I was recently showing some multi-family properties in Arizona City to a client of mine.  For those of you unfamiliar with its location, it is basically at the intersection of I-8 and I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson - also very close to Casa Grande.  It is a very small 'town' currently with the majority sandwiched within a couple of primary roads.

Now anytime I'm in a smaller or underdeveloped part of town, I find myself thinking back to one of Brian Brady's blogs....

http://activerain.com/blogsview/23754/The-Six-Stages-of

....in an effort to ascertain whether the particular location fits into one of the categories Brian identified in his blog post.

In all honesty, I can't readily make the claim that Arizona City falls specifically into one of the six categories.  However, there has been mention in numerous articles of Phoenix-Tucson eventually becoming a "Megapolitan" area.  One from quite a few months ago that I recall is linked below

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0409merge0409.html

I would like to think that when/if the Phoenix-Tucson 'merger' occurs, the intersection of Interstates 10 and 8 will become a major, major hub.  And guess what sits at that intersection - oh yeah - Arizona City.

Thoughts???