In our opinion, Phoenix is the best city in America.
Check out 50 reasons:
50.) Medical marijuana
49.) Sky Harbor airport has awesome restaurants
48.) Frank Lloyd Wright architecture
47.) South Mountain is cool
46.) Light rail
45.) More golf courses than you know what to do with
44.) Our pests are more badass than the rest of the country
43.) A judge has finally clamped down on the crazy sheriff
42.) The grid system of streets
41.) A lot of breweries
40.) Rain? Not likely
39.) Chase Field is consistently the cheapest place to see a baseball game
38.) Low cost of living
37.) Natural disasters? Also unlikely
36.) No need to invest in jackets and coats
35.) All kinds of professional arts
34.) Solar power works pretty well
33.) Spring training
32.) The weather is so good that some Canadians treat Phoenix as a second home
31.) The city (and its neighbors) host major sporting events and championships
30.) Awesome museums
29.) Camelback Mountain
28.) The highways are in good condition (if you've recently driven in the south, you know what we mean)
27.) Phoenix residents are from all over the place
26.) Your choice of water parks
25.) Phoenix New Times (sorry)
24.) Architecture not related to Frank Lloyd Wright
23.) Alcohol and candy made with cactus fruit
22.) Let's face it -- dust storms look cool
21.) If your oven breaks, you can always bake cookies on your dashboard
20.) All of the other places to hike that aren't Camelback or South Mountain
19.) First Friday
18.) With no rust issues, it's a hotbed for classic cars
17.) It's the nation's largest state capital
16.) The economic outlook is allegedly very positive
15.) The Phoenix Zoo is one of the best
14.) All the desert landscapes
13.) The heat -- it's good fer ya
12.) Hotel pools -- all of them
11.) No messing around with Daylight Saving Time
10.) Teams from all four major sports
9.) Cacti
8.) Food
7.) More specifically, Mexican food
6.) It's one of the biggest cities, by area and population, in the U.S.
5.) Proximity (Flagstaff, San Diego, Orange County, Mexico, and more)
4.) Just say "no" to humidity
3.) As far as big cities are concerned, Phoenix has the lightest traffic
2.) "Winter"
1.) Sunsets
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