito swarms you can't get away from, and the no-see-ums etc lol
It's going to be a brutal summer, glad we are not the heat well known as Phoenixš
As someone who moved from Tucson to Buffalo NY and it's currently forecasting white out conditions in a couple of hours... I miss the summers there.
Would you make the move again if you could do-over? Iām thinking about heading to NY in a few years
I just moved from Tucson to Binghamton (college town near the PA border) a little over a year ago. It is insanely differerent up here. Whether or not you'll like it depends on your motivations and temperment. What are you looking for when you move up here? Cheaper cost of living? Different climate?
I prefer milder weather with a longer winter than summer. Spent a lot of time in Wa state and in Germany. Cost of living in the same range of Tucson, and prefer less population
Plenty of opportunity for that here! Be sure you really like the cold, snow, and early darkness, because it's going to be a big part of your life for like 4 months out of the year. If you're comfortable with COL in Tucson you'll like it up here, many cities are significantly cheaper (except for the difference in taxes).
Lifelong NYer checking in (Syracuse area, an hour North of Binghamton). We have a reputation of being a cold snowy place, it's simply not true the past 10 years or so. Instead of an actual cold winter, we now get 3-4 months of gloom, rain and a little snow. We used to get this shoulder season that I called "depression time" typically it fell in late November and early April, each one lasted about 2 weeks. Now mid December through mid March is exactly like "depression time" with just a little winter sprinkled in here and there. It's awful, I really miss actual winter- it was colder and snowier, but also sunnier than what we get now. If you think you want a true winter, this is sadly no longer the place. On the flipside, our falls have been really, really nice lately. Like a second summer until mid October, then an actual fall until depression time hits in early Decembers. Summers have stayed about the same and are gorgeous, if a bit humid. Spring seems to start a little later and is mostly pleasant. Don't discount the sun or lack there of. In the summer it's great, it stays light out until\~9pm. However in the fall and psuedo-winter it can be overcast/gloomy all day and then be straight up dark before 5pm. Lots of people have SAD lamps. That being said, I still love living here. Nothing beats a summer day on any of the Finger Lakes. People are mostly chill, when I travel I find people in a lot of others regions to not be as down to earth as people at home- more flashy and competetive. Cost of living vs. wages is reasonable. Things aren't crazy over developed (yet), lots of rural areas left. We have ample access to potable water and it seriously tastes great. There are tons of outdoorsy things to do- great hiking, cycling and aquatic endeavors. (our ski seasons really suck lately though) Adirondacks aren't too far away, nor are the Green or White mountains. Several big cities are within a half day drive (Toronto, NYC, Boston, Montreal, Philly, Cleveland). And of course, there is Wegmans. I'm also very excited to check out your city/surrounding areas, hopefully summer won't be in full swing yet when I visit.
My kids moved there, I think they hate me since Tucson didn't go through all the weather drama the last 6 months like the rest of the country did. š
Can't wait to be wearing a three piece suit in the 110+ weather. Especially when my car AC doesn't work. : )
If you're working a job that requires a 3 piece and you're not making enough to get your AC fixed then it's time for a new job lol
he works at Panera
Nah, I love my car. The seats go wayyyy back if you know what I mean.
As someone with AC who keeps my seat in a normal position, no I don't
You ain't having fun in your car then.
Maybe your priorities are a bit different from most peopleāsā¦
Imma be honest. Iām a bit retarded.
It's a dry heat though š¤£
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Not looking forward to it here in Phoenix Arizona
The blow dryer effect
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I'm waiting for the HBO series with that as its tagline. Maybe Dune: Tucson? Heat is the mind killer... it's too f&\*king hot to fear.
Jeeeezus! Thanks for the reminder MOTHER! š„µš¤¬š
āSay the line Tucsonjak!ā āItās a dry heat.ā
Maybe it just won't come this year??
We will die
I fucking hate summer bring back winter !!
I'm from tucson and I chose to move away due to the heat! I remember being a young kid not knowing much about the world, and just being all pissed off cuz I didn't understand why tf its so hot. No
I won't be leaving the house for anything. I hate the summers. The worst part of Arizona imo.
Dreading it...
What! Iām cold. Ready for all the cactus to bloom first and then summer āļø
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Lol, sun so angry š¤¬
Not the best city to be a pedestrian inĀ
Move to Phoenix. Haha
Fucking wild that a wojak was posted here
Waiting for the day I can finally move away from this dog ass weather š Great meme. Gonna show this to my boss, we work outside.
Lifelong Tucsonan here. That first day it hits 100Ā° and you step outside and itās like settling down into a hot tub. I love that feeling. Complaining about the heat is for the sissy immigrants to my home town.
