4 ms·

Phoenix is the mess you're thinking of. Tucson is fairly reasonable as far as size goes.

• ebiester 13y ago
  Tucson is approximately the same size as Chicago, when talking about the actual city. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by... -- Tucson is both giant and sparse.
  • davidw 13y ago
    https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tucson,+az&hl=en&ll=32.176194,-110.800552&spn=0.488776,1.056747&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=57.684464,135.263672&hnear=Tucson,+Pima,+Arizona&t=m&z=11 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tucson,+az&hl=en&ll=32.176194... Looks like they include a lot of land for whatever reason that's not really "city" - and don't include some that is. I don't know what the job climate is like there, or life in general, but it seems like a fairly nice place: college town, desert climate, but they also have a ski resort (!) just out of town, because to the north east they have a 3000 meter mountain that juts up out of the plain.
    • ebiester 13y ago
      It used to be much worse -- a lot of the land grab was due to Arizona law years ago. But Tucson, as it has grown, has seen a lot of infill. Even so, places that look empty often have 1 per 3 acre housing.
      • Jgrubb 13y ago
        Interesting, thanks for all the info! I've only been there once, and it the hills outside town were on fire at the time, but it still seemed like a cool neighborhood and cool town over all if you can handle the desert thing...