Cave Creek, Arizona True West Magazine
That title would fairly go to feisty Cave Creek on Scottsdale's northern flank. The town, settled by miners and ranchers 150 years ago, tried to wrest away Scottsdale's delusionary motto eight years ago, but the big city boys lawyered up and shut 'em down. So Cave Creek—just shy of 6,000 souls—settled on "Where the West Lives ...