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What about the Saudi alfalfa farms????

That city ain't right, I tell you whut.

Phoenix is a monument to man’s arrogance

I'm literally thinking of leaving in five years time. The colorado will run dry and this place will be unlivable. Oh, and we just appointed some Saudi pocket mongrel to handle our water. Ahould be fine trusting our life source with the corpos.

The fact that there are so many tournament class golf courses there is what always perplexes me

This is fairly normal for Phoenix. It's on the hot end, sure, but it's very dry there so 110 feels nothing like it would in Florida where you'd actually die. The bigger issue to Phoenix is dwindling water once the aquifer finally runs out of water.

Lived in vegas for a few years once. Every year around June I’d start seriously planning my escape. Then summer would end and I’d hate it less. And get back to my routine. Repeat.

Leaving that place was one of the best feelings. Instantly happier.

For those of us that have been here for many years (half my life and I'm in my 40's), its not bad. Yeah, its very hot and very dangerous, but we know how to live in it and take care of ourselves for the most part. By mid-morning, all the humidity is burned off and I actually think it feels kind of nice.

If it helps at all, AC capacitors are extremely easy to replace, so if you had an extra or two on hand, that might save you some headache and money later. Tell you friends. I hope you can stay cool!

Mine died. $12,000 to replace. It's insane!!

Y'all lucky to get a quick fix... Can't be cheap tho

I bought a book a few years ago and I think it is called Climatopolis. The first chapter talks about how major cities in certain parts of the world (focused mostly on the U.S.) are fast becoming super heated islands because of all of the steel and glass and concrete in densely packed over urbanized areas and furthermore, that there will be no escape for the poor and disenfranchised because the asphalt absorbs the heat so night gives no reprieve.

They can control the exhaust. It's called "rolling coal." They do it to me because I have a Prius. I don't get it. "Haw haw! Yew pay less for gas than us!" Sorry I'm such an evil liberal for doing that?

Ridiculously photogenic unhoused man

Damn you weren't kidding...

MF is 49 years old.

My man is jacked.

Attraction for the abyss? Isn't Miami also having a population boom despite of all the signs of floods incoming?

Moving out of hell is cheaper said than done. Most Americans can't even afford an emergency $500 expense. Vacancy rates are near historical lows but housing costs are at all-time highs. Finding somewhere to live is hard, especially if you don't have middle or upper class income. Most of the people risking their lives by not moving don't have a choice.

If living in an earthquake zone has taught me anything, it's that humans are very ill-prepared.

I am in a small town in central NM and we are discussing moving north.

Phoenix is still one of the fastest growing cities in the US. I can’t imagine that the homes these people are buying are appreciating assets as a result of climate change. A lot of people are going to be completely fucked financially whenever the climate eventually forces move and it turns out they have just been lighting tens of thousands of dollars on fire.

It is absolutely bonkers to me that people still aren’t considering this sort of thing whenever they choose to move to a new city.