Our daughter lives in Scottsdale. Their home is now worth exactly half what they paid for it a few years ago. They CAN'T leave.

As mentioned, the place is exploding with new developments - or was. North and east of Phoenix proper are where the "good" folks live. (No other way to say that, I guess.) Scottsdale is all uber-rich and pretentious, If you don't drive at least an Audi, you are nothing. Everything is expensive. Lots of golf, if you play, but it's only affordable when the weather makes play miserable. City water tastes awful.

Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.