Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post
Azfiddle and Badgercat, it was wonderful to meet you in real life! (We should do it again some time, if I get in!)

I think I fell ever-so-slightly in love with Tucson and the program. I'm not sure how well one would manage without a car, especially in the summer, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. I'm going to have to ask about residency laws as well. The graduate students I talked to about it were from California, and switched for tax purposes.
Likewise I'm so glad you liked it here and that you were able to carve out a little time from your busy schedule for us locals. As far as the heat goes, I've never been a "morning person," but I've gotten used to doing things early in the day during the summers to beat the heat. I will admit, I do sometimes fall back to the car (as you saw) when the weather and/or my schedule is especially unfavorable, but most of the time, DBF and I make it work on two wheels, work and school, groceries and errands, and entertainment included. Tucson's infrastructure makes it pretty easy to do so.

Bottom line: I don't like the hot-hot-heat, but at least you don't have to shovel it.

Best of luck--keep us posted! Do you have any other interviews coming up?