Hi Marco. The garbage disposer is very common here. It is attached to the sink drain. Put food in it, run the water, and turn the disposer on. It will liquify the food waste so it can flow down the drain into the sewer. Almost everyone here in Arizona has one. It was the same when I lived in California.
But I am originally from New York City, born there in 1952. I first moved to Palm Springs, California in 1997 and then to Tucson, Arizona in 2005.
As for New York City, we said the same thing. It is a nice place to visit but you would not want to live there. A lot of traffic and very congested. Tucson is getting congested with 1 million people and very few highways. Getting around town is all local streets, but I do like it here.
In 1972, I did the grand tour of Italy: Milan, Venice, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Sorrento/Capri, and finally Stresa.
I went to Germany alot because I worked for Deutsche Lufthansa for 26 years in New York.
Sure hope some of the Italian contingent will someday get to a Tucson Wash In. I hope we will do them every year.
Ross