We moved away in 2015, but if you needed any info you can DM me. You'll be 8 hours from San Diego and LA (Disneyland and other amusement parks#, 6 from Vegas. Mt Lemmon is a great escape from the summer heat, but also great if you need a quick snow day in the winter-we were surprised our first winter because it was a "thing" to drive up and cover your vehicle with snow and drive back down into the city. Takes about 45 minutes to get to the summit and there's a little community up there. Good camping in summer and a small ski slope in winter, though Flagstaff is better for that. There's a lot to do in Tucson if you look around, and it's a good college town- UofA is great and Pima Community college is wonderful as well. There's a decent county fair every spring, but it's not like the big agricultural fairs here in New England-Deerfield and Topsfield are what I grew up with. Avoid the area around the airport, South Tucson gets real dicey. But there's a lot of nice areas to live all around. North and toward Oro Valley tends to be nicer. Sahuarita, Rita Ranch, and even Vale can be decent. There's so much good food there too, but a lot of restaurants came and went constantly. But they have an incredible food truck community. And there are some really good farmers markets that rotate through different parts of town.