Went to phoenix, it was less of a question to me as to why it existed, rather why it was built like every other city in America instead of a truly desert adapted one.

@mikeBH1000

2 ай бұрын

Cause we don't know how to build different

@rorytribbet6424

2 ай бұрын

Cause cheap and fast got the job done and other voices with better long term plans failed to influence the processes.

@lolmao500

2 ай бұрын

Because its cheaper and the only thing that matters in america is profits

@user58541

2 ай бұрын

​@@lolmao500 and there's nothing wrong with that

@shaylatwitchell2567

2 ай бұрын

THIS. Yes, why can't we build stuff to be adapted to the local environment??

As a lifelong Phoenix resident; I concur that “Phoenix is a monument to man’s arrogance.” -Peggy Hill

@BrandanLee

2 ай бұрын

Tucson boyo -- strongly agree.

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

The arrogance is increasing daily in the west valley. 😂 I think I might cash out all the equity and finally leave.

@AgmaSchwa

2 ай бұрын

Lol he put the actual clip in about two minutes after I commented this - that quote just lives rent free in my mind at all times

@sadsaint3532

2 ай бұрын

@@x8jason8xall the west coasters on the road

@AgmaSchwa

2 ай бұрын

@@x8jason8x I’m an Arborist and I work in landscaping, and yeah the West Valley is the biggest affront to nature, though the Queen Creek / San Tan area looks like it might take the crown…

I live in the Phoenix area and last summer year during our "heat wave" I went to visit my sister in Houston during their heat wave of 90+ degrees. I have never sweated so quickly and thoroughly through my clothes than when I was there. Just the walk from the front door was taking me down. The humidity was horrible and it quickly impacted my asthma. I will happily take 115+ degree desert southwest days over the humid days in Texas.

@laslobas1234

2 ай бұрын

I lived in Houston for 15 years. I don’t think any city on Earth has a worse climate and more biting insects, venomous snakes and flying roaches

@goofyrider

Ай бұрын

Ditto🤣

@David-zj3bp

Ай бұрын

We lived in San Antonio, heck, the whole Midwest is humid. It's all of the rivers, lakes, ponds, and ground water. Plus the heat. I grew up in Corrientes, Argentina 🇦🇷. It can get humid there too since we're close to the Paraná River (big river that branches off the Amazon). Lived in South Florida too. I think 🤔 one just gets used to the climate, at least I do.

@AlanRoberts0427

Ай бұрын

I had the same experience in Orlando. Yuk!

@usedscar

Ай бұрын

It's gonna burn when global warming really kicks in. Any minute.

Arizona resident, easy to tell you why. No hurricanes, earthquakes are a joke, no tornadoes, occasional dust storm and rain, great weather for 8 months a year, and obviously cooking an egg on the sidewalk

@EWe82

Ай бұрын

This is is right here. The heat isn't so bad, its not like Natives had AC back in the day and they've been here for centuries. But why anyone would want to live in a land where the sky could suck you up and throw you around... no thanks.

@LC05

Ай бұрын

Yup, and no snow to shovel in the winter.

@JTube571

Ай бұрын

@@LC05If you live in the southern deserts.

@ourtruth216

22 күн бұрын

Earth quakes are no joke?? Does that mean you get earthquakes or no??

@JTube571

22 күн бұрын

@@ourtruth216 we do they're just minor. Barely feel them and only do if you're not moving

It just blows my mind how much of human history is "this place is inhospitable, so we are flocking to it because the easy to live places are too crowded"

@ionescuflorin7307

2 ай бұрын

Too crowded or too expensive.

@cagmz

2 ай бұрын

Mars.

@maui2745

2 ай бұрын

Closest thing to mars

@eag8999

2 ай бұрын

Government causes failures in all markets

@yt-user03561

2 ай бұрын

Because there are too many people.

As a german i sometimes forget that there so huge countries with multiple climate zones while we are united in grey and rainy days

@Redfvvg

2 ай бұрын

Go to Astrakhan-Kalmykia, it's no less hot there in summer. In Elista, when I was vacationing there, I ordered large bottles of water at home. Salt water was coming out of the tap . Yes, that territory is the bottom of a long-dried sea, the underground water sources are quite salty. And it's still Europe. This thick, fragrant smell of wormwood. Getting out of the car in the steppe . For a Muscovite, it was all exotic.

@An-kw3ec

2 ай бұрын

The funny thing is that phoenix can get snowy winters despite being so hot in summer, so you get a taste of everything.

@LeviBulger

2 ай бұрын

Snowy winters? I've lived in Phoenix for 30 years. I've seen snow exactly one time and it evaporated as soon as it hit the ground. Hail? Sure, that happens often and not always in the winter because of what hail actually is and how it's formed in the atmosphere -having less to do with requiring frigid temps. But it definitely doesn't snow in Phoenix.

@sarahcampassi

2 ай бұрын

@@LeviBulgerit snowed literally one month ago 😂

@LeviBulger

2 ай бұрын

@@sarahcampassi Where in Phoenix and on what date? Let's hear it. Because it certainly did not. Since 1838 there have been 8 recorded times of snow in Phoenix of over 0.1 inches. And none were in 2024

I love Phoenix. It gets nice and quiet in the summer when all the snowbirds hightail it outa here.

@aronlinde1723

Ай бұрын

My Dad had a bumper sticker. "God made Phoenix Summers to tell the Snowbirds to go home."

@RillFleatcher-re7ee

Ай бұрын

Agreed also is that a doc Holliday profile picture

@USCTrojan2013

Ай бұрын

8-9 MONTHS of incredible weather… so we suffer a bit for 60-70 days in our AC homes/malls/restaurants/cars.. We’re fine.

@Electrodexify

Ай бұрын

Nothing good about leaving in a hell hole in a city that is hostile 9months of the year only for the remaining 3 months to be occupied by snowbirds and tourists. Also phoenix only knows how to build ugly sprawling prison suburbs, no thanks!

@wackJackle

Ай бұрын

@@USCTrojan2013That's gonna change for the rest of your life with hotter and longer summers. Have fun and good luck.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Phoenix Arizona is 122 degrees Fahrenheit. This was set in June of 1990. I remember that day very well because our air conditioner broke.

@TheJoshestWhite

Ай бұрын

I saw 128 about 20 years ago

@SeanWilliams-bc2nd

Ай бұрын

I was born in 1990 on June 9th in Tucson lol

@JimJohnson-cf3wt

Ай бұрын

@@TheJoshestWhiteTemperature varies greatly depending on where you measure it. If you measure 1” above an asphalt surface is going to be over 140f all day, every day.

@TheJoshestWhite

Ай бұрын

@@JimJohnson-cf3wt I saw it on the news. I think they get their data from the Airport

@Anglbabi66

Ай бұрын

I remember well. There was 2 days of it. 122-122.5. My kids kept insisting they wanted to fry an egg. I let them didn’t work lol Experience is the best teacher.

"Where the temperature is routinely higher than 100F" Bro, 100F is a NICE day in summer PHX. Should've said above 110F.

@hieronymusbutts7349

2 ай бұрын

But it's a dry heat, skeletons love it

@fedmcfederalson

2 ай бұрын

Dudes will literally exaggerate the heat under any circumstances

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

Honestly even 110 isn't that bad, once it hits 115 or higher is my will to live melt point.

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

@@hieronymusbutts7349 😂 Idk why anyone says that, it gets plenty humid with the monsoons.

@JohnDoe-my5ip

2 ай бұрын

100F without humidity is actually kinda pleasant, *but only in the shade.* Anyone who prefers that godforsaken desert sun to East Coast humidity has worms in their brain or something

*The Urban Heat Island Effect.* If you take an already hot desert and build a city on it, it's gonna get even hotter.

@nolanhines8460

2 ай бұрын

That’s why it’s a little cooler down here in Tucson.

@Brambrew

2 ай бұрын

@@user-ej9nl1ng9d there's a lot more to it than that lol. The entire city absorbs and re-emits heat. Blacktop included.

