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[RUKIDDINGME]

REAL FLAT...LOL

[RUKIDDINGME]

[ROMARY]

Lots of mountains all around, for sure!

[kristan]

No thanks, I like green.

[azterry!]

Flat? LOL!

I was born in flat country--the midwest. This is the furthest thing from flat.

It's also pretty green in the Phx area, Amaly. Many people have grass and there are lots and lots of trees. The flowers in the spring and winter seasons are breathtaking. I think people who have never been here have a notion that we still live on dirt roads with horses walking through town.

Phoenix is the 6th largest city in the USA. The metro area covers 2,000 square miles. We are located in the Sonoran desert which is one of the wettest and greenest deserts in N. America.

Here is a picture of the largest municipal park in N. America which is actually in the Phoenix city limits--South Mountain Park

[Lindsays Grandma]

On 7/26/2014 Lotus~ said:

It WAS yesterday.....a friend of mine posted some pics last night and when I asked him if it was close to him, he said "right outside my window, Deb".

I can't imagine going thru that.....I guess it's like a "dry hurricane"????? It looks so scary!!

I don't live in Phoenix, I'm in Pinal county and the wind was a blowing and lightening was striking, however, it did cool off for a short time. I didn't notice the dust but I'm sure if I was driving on the busy streets I would have encountered it. This is AZ and that's what we get for living here.

[kristan]

On 7/27/2014 azterry! said:

Flat? LOL!

I was born in flat country--the midwest. This is the furthest thing from flat.

It's also pretty green in the Phx area, Amaly. Many people have grass and there are lots and lots of trees. The flowers in the spring and winter seasons are breathtaking. I think people who have never been here have a notion that we still live on dirt roads with horses walking through town.

Phoenix is the 6th largest city in the USA. The metro area covers 2,000 square miles. We are located in the Sonoran desert which is one of the wettest and greenest deserts in N. America.

Here is a picture of the largest municipal park in N. America which is actually in the Phoenix city limits--South Mountain Park

Yes, I have been there Terry & saw nothing like your picture. It was like rukiddingme's picture. Dirt, brown & cactus. We visit a friend who builds custom pools there.

[terrier3]

My father was born in Germany and ended up in Phoenix and Santa Fe (his summer home). Germans are OBSESSED with the American West. The kids read many books about cowboys and Indians. When his family settled in Western NY, he was so disappointed - he thought it was going to be the WEST.

He was disillusioned with Phoenix though - he said it was way overbuilt and has more people than the desert can support. He said there is a reason why few animals live in the desert and people should follow their lead!

Does anyone who lives there agree?

[azterry!]

Terrier,

Your friend is wrong that few animals live in the desert. There is teeming wildlife. In my neighborhood alone there are quail, coyotes, bobcats, javalina, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels,assorted lizards, dozens of bird species and the occasional mountain lion.

Phoenix was planned with canals that carry water from the many lakes that surround us. They are mainly fed from snowmelt from the mountains. Even though we've had a dry year we are not under water restriction like California.

Yes, the area is sprawling and someone who is expecting the "wild west" would be disappointed. There are some areas that are densely built with tract home after tract home. I happen to like the fact that I can have all the amenities of urban living and within a few miles also have beautiful desert landscapes.

Amaly,

The park I showed you is right smack in the middle of the city. It would be hard to miss seeing South Mountain.

[ROMARY]

Asterry: Wow, I've learned a lot from you! Sixth largest city.......wow. 'Goes to show' all of the things that we (well, I) don't know about re: the U.S.