
Ben Gillikin was hiking up a mountain in the middle of Arizona's biggest urban sprawl when he knew for sure he wanted to live in Paradise Valley
Mr Gillikin and his wife Jeannine, both 52, had been scoping out various cities across the US where they could make their new home after leaving California. From the slopes of Camelback Mountain, a 2,700 ft peak that sprouts incongruously out of the Phoenix metro area, they could see the lush enclave of Paradise Valley, population 12,658, nestled between three crags.