Tucson FAQs

Questions You Didn't Know You Had

Here are some Tucson FAQs -- frequently asked questions, myths, or commonly misunderstood facts about our lifestyle, desert animals, prickly plants and other stuff.

If you're new to the desert, you'll see plants, animals, and assorted prickly things that may be foreign to you.

Or you'll talk with people and hear things that might seem odd such as, "...but it's a dry heat..."

So let's answer some questions!

Can roadrunners fly?
Why don't houses in Tucson have basements?
What is an evaporative cooler?
Why don't you participate in Daylight Savings?

(more answers coming shortly)

Why don't houses here have attics?
Does rattlesnake really taste like chicken?
Does Arizona really have the most boats per capita?
Why are there so many golf courses in the desert?
What is CAP water?