Photo of the Day

May 21, 2020

Sun City

When this photo of an Arizona retirement community ran in the March 1963 issue, the state was a mere 50 years old. A boom in retirees moving to the state led to the development of planned communities like Sun City, pictured here, which is now home to somewhere around 40,000 people.

photograph by JAMES P. BLAIR, nat geo image collection

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