Scottsdale,
in the specific.
Every part of this city gets described as luxury, which is a word that tells you nothing. Here is what each area is actually like on a Tuesday, who it suits, and what I would check before buying there.
How to choose
Pick the week you want. The house follows.
The questions that actually sort Scottsdale are not about the homes. They are about how far you are willing to drive, whether you want water or fairway outside the window, how much of the year you will be here, and how much noise you consider atmosphere rather than a problem.
Answer those four and 2 areas usually drop off the list immediately. Then the search becomes about specific streets, which is where the interesting differences live: which side of a greenbelt, which HOA, which flight path, which school boundary that changed 3 years ago.