Wealthy residents from big cities across the US are uprooting their lives to start over in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Scottsdale is one of the country's fastest-growing cities in terms of wealth. There are 243,000 residents — about 14,600 of them are millionaires, and five are billionaires, AZ Central reported in March. According to the USA Wealth Report by Henley & Partners, that's a 102% increase in millionaire residents over the past decade.
I recently spent 48 hours exploring Scottsdale's top neighborhoods to learn what's drawing so many millionaires to the area. From a booming business scene to breathtaking desert landscapes, here's what I found.