Will I get killed, kidnapped, or Victimized by hatred when i move to Tucson Arizona?
I'm a nice, well mannered, respectful, African American. I am going to Tucson Arizona for some work. I am trying to avoid all racial conflict. What are my chances of being victimized by a racist? and what places in Tucson should I stay away from?
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As an african american you probably don't "look illegal" like mexican american me. So you should be just fine. Me on the other hand.. ill be staying in Texas where the tar n feathering of the illegal lookin folks is not accepted. good luck bro..
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You'll be fine in Tucson. Remember the city of Tucson (and Phoenix) has filed a lawsuit to try to block the new immigration law. There are other parts of the State where you could surely expect to run into white supremecists - Kingman, for example.
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Tucson is the ghetto. The best parts of Tucson are the Northwest and Vantanya Canyon areas, which are of course ridiculously expensive. Your next best bet is the East side or my personal affordable favorite is Rita Ranch, yes it's far away, but well worth it. Surprisingly, there are a ton of African Americans here. I live on the East and there are apartments down the way off of Pantano with a majority of African Americans. There are also a large amount of Somali immigrants, which I was told immigrated here because of the tourism industry due to the war ( I don't know how true that is because the economy here is AWFUL!) I haven't noticed any prejudice out here, but I am white I do have half Asian children though and they haven't expirenced anything. The problem is that the city is full of drugs, alcoholics, gangs, home burglaries, and murders. It's a border town so there is a potential for being kidnapped, I don't walk anywhere because my husband will not allow it. I just moved here from the Seattle area (South King County) and this place sucks. Been here five months and we are moving back in the next few months. I can't let my kids go to school here, the school district is one of the worse in the country like the bottom 3 I think. I don't know where you are moving from and I understand jobs are hard to come by but really this place is so so low. I just ran into somebody for the Oregon area and said I was from the NW and just moved here and she got a horrified look on her face and said "WHY!!!???" She moved here six months ago and some person just got murdered in her apartment complex the other day so she is moving away from there. Seriously, the only people that like it here are the ones born and raised here and that's just because they don't know any better. My husband is from here and thought it was tolerable, but really it's not. He's excited about moving away. It was fun when I was visiting here, but to live here is ridonkulous. PS: stay away from the Central area and the West side and Southwest side those are super duper ghetto. Depending on your budget and transpertation abilites shoot for the Eastside or Rita Ranch area. Well wishes and best of luck to you. PSS: the housing market here is going to emplode, but you can get a great deal on a house. For example there's a four bedroom house in Vail (just south of Tucson) on a golf course with a swimming pool in a beautiful area for $250k. First sold for about a half a million dollars (that's just insane to me and if we were staying I would try to buy it).
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