Where People and Pokémon Live in Happy Harmony! A smaller more isolated Town (because of Union Cave and Ilex Forest - both not easy to get through), being isolated and small results in everyone knowing everyone, and when new people arrives it's quickly spread through the town. And even because of that it was once taken over by Team Rocket who stole tails from Slowpokes. While Slowpokes might not be so important outside of Azalea, are they pretty important to the people who live in the town. And they're still pretty angry with what Team Rocket did. According to legends in the town, the Yawn of a Slowpoke causes rain. 400 years ago, a drought in Azalea Town ended right when a Slowpoke yawned.
