Artsy is exactly how I’d describe Jerome...seemed like a lot of older hippies around. Oddly, the visit to Jerome was suggested by my attorney...first name Jerome.
I think the only things I did in Jerome were: I got a cold drink somewhere, and I looked briefly in some artsy shop. I remember parking on a street where I could only park on one side, the same side as the buildings, and the other side of the street was a steep hillside. Some big investor might be able to “reinvent” Jerome. It does actually have a scenic spot with its location near the top of Cleopatra Hill.