Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
You mean you didn't like living in technically the lushest greenest desert in the world? The Sonoran Desert has two, count them, two rainy seasons. And there is greenery on top of Mt. Lemmon, the Rincon Mountains, and the Santa Rita Mountains, or in their canyons.

University of Arizona, class of 1981.
I did say I was actually pleasantly surprised. Much more green than I expected (my previous exposure to the state was the Phoenix area, if that tells you anything), though I didn't get a good chance to explore the area. (I was there for two full days, and one of them was full of interview things!) Maybe if I can get some money together to go visit DBF, I'll persuade him to take me down there and we can go exploring. But thanks for the tip--if I do end up moving down there, I can get my greenery fix!
I'm also completely heat-intolerant, which makes me more than a little nervous about moving down there. I'm not sure I like the idea of not going outside much between April and October. On the other hand, here you can only go outside between April and October, maybe November if you're lucky.

DBF has actually strongly suggested that I move down there, as UA seems to preferentially take state residents for grad students, because they don't have to pay as much in tuition. That was actually the reason they gave that they didn't admit me. Money.