+1 Phoenix. Been in Arizona my whole life too & choose to stay here, although South America is the favorite place to travel. Sub $600 rent in a big house & low

+1 Phoenix. Been in Arizona my whole life too & choose to stay here, although South America is the favorite place to travel. Sub $600 rent in a big house & low cost of living is awesome! These last few years the tech & startup scene seems to also have been picking up (investors/state & university involvement/conferences/meetups/tech in general) as a community. The support from some the bigger companies co-locating their office spaces here also seems to be a reoccurring theme.