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Specializes in Acute care, Rehab, Hospice, wound care.

Hi, Everyone

I am finally set to relocation to Tucson in about two weeks, and I was wundering what type of advice all of you native tucsonians have for me; such as, things that I should be particularly aware of. I am from california so I know things are very different here. Thanks.

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Welcome to Tucson!

First off, we had a very rainy summer. It was great, but now we are dealing with the consequences of that with allergies.

October 13-15 is Tucson Meet Yourself. All the cultural groups that live in Tucson get together and show off what they consider the best of their culture. The end result is a lot of yummy food!

http://www.tucsonmeetyourself.org/

Where are you from in Cali? Was the temperature and climate similiar to Southern Az?

Have you chosen a place to work yet? I'm familiar with most of the hospitals in this town. I think I remember you were thinking about St Marys or the VA???

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Specializes in Acute care, Rehab, Hospice, wound care.

I will be starting at St. Mary's in a few weeks. The temperature over the summers was about 88 degrees here in san diego so it wasn't to bad. We're

pretty excited about the move were just wrapping up a few loose ends.

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There are TONS of threads related to this topic, do a search and I'm sure you'll find a bunch of great info. Good luck to you!! :)

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I will be starting at St. Mary's in a few weeks. The temperature over the summers was about 88 degrees here in san diego so it wasn't to bad. We're

pretty excited about the move were just wrapping up a few loose ends.

Oh.... well...Tucson isn't nearly as nice as San Diego sorry to say...Umm, what brought you to us?

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Specializes in Acute care, Rehab, Hospice, wound care.
Oh.... well...Tucson isn't nearly as nice as San Diego sorry to say...Umm, what brought you to us?

Hi, CardiacRN2006

I agree san diego is a very nice place, I've been here since I was 3yrs old, but I am ready for a change. I just graduated from RN school and I can't even afford a house here. The median price of a house here is around 550,000.

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welcome to tucson..... i work at s joes and it's a pretty great place. lots of new things planned for the future.

welcome again.

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welcome to tucson..... i work at s joes and it's a pretty great place. lots of new things planned for the future.

welcome again.

Hi, ky007rn

Thanks so much for the warm thoughts, I'm sure I will love tucson.

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mean price for housing in Tucson isn't much better.

Tucson has a lot of outdoor recreation opportunities as does Phoenix. If you're young and like night life, there are a lot of college bars around campus along 4th. If you're older, then there's not a lot in the way of night life. Lots of restaurants, not so great shopping.

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Well, Tucson is indeed expensive, but in no way is it near San Diego in housing prices!

I agree about the nightlife/shopping. Sigh...

eugenia, let us know when you get here and what you think!

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You will love the mountain views, but watch out for the "Javelinas" :welcome:

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