Related headlines from the past couple years (in chronological order):
"No large city grew faster than Phoenix.
Arizona’s capital grew at the fastest rate among America’s biggest cities, vaulting it ahead of Philadelphia to officially become the fifth-biggest city in the U.S. since the last census."
"Here's why Arizona says it can keep growing despite historic megadrought"
"Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles"
that actually sounds delightful but i am a dwarf and love being underground
The style of building we use in this country is a very understated contributing cause of climate change. Different parts of the US should have radically different architecture. It's not like humans have never figured out how to live in the desert without AC. But we abandoned all of that here as soon as we could press the cold button.
I often think about that, albeit from an aesthetic perspective. I think the only US city that looks like it was purpose-built for its location is Santa Fe. It's beautiful. The low brown buildings at least attempt to mimic a traditional building style, and it all fits in nicely with the climate and surrounding terrain.
Most US cities are fucking ugly