Moving from New York to Tucson can be quite the culture shock and Rawle Alkins is still making the adjustment.
So far, it’s going well.
“It’s been amazing,” the freshman said of his time in Tucson. “An East Coast kid from New York City coming to Tucson, it’s a whole different life. ...I’m used to the cold and snow and now it’s just really hot. Over the summer it was like 110 degrees.”
Aside from differences in weather, time zones, food, people and other things, Tucson is different from New York in that public transportation isn’t as prevalent as it is in the Big Apple, plus things are spaced out more, meaning it’s more common for people to drive places.