>>1636280>4,528,913 acres of designated wilderness areas>11.2 million acres of nat forest (with overlapping wilderness areas)>3rd highest number of animal species in US>82.6% of the entire state population lives in either Maricopa or Pima county, rest of the state is either rural or wilderness>biomes ranging from hot arid desert to tundra (lacking only year-round humid biomes such as swamps, jungles and rainforests)>rainfall ranging from 2 to 58 inches>yearly max high to lowest low ranges from 128F (53.3C) to -40 (-40C)>2nd highest elevation span of the Mountain States >contains both one of the coldest cities (200-210 freezing days/nights) and the hottest city in the lower 48 (yesterday is a prime example, north of Flagstaff got snow yesterday while Phoenix was 85F)>open carry, constitutional carry, and strong castle doctrine stateMight not be an 8, but doesn't deserve to be any less than 6.5 or 7 imo
