As much of the South bakes, Phoenix is poised to break a record set half a century ago of consecutive days with 110-degree or higher temperatures.

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"

  • AbbysMuscles [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Different parts of the US should have radically different architecture.

    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