As many tourists put it: “This is a nice place to visit – and I’d sure like to live here.”

Longtime Scottsdalers complain too many people fall in love with the city and move here – leading to more traffic, more development, and, though statistics tell a different story, more perceived crime.

Indeed, a recent “gym rats” post about the Scottsdale Police Department looking for a “dumbbell duo” stealing from gym locker rooms led to a string of “I thought I was getting away from this when I moved here from” (St. Louis, New Orleans etc.).

Before moving here, how do people hear about Scottsdale in the first place?

According to livability.com , Newport Beach is the best place in the U.S. to visit. Coming in at No. 10, “The Scottsdale area is famously home to more than 200 golf courses, and t

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