A recent Atlantic article says, no. The county where Phoenix is, is still the fastest growing county in the USA, for multiple years running. Most of the year t

A recent Atlantic article says, no. The county where Phoenix is, is still the fastest growing county in the USA, for multiple years running. Most of the year the weather is good, apparently. Throw in air conditioning de rigeur, and cheap housing (due to no artificial supply restriction), and I guess you have the formula for population growth. Perhaps some politics are part of it too. Total taxes are half that of California. Probably not the #1 tax friendly state, but certainly up there.