Valley of the Sun, 1960s

[@EricMichaelson-r2u]

My family moved from St. Louis to Phoenix in 1962. I was a third grader and was so thrilled to live in Phoenix. We could play outside year around and go swimming in the hot summer months. Everything was so new to us and we sure made use of every opportunity to try a new and fun adventure. I live in Texas now and somehow still miss Arizona, at least the Arizona of the 1960s.

[@romancorey6796]

It’s amazing to see how my city grew from a small desert town to the 5th largest city in the US. A lot of the buildings in that video are still there. But Phoenix today is absolutely unrecognizable.

[@muffs55mercury61]

I've been back 8 times since 1990 and have no ambition to come back anymore, not sice mom died.

[@italianguy4195]

Pheonix is a tiny town compared to my city Toronto. 5 largest in North America. (Can, USA, Mex). 5.5 million

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@samboggs3499 That was about the size of it. I visited in 1993 (3 years after I'd moved) and it was barely recognizable.

[@justaguy427]

Phoenix metro area: 4,857,962

[@Leon-zu1wp]

@@italianguy4195 Toronto is a tiny town compared to New York.

[@buenafamiliafarms9668]

Our sunsets are so beautiful! Love Arizona!

[@lamardiaz77]

I agree!

[@Lexwell_Lavers]

My dad was a milk man from 1962 to 1967, I used to go on his route to homes in the summers sometimes. He would just walk into people's unlocked doors with no one home. He made a lot of money doing this. I loved growing up in Phx in the 60s and 70s.

[@iwasherenowiamnotok8893]

I think your dad is my father. With him being a milk Man, that makes you my half brother.

[@edwardstarling1835]

Today with all the theiving nothing can be unlocked unfortunately.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

iwasherenowiamnot ok what up half bros?

[@danieldaniels7571]

edward starling I locked my car and someone smashed out a window.

[@cindysue5474]

@@iwasherenowiamnotok8893 lols.

[@AllAmericanDreamChaser]

Who still loves Arizona??😀👍🌵🌵🏜️🏜️🏜️🏜️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@vontazebuckshanks6356]

Me.

[@RSofficial22]

My family has loved here for over 100 years!

[@AllAmericanDreamChaser]

@@RSofficial22 Congratulations! Arizona becomes more beautiful each day! ❤️ 😃 🏜

[@TheEsquireClub]

Mesa, Arizona! 👍🏼

[@Sabotage_Labs]

Absolutely! Been here since 79! Been all over the country for business and can't imagine living anywhere else.

[@paulairola7041]

My parents moved here in 1963 I was 10 years old ,went Tavan Elm. school and Arcadia High . Who remember Thomas Mall ?

[@alynnglo9172]

I remember Thomas Wall. My grandmother worked at the Singer Sewing Machine store there. I was about 6

[@alynnglo9172]

I remember Thomas Mall - i was about 7 and my Grandmother worked at the Singer Sewing machine shop there. I remember the State Fair being such a treat !

[@StriatedMuscle]

They tore down Hopi elementary and rebuilt it, looks like a detention center now.

[@geraldgwynn9383]

I went to hohokam elementary and Coronado high school moved away in 87 to denver but in 2020 I still think about those great days.

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

We move to Tucson on 65, my grand parent had stocks in the water rights in Az, Calif we were from Denver but my mom fell in love with the desert

[@artistphx]

This is such a delightful film. I grew up in Phoenix and it brought back many memories. You might see things you've not thought of for a long time!

[@luckymanindeed]

That was a nice walk through my childhood. The 1960’s and 70’s were a great time to grow up in Scottsdale. I miss that time and place, but am thankful for the experience.

[@josephthibeault9919]

Stationed at William AFB, 1965-1968, SCOTTSDALE had the Roma restaurant with great home made spomoni.

[@paveltolz6601]

Grew up there as well. McCormicks was an actual ranch and the family still owned it; signs that said; 'You've passed Shea North; all the cacti along Scottsdale road were labeled as you drove out to Cave Creek; hiking around the Boulders; Shea Boulevard ended just beyond Taliesin West....

[@cindysue5474]

It has gone down hill since the mid 90s I used to live there now there is a barrio that the illegals call little Mexico you see homeless on the corners its went down since the days of Herb Drinkwater.

[@graciescottsdale]

Scottsdale and Shea was a 4 way stop sign.

[@Scottwax]

Grew up there too, same era. Went to Tonalea, Cocopah and Chaparral.

[@jonathanashlin5246]

Born and raised in az ! Love this place

[@brucewayne-ej3cx]

Same here born gonna die here hopefully

[@Mary-o8r]

I grew up in south Phoenix, it was very beautiful there at one time, now I live in Avondale!

[@RoyArrowood]

@J J where are you from?

[@RoyArrowood]

@J J Im confused. Why did you say "stay there" to him then?

[@sevencostanza3931]

Raised there, & I left---now is is disgustingly hot & polluted. The heat island affect is horrid !!!! from the damn population. Glad I left !!!

[@matthewburgess6076]

Moved to az in 89 crazy to watch a video 14 yrs before I was even born wow..... That Indian chief shop is awesome!!!! 60s would have been a fun time to be alive not one cell phone in site every