Coming to Arizona

Don and Betty Woo Martin wrote this relocation guide for job-seekers, retirees, and snowbirds weighing a move to Arizona, and their characteristic wit keeps what could be dry material lively. The Martins knew the state well and brought genuine firsthand knowledge to topics like retirement communities, employment, climate, and lifestyle. For readers of a certain era, it likely served as a trustworthy companion for a major life decision. The problem is time: published in 1991, every statistic, housing cost, demographic figure, and community description is decades out of date. Arizona has transformed dramatically since then. As a historical curiosity about the state in that period it has some interest, but as an actual relocation guide it cannot be recommended in good conscience. Approach accordingly.