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Phoenix by a landslide. Its economy is much too small to support its population. Numerous people are moving here and looking for jobs--good jobs--that are few and far between and create more competition for those who already live here. Phoenix is still a service oriented city with mostly minmum-wage workers and day laborers. THIS IS A FACT. Phoenix's largest industries are primarily driven by day laborers. The Valley's road construction hasnt been able to keep up w/the former population growth. And dont even get me started on the decreasing water supply. Fortunately, Phoenix's population growth has leveled off. Ideally and because of its economy, the ideal population of the PHX metro area should be about 2-million vs its 4-million of now. Phoenix has become just too big for its own good.
Phoenix by a landslide. Its economy is much too small to support its population. Numerous people are moving here and looking for jobs--good jobs--that are few and far between and create more competition for those who already live here. Phoenix is still a service oriented city with mostly minmum-wage workers and day laborers. THIS IS A FACT. Phoenix's largest industries are primarily driven by day laborers. The Valley's road construction hasnt been able to keep up w/the former population growth. And dont even get me started on the decreasing water supply. Fortunately, Phoenix's population growth has leveled off. Ideally and because of its economy, the ideal population of the PHX metro area should be about 2-million vs its 4-million of now. Phoenix has become just too big for its own good.
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I voted Phoenix because of unsustainability. I know that's not officially a word, but to me it's unsustainable because of the growing problem with lack of water.
I agree with an earlier comment, in that both Atlanta and Phoenix are over expanding to the point that they will soon experience severe water shortages.Which in turn will hurt industry and drive up the local living costs
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I think anything over 20% decennial growth decade after decade after decade is a little too fast. A couple decades here or there with growth that fast is probably okay, but not "hyper" growth and not for sustained periods of time. These cities need to slow down at some point so infrastructure and services can catch up, and my guess is that they ALL will, which is inevitable with large cities.
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