YES DON'T COME TO PHOENIX IS REALLY BAD STAY AWAY THERE IS NO WATER 😂😂😂

Grand ave is actually us 60

"the brick buildings added a rough feel and some authenticity which I really liked" - Can you hear yourself speak?? Do you have no shame?

"I did my research and didn't go into any bad areas" - So then this is a terrible review. People live in 'bad areas' and urbanist people-centered planning shouldn't be limited to just wealthy tourist areas! To judge a city by its central business district (which in this case is still awful and car-centric) or by its wealthy neighborhoods is a terrible judge of the city.

Technically $5 to go from Ohare to Downtown Chicago, though $2.50 to go the other way. It is the only surcharged CTA rail stop.

Where are you from ?? I love when people whove been here a few years act like their locals and pioneers. You ALL need to go home. 99% of you arent doing anything here you couldnt do where youre from. They had homes, jobs , schools and water !.

This should be a required video for all professionals and licensees in The real estate industry

There’s a loooooot of 4-5 story apartment complexes going up all over Phoenix the last five years.

It's no secret, republicans totally ignoring the governor and going to allow over expansion and we will run out of water. If you've ever seen the Resident Evil episode where they went to Vegas and it was pretty much totally covered in sand, that will be Phoenix.

Yet not a mention of the water it takes to support all the water bottling factory or the mega datacenters or any large facility like Intel or TSMC. What needs to happen is that we need to cool our large facilities with GeoThermal or by construction Desalination plants. This will be the way of our future should we continue to exist in the Southwest US.

Chicagoan born and raised here. My parents live in Lincoln Park West and sister lives in Old Town. Since 2010, i have called Mesa Arizona home. Chicago is a nice city, and somehow gets a bad rap. Yeah there are troublesome areas in Chicago, but that is not where tourists and outsiders go. The main thing about Chicago is the corrupt politics of the place. Other then that, it's no different then ant other big US city.

The problem with america is that they were not planned cities. It's too bad we can't have the chinese come over and build us a proper city.

5:00 ALSO BTW MINNEAPOLIS is one of the only places that has HEATERS at their light rail stations for the harsh winters!!!!!

Not everyone wants to live in a high-rise condo listening to their neighbors converstions day and night. Nor does everyone want to ride public transportation. All of your videos just bash the classic rural lifestyle in favor of a sardine box urban life.

I bet that openspace area at the end will be loud as hell. Id rather my piece and quiet. Also our weather is amazong. Go inside if its hot. Our weather doesn't actively try to kill us. Camel bacl mountain isn't getting up and throwing rocks at us.

Lets be real. The true reason people dont want an apartment or townhouse next to their home is because they assume it will attract poorer people or peopep who dont look like them. Racism is what it comes down to it.

You guys are lucky. I live there💀

This is how the fighting is gonna start over water shortages. The planet is running out fast.

that was my highschool and some kid DIED during my senior year at that intersection on deer valley

I live in the Maricopa county

Crazy how preventative population control measures would heavily mitigate all of these issues. But yeah go ahead and have 8 useless kids

The problem with putting a 6 plex on a single family plot. Where's the parking at? your looking at 6-12 parking spot needed. But they are not going to add a parking garage. So they are going to park infront of the neighbors house. Your video is filled with liberal idea's. Well meaning, but little concern for the consequences.

Who wants to walk in 120 degree F heat? Those roads are wide for vehicles because you use vehicles to get around, not walk.

OK but population collapse is going to be cataclysmic for all the burbs around cities like Phoenix.

Look at what’s going on in Toronto as far as population growth and density is concerned. Main streets are getting mid-rise and high rise developments along with transit improvements such as subways and LRTs. Now the low/mid density areas are getting rezoned for the “missing middle” housing developments. Problem is that the Toronto metro is growing by 135k~150k per year and housing construction is not keeping up resulting in some of the highest housing costs in North America.

You wont be able to live there due to the oppressive heat in 5-6 years.how is this area walkable in 105-117 degree heat..its a joke...not enough water and too much heat..and if the power goes out... equals. Everyone will melt and die..Over 55 days last year over 105' it will get worse not if but it will..good luck folks.

