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Definitely Phoenix. Being from Seattle, which feels large, Phoenix just doesn’t feel as massive as it is. Its so spread out and the downtown isn’t very spectacular or bustling in comparison to another similarly sized metro area like Boston.
Airport location limits high rises in downtown Phoenix. But as I have posted elsewhere that is no reason why Phoenix couldn’t develop high rise districts away from the airport.
Airport location limits high rises in downtown Phoenix. But as I have posted elsewhere that is no reason why Phoenix couldn’t develop high rise districts away from the airport.
Yes, and has been for years - all the way up to the Biltmore/Camelback Corridor. It's ridiculous the way Phoenix gets ragged on, mostly by clueless people that have never stepped foot in the place.
SUBURBIA, it was the American Dream, now it is our nightmare. You can move thousands of miles and buy a house exactly like the one you sold. The streets even look the same. I find it terrible. I can live in a city in a row house and see more diffenences.
SUBURBIA, it was the American Dream, now it is our nightmare. You can move thousands of miles and buy a house exactly like the one you sold. The streets even look the same. I find it terrible. I can live in a city in a row house and see more diffenences.
The issue isn't suburbia then, your issue is modernity and the industrial age. Once they started being able to build housing on an industrial scale most housing aimed at the middle and lower classes was based on the efficiencies of scale. That means the same materials, same designs are used all over the place. That's really no different in pretty much all urban development today either. It's all pretty damn identikit, even across the world, not just the U.S.
This is in Detroit, Michigan:
This is in Frankfurt, Germany:
At least the suburban houses tend to have a uniquely American style.
Yes, and has been for years - all the way up to the Biltmore/Camelback Corridor. It's ridiculous the way Phoenix gets ragged on, mostly by clueless people that have never stepped foot in the place.
Phoenix is a young city.
It needs some decades to mature.
Problem is people want to compare places that developed in much different times and that are in much different stages of development
Yes, and has been for years - all the way up to the Biltmore/Camelback Corridor. It's ridiculous the way Phoenix gets ragged on, mostly by clueless people that have never stepped foot in the place.
I have been to Phoenix several times and DO have a clue. I am familiar with midtown Phoenix. Most of midtown’s tallest buildings were built before 2000. I just wasn’t that impressed.
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