Nothing like flying into Pheonix and seeing that cloud of pollution coming from the oven your getting ready to land in.Not sure I’d call Phoenix metro a “great area”, but to each their own. You couldn’t possibly pay me enough to live in Phoenix. California traffic without the weather or beaches. No thanks. Tucson, now there’s a nice area.
I did my Master’s at U of A, and my wife did her undergrad and Master‘s there. Screw ASU and screw Tempe!