Literally no homeowner would vote for something like you propose. Why would I agree that my neighbor can just build an apartment next door "by right" in turn tanking all of the surrounding homes value? No, part of your retirement is home value, you have the right to defend this. How about we build an actual downtown first?

Just a quick correction. Phoenix metro has about 5.3 million population. NYC metro had 20 million. 4x

As a former city planner with a master's degree in geography, and as a Phoenix resident, I'm impressed with your facts and analysis. I applaud your video. There are a few considerations, however, that your viewers might overlook. Urban sprawl in Phoenix and elsewhere was encouraged by the construction of the interstate highway system and the automobile beginning in the 1950's (e.g. Marysvale). While land costs have been comparatively low and real estate boosterism has been an economic driver in Arizona, it is not unique to Phoenix (e.g. Levittown on Long Island, NY). Now, urban sprawl is reinforced by the growth of the Internet; people no longer need to work, live, shop, and socialize near where they choose to live. Population has grown everywhere and most jobs will continue to be in urban areas. In Arizona, residential areas as far away as Prescott, Arizona have been booming. So in actuality, Phoenix is not unlike cities everywhere in the world (including Europe and Asia) where prices in central cities have become relatively unaffordable as opposed to prices in suburbs, exurbs, and rural areas. Many people are also willing to pay higher prices to be close to urban amenities. In the case of Phoenix, the central area is relatively green (thanks to former orchards and the SRP) with most commercial services within a mile of home and major cultural amenities within fifteen minutes of driving time. Phoenix still has a lower cost of living than many large U.S. population centers, especially in nearby California and the colder climates of the Northeast and Northwest. The Phoenix City Council, in particular, has approved many mid-rise contractor-architecture multi-family developments in central Phoenix using the PUD provisions of it's zoning ordinance, akin to spot zoning often over the objections of NIMBY residents. The City's "General Plan" is written more as a grab bag of idealistic platitudes for politicians, developers, and public influencers than a blueprint for development. Your analysis of the water situation is largely correct. Urban development uses far less water than previous agriculture in the Valley of the Sun. As prices for water increase (Phoenix has substantially increased water rates in recent years), we can expect even more residents to abandon their interest in green lawns and move to other water conservation measures. New single-family homes tend to be larger (e.g. 2500 sq. ft or larger), have better weather insulation, and cover larger percentages of smaller residential lots. Also, the increasing efficiency of air conditioning technology and efficiency standards where air conditioning is ubiquitous and basic to Arizona living, will contribute to continuing livability in Phoenix even though the summers are clearly getting hotter and longer. Historically speaking, Phoenix should exist because of it's reliable water supply. Arizona is fortunate to have it's own large watershed and coolor weather in the mountainous areas between the desert valleys and the Colorado plateau which cover roughly one-third of the state of Arizona. Another long-term concern that you could add to your analysis, besides the impact of climate change and long-term droughts in the Southwest on the Colorado River and central Arizona watersheds, will be the increasing energy cost everywhere. Presumably that will also be mitigated by the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner and renewable energy as technology evolves.

I've lived in the Phoenix and Glendale area my entire life. I used to work a job near Cave Creek about 20 miles North of Phoenix in like 2013. Back then you had to drive through like ten or fifteen miles of mostly desert with a few houses to get up there along cave creek road. The same if you wanted to go to lake pleasant. Now if you drive up there, only about ten years later, it's building THE ENTIRE WAY. Like they've still left a lot of the desert there for looks or washes or whatever, but they've developed entire communities of thousands and whole shopping centers and basically expanded the cutoff of Phoenix from around deer valley or pinacle peak road to past the carefree highway in ten years. There's actually big traffic issues that cause nightmare at rush hour around 67th ave and the 101, when that area was light suburban traffic ten years ago because there weren't thousands of homes North of the 101. Now they have that 303 all fleshed out with Northern turning into a elevated parkway at some point to go to houses that I'm pretty sure just used to be farms I remember my second grade teacher in the 90s telling us how where our school was in Glendale, it used to just be fields and farms with no houses, so I guess it makes sense.

