hey tony ray,
love your city and hope to move there one day soon. I’d like to know where the gay neighborhood is to buy/rent in so I may check out what the cost to live is. would love any help. thanks james
Hi James,
There are a lot of gay people living in Tucson. All over Tucson. There really is no gay neighborhood like Hillcrest in San Diego or The Castro district in San Francisco.
There may be more members of the GLBT community around areas where there are services available. For example, the central area, near downtown.
Wingspan and SAAF are near there and on Fourth Ave there is the Rainbow Coffee shop, Antigone Book Store and a gay dance bar called IBT’s. Club Congress is downtown, they are the host for the GLBT Chamber breakfast meetings. There are a couple of very gay friendly and popular restaurants downtown, Enoteca and Cafe Poca Cosa. The Fox Theater and the Rialto Theater are both there as well.
The clubs are all within a short distance from each other, the majority of them are all located on the west end of central Tucson. If you were to take a cab from La Siesta Motel or the Executive Inn & Suites (both near each other), it would probably cost about five bucks to get to one of several clubs: The Biz, IBT”S, Venture N, the Yard Dog, Woody’s, Howl at the Moon.
There are gay owned and gay friendly businesses everywhere as well as gay households. I know that’s probably not the answer you are looking for. It’s part of what makes Tucson so special. I think it shows that the GLBT community feels welcome and accepted here.
So my best advice would be this, contact me and we can talk about what you will need when you move here. From there we can pinpoint the best location for you. In the meantime, set the price you’d be comfortable with for rent or a mortgage. Once we have a price and location, the rest is pretty easy.
Let me know how I can further assist you. Feel free to call me on my cell phone or email me .
In the meantime, you can use this link to see homes for sale and rent in the Tucson Realtor Database. Also, I am happy to send you a free relocation package.