Phoenix is dead (mortgages, credit, neighborhood)

[Phxguy]

I got inspired to do a thread on this topic after watching an episode of Life After People and the episode was on Phoenix. I watched our metropolis be destoryed to nature. Pretend it is 100 years since everyone in the valley has disappeared. What do you think the valley, your home, your neighborhood, or anyplace in Phoenix will look like at that time? What area do you think will have changed the most?
In my opinion downtown Phoenix would have changed the most. Due to the fact that highrises would have crumbled, the glass skin of Chase Tower, Cityscape tower 1, OCPE, and Phelps Dodge Center would be gone. Wells Fargo would probably be the last one standing due to the 30 stories of concrete.

[Finger Laker]

I think the aspects that would stick out to me the most would be the ramifications to the natural environment from Palo Verde and the various military installations once no longer maintained

Also, with the various dams and water management projects going into disrepair and eventual failure what would that look like

To me that is more interesting than any detioration of real properties

[AzXd]

Just pretend the entire valley has turned into Maryvale. All the upstanding people moved down to Pinal county.

[YAZ]

I can imagine some researchers walkin' thru town 100 years from now and spot some graffiti.......

......

.......Wow!

Look at these interesting petroglyphs!

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Even concrete will go back to its natural state. Over a 100 year period of neglect even the Wells Fargo building may be rubble.

[AzXd]

Grandpa: "You see those ruins over there? Those are the remains of the sub-prime lending blunder of the 2000's."
Child: I thought that was just a myth, they really gave mortgages to sub-prime, stop teasing grandpa.
Grandpa: oh hahaha Yes my grandson, that is right, they gave credit to anyone.

or

Professor: May I have you attention, this photo here of this long narrow pit in the ground is called an irrigation canal. It was used by the primitives who lived in the barren land known as phoenix. An entire society lived there once in prosperity but fears of global warming and con-artist peddling what was known as "green technology" robbed its occupants of any chance at preservation of their race. The irony is that fears of global warming actually caused a great famine due to the undermining of the basic human functions and means of providing sustinence.

[Phxguy]

Originally Posted by Finger Laker

I think the aspects that would stick out to me the most would be the ramifications to the natural environment from Palo Verde and the various military installations once no longer maintained

Also, with the various dams and water management projects going into disrepair and eventual failure what would that look like

To me that is more interesting than any detioration of real properties

Your right it's more intresting than with detorirating buildings. In 100 years the Roosevelt Dam will most likely have collapsed and sent a wall of water down stream. The Palo Verde Nuclear powerplant could've overheated and blown up sending the West Valley and outlying areas into a nuclear winter. Probably the stone buildings like Lurhs tower, Arizona Biltimore, and Westward Ho could survive the harsh summers and cool winters here for awhile until maybe a force weakens it. There's more dangers to the valley than people know.

[AzXd]

I think the greatest threat to Arizona and Phoenix specifically is the invasion Mod Cut: Not necessary(mexican citizens) via migration into Arizona. I noticed since moving here that there is a mixture of spanish and english in phoenix that has tainted good american english with that heathen tongue? I mean if we are going to speak a different language Latin or Italian would make more sense b/c they speak it in the holy see.

[Boompa]

Just walk around one of these "active adult" developments one summer afternoon

[AzXd]

what the heck is active adult? I hear it sometimes on tv etc. what are those?