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Asphalt is probably the reason it gets so hot. Dirt dissipates the heat it absorbs at night concrete and asphalt not so much.
That's exactly what I was implying. I used to live there - the asphalt would be hot to the touch at night and outright dangerous to touch with bare skin during the day. The heat island effect made for an unbearable outside temperature for most of the year.
I'll never understand people who want to live in the desert; plants can't even survive there. Phoenix is a monument to man's arrogance.
I might move there for work in a bit over a year, and I'm trying not to already be a big baby about it. Summer will be rough for me.
I moved from there to Chicago as a young adult - best decision I ever made. Started my career in a beautiful city with 4 whole seasons and minimal magma pavement.
I grew up in Chicago! It's the best city. I'll probably go back some day. I'm so glad you enjoy it!
Definitely move back. Do whatever you can to avoid getting stationed in Phoenix. Whatever good it might do for your career just isn't worth the inevitable misery you'll experience getting into your car after it's been baking in the desolate expanse all day.
I worked in Houston for a couple of years. I suggest just hunkering down and staying home in the summer.
Deserts can be fine to live in, but a city that uses that much asphalt and concrete shouldnt be built in a desert.
That's all America knows how to build anymore: sprawling suburbs with a minimum quota for parking spaces per-capita. Stucco and pavement as far as the eye can see.
Maybe so, but I feel like on some level people are getting fucken sick of it. In my city for example they are discussing outlawing non native grass. Which would be fucken hilarious seeing the housing tracks throw a hissy fit.