The Arizona Boom
A decade after the recession hit hard, Arizona’s economy is a magnet for technology companies and for workers seeking an affordable middle-class life.
Photographed for The New York Times.
Colin Jordan, a software salesman, was a renter in the Bay Area. Now he and his wife pay only a bit more as owners of a four-bedroom house in Scottsdale.
Children's bikes and scooters mark the entrance to a home. Rather than young adults or empty-nesters, Verrado aims at buyers rearing children.