@tomlxyz

2 ай бұрын

From what i could gather it's the opposite when built in the desert. The heat island effect comes from replacing vegetation with buildings, concrete and asphalt. Meanwhile in the desert the cities tend to have more vegetation so it's actually more chill

@tomlxyz

2 ай бұрын

​@@user-ej9nl1ng9d there are studies about it

@hitmusicworldwide

2 ай бұрын

Ever wonder why all the buildings on Greek islands are painted white? Not only is it beautiful. It reflects the heat. But I guess invading migrants from Northern and central Europe couldn't figure that simple logic out despite all the "free stuff" they were given by the government. An an authoritative source that I've seen ( most of the westerns from the 1950s and 60s that were on TV and in movies) revealed that these European migrants brought alcoholic drugs crime and gun violence. But some of them are good people

I moved to Phoenix the first day of 2000 from Los Angeles. I could no longer afford to live in my home town. The reasons were simple. 1. I was able to purchase a larger house for the profit I'd made from the LA house. 2. The cost of living was much lower and with a little less income I was able for the first time to begin saving for retirement. Our house was built in the 1950's and has flood irrigation and was built on an old carrot farm. We pay $120 a year to have our 1/3 acre flooded three inches deep once a month in the Fall and Spring and twice a month in the Summer. We have peach, plumb, apple, tangelo, fig, orange trees and grape vines. In Monsoon season we get 5 gallons of water per day for the plants from our AC unit. Most people let that drain into their yard or sewer system. In 2006 we adopted rooftop solar that paid for itself in 5 years. Out total annual cost for electricity is what our neighbors (who don't have solar} pay in a month. Living in Phoenix is all about adapting to the environment and not wasting energy on stupid things.

@katarinasutherlin

Ай бұрын

You’re part of the Californian migration group that’s ruining az economy

@David-zj3bp

Ай бұрын

Amazing! Which part of the Valley do you live in? I'm in STV (San Tan Valley)

@JimJohnson-cf3wt

Ай бұрын

All the water you use to flood your yard is a HUGE waste. Irrigated neighborhoods need to go.

@hunterfalck235

Ай бұрын

i hear that. Adapt. I live on the great lakes, and got a old house on a stone foundation that doesn't need Air conditioning in the summer, and is very tall and can trap rising heat in the winter. Old houses were adapted better than newer ones

@WilshireRap

Ай бұрын

Funny how instead of learning and applying soil science to improve the fertility and moisture retention of your soil with simple materials like mulch and compost and with efficient irrigation..you flood your entire yard and unnecessarily waste large amounts of water..

As someone who has only lived in the valley my whole life, I am thoroughly surprised at how often we got rain in the last few weeks. I am less surprised at the heat following the next day despite it all.

@RillFleatcher-re7ee

Ай бұрын

Oro valley ?

@mlnags2829

2 күн бұрын

Almost felt manipulated or artificially contrived. Then again the weather gods could be messing with us. Need to see if Farmers Almanac is still a thing!

20% of comments: Man, I love living in Phoenix 80% of comments: Phoenix is too darn hot

@HighTide_808

2 ай бұрын

I’m here. It’s nice but hot as fuq. So I can see both

@hellogoodbye6201

2 ай бұрын

I luv me some Phoenix

@theper4sho

2 ай бұрын

STOP MOVING HERE! It sucks. The 5million here are just crazy. It’s super super hot and it’s not fun. Stop moving here. ;)

@SaintKrees

2 ай бұрын

Those 80% are the non natives

@michaelholden6096

2 ай бұрын

Hell with phoenix. Only go there in winter and it's still hot to me.

my grandma was born here in 1940 and is now 84. still blows my mind thinking about how different the city was for her as a kid compared to me now.

@BlueOvals24

2 ай бұрын

Hop on Google Earth, there's a time lapse button, and I think it goes back to the late 80's. Just watch Chandler and Gilbert go from nothing, to the massive sprawls they are today

@B-Th-Change

2 ай бұрын

Same, when I was a kid we literally played in the dessert behind my neighborhood. There was nothing, now it’s all developed.

@longwayaround7767

2 ай бұрын

@@B-Th-Change Same for me. I've lived in Arizona for 67 years. It used to cool down at night in the summer. Last year it had so many days of 124 degress there was a propane refill company that spontaneously blew up sending hundreds of smaller propane containers 100s of feet into the air. I moved north back in 2004 to a higher elevation. I had to get out of the high pollution. I'd had Valley Fever in my 30s that left scar tissue in both lungs. The high pollution levels were killing me.

@basantpanigrahi583

2 ай бұрын

​@@longwayaround7767Move to Wyoming ❤

@longwayaround7767

2 ай бұрын

@@basantpanigrahi583 No. I've lived my whole life in Arizona. I plan on dying here. Why don't you move to Wyoming you petty jerk. 💙💙💙

I'm a phoenician, and I want to let all of you know about the city's awful design. It's almost designed to capture heat, it's like a dutch oven. In lower income areas there is no vegetation, no trees no shade. Some areas near the suburb of Chandler have massive artificial lakes inside neighborhoods, wasting precious water. It's like a dutch oven. The city itself is massive. Say you live in Scottsdale and work in Gilbert. (both core suburbs of phoenix). You're driving at least 30-45 minutes to get to work, meaning you're spending more time in your hot car. Despite all of these problems, almost 5 million of us are still here.

@RillFleatcher-re7ee

Ай бұрын

Fun fact in Tucson they have not planed any road building since 2001

@writeover8203

Ай бұрын

@@RillFleatcher-re7eethey are quite literally building as we speak, yes they have.

@JimJohnson-cf3wt

Ай бұрын

@@RillFleatcher-re7ee Fun fact: You’re wrong.

@TanManFixes

Ай бұрын

the awful design is in the highway structure. the 10 is thew only way to get around, and houses the entire national transportation. we have east to west movement with hardly any north and south lanes. 17 and 101 are a joke. thank God at least now we have 303. which eventually will be become over crowded. the entire valleys is too large for only 4 highways.

@csn6234

24 күн бұрын

Is it like a Dutch oven?

I love these types of videos. Anything that gets people to stop moving here has my full support.

@Cat_DeGaulle

Ай бұрын

True that

@andrewjames1416

Ай бұрын

Feel that. Fk California. They destroy their state just to come here and still vote blue. Reap what you sow and stay your ahh there

@Electrodexify

Ай бұрын

Actually this keeps the superficial people that don't think deep, from our cities up north. You can have all those people and suburban sprawl that comes with it

@jimdandy8996

Ай бұрын

All the human locusts.

@JimJohnson-cf3wt

Ай бұрын

@@Electrodexify This has got to be one of the most shallow comments on the internet. Congrats!

Got off a plane in Phoenix at 9PM once, and that's when I learned it was possible for it to be _hot_ when the sun isn't even out

@peterroberts4415

2 ай бұрын

Come to the deep south, where it may not be as hot, but thanks to the humidity the heat index is routinely still in the high 80s and low 90s at night. New Orleans and Miami in particular

@LordofSyn

2 ай бұрын

Gotta love when the 10 o'clock news shows the temperature is still 110+. Even better when it's 0200 and still that high. That has happened more times than I can count over the last decade and it's only going to get worse.

@carolinatorres7575

2 ай бұрын

At night (around 8/9) it has been 105, AC never catches a break. I feel horrible for all the homeless animals here. 😢

@arx3516

2 ай бұрын

​@@Pipsqueak- late May in Washington DC felt like July in Rome.

@vivianriver6450

2 ай бұрын

I love going out on hot summer nights when I can enjoy the warm air without direct sunlight hitting me.

I live in Arizona and still prefer 115 degree dry heat then 95 degrees with 100% humidity

@eddiew2325

2 ай бұрын

i hate u so much

@jamesleyda365

2 ай бұрын

Oh ya! definitely!

@MufflesTheGerbil

2 ай бұрын

F Humidity. The moment you step outside when it's insanely hot you don't even feel wet you just feel as if you instantly got covered in sticky stuff. It's extremely uncomfortable.

@Woap_64

2 ай бұрын

As a Floridian, I completely agree.

@double_joseph327

2 ай бұрын

I live in Phoenix. I went to Austin Texas in July. It was 90. I nearly passed out.

