[QUOTE=senior citizen;681505]...Our "peeps" live in Marana Arizona which is north of Tuscon.......
It's in the foothills of the Tortolita (sp?) Mountains.....high Sonoran Desert.
I believe it's about 3,000 ft. above sea level......so not actually desert.
We know many residents from our town who LOVE Arizona........many are rock hounds and such.......retired earth science teachers.....also some ex military guys....just love Arizona....
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We moved here (Dec 2012) from Marana, AZ. ("suburb", if you will, of Tucson) Still own our house there (leased it out). And yes, while it is about 3,000 ft above sea level, it is still DESERT! After spending more than 20 years in the Tucson area desert, when we found The Villgeas by accident, I was totally ready to move here. Wife still misses the dry heat. I don't. However, I have heard her telling many friends and releatives in AZ that so far, the weather here has been very nice.
Here's one for you, because of the extreme low humidity (8-15% is very common) (just checked, it is 10% as I write this in Marana, and 34% which is low, actually, here in TV) when you go away for a week, the water in the toilet bowl will completely evaporate. In 7 days! By the way, the name Arizona means "Arid zone". Dry, no water...etc. The annual rainfal there is about 12 inches....most of which occurs during the Monsoon...which actually just indicates a change in the direction of the prevailing airflow, when the airflow starts coming up from Mexico, bringing moisture laden air. That mixes with the hot dry air, and creates summer thunderstorms. The time frame of Monsoon used to be determined when the dewpoint hit 55 degrees for 3 days in a row... now they claim it starts June 15, I think, and it lasts usually until Labor day.
Admittedly, we haven't spent a summer here yet.
2 weeks ago we went back to AZ for our son's wedding, it was already over 100 degrees there. I love the weather here so far.
OH, and by the way, I have severe arthiritis, and again, so far, I have felt much better here. In fact, I have cut down on my pain meds.
One more thing, sorry long post.
We ALMOST bought in The community referenced above called Saddlebrooke, North of Tucson...nice community, but can't even begin to compare to The Villages. We are SO GLAD we didn't buy there!
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