Surprise is full of surprises.
It turns out the unassuming West Valley suburb has a trick up its sleeve: It’s actually pretty affordable. So affordable, in fact, that Surprise ranked as the country’s most affordable midsize city for homebuyers and the third-most affordable among U.S. cities of all sizes, according to a study by WalletHub.
The quickly growing suburb borders the White Tank Mountains and was once home to a mere 30,000 residents. Now it’s just more than five and a half times that size, according to recent Census Bureau data. Recently, it’s made news due to a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility that the federal government is slated to open within its borders…