It can still be over 100F at midnight in Phoenix, summer temperatures don't cool down that much. Early morning low can be 95F.

@aronlinde1723

Ай бұрын

Depends on our cloud cover. Clear day and no clouds at night, then is will drop 30 F. But our hottest days attract clouds because it keeps humidity in the air and they collect as the sun sets, making a blanket holding the heat in

Phx isn't as inhospitable as people make it out to be. I would ask people in NY, PA, MN, NE, and almost any other state... how often do you have to run heat or a/c in your home? Bc the weather in PHX is fantastic for at least 7 or 8 months a year. I haven't had my HVAC system on for at least the last 2 months, and only run it on the coldest of winter days. So we have to use heating or cooling FAR less than most areas of the country do. Summer is uncomfortable, but so is Fargo in January. And the dryness in AZ means that you can get in the pool on a 100⁰F day, and come out of the water shivering. So it's easier to work around the difficult weather months in AZ, compared to most areas. And you don't have to shovel sunshine!

@The_Notorious_CRG

Ай бұрын

i appreciate this reasoned evaluation. I have considered PHX before, but all I've ever heard is that central AZ is hell on Earth.

@arizonashopper5095

Ай бұрын

@The_Notorious_CRG There's a reason why we have been the fastest growing county in the US, for quite some time. And it's nice that our worst season, is the time when most people are vacationing anyway (over the summer). And our schools go back during the hottest time, so kids are in an air conditioned classroom. And in turn, the kids get 2 weeks of Fall break, and 2 wks of spring break. So we can be outside when the weather is nice... hiking, going to spring training games, or just sitting outside in 70 degree weather. I'm a Realtor in Phx, but I lived here for many years before that, so it isn't my job that makes me like it.

@The_Notorious_CRG

Ай бұрын

@@arizonashopper5095 what about the water issues? Do you see that water availability is an issue that is currently being addressed and will continue to be addressed in the future?

@arizonashopper5095

Ай бұрын

@The_Notorious_CRG see my comment about the water below.

@mistiroberts1576

Ай бұрын

Shhhhhhh We don't want more people

I'm from San Francisco. Spent 5 weeks in India where it was just over 100 degrees and 100% humidity. So miserable. My friend and I flew back into Phoenix where it was like 112 with no humidity. Ohh how nice the blazing hot dry weather without the humidity was.

@DoingStuffWithDiana

2 ай бұрын

Bruh I can’t imagine this. Suffocating

@Mark-gr3rg

2 ай бұрын

That's why it's called a ...Dry Heat

@jimmycline4778

2 ай бұрын

When it’s 80 I need a jacket!

@pringlized

2 ай бұрын

@@jimmycline4778 hahaha. Do you miss humidity?

@dennis1954

2 ай бұрын

I’m good to about 105 in Phoenix due to humidity from the green growth. In Havasu, which is dryer and in the Mohave Desert, 115 is a nice feel. I was in Phoenix in 1990 when it hit 122. Dry heat or not, it was hot! Heat and temperature are two different measurements in thermodynamics but for us, it’s very subjective. I’ll take 100-115 in the desert over 85+ on the Olympic Peninsula, home of a rain forest, any day.

As someone in Phoenix, this place still confuses me. It’s over 110 in the summer and almost freezing in the winter. It’s one of the largest cities in the country, yet you still feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere. Edit: Ok fine I get it. I’m sorry that 35 degrees Fahrenheit during the morning is way too hot for you for it to be considered “almost freezing”, and that I have absolutely no idea that Phoenix is generally warmer than most places. Since it’s so very clear that I shouldn’t be living here since I apparently can’t put up with a little weather, I guess I should find a way to magically move somewhere else on a whim. I also apologize for having an opinion, which stupid me should have realized is not allowed.

@slevinchannel7589

2 ай бұрын

Is Rainwater-Collection in Parts of America still Illegall?

@mohammed44_

2 ай бұрын

Extreme heat and cold? Sounds normal for me as saudi💀

@seadkolasinac7220

2 ай бұрын

@@mohammed44_ most of Saudi doesn't get cold in the winter though. You thinking it's cold doesn't make it so. Riyadh can easily hit over 20C in the winter, as can Dammam. Jeddah is even hotter. These are not 'extreme cold' by any definition. The only cold places -- Arar, Abha, Sakakah -- are sparsely populated. The average person in Saudi experiences hot winters by global standards

@mohammed44_

2 ай бұрын

@@seadkolasinac7220 Well, I am not from riyadh or dammam or jeddah. The closest out of these is dammam and its still like 300km away from me. Now its february at night and its 15C°, but at early january, it can get as low as -10°C or even lower here next to the empty quarter.

@igmusicandflying

2 ай бұрын

I have lived here for a long time, and while I've had my fill of it and am planning to move away, that sounds like a you problem. There's so much to do and see here every day.

Reporting from Phoenix - it is 75 degrees “mostly sunny” with partly cloudy conditions expected around 5 pm. H: 76 L: 52

I live in Missouri until aprx 30 yrs old. Only girl so followed mom, to CA, in 1988, she followed baby bro to CA(hated it. ). Exactly 1 yr later me & hubby, kids, decided to move to AZ where he has family. 36 yrs later best decision for kids and career. I tell people I just go from my AC home to AC car, to AC job then reverse. Now retired and traveling back to Midwest for weeks or moths ar a time, but still loving AZ.❤

“Why are we running out of water?” Turns around and looks at lakefront property in the middle of the desert. “A true mystery.”

@benmurrell7634

2 ай бұрын

bro failed to watch the video

@becomingabetterhuman.2994

2 ай бұрын

Because your local government is renting your agriculture land to Saudi for alfalfa to feed their cattle in the middle east thus running your aquaphor dry. Do research.

@Booz2020

2 ай бұрын

Slava TSMC 🇹🇼

@Valorince

2 ай бұрын

oh don't get me wrong, all the old people and rich people who NEED green grass in their yards are part of the problem. But as someone who has lived in this state for my entire life, I can tell you the real issue is that local officials have time and time again sold the integrity of the community out for a bigger and bigger paycheck. The latest scam is that we have huge companies like TSMC moving to AZ because the officials would rather focus on making more capital than fix the homeless or drug problem.

@SuperBrownsugar95

2 ай бұрын

Did you not watch the video

As a lifetime Arizona resident, I have never seen water in the Gila river even once in my life. The river is completely dry by the time it reaches Phoenix.

@samuelblack1687

2 ай бұрын

I wonder if all the dams upstream have anything to do with it.... And the fact that they had to dam the rivers because of the yearly monsoon floods that would destroy buildings and bridges.... I wonder if that's the reason why

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

Seen it wet a few times, but only from flash floods. It goes underground from what I've been told. Don't quote me though. 😂

@matthewserrao2926

2 ай бұрын

It’s because the Salt River project swoops all the water from getting to the Gila watershed and the Verde watershed (above the Gila). This also means less flow into the Colorado as the Gila flows into the Colorado. Groundwater is also fucked over there too, overdrafted a bit.

@robertsaget9697

2 ай бұрын

@@samuelblack1687 nope. canals to agriculture

@chillaxter13

2 ай бұрын

They need to run a pumping station from the Rio Grande, across the hills, and into the Gila near it's origin. Would make the dams more efficient, could be shut off for flood rains, and would leave more for downstream irrigation... All while propping up the dwindling Colorado. Might be able to get Mexico to pitch in on some of the project for a healthier Colorado, which they also use.

Live in Phoenix. Found it hilarious when a couple complained about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Every year we tend to hit almost or barely over 120 degrees. We have hit 126 degrees on record. I’ve cooked an egg on the sidewalk before. And I don’t feel hot till like 102 degrees. I cannot so humid though.

@JohnDoe-me3ew

Ай бұрын

It gets hotter than what they publish. Typically 10+ degrees hotter in the summer according to 2 different weather stations I own sitting in complete shade. Much hotter in straight sun. Was a high of 136F last summer (in shade).

@danduvall8583

Ай бұрын

It’s never been over 122 degrees in Phoenix. Ever.

@danduvall8583

Ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-me3ew Yeah, no it wasn’t.