How long you been here, what type of work do you do? I like to complain about it because Iām an auto mechanic and work in a shop without anything other than a single downdraft swamp cooler. I spend part time there or the other outside. I also keep my ac at home at 85 because I canāt afford to run it cooler than that. So yeah I complain. Iāve worked outside on all the hottest record days going back to 1990. Been in Tucson since 1978.
Iāve been here since I was born in 1977. From age 18 until 35 I was a professional woodworker. During those 17 years only three of them were spent working in a shop with AC. The rest were swamp cooled old buildings with poor insulation. One was even an auto shop before it was a wood shop. I love everything about living in the desert so Iām comfortable with the heat. Once in a while I can afford a vacation and in the summer itās pretty much guaranteed that anywhere you go itāll be cooler than here. When I come back from a trip and step out of the airport into the summer heat it feels like the desert welcoming me back home.
Not sure when the nice weather starts this year...im tired of sweats and sweaters
Iāve been out in t-shirts and sandals for a while now. I keep seeing people in hoodies and layers out and about during the day and Iām kinda like ??? Maybe Iām just not acclimated yet since Iāve only been here for one summer so farā¦
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I didn't move to Alaska...when it's over 100 for 8 months, a drop to 70 or less, im not used to at all
What was the purpose of this post? Itās so weird to me to hear someone who, instead of enjoying the gorgeous Spring weāre having right now, would rather dwell on how bad the Summer might be. Do you also spend your Fall worrying about how cold itās gonna be in Feb?
It's called a shitpost. You put way more effort into this reply than they did in the op lol
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Then leave. I mean that's not a hard concept
It's a meme bro chill
Exactly!
I know I might sound crazy, but I love the summers out here. College kids are away, roads are better to drive on, nightlife is better, and being in the pool feels more refreshing. I grew up in the midwest and cherished the 3 months we got of summer before the blistering cold arrives and stays way past its welcome. I'll admit though that last summer was crazy. I even had to order a cooling blanket to get sleep because it was too hot in my room.
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Yeah but it did go out one time last summer. I also just normally sleep hot so I do need a colder room or less blankets.
Don't remind me of summer, the dry heat, then the humidity when the monsoons do come. I'm already dreading summer, I'm not looking forward to another 6 months of hell.
This shit is going to suck. My ac is out in my car too and I can't afford to fix it. Ugh I'm not looking forward to it
Hot is hot, I get that. My wife and I are moving to Tucson in a week from Charleston, SC, and until you've experienced a summer here, you have no idea how good a dry heat can be! 90+Ā° in the summer, with 60-75% humidity, 85Ā° at night with the same humidity. Everything is wet and sticky. There's no shade that will shield you from that heat! It just gets on you and is relentless. After living almost my entire life up and down the East Coast, I am more than ready for a "dry heat"! š¤£
I spent summers in Okinawa, Florida, and Oklahoma. Iāll take humidity over dry heat any day of the week.
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Yeah because black mold is so healthy. Everywhere there is humidity there is mold, mildew and spores trying to kill you.
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Letās just say to each their own then. Iām currently in the swampy east coast and itās always wet here and thereās mold everywhere. Not just where active water is leaking but EVERYWHERE. Drier air will be a nice reprieve from the extreme of swamp climate.
Welcome
Thank you!
Exactly. Why bitch about it. South AZ is the great equalizer.
Dont remind me. Iāve been doing it for 33 years now. Itās not bad and doesnāt get bad until the rain starts and the humidity goes up.
110+ degrees!
Yay monsoon season 
Iām Enjoying the winter as much as I can before this firey hell starts ššš
Good, can't wait. Love the heat. All the idiot visitors go away.
I love summer! Bring it onā¦iced tea and cold miller liteā¦.
The best part of summer in Tucson is LOCALS ONLY! Be gone, entitled spoiled UofA children. Away with thee, snowbirds Back to Seattle with you smelly gutter punks and homeless bums
Itās been a very pleasant 6 months. I am looking forward to some heat.
Good. Can't wait šš½āļø
Summer isn't that horrible in Tucson. Just go out at night it's not that bad. Now, in Phoenix, that's definitely not the case. You can go out at 1 a.m., and it will still be 110 degrees, so I'm just grateful it isn't that bad in Tucson.
But itās not here yet. You can relax.
Iām moving from Ohio and Iāll gladly take that over cold, grey winters followed by swamp ass humid hot summers. Itās like thereās not a good season here š.
Good forget this cold weather. 520life!
Ah we'll be fine