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Located in Maricopa County, Arizona, Glendale, Arizona is listed as a city of 250,000 citizens. The NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes and the NLL’s Arizona Sting have both played in Glendale since the Glendale Arena opened in early December 2003.
Known as the Antique Capital of Arizona, Glendale, Arizona has credit from both a 2004 edition of Sunset Magazine and a 1998 edition of USA Today which proclaims Glendale, Arizona to have the largest collection of antiquities and antique shops in Arizona.
Glendale is also the home to the up coming singer Jordin Sparks, and was the original home to the NASCAR driver and country singer Marty Robbins. There will be an extension to the Valley Metro light rain by 2011 for Glendale, AZ.
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The Mormon (LDS) founded Mesa, Arizona, located in Maricopa County and part of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (including Mesa and Scottsdale) is listed as the third largest city in Arizona, immediately after Tucson, AZ.
Currently ranking 41 on the “fastest growing cities” in the United States, Mesa lines up well with the rest of Arizona in that it is very fast growing, and is generally a strong market for both investment and other forms of business. The 2005 “mid decade Census survey” estimated Mesa, Arizona to be home to approximately 500,000 citizens - while a very suburban city, Mesa is one of the most populous cities in the United States.
The city has recently completed the Mesa Arts Center, and is home to many gated communities making it a popular retirement community, and have a high number of senior citizens.
The Mormon population is approximately 50,000 in the 500,000 citizen city of Mesa. The LDS Mormon Church operates the Mesa Arizona Temple, one of the oldest temples in Mesa. The city is also a well known hub for Latter-Day Saints residing in the metropolitan Phoenix area.
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Tempe, Arizona is a city located within the Maricopa County of Arizona. With a 2005 Census population estimate of nearly 170,000, the quality of this real estate market is heavily debatable.
Tempe is a large and very important suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Located immediately southeast to the city of Phoenix, directly south of the upper end suburb of Scottsdale.
Tempe is the main office location of the head of the former America West Airlines, US Airways, as well a being the location of the main campus of Arizona State University. Tempe was, for a long time, the host of the world renouned Fiesta Bowl, as of 2007, this BCS game will be moving to Glendale. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Block Party is hosted on New Years Eve, and is renouned was one of the United States’ largest New Year’s Eve parties.
The Tempe economy is strongly influenced by many of these world known events that attract tourists and travellers from around the world.
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Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA has been well known as the absolute fastest growing location of more than one hundred thousand people in the United States. Holding that title for 1990 to 2000, as well as 2002, 2003 and 2004 according to Census estimates, the population is now significantly over 170,000, a growth of nearly 80% since 2000.
While being the fastest growing town in the United States, as well as being quite large, Gilbert is still refered to as a town, rather than a city. It’s listed as the highest population’ed incorporated town in the United States, and the second highest in North America (second only to Markham, Ontario, Canada).
Gilbert has a large Mormon population, and is frequently associated with the Mormon city of Mesa founded just north of Gilbert. The rapid growth shown in Gilbert will make it a strong market to invest in for most investors, though costs are quite high already.
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The city of Tucson, located in Pima County, Arizona, USA is about 200 kilometers - or 120 miles - southeast of Phoenix, Arizona.
The 2005 census puts the population of Tucson at about 500,000 citizens, where the metropolitan population is nearly one million citizens. Estimated population growth by 2008 will put the population just over 600,000 - currently it stands at the 32nd largest city in the United States, and the largest city in southern Arizona (second largest in the whole state, second to, of course, Phoenix, Arizona).
Tucson is divided in to the suburbs of Oro Valley, Marana, South Tucosn, and Sahuarita. An alternate method of dividing gives you communities of Tucson, which include Casas Adobes, Catalina, Catalina Foothills, Green Valley, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde, and Vail.
Tucson has a fairly consistant growth, and has through recent history remained rather steady, this makes Tucson a rather safe real estate market to invest in, likely the most safe of the entire state of Arizona. Though, it would be worth doing detailed research in to the market before making commitment.
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Ah, the capital of Arizona, Phoenix! The largest city in the Southwestern State of Arizona, and the largest metro area of the state, Phoenix makes up well over 50% of the total population of Arizona.
Located nearly dead center in the state, Phoenix is listed as the sixth largest city in the United States as of 2000. The metropolitan area is listed as fourteenth largest in the country with over 4,000,000 people calling it home.
In the last ten years, the metropolitan area of Phoenix has grown over 30 per cent, making the eigth fastest growing metro area in the United States - this also, of course makes it an incredible investment market for short term buy-resell of real estate.
Phoneix is also listed as the most populous capital city in the United States, more people than any other state capital, or even Washington, D.C. call Phoenix home. Only Alaska and Oklahoma City are larger than Phoenix in physical size, and none in population.