@edgarbernalsevilla6636

Ай бұрын

Fellow Sonoran Desert dweller. It's hot coffee until it gets to 105. 😂

@rymatin4065

Ай бұрын

@@danduvall8583 Locations change temperature. Stations that measure temperature only measure the temperature around it. Meaning 10 feet away it could be 10 degrees hotter. So yes some places get much hotter than what they publish

I've lived in South Tempe/Chandler for 33 years now and I love it here even on the several 118°F days we had last summer. Everywhere here is air conditioned and many homes and restaurants have misting systems in their outdoor patio spaces.

I've lived in Phoenix for 30 years. All you have to do is add water and boom, a subdivision full of houses will pop up within 6 months. I like to think the game "Sim City" was inspired by Phoenix.

@Perich29

2 ай бұрын

I remember Sim City 3000

@RSofficial22

Ай бұрын

Yea I’ve seen buildings go up in just under a month!

@johncorson6599

Ай бұрын

lol

After watching this video, I still refuse to believe Phoenix exists.

@patrickshell2813

2 ай бұрын

No one likes u

@lbgamer6166

2 ай бұрын

First reply

@Cedarranch

2 ай бұрын

like australia

@AlexMuseMatrix

2 ай бұрын

As a Texan i can conform that phoenix is not hot at all

@miseryduck6264

2 ай бұрын

@@AlexMuseMatrixas a Phoenician, I can confirm you’ve never been

Great Video. I live in Phoenix so this was especially informative. Thanks for sharing this!!!

EXCELLENT WORK OF JOURNALISM AND FILMOGRAPHY. I was involved as a City Manager and later as a County Manager in water resource planning in Arizona. You have done an outstanding review and analysis.

My sister lived in Phoenix for several years. I'm from coastal Texas where we deal with heat and humidity but the summers in Phoenix are unreal. It was like 8:30 at night and we got out of our car to go into a restaurant and the heat was just radiating off the pavement into your face. It was literally like the feeling you get when opening an oven. My other comment is that the Phoenix metro is just enormous - bigger than you'd think and that is saying a lot coming from me having grown up in Houston.

@paigecunningham

2 ай бұрын

The Phoenix Metro area covers two counties (Maricopa and Pinal) and contains 9 of the 10 largest cities or towns in Arizona, with only Tucson, at number 2, not being part of the metroplex, although even Tucson effectively borders the metro area's southern border. All of the top 10 cities contain over 100,000 residents, with Phoenix proper having a population over 1.6 million, and Mesa (3rd in the state) having over 500,000. It also covers over 14.5 thousand square miles. The Phoenix area is HUGE.

@squidward5110

2 ай бұрын

Dry heat is hell whenever I go to the desert I have to smear my entire body with Vaseline

@EmptyZoo393

2 ай бұрын

My parents moved to that area a few years ago. Honestly, it's a nightmare for kids. Summertime temperatures are too hot to go outside between 9am and ~8:30pm. We walked with a seven-year-old to a playground around lunchtime and the poor girl was dealing with heat exhaustion within twenty minutes of getting there. Beyond that, the lots are all concrete, and gravel. My parents got a house that's quadruple the price and 2.5x the floorspace of our house, but it doesn't feel anywhere near as useable, as you are always in everyone's auditory and visual range, bumping up against each other all the time in the wide-open floorplan on vogue. There are some nice outdoor patio areas but, again, you can only use it early in the morning or late at night. I will happily take my small, older, midwestern house where the kids can play outside pretty much any day of the year, even if they're bundled up in snowsuits.

@profligatepassages

2 ай бұрын

At 830 at night its still 100% bright and sunny out too 🤣 gets dark at about 10ish or 11pm during summers here in AZ. Even our winter sees days into about 7pm pretty averagely aside from directly around the winter solstice. It does however get pretty cool in night probably the low 80s after it was 115° is a drastic difference and it feels very cold after a day of that magnitude.

@lovly2cu725

2 ай бұрын

IT GETS COLD HERE TOO. MOST DONT KNOW DECEMBER THRU MID FEB FROST WARNINGS

As someone who lives in AZ and has lived here all my life, it’s crazy how many people are moving here now it has become so crowded and populated in PHX

@juliusmoore8198

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget the snowbirds

@JohnDoe-me3ew

Ай бұрын

Must be talking about all the foreigners here illegally.

@j_S0VEREIGN

Ай бұрын

Californians and snowbirds coming here making it impossible to buy houses. Saying this as a Phoenix native. 😣

@prod.w0rm

Ай бұрын

@@j_S0VEREIGNI agree I miss the old phoniex😢

@dxsk_

Ай бұрын

@@j_S0VEREIGN meanwhile prices are skyrocketing and good paying jobs are nowhere to be found and 120 degrees summer is right around the corner

I found this very interesting . Thank you for the information. Recently moved here and appreciate the knowledge.

I love that camera shot of Camelback mountain. One of my favorite hikes. Even in the heat of the summer (towards the end of the day - not mid when sun is overhead). It is hot here but I like it. Lived in Seattle 12 years, the non stop rain, clouds, and grey was no good. Give me the American southwest desert anyday. Though Seattle was great in many ways.

If you think living in Phoenix would be bad during the summer, try being homeless in Phoenix. We had about 300 unsheltered people die this year due to heat related causes. It's so bad there are cooling stations (places with AC that people can go to cool off), emergency cooling stations (buses that are parked and run their AC), and water cooling stations (places where you can get water and shade and relief from the heat).

@jakewillits4678

2 ай бұрын

A cool room might be useful plopped here and there in a place like that. Who cares if its 110 out of everywhere else is chilly

@dmc9791

2 ай бұрын

Unsheltered HA

@dmc9791

2 ай бұрын

lets run the buses all day real smart

@nhennessy6434

2 ай бұрын

Makes you think Arppaio was trying to turn his jail into a death camp.

@tylerjay_

2 ай бұрын

Free bus rides to California for all homeless!

Bro has history with Phoenix 😂

@idk-99114

2 ай бұрын

You stole my comment💀

@SAMIAMFNX

2 ай бұрын

@@idk-99114mad?

@Art.and.Hamsters

2 ай бұрын

@@idk-99114 Eh-Comments can often be similar without copying. You commented: “the thumbnail 😭 bro has personal problems with Phoenix 💀” and he commented: “Bro has history with Phoenix 😂”

@Jackson54321

2 ай бұрын

Just in case he changes the title it says “Why the hell does Pheonix actually exist”

@idk-99114

2 ай бұрын

@@SAMIAMFNX yh

I moved here cuz I got sick of the rain in Washington. I feel it was a fair trade off. Plus I can run around half naked in the summers and nobody bats an eye.

@dukedub

Ай бұрын

Thinking about making the move from Washington to Vegas. Did you miss Washington?

I was a kid in 50's Tempe, a part of the Phoenix complex. It was a sleeply little one horse college town then. Now it has high rises and is amazingly expensive. It is very strange.

If I could give advice to the people who do Phoenix’s city planning, it would be “stop building out and start building up”. Urban sprawl is the number one culprit for the heat island effect, and being in the desert, only makes the heat even more unbearable. Also Phoenix you can literally walk out at 7 am and it’d be 90 degrees. Not because it got to 90 degrees that fast, but because it’s STILL 90 degrees from LAST NIGHT.

@Br3ttM

2 ай бұрын

It's hard to convince them to build up when half the reason it grew so much was cheap land to sprawl over.

@guydreamr

2 ай бұрын

@@Br3ttM Time for a rethink, then.

@Br3ttM

2 ай бұрын

If they rethink too much, they might move somewhere else, and the city doesn't want to lose its population.@@guydreamr

@guydreamr

2 ай бұрын

@@Br3ttM Or, if they rethink enough, it might instead spark a population influx from people who want to live in a more convenient and less car dependent city.

@SgtDreamz

2 ай бұрын

Which is why you're not a city planner. The heat is why they build across a large area, heat rises and in buildings that means every floor you go up, the hotter it gets. The only way to counteract that is with AC, transferring the heat from inside, to outside.

One minor critique is that he's talking about Phoenix while showing old footage of Sedona. I know that because that's my home town.

