Tucson 2011 Firefighters Chili Cook-off Images

Here’s the Slideshow taken between 11 am. and 1 pm.

See anybody you know?

Now for a little Video Tour

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Tucson Weather For October 29 2011

Beautiful Saturday Morning in Tucson

I opened the paper this morning to see there is a snow storm hitting the East today.  It could bring up to a foot of snow in some places.  A friend of mine in Denver was telling me about the snow they were getting there yesterday.

But, here in Tucson the weather is beautiful.  Shorts & Sandals are the attire around here for the rest of the month (with the exception of Halloween night).

There is a lot of room for winter visitors in Tucson this winter.  We have plenty of homes to choose from should you desire to make this your permanent winter home (as permanent as you can make a winter home that is).

Tuesday begins the month of November.  Let’s see that’s going to be 84 degrees for a high and 54 for the low. 

Do you know where you want to spend this winter?  I Do!

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Tucson – Americas Emptiest City

Downtown Tucson

Tucson a Beautiful City

This according to Yahoo Real Estate and I believe it.  I’d actually be shocked if it weren’t the emptiest city in the country.

Statistics are a mixed bag of information.

I’ll get right to it and not drag this out.  Here are a couple other little statistical tidbits which might weigh on this designation.

  • Tucson probably has more second home buyers than any other city in the country.
  • Tucson has a very high number of Snowbirds that come here only in the winter.
  • Tucson has a lot of homes that sit empty for 6 months out of the year.

Think this is hint enough to why Tucson would be America’s Emptiest City.

The emptiest city in the U.S. is the second-largest city in Arizona: Tucson. With rental vacancies at 15.9 percent, the city is seventh most vacant among major cities, while the 6.8 percent homeowner vacancy rate is the highest in the country as of the second quarter of 2011

Oh, second quarter of 2011; the end of the snowbird season and the beginning of Tucson’s Long Hot Summer. (We had 69 days over 100 degrees this year)

We’ve Got Room – Come On Down

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