I love to explore cities. OK, I also like to explore towns, suburbs, rural areas, and places in general, but since I've lived my life and spent most of my time in cities, that's where I tend to ramble around. When I was in college, some of my favorite classes were in urban geography. Whenever I see a road, I want to know where it goes, and see what things look like along the way. Why do they put stores where they do? My urban geography professor was often hired as a consultant by companies trying to decide where to expand. I'm always interested to see what businesses end up where.
One of the things I do when I have time is drive around different parts of Tucson. It's certainly not the most interesting city I've visited, but I'm constantly amazed at the neighborhoods that I see in this town. The diversity can be quite striking. I find myself wondering how so many people can afford the really expensive houses, and then I'm sad about how many people live in depressing, dingy trailer parks & run-down neighborhoods. Inevitably after one of my drives around town I'm really glad to get home, and thankful for all that I have.
