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The state capital and largest city in Arizona, PHOENIX
holds only minimal appeal for tourists. When it began
life in the 1860s, it must have seemed like a good idea. The sweltering
little farming town stood in the heart of the large Salt River
Valley, with a ready-made irrigation system left by ancient Indians
(the name Phoenix honors the fact that the city rose from the
ashes of a long-vanished Hohokam community).
Now the sixth largest city in the US, it has filled the entire
valley, engulfing the neighboring towns of Scottsdale,
Mesa and Tempe in the process, with
over a million people within the city boundaries and more than
two million in the metropolitan area. Arizona's financial and
industrial epicenter may just be getting into its stride; boosters
claim the megalopolis will one day stretch 150 miles, from Wickenburg
to Tucson.
In winter, when temperatures rarely drop below 65F,
tourists from colder climes arrive in large numbers. They pay
vast sums to warm their bones in the luxury resorts and spas,
concentrated especially in Scottsdale, that are the modern equivalent
of the 1930s dude ranches.
