The Young Team
Serving the Greater Phoenix Area
Community Information
Since the popularization of air conditioning in the 1930's, the
Phoenix metropolitan area has been considered by many to be one of the
best
places to live in America.
The city routinely makes top ten lists across the country,
including; Top Ten Most Populous Cities; Top Ten Business Hot Spots;
Top Ten Metro Areas for Employment; Top Ten Best American Festivals
(Chandler Ostrich Festival); Top Ten Largest State Universities
(Arizona State University); and Top Ten Most Misspelled Cities in the
Country. Phoenix and Scottsdale have more golf courses listed in the
“USA Top 100” than anywhere else.
Most recently, Hershey Foods
Corporation names Phoenix the Number 10 “Sweet Spot” in America. This
compilation was determined based on acts of volunteerism, heroism,
family orientation, community spirit, romantic settings, and “a
lifestyle that enables residents to embrace all that is good and sweet
in life.”
Undoubtedly, this is what caused the Hohokam people to
settle here around 300 AD. Either that or they heard about all the
great shopping. They build a complex irrigation system with 135 miles
of canals, making the land suitable for farming. They left the area
around 1400, most likely due to a drought. This gave them their name –
Ho-Ho-Kam, or “the people who have gone.”
Rising from the
proverbial ashes of this civilization like the ancient Egyptian legend,
Phoenix began to see a resurgence of occupation in the late 19th
century. Jack Swilling began to settle the land in 1867, starting an
irrigation company. A small colony soon developed, which would
eventually yield the sixth largest city in the United States.
Diversity
of culture, plentiful shopping, a wealth of professional sports and
entertainment, and much more combine to make the Phoenix metropolitan
an ideal place to live.