@B-Th-Change

2 ай бұрын

FR!!!

@goddamndog

2 ай бұрын

He’s showing footage of every city in AZ.

@SecretAgentBartFargo

2 ай бұрын

@@goddamndog Which is nice. More documentaries should highlight Arizona as a whole, not just Phoenix.

@drutalero2962

2 ай бұрын

​@@SecretAgentBartFargobut he's literally talking about Phoenix

@moorisjensen

2 ай бұрын

I guess you would appreciate if i made a documentary about the Egyptian Pyramids and talking about the history and how it became all while showing photos of Machu Pichu. 👍🏻

Live near phnx. (Mesa) since 2004. I love it here and seen this state grown so much i call this state my home

Born in Phoenix. Lived there for many years. Hot 24/7 for close to half the year now. Often over 110 degrees. Projections are it will get higher. You can go out at 3 am and it's still too hot. On top of that, the housing has gotten stupendously expensive. God help them if the electric grid ever goes out.

As a Phoenician, your right, why the heck does Phoenix exist?

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

Please leave.

@blakelowrey9620

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for inventing the alphabet

@pokemata1035

2 ай бұрын

Quick, hide I hear the Romans coming! *𝙒𝘼𝙍 𝙃𝙊𝙍𝙉* 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙚𝙨𝙩!

@AL-lh2ht

2 ай бұрын

Title was changed

@johnnychopping3655

2 ай бұрын

​@@x8jason8x I'm glad my instant hatred of anyone from Phoenix unironically calling themselves a Pheonician is shared 😂

I live in AZ cuz it's safe for me. It's good that AZ doesn't have tornados, tsunamis, or volcanos

@alexwilliams8435

2 ай бұрын

or earthquakes!

@juliusmoore8198

2 ай бұрын

Arizona has volanos they're just not active. Theres one in flagstaff

@XxSorrelPawxX

Ай бұрын

I've grown up here and I love the heat! I ride my bike in it everyday. Makes me realize how strong I am. Plus the tan feels nice xP

@samketchup9415

Ай бұрын

I live in az because I like mexican food

@jaydenrodriguez8562

Ай бұрын

@@samketchup9415 yeah me too

I visited my Grandparents who live in Phoesnix for our winter months in Wisconsin when I was like 8 or 9. I believe it in Mid February. I rememeber really loving the area. It was the first time I had ever seen mountains. I was fascinated by saguaro cacti. I had seen cacti in Texas because we'd go there to visit my other grandparents evrry other hear or so. But they didn't have saguaro in Texas. When we flew into Phoenix, it was a 40 minute drive to where we were going to dinner.

Pretty cool to see all the research I’ve done connect together with this video

For non-US viewer, 110°F is around 43°C.

@mertm.995

2 ай бұрын

Holy shit

@MoorishAlliance

2 ай бұрын

​@@mertm.99543 dry is more tolerable than 33 with 70% humidity though. As a Moroccan born in similar climate, I know how it feels. The issue is that the temperature doesn't fall at night and stays hot while in humid areas with air breeze it cools down at night for a walk. So yeah Phoenix is a human anomaly

@eulyer3722

2 ай бұрын

​@@MoorishAlliance Your tolerance doesn't matter at 45°C cells start to die

@al-manasama8370

2 ай бұрын

​@@MoorishAlliance For real. 43 dry is way better than 30 with 70% humidity. Humidity makes things worse.

@Puppyfied

2 ай бұрын

@@MoorishAllianceDry heat is horrible, I’d rather it be wet and hot then dry and hot

I actually live in phoenix and I’m just gonna be honest you can’t keep your dogs out side during the summer and dogs have to wear shoes when going on a walk or they will not want to walk on the hot concrete, but….. for some reason it’s actually bearable…. Idk how but I feel like humans are just good at adjusting to your environment, because 70 Fahrenheit is really cold and need a jacket to go outside here in Arizona.

@tonymontana1996

2 ай бұрын

I moved here last August. Labor Day my wife and I went to Prescott -- I got out of the car and was like OMG i shoulda brought a jacket its cold! It was 74 degrees lmao

@sarahcampassi

2 ай бұрын

70 is not cold here 😂 the heat is relatively bearable because of the dryness but it is not comfortable.

@spicychicken2

2 ай бұрын

I'd say it's bearable only because of AC. We had ours go out in the middle of summer and had to wait 1.5 days for it to be replaced. The temp slowly climbed in the house up to 90. That was an uncomfortable (almost unbearable) night sleep. 🥵

@donjindra

2 ай бұрын

@@spicychicken2 90 is not uncomfortable for me to sleep.

@endymion2300

2 ай бұрын

i lived in havasu for some years. havasu is pretty much always 5-15 degrees hotter than phoenix. my observation is that some people are born able to cope with the heat, and other people literally can't function. like, on a genetic level, lol. they just bonk tf out and can't do anything without needing a two-hour nap in ac if they even go outside to the car and back.

Was born and raised in Arizona and moved to Oregon 7 years ago and recently moved back and wow is it crowded now... Its so packed now.

I worked in Phoenix for all of august and it was outside construction. Even at night feels like a summer day anywhere else it’s insane.

So their online University can spam the whole world to death with advertising emails.

@Sohcahtoa14

2 ай бұрын

fr, you get into 4th grade and the process already starts

@slevinchannel7589

2 ай бұрын

Is Rainwater-Collection in Parts of America still Illegall? If so, f them

@Technoguyfication

2 ай бұрын

I live in Phoenix and didn't realize this was a thing. Does ASU really advertise outside the state that much?

@KrisS602

2 ай бұрын

I think they’re referencing the private, for-profit University of Phoenix. As a Phoenician myself who works in higher education, University of Phoenix can fuck right off. They just do-opted the name after headquartering here decades ago-likely for the same reason as Intel and others. But they are pretty vile with their spammy marketing tactics.

@rosemulet

19 күн бұрын

Lol everyone here just goes to ASU, university of Phoenix is kinda a joke

I lived in Phoenix for 12 years, and now I'm living in Taipei. . . I still haven't rehydrated. 😂

@caseclosed9342

2 ай бұрын

Did you work for TSMC?

@maustinmorrison2833

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I live in bhc down near tristate went to tapei last year for the first time and yeah it's got a difference but I still say az is hotter

@fryhyh

2 ай бұрын

Usa to taiwan is so random

@joanfrias2267

2 ай бұрын

Damn imagine being worried about being invaded any time soon 😬

@enriqueperezarce5485

2 ай бұрын

@@joanfrias2267I think their fine given how f’ed up the PLA is

Im a solar contractor in phoenix, last summer we worked outside every day during the 45 days of 110+ degree weather. Our bodies are used to the heat but its still tough sometimes.

@TheJoshestWhite

Ай бұрын

Getting fellow Solar professional, I live in tempe

I am a desert rat - born in Mesa and lived in Gilbert/Queen Creek til I was 18. I watched Gilbert grow like a weed my whole life - I was a lucky kid who played in the hose in the green backyard with a lemon tree I watered everyday since I was 3. My Pop worked at Motorola and then at Intel's Chandler Campus. My family was fed and lived a really happy life because of those that build up the East Valley. But as a little kid I didn't understand what we were using and taking was too much for the desert, I was never taught the balance of water or even where our water really came from. When the dairy farms left around my house, I didnt understand they were being bought out to build more homes.. Now I am an environmental engineer because of the love I have for the desert and the understanding that those who inhabit the desert now, deserve a fair and prosperous life like I had, but the environment MUST be taken care of. Tech, human compassion, nature itself, all come together in a great balance.. can really help PHX stay on its feet and not turn into one of the biggest man-made disasters. I have a lot of hope for this place.

As an Arizonan, I've always found it interesting that Phoenix and the surrounding cities actually have way better water conservation and quality standards than other cities where fresh water is an abundant resource, i.e. Chicago, Milwaukee, and Cleveland. Arizona's an odd place, but it hosts some of the most extraordinary and diverse ecosystems on Earth and I'm grateful I get to explore them.

@raineob4996

2 ай бұрын

One of the best water conserving cities is Vegas - you know, the place with the giant jumping fountain.