"That is so not going to happen." Going to set a reminder for this one.

I kinda want the courtyard condensed housing design. Better community with neighbors as well

I Feel Like its Really Important to Along With Advocating for More Dense Housing Development, and Building 'Missing Middle' Houses, to also Talk About the Need for Affordable Housing Developments, and Expansions on Existing Affordable Housing Programs. Densifying Cities Lowers Rents for Years, but Will Eventually Fill up and We Will Get to the Same Problem Again. Meanwhile, Affordable and Rent Controlled Housing Makes Rent Low for as Long as That Housing Exists. So Many People Advocate Constantly for Greater Housing Development, but Rarely Talk about the Dire Need for Greater and More Effective Affordable Housing Programs.

I live in Chandler and I want a single family home, I'm sick of sharing walls with people lol. Also the single family home is part of the "American dream".

I’m out in AJ, $500 apartments are approaching or surpassing $1000 out here, $800 apartments are more expensive than mortgages from just a few years ago, of course there are exceptions but overall, human populations are being hearded into horrible apartment complexes with terrible speed bumps, unbearably complicated routes to nearest stores, and still unaffordable, in some ways I exaggerate but not enough Propaganda about apartments being the way to go vs houses is just propaganda in my opinion, property tax is theft, liked subscribed, nice dry delivery

Farmland in the southwest should be reserved lane and difficult to develop

When do you think we’ll stop taking water from the Colorado river

Agriculture wastes tons of of water just fyi don’t let them lie to you

Former water resources major here - 2:00 groundwater “can be” replenished naturally but that takes a long time so usually underground aquifers are not recharging at the rate they are used at. Still agree with what you’re saying but just wanted to be careful with saying these replenish naturally since it’s not going to be fast especially if we draw more water than it recharges at. No hate though seriously like your take here

OT, but are you single? 😍asking for a friend 😉

They continuously bring it on themselves. I do not feel bad

What are your thoughts about the growth of the Williams/Flagstaff area? The water is there, but it is thousands of feet below grade. 3,500' for Williams. 1,200 for Flagstaff. I saw very large homes under construction that will rely entirely on haul-in water. Locals tell me this is affordable; one saying that he, "lives in a 5th wheel trailer and only pays $40/mo. for water." He said this is less than he was paying in Arkansas. The Flagstaff area is appealing, but the envelope for sensible growth is not obvious, to me.

Cities don't belong in the desert. Also who wants to walk in 110 degree heat.

Agricultural water shouldn’t be subsidized; it should move to where the water is.

Lots of homes have pools and there's so many parks and golf courses that drink up all this water.

I'm an AZ native that comes from 6 generations of Arizonans. I love this state with all my heart (yes, even the blazing heat), but it's obviously hard to see what it has become. I don't even recognize it sometimes when I'm driving around... I'm happy to see the growth, but at the same time it hurts me to see so much change in areas that were so quiet. It's this contrast I've witnessed throughout my 35 years of life that has impacted me in a huge way. It hasn't made me want to move out of the state (there's too much good here), but it has me considering moving out of the Phoenix valley many times. Places like Show Low, Payson, Prescott, Sierra Vista, or Globe have always intrigued me as I've visited them bunches of times throughout the years. I'll always defend this land and what it has brought to my life, I just wish the future of the valley looked brighter.

I have about as much sympathy for the people of Phoenix as i do for those of New Orleans. You picked a retarded place to live, not me.

14:38 bro have you ridden the light rail lately? Random homeless and unstable people always squatting on it and my old boss witnessed a stabbing incident right in front of her a few years back. Seems like it got worse after COVID...

Easy fix for every one. Instead of sending money to Ukraine build a desalination plant on lake mead. Water canal in from the Pacific Ocean. Running 24/7. Will make Mexico happy , Utah, Las Vegas and Arizona.

When people leave the state due to water when the entire country is suffering.