The weather is triple digits, it's dry as a bone and the city landscape is overrun with strip malls. Yet, Phoenix is the fifth largest city in the nation and the population is growing fast.

So why are people moving here and more importantly, why do they stay?

This week on Valley 101, we ask an advocate and someone who returned why the Valley of the Sun has people falling in love with it every day.

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Guests: Mayor Kate Gallego, Sean Mclaughlin

Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bill Goodykoontz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Amanda Luberto ⁠

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