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Besides Phoenix, where would you think of living in AZ?

Well I already did Tucson and there are a lot of positives to it. You have U of A there but also a bigger city scene intermixed. The mountains around are a lot of fun especially when you first get there. There is a ski resort on the mountain to the North. MOUNT LEMMON. Lots of camping , hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing.
I would say the one big disadvantage to Tucson is you somewhat have to extract yourself from that economy.
Cave Creek North of Scottsdale is cool to me. Sort of backed into a corner up in the Phoenix Metro but has a lot of Rodeo and country stuff going on.