Snowbirds love this place: Yuma holds the Guinness World Record for sunniest city on Earth. It’s also the country’s least humid and driest (with an annual rainfall of about three inches per year), but not as intensely hot as Miami or Key West. Little wonder that the largest Arizona city outside of Phoenix and Tucson ranked #2 for Weather, helping it reach #11 in our overall Place category. Under that (unnecessary) umbrella was a #48 spot for Parks and Outdoors (the Imperial Sand Dunes really do have a Star Wars connection, while the Yuma East Wetlands are a stone’s throw from downtown) and relatively low crime rate (#55). The city is proud of its diversity, with nearly 27% being Foreign Born (#5), and 64t of Yuma county residents saying they are of Hispanic origin. Overall, it ranked #28 in our People category. Agriculture, military, and tourism are the main industries. The Yuma School District is investing $32-million into a middle school campus this year; meanwhile, there’s work linked to Trump’s border wall: the Department of Defense recently awarded three new contracts to build 36 miles of replacement fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, two of which will be installed near Yuma, totalling $316-million.