@Wilderness-Will

2 ай бұрын

@@raineob4996 I feel like I once read somewhere that the Bellagio fountains have an enormous reverse osmosis system and actually use far less water than the golf course that came before it- which itself offers a compelling argument against the one consumer use in AZ that I think does use way too much water: golf courses.

@Mcfunface

2 ай бұрын

​@@Wilderness-WillYou are absolutely right. Pools and fountains are FAR more efficient in water use than lawns and golf courses.

@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886

2 ай бұрын

With golf courses it’s a design problem for sure. You could easily design a golf course with green tees and the greens grass and all the rest desert. More like a Scottish links course. The goofers would flock to it “save the planet and all“.

@ivanalcazar552

2 ай бұрын

Phoenix absolutely does not have way better water conservation and quality standards. What are you on about ? Born and raised in Phoenix and if you want an actual city that conserves water well, look at Las Vegas. We are nowhere near that and the politicians in this state have their heads so far up their rear ends that they still think climate change is a hoax. Not sure where you even got that impression really....

I live in North phoenix, and im particularly close to the TSMC fab . It's literally 2 miles away from me and the speed at which their building entire neighborhoods is mindboggling I drive past a development everyday and have been watching like 40 houses getting built within 3 months

@Allen-zj3cw

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I saw that too going up there

@Moriningland

2 ай бұрын

And most of them are built like crap

@miinrla

2 ай бұрын

same bro 😞

@kerriokeefe9168

2 ай бұрын

I am in the exact same area and you are so right! Tons and tons of new apartment developments going up as well. Sad because I moved to this side of town because it was less crowded.

@LoveItDirtyOffroad

Ай бұрын

Im a truck driver here delivering the materials and am blown away how quick everythings being built. Been to tsmc many times; now solar in tonopah like crazy. Gilbert has almost no more farmland

I was born and raised n Phoenix! I lived there most of my life, until 2006. The pollution was so bad I had to use an inhaler nearly everyday. We moved to a small town in Colorado and I can breath now. I do miss the food in Phoenix! Mostly Garcia's and Pete's Fish & Chips.

@KG-ok3fc

9 күн бұрын

Ah this makes me sad because some of the nearby Garcia's have closed down since the pandemic 😭 But it's good to hear that your breathing problems have gotten better!! Masks have been helpful, but the pollution hasn't changed much.

Damn Phoenix is really like "watch me beat my record every year" 😂😂

Original Title: "Why the Hell Does Phoenix Actually Exist" Changed to: "Why America's Hottest City Exist" Also some other titles

@paytonpryor

2 ай бұрын

Because it is hell.

@robotnikkkk001

2 ай бұрын

....LEGIT ....HEHE

@red2theelectricboogaloo961

2 ай бұрын

i seen the title bro lmaooooo

@DSGaming40

2 ай бұрын

He just changed it back (without the actually)

@paytonpryor

2 ай бұрын

@@DSGaming40 OMG I see that. I'm dead. That's hilarious

As a northwestern Mexican we hate Phoenix golf courses and Californian almond and alfalfa fields. No water has reached baja from the colorado for years

@therationalhuman9874

2 ай бұрын

That is sad!

@tvismyonlyfriend

2 ай бұрын

To me the best food is from California

@tvismyonlyfriend

2 ай бұрын

Mexico too 😘

@larana2

2 ай бұрын

@@tvismyonlyfriendnot sure how that’s relevant but okay

@_chopper_

2 ай бұрын

We don’t care 😂

I’ve lived here since I’ve been born. I don’t mind the heat I just am fascinated with the fact I live within the valley. And outside of that is just more than anything

I live in Phoenix and we appreciate people like you who discourage people from moving here.

The king of the hill clip really brought it all together.

I grew up in Tucson and live in Phoenix now. I bought my house in 2013 for $300,000, it’s now worth over $1,500,000 - the growth in Phoenix over the last 20 years has been unreal.

@RillFleatcher-re7ee

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s like that here in Tucson too inflation is also a huge player

@YOSHIMOTO_HI_SPEED

Ай бұрын

Where in phx do you live?

@Weeman80

Ай бұрын

BS 😂

@jasonmorgan27

Ай бұрын

YOU sir are a liar. I also bought in 2013 and it was 330,000 its now worth 600,000. No way what you are claiming is true

I am so grateful that you mentioned the Saudi Arabia issue. I have been so angry about that as I saw neighborhoods getting their water cut off because they lived too far out of the city and the shortage meant that they no longer qualified to get water. Ridiculous to cut people off. I get cutting off water to new buildings but to people who have lived there for years is really frustrating. And all the industries that require a ton of water that keep building in Az is also frustrating. I was raised in Tucson and my family still lives there and in Phoenix. The water crisis has been a big issue my entire life. My grandfather was involved in creating the CAP system to bring water down to Tucson where it gets stored so that it can be integrated into the underground water. And I used to play in the parks in the reclaimed water. Which grosses me out now but I had no idea at the time.

2:34 “its in the middle of a valley” as a lifelong Phoenician i just want to point out there are residents here who will go way out of their way to correct you on that. its actually a basin lol we do refer to the phoenix metro area as “the valley” but it technically isnt and ron wolfley from AZ sports radio would be so mad right now lol

@davidhorvath66

Ай бұрын

Hello Basinonians! I can hear his voice in my head right now lol

As a native Phoenician, whose relatives have lived here since the 1920's, I think I can answer as well as anyone. Much of our country has very difficult winters and humid summers (ick). Phoenix has very difficult summers (unless you spend a lot of time in the pool) and glorious winters. It is also a short drive to beautiful wild desert mountains and lovely cool forests. I don't see the problem, but of course, the weather is wonderful right now!

@Joe-Przybranowski

2 ай бұрын

Beautiful things in every direction but the city itself is dismal.

@cjodyssey

2 ай бұрын

"As long as you don't need water, or thermo-regulation, ITS GREAT"

@jbsmith89

2 ай бұрын

I agree. It's funny people are fine with staying in because of snow but staying in because of heat is the reason many say they wouldn't live there

@hunterreeves6525

2 ай бұрын

As a fairly new Phoenix resident it has been kinda funny to me how everything became nice and green over the winter. I’m used to the desert, being from NM, but Phoenix is a whole new level

@daledonaldson7390

2 ай бұрын

Summers in Canada are lovely. Snowbirding goes both ways, even for the capable young.

My family lived there prior to 1900. They saw Phoenix grow from an agricultural town to a large city. They all liked it better when it was small.

@yacobz

2 ай бұрын

My family lived there prior to 1800. They saw Phoenix grow from a colonial outpost to an agricultural town. They all liked it better when it was tiny.

@Doomer_Optimist

2 ай бұрын

My family lived there prior to the late pleistocene. They watched it grow from a cool boreal environment to a hot desert. They all liked it better when it was colder.

@irahughes8931

2 ай бұрын

My family lived there 4 billion years ago. They watched Earth's transformation from the beginning of life to it being humid and lush. They liked it better when it was barren and devoid of life.

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

My family was there at the big bang. None of you know anything about hot!

@AL-lh2ht

2 ай бұрын

Rural farmers liking a city when it was rural before becoming a massive city? Color me shocked.

As someone who lives in southwest Georgia, the heat here is far worse. I’ve been in AZ as well. It gets just as hot AND it’s humid here in GA. Like living in a Sauna, you’re sweating constantly. Walk outside you’re sweating. It’s ridiculous. Then you have gnats here too. Only to add insult to injury. At least Phoenix, or AZ in general, is GORGEOUS. Desert mountains are the best. Driving down the street, you are surrounded by nature’s majesty. I’d take that any day. 🤷‍♂️

@MovieJustin

Ай бұрын

Whats the weather rn?

@brandonmcalpin9228

Ай бұрын

@@MovieJustin It’s been chill lately due to tornados and floods. Lol. It’s 53 degrees at 6 am with 73 percent humidity. In the summer it’ll be 97-99 degrees with damn near 100 percent humidity. That’s why I say it’s worse here simply due to humidity

As a Phoenix resident the “cost of loving” is horrible, I’m sorry but almost 3 grand per month for a 1 bedroom apartment is garbage

@EWe82

Ай бұрын

Find a better neighborhood. I've got a huge house for $1400 in an excellent neighborhood. Sure, I drive a bit longer to work, but thats what audiobooks are for.

