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07-20-2008, 08:42 PM
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Jul 2008
1 posts, read 1,583 times
Reputation: 10
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5 phrases to describe Phoenix (and dont say dry heat)
1. Urban sprawl
2. Strip mall
3. Sports town
4. Big city with small town feel
5. Residential areas
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07-20-2008, 08:47 PM
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I'm the only hell my mama ever raised
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: A few miles from Lake Michigan
647 posts, read 823,208 times
Reputation: 570
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1. Hot
2. Illegals
3. Crime
4. Traffic
5. Overbuilt
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07-20-2008, 10:01 PM
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self-important urbanista
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Inside the 101
1,470 posts, read 1,463,499 times
Reputation: 464
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hidden gems
unrealized potential
unwritten future
inaccurately stereotyped
unique combination
Last edited by silverbear; 07-20-2008 at 10:47 PM..
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07-20-2008, 10:08 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chandler, AZ
306 posts, read 251,462 times
Reputation: 130
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lack of sophistication
flat and dry
sameness
behind the times
tourism
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07-20-2008, 10:09 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2007
413 posts, read 322,247 times
Reputation: 95
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hummm
Blue, Blue, sky
nice smooth roads
not much grass to mow
to much dust
drivers always speeding
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07-20-2008, 10:20 PM
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Member
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Join Date: Jun 2008
16 posts, read 16,614 times
Reputation: 12
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getting somewhere by car never impeded by weather
"think about yourself" mentality
spring training heaven
beautiful desert landscaping even on highways
old taco bells converted into currency exchanges
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07-20-2008, 10:49 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Downtown Phoenix
3,281 posts, read 1,418,318 times
Reputation: 545
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1. City of contrasts (different cultures, suburban sprawl and urban renewal, falling crime rates while still growing at a rapid pace)
2. rapidly growing downtown and reinvigorated historic districts
3. amazing nightlife and art scene
4. sports mecca
5. naturally and artificially green
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07-20-2008, 11:33 PM
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Phoenix to Cape Cod>>>>>>
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Join Date: Jun 2006
2,512 posts, read 1,784,528 times
Reputation: 599
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New
Stucco
beige
thorny
thirsty
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07-21-2008, 12:39 AM
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Member
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: WI or AZ, it depends!
99 posts, read 64,968 times
Reputation: 25
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5 phrases to describe Phoenix (and dont say dry heat)
-Home away from home; escape from the cold
-Stucco walls everywhere
-Restaurant and shopping haven
-Great landscape
-Nice people (I know many on this forum say otherwise, but personally, I've met so many nice people!) 
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07-21-2008, 01:14 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2008
217 posts, read 173,713 times
Reputation: 71
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fcorrales80
1. City of contrasts (different cultures, suburban sprawl and urban renewal, falling crime rates while still growing at a rapid pace)
2. rapidly growing downtown and reinvigorated historic districts
3. amazing nightlife and art scene
4. sports mecca
5. naturally and artificially green
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sports mecca, sports town....compared to where, cheyanne wyoming? I just attended my first D-Backs, and compared to almost any other MLB game i've attended, at cities in New York, Philadelphia, even LA, it sounded like a museum. I seriously feel the sports passion is considerable lacking here. |
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