On 1/17/2016 1:10 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 01/17/2016 01:23 AM, Don Y wrote:
Note that the Boston metro area would fit *inside* the city limits of
Chicago so you actually have more locations (retail outlets) available
in a given distance. By contrast, Tucson is roughly the same size
as Chitown with 1/5th the population! And, once you're out of
the immediate vicinity, there's NOTHING 'til you get to feenigs!

How can you say that? There's Sells.

With all 3000 souls? : Sells is about as far as Casa Grande (pop 50K).
And, Casa Grande has the outlet stores -- so you're a bit better off than
shopping at the Sells Circle K! (do they even *have* one??)

OTOH, if you're native O'odham, maybe that's enough?

Phoenix is a little closer to Why than
Tucson but I prefer Tucson for shopping. It seems a little easier to get
around.

Each year it gets worse. The bozos^H^H^H politicians don't have the
stomach to make the infrastructure investments that are long overdue.
Some mornings, it takes us 15 minutes to drive the 2 miles to the
post office -- and the first 3/4 mile of that is smooth sailing OUT of
the subdivision!

North 4th also has that funky '60s ambiance.

Also changing. The street car has revitalized parts of town (if you
can call the change "revitalizing"). So, commercial rents have headed
north which brings in more money-grubbing businesses instead of
the more "eclectic"/bohemian.

For a town of 4000 Ajo can fill most run of the mill needs but sooner or later
you need a trip out to the world. After a day of dealing with Tucson or Phoenix
it still is good to get back to the desert.

Well, how many different brands of toilet paper, soap, etc. does one REALLY
need? :

SWMBO uses a special sort of paper towel for her art (no pattern -- embossed
*or* printed). It was a bit of an effort to find it even here (though
definitely NOT unobtanium). Living in Why, Sells, Sahuarita even Vail
would probably have required a trip *in* to find it.