Tucson
(TOO-sahn) is a growing metropolis of 1,000,000 that keeps getting
better and better. The city's geography is a postcard image of cactus
forests, rolling hills and awe-inspiring mountains.
Tucson lies in the border
land, a region that blends the cultures of the United States and Mexico,
and has a long history of settlement by ancient Native American peoples,
Spanish explorers and Anglo frontiersmen. It is a mere sixty miles
north of Mexico on the cross-country I-10.
The weather is mild nearly all the time, just right for all kinds
of fun activities.
We think you'll agree, whether you're a new visitor or resident, just
passing through, or a longtime resident rediscovering hometown treasures,
that Tucson is Real. Natural. Arizona.
After serving as a colonial outpost under the Spanish and Mexicans,
and then as territorial capital for both the US and Confederate governments,
Tucson has grown into a modern mini-metropolis without entirely sacrificing
its historic quarters. Now equal parts college town and retirement
community, it's one of the more attractive big cities of the Southwest.
Although it suffers from the same Sunbelt sprawl as it does have a
wanderable center, some enjoyable restaurants and a pretty good nightlife,
energized by the 35,000 students at the University of Arizona. It
is also redeemed by having so much superb landscape within easy reach,
from the forested flanks of Mount Lemmon to the rolling foothills
of Saguaro National Park. |
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