A small town in Eastern Arizona with a large Mormon population, a large Catholic population, and a large tweaker population. Home to one of the most prominent mountain peaks in the United States, and more outdoor activity that you can shake a stick at. Not a bad place to live if you can find work. Jobs tend to come and go based on the copper mining industry, but Cotton farming and Correctional facilities provide a stable economic base for the majority of its residents and will continue to do so for years to come.

The neighboring town of Thatcher is the home of Eastern Arizona College, which hosts an excellent nursing program.

Housing costs were quite low before expansion of the Morenci mine in 2006 and construction of the new Safford mine in 2007 created a shortage in housing, causing home prices and rent rates to skyrocket. Home construction boomed as a result, along with the construction of new hotels and apartment complexes. In January 2009, Freeport McMoRan announced massive layoffs due to the economy and major dips in the price of copper. This may actually result in a large surplus of housing, causing prices and rent rates to fall to pre-2006 levels.

Arizona State University (also referred to as ASU, or Arizona State) is the largest public research university in the United States. ASU is spread across four campuses in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.

ASU was founded in 1885 as the Tempe Normal School for the Arizona Territory in Tempe, Arizona. In 1945, the school came under control of the Arizona Board of Regents and was renamed "Arizona State College."In 1958, a statewide ballot measure renamed the school "Arizona State University." From its original campus in Tempe, ASU expanded in 1984, establishing the West campus in northwest Phoenix, followed by the 1996 addition of the Polytechnic campus in eastern Mesa and the 2006 addition of the Downtown Phoenix campus. All four campuses are accredited as a single institution by the Higher Learning Commission.