@JTube571

Ай бұрын

@@EWe82When did you buy that house? Because that number is not realistic right now.

@JTube571

Ай бұрын

That's on the high end, most are in the $1500-2000 range. Which is still absurd.

@hebercluff1665

Ай бұрын

I'm in Mesa. I live with my sister and share the mortgage on her house with her. Her mortgage is $600. 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house.

@Radiantradioactive

Ай бұрын

​@JTube571 I am seeing 1,500sf 2 & 3br homes for

I lived in Scottsdale adjacent to Phoenix for 20 years. On June 26th 1990, The temperature was recorded at Sky Harbor Airport was 122.3F. They had to shut down all flights because the planes were only rated for 120F max takeoff temperature. They had to wait until it cooled down to 120F so the planes could takeoff. Great motorcycle riding weather. I miss those days. I now live in Western Washington for the past 30 years.

@shea5542

2 ай бұрын

Do you like Washington? I heard it was beautiful.

@rickh8380

2 ай бұрын

@@shea5542 It is a beautiful State especially on the Western side. Lots of green and nice cooling rain. Down sides...Everything is expense and this side of the Cascade Mountains is WAY too Liberal for this Conservative Man. I want out as fast as I can. If you're into firearms...look elsewhere. I'm thinking Idaho? Red State. Hope I answered your question?

@springertube

2 ай бұрын

@rickh8380 You speak facts here. I have lived here in the "Valley" for 55 years. I was in downtown Phoenix (worked a few miles away) that day at a conference, so you're talking even hotter ambient what with all the concrete, asphalt and steel. Out-of-town attendees couldn't believe it. Heck, WE couldn't believe it. That day my recollection is that it wasn't "just" a matter of the planes not being able to take off, but that they didn't have the data/ operating manual info to reliably base flap and thrust settings on. Bad enough! Many of us here have categories - Past May 1, over 90° up to 100° "not worth a mention." any time after mid May, 100° even an occasional 105° "seasonably hot," anytime after June 1 100°-110° "kinda hot today, especially 105°+, but normal summer, not worth much mention," 110°-112° "really hot today, wish it'd cool down, still not out-of-normal, but nevertheless warranting complaints," 112°-115° "too damn hot, not unheard of but TV news full of health warnings especially for challenged...," 115°+ just plain hot, 'unacceptably so," regardless of humidity - no more caveat/excuses like "but it's a dry heat." Rare (even here) 120°+ goes without (much) saying, just looks of bewilderment on people's faces. Generally speaking these ultra high temperatures don't carry with them a lot of humidity, but there have been occasions in the low to mid-hundred 'teens when the two have somehow defied meteorological norms and combined, and it's brutal. The main difference between June and July is the latter doesn't cool down as much at night, particularly in the last few decades due to the "urban heat dome effect" from all the concrete and asphalt, meaning carry over to the next day and you don't get a break. Early to mid July through August there is an uptick in humidity, by our standards, and that's when anything over 105° gets particularly unpleasant. The temperature used to drop off more than it does now in Septembar, but at least there is a drying out.

@JeanClaudeCOCO

2 ай бұрын

I went to Phoenix, Sedona, Flagstaff in October and it was the best time to visit. The weather was pleasant and the upper part of the state was getting colder, enough for a sweater during the day. It’s a beautiful state when you leave the immediate Phoenix surroundings.

@rickh8380

2 ай бұрын

@@JeanClaudeCOCO Yeah I too love Northern Arizona. March and April are beautiful when the desert is in bloom. North Eastern Arizona is beautiful also up on the rim.

Can’t imagine how long this took to research, really well done

Moved to Phx in 94 when we were 7th largest city, from LI NY. From the 70s thru the 90 it was retirees go to. Now that the Carolinas are the new retiree go to that will help, less giant retirement communities. In 1995 zoning for residential lots were being shorted as we were zipping past 6th largest city growth, from 1998 to 2006 we became 5th largest city right before the Great Recession. What I miss the most is seeing the foothills surrounding Phx clearly in the majestic colors and shadows. Air pollution has gotten pretty bad. A trip to L.A. cures that as their pollution is way worse. No tornados, wildfires, flooding, hurricanes or earthquakes. AND i'd take 112 here in the summer with less than 20% humidity over 95 with 85% humidity elsewhere.

Moved here from Albuquerque in 2017. Still not used to the heat and I work outside all day :/

I'm a 30 year old az native. Even looking back how different it was 3 decades ago is crazy

I live in a city where it reaches over 115f at least 100 days a year. Let us all praise the air conditioner inventor

@chipcook6646

2 ай бұрын

lol does not reach 115 for a 100 days. BS💩

@SaintKrees

2 ай бұрын

So you live in phoenix too?😂

@chipcook6646

2 ай бұрын

@@SaintKrees yes twice moved back after I finished my job. Loved it here. People lived here before air conditioning . Now everyone making a big deal on the homeless.

@leob4403

2 ай бұрын

​@@chipcook6646the climate was cooler in those days, the climate has warmed up

@harrymanne5803

2 ай бұрын

William Carrier

I lived in the Phoenix metro area for six years back in the 90s. To me it was a desert hellhole back then. I miss the rain and the water and the greenery. But most of all I found the people very strange and hostile. I found it hard to make friends because it was so transient. I think that hot desert son does something to people who move there after a while. And it’s not pleasant.

Born and raised in phx. I love monsoon season and spring both beautiful. Summers and winters can suck

@TanManFixes

Ай бұрын

why does winter suck LOL? it's 70 degrees and everyone in shorts and tank tops ! go to flag, u will freeze to death !

As a northern Arizona citizen, I’ve been asking the same question. 😂

As an Arizonan that lives in Chandler, I am very impressed you mentioned Intel's effect on my city, and the greater Phoenix area! When Intel first came here in the late 70's, Chandler was still mostly a farming community, but by the late 90s and going into the 2000's, Chandler was and still is the tech hub for companies, as more tech and aerospace companies were moving into the suburb. Intel is currently doing major construction on Fab 52 and 62 that can be seen from miles away.

@harveylin3548

2 ай бұрын

I live in Chandler now and can't wait for this place to grow even richer. Good news for those of us who own a place.

@19ate4

2 ай бұрын

We even have self driving cars unlike the rest of the nation Too bad bashes isn’t booming anymore

@enriqueperezarce5485

2 ай бұрын

Lesss go my fellow Arizonan

@crowdedveins9210

2 ай бұрын

That’s why I don’t understand all these out of state people who keep saying “Phoenix won’t last because of the heat and water shortage” …… all whole billion sure investors are currently building high rises like crazy, tech companies like meta and apple have built data centers, Taiwan just built the Taiwan semi conductor factory in north Phoenix… I have a hard time believing these huge corporations investors and bankers are investing billions in Phoenix without doing their research to see if Phoenix will go instinct in 15 years… I think half the people who say that are people who are bothered Phoenix is the 5th largest city.. they see movies being filmed in other cities, and they hear famous rappers talk about other cities, Phoenix doesn’t have an ocean or get snow , so they can’t wrap their head around why anyone would move to Phoenix, they are insulted people are leaving their state for Arizona so they feel the need ti find something wrong with Arizona. Btw they are also building movie studios, so movies are gonna start being filmed in Arizona again now they their is a tax break for films being produced here. Breaking bad was supposed to be filmed here and only brave should of been filmed here, but they went to New Mexico instead.

@harveylin3548

2 ай бұрын

@@crowdedveins9210Shhhh...let's keep the nation's best kept secret a secret, for however long that is.

Ive lived in Arizona my entire life, and the summers here are brutal. The temperatures were close to 120 degrees last year

I personally live here...its not even hot it's just annoying how the sun hits our eyes, and in winter it is like Colorado without snow

I’ve been to Phoenix 5 times now and I can say the weather is basically perfect for 9 months with the trade off being 3 months of insane heat.

@jakewillits4678

2 ай бұрын

Which I mean... thats alright.

