Flagstaff is a ski capital and hosts the Snowbowl,
all of north AZ has 4 seasons, and we get quite a bit of snow, my kids still have 4 ' on the ground in Prescott.

Sedona is a pricey tourist area and most ppl that work in Sedona live in Cottonwood.

Prescott is home to the oldest rodeo in the nation, and is a decent mix of economics
Drugs are rampant as there are a lot of border runners,work is low end pay even for high end jobs, One of the reasons we moved, Jasper is a Unix administrator, he made 52 k in Pheonix with a 2 hr commute each way every day.......soing the same job here in St Louis Telecommuting from home and working 5 office days a month he makes 80K.....no difference in job.


AC is common but swamp coolers are preffered as they are cheaper to run electricity is expensive out there.