Arizona landscape

I'm an Arizona, Arizona, Arizona star
And I come from the west
Where the cowgirls are
I can ride 'em, I can rope 'em
I can show how it's done,
I'm a rootin' tootin' cowgirl
With my six-shooting gun
Bumbadadum, bang bang!

("Arizona Star")

The man sitting next to me on the plane turns to me as we are waiting to exit, and asks if this is my first time in Phoenix. I say yes. He proceeds to rattle off sundry state trivia, such as, for example, the fact that the leading cause of death is drowning, either careless swimmers in backyard pools or foolish campers caught in washes during the rains. He says that in an average bank in Phoenix, 70% of the people will be carrying a gun I can see, and the other 30% will be carrying a gun I can't see. He follows this immediately by proclaiming, "You should move here from Canada". And then he is gone.

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