@yt-user03561

2 ай бұрын

Some years it is actually 6-7 months from with temps of at least the 90s from May to November into what is known as an Indian Summer and it's still very warm all the way until Thanksgiving. It is rediculous.

@courtneykurtenbach2230

2 ай бұрын

I'm not sure where that idea that it's only 3 months of heat followed by perfect weather comes from. I hear it frequently. 2020 had 145 days of 100+ degree highs, 2023 had 133 (and 12 of those days were in October! It usually starts in early May, sometimes late April and doesnt get truly nice until mid-November). That doesn't even count all the days it was in the 90s. So, at best its at least half the year that it's really hot.

@BadgerCheese94

2 ай бұрын

Perfect? Perfect would imply rain and lush greenery. Their weather is awful.

@DavidKroff

2 ай бұрын

​@@BadgerCheese94 Stay away it's terrible. That's why everyone is moving here. Even Cheeseheads. I've been to Wisconsin. You can have your humidity and mosquitoes. It's terrible.

I was born and raised in Phoenix. I remember as a child in the summertime me and my friends would rarely go outside and stayed indoors to play Nintendo or went swimming in the evening and played with super soakers. I would have never imagined it being as hot as it is now this consistently through the Summers. When I was a kid (40 now) We had a few 112° days in July and August but nothing like now.

@DavidKroff

2 ай бұрын

I was born and raised in Phoenix. 20 years before you. We were never inside. We were outside playing. Or swimming down the canals. It was hot then.

@leob4403

2 ай бұрын

Yeah but the climate change deniers of Phoenix would rather die of heat stroke pretending it's cold than admit the climate has gotten warmer

@donjindra

2 ай бұрын

@@DavidKroff I was the same way, but in the Dallas area. My family moved from north of Pittsburgh to Texas in 1965. In my small little town in Pennsylvania we played outside all day almost every day. In that small town in Texas most kids stayed inside during the summers, but not me and my brothers. We were still outside even though it was like an oven. We just drank a lot of water and Kool Aid.

@888junkcarsbuyingteam8

2 ай бұрын

It's all the roads and concrete that absorbs the heat at night so it can't cool down like it used to. It's like a sponge that can't cool off. But still better than humidity!

@B-Th-Change

2 ай бұрын

You grew up here close to the time I did! Remember water balloon fights in the summer…when our parents would kick us out of the houses 🫠

Fun fact 5:18 that area on the right side my dad wanted to take a picture of me and made me sit on a boulder and there was a bunch of picos from a cactus on it. Like the ones you feel but can’t see? Went through my pull ups jeans. Very fond memory for me.

People moved here because it was cheap. Now all the Californians moved here (literally Cali plates everywhere you look), and since they came everything started soaring in price after they found out they could get 3x the house for 3x LESS and bought everything up. At this point, everyone wants to leave. It's turning into a mini LA and everyone hates it.

Bro really said “and I took it personally” when they made Phoenix

@Mcfunface

2 ай бұрын

It is an affront to nature! 😅

@MasterMarcon

2 ай бұрын

KD loves it here at least 😂

I've lived in phoenix my whole life, I love it here for some ungodly reason

@crwnofenlightenment

2 ай бұрын

I mean this in the most respectful way. But you and everyone else who love these extremely hot summers are absolutely insane lol. This heat is unlike anything I've ever seen or experienced. It's just not normal.

@dude4173

28 күн бұрын

@@crwnofenlightenmentit’s not bad at all. The people who complain about it are usually overweight.

@crwnofenlightenment

27 күн бұрын

@@dude4173 Skinny people complain to. Heat doesn't discriminate on a person's weight.

I go to Phoenix multiple times per year as a Tucsonian a little down South from it, I love Phoenix despite the heat.

I actually loved living there. Summers on the whole suck, but I take it 100x over the Midwest winters that last into April. It often struck me how bad it would hit The Valley if the social contract suddenly broke down in an instant lol. There's literally millions of people mindlessly soaking up their vitamin d and traipsing from one climate controlled bubble to another completely unaware that they are one giant solar flare or high altitude EMP away from frying to death in the desert. They really should have contingencies in place for a scenario like that. I experienced AC going out there for consecutive days in the summer and I had to find somewhere else to stay - and that was as a young, healthy adult...

I lived in Phoenix from 72-82, there were not any freeways back then, the 17 was a dirt road in some places. Today when I visit it's hardly recognizable. Regarding the heat, you just "get used to it".

@jongallardo8006

2 ай бұрын

Welcome to every other state and city in the US today. Pretty soon it’s all going to be one giant megalopolis with no natural areas left. Why do you think that is ?

My great grandfather migrated from Wisconsin in 1905 and became the chief territorial surgeon. His wife and family were very close to the Goldwaters

@19ate4

2 ай бұрын

This nation be so much better off if he won the POTUS. Crazy how the media was upset with him when he said” we could lob a nuke into Moscow” I wonder what changed their minds from Being pro communist to anti Russian

Been in Phoenix for 14 years. Can't imagine living anywhere else! We absolutely love it! Hot for 3 months, yes. But rest of year is ideal! Just wish so many people were not moving here everyday. ❤

@jayesimond9301

10 күн бұрын

Prob what locals thought when they watched move in ;)

So interesting. Amazing. Thank You so much.

Haven't watched this yet, but the idea of living somewhere so goddamn hot that you could easily die outside from exposure is scary. It's different when you live somewhere cold, you can just cover up a bunch outside to stay relatively warm. When it's so hot outside, you can strip naked and STILL die from heat exposure. That's the scary part, there is no escape from that temperature. Whereas in the cold you can escape at least for a while.

@desertdude8274

2 ай бұрын

Lived in Arizona my whole life born and raised. It's not that bad. As long as you have shade there's an escape. Water is most important. I used to do mountain biking. Even in the summer and you could still do it with enough water. Really good workout too.

@HandlesAreStupid2024

2 ай бұрын

Shout out to all the people for the last thousands of the years living in the Middle East?

@lok777

2 ай бұрын

People do die from heat exhaustion while exercising or whatever, but your not going to die just sitting outside. Extreme cold is much more dangerous.

@castonyoung7514

2 ай бұрын

@@lok777 I have to disagree for the same reasons as stated by the original poster. That being said I live in Oregon and was born in Winnipeg Canada (the cold part), I often don't understand how Southerners survive.

@talesin7070

2 ай бұрын

Shade and plenty of water. Even when it's 115F, it'll be about 100F in the shade, which doesn't sound great, but is immensely relieving when you experience it.

I was born and raised in Phoenix, still live here to this day. It's really an amazing place with lots of adjacent cities, the entire metropolitan area is huge. The weather is amazing 8 months out of the year and during the extremely hot summers most people have access to pools, and air conditioning is mandatory in every home. We just don't do outdoor activities unless it involves water, however there's a lot to do in the city and every place has AC pumping so you really don't notice the heat until you leave your house to get in your car. (and your ac bill goes up in summer) Other than that, the area is absolutely beautiful, it's very diverse, and the food is amazing. You can meet people from all walks of life here. And if you want snow just drive up north a few hours to Flagstaff or the grand canyon. Not to mention we don't deal with daylight saving time.

@Moriningland

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, and if you want to cool off you can drive up for camping up around flagstaff or payson. Love it here

@IAMYUNGGAF

2 ай бұрын

Huge but still very rural and not filled in. Lacks culture people rude racist or just plain dumb. Got some pretty neighborhoods though they look sterile and cookie cutter

@cloeshay87

2 ай бұрын

Shhh we don't need anyone else moving here

@19paperclip89

2 ай бұрын

comments like this just make it clear how oblivious humans are in our short existence on this planet, it's almost like we want to kill ourselves off with this mentality

@ricklocke1187

2 ай бұрын

Carbon footprint ? Whatever crank up the aircon

I lived in Phoenix for a little over a year, just before and during the varus lockdowns...could go outside to my apartment complexs pool at 3 am and it would still be a hundred degrees out...the place truly is a monument to man's arrogance

In Phoenix, prices went up because of everyone moving there . And new the center of the city it has blocks of the homeless