tucson: My husband and I have lived in Tucson for a few years around the Ft. Lowell and Alvernon area and I'm getting to the point where I just can't stand the crime and filth here. I'm originally from Chandler and I miss it there - everything is much newer and feels safer in the area of Chandler I grew up. So I want to know if anyone can make a good suggestion of a safe, nice, and perhaps newer areas of Tucson that offer a better quality of life.|||The Foothills and Marana (and the NW part of town near Marana). And some parts of Vail. I also live in the central part of Tucson, and I'm sick of the crime, too. Last year someone tried to steal my car from our driveway.