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   To the Editor:

   =E2Arizona Displaces Nevada as Fastest-Growing State=E2 (news article,
   Dec. 22) depicts the economic pull driving growth in urban Arizona.

   My family and I recently spent nearly a decade in Tempe, Ariz. One of
   Arizona=E2s economic draws, low property taxes, is a myth when you
   consider that outside affluent areas most schools are mediocre at
   best. We paid dearly for private schooling.

   Here in Trumansburg, N.Y., we pay substantially higher property taxes,
   but the public school is excellent. Add the clean air, low crime, and
   a sense of culture and community that comes from living in a
   long-established place, and we are glad to have migrated from Arizona.

   David Turkon
   Trumansburg, N.Y., Dec. 22, 2006