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Tucson Neighborhoods

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Unlike a trip to the beach, desert living doesn’t get sand everywhere—not in Tucson, anyway. As intimated by the city’s phenomenal growth spurt, the quality of life here is perfectly pleasant. And that goes for whether one resides in a refined central neighborhood, or amid mountains and cacti in the outlying wilderness. Tucson provides copious sunshine, scenic beauty, low humidity, abundant recreation, economical cost of living, historical charm, and multicultural richness—and all with less crime and congestion than neighboring Phoenix.

Just as five flags (American, Spanish, Mexican, Confederate, and Arizona) long have flown over Tucson, the city’s architecture is diverse in origin. Buyers and renters can go classic Southwestern (adobe), historic (European styles from the 1880s on), or modern (apartments, condos, townhomes, and planned-community dwellings). Best of all, housing dollars stretch pretty far. The average home sells for around $160,000, and $375,000 can buy a four-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot home on one acre. Not all regions are equal, of course: Price tags on luxury homes in the Catalina Foothills, for instance, can have 10 or 11 digits.

Greater Tucson’s neighborhoods include:

Central Tucson -
Armory Park | El Encanto | Old Pascua | Pie Allen | Sam Hughes | University of Arizona | West University

Downtown Tucson -
Barrio Anita | Barrio Historico | El Presidio Historic District

East Tucson

Northeast Tucson -
Catalina Foothills | Mt. Lemmon

Northwest Tucson -
Casas Adobes | Catalina | Marana | Oracle | Oro Valley

Southeast Tucson -
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base | Vail

Southwest Tucson -
Green Valley | New Pascua | Sahuarita | San Xavier | South Tucson

West Tucson -
“A” Mountain | Barrio Hollywood | Menlo Park