The Best Cities in Arizona

[siliconefreak]

Which of the following areas is your favorite and why?

I've included "micropolitan" as well as metropolitan areas to make it a little more interesting

[NMDemDist2]

1. i live in Phoenix but voted Prescott

why no mention of the towns to the east? and no Verde Valley towns?

I guess it depends on your definition of "city"

[siliconefreak]

2. Census definitions

I went strictly by what the Census Bureau defines as metro and micro areas in AZ.

[Southsideirish]

3. I've heard very good things about Prescott, like some people there rescue

greyhounds abandoned in the desert after their racing days are over. Nice folks, huh? Once more the good people have to clean up after the actions of the wretched .

[siliconefreak]

4. that's horrible

I never knew about that. If it's going on there, I'm sure it's going on lots of other places.

[readmylips]

5. Can't Vote....

Most beautiful place; Sedona. I live in Gilbert and it's pretty beautiful.

[siliconefreak]

6. Sedona is part of the Flagstaff metro area n/t

[blondeatlast]

7. That comes as a big surprise to this ex-Flag resident.

They are pretty detached from each otherby sheer mileage and by terrain, unless things have changed drastically in the last ten years.

[siliconefreak]

12. I agree with you

It's a technicality, however. Sedona and Flagstaff are in the same county, so they get lumped together as being in the same metro area.

[blondeatlast]

13. That's true. It's as if Coconino County is in the map spot for

Flagstaff, and the rest of it doesn't exist. Yet it's an enormous county, and very diverse.

[demzilla]

17. Actually, Sedona is in two counties

Coconino and Yavapai. The dividing line is somewhere around Airport Road. Lots of fun when trying to register new voters and figuring out which county they're in.

[blondeatlast]

8. Flagstaff still looks pretty much the same as it did 30 years ago despite

enormous growth and works hard to keep itself that way.

Personally, I love them all.

[havocmom]

9. Bisbee!

Bisbee rocks

[hippiegranny]

14. oh yeah!

I love Bisbee. Also Tubac!!!

[havocmom]

16. Patagonia is way wonderful also

Shhh! Don't tell anybody!

Hi to Jeff Smith, if he's a DU reader :hi:

[saltpoint]

10. Tucson. A lot of Democrats, Greens, progressives generally there.

Beautiful landscape surrounding it for miles.

[NoodleBoy]

11. Flagstaff, Tempe would be second

I hate Phoenix and Tucson. Too hot and too little downtown.

I haven't been to Flagstaff in a while.

[lady lib]

15. A vote for Flagstaff

because I love the NAU area and Sedona.

[demzilla]

18. Flagstaff

and I live in Sedona, which is beautiful but lacks the college town, liberal atmosphere in Flag (though we did carry Sedona for Kerry by ten points.) Shame Flag is so cold in the winter; what's the point of being in Arizona if it feels like, um, Colorado?

[Sonora Nora]

19. best cities

Not one mention of Cottonwood! Such a cool lil town. Growing. Beautiful location, most any day, you can see the San Francisco Peaks.

Jerome is one of a kind! Climb up Mingus Mtn to Jerome, look to the north from any vantage point & you will see striated mesas... unbelievably religious experience.

Sierra Vista is a surprise city. Growing like crazy, at the base of the Huachucas, such a high elevation that you don't experience the heat of Tucson or Phx.

Bisbee is quaint, 4 seasons, reminiscent of Placerville CA. Or an Austrian village.

Sonoita is around 4800 ft in So AZ. Great race track. Lots of big ranches.

Tucson is the best large city in AZ. Period. :)

[69KV]

20. Jerome and Bisbee

I would have picked either of those two. They're both old mining towns and still have that "atmosphere", also they are the two strongest Democratic towns in the state - as in voting 75% Dem, 15% Green, 10% Repuke in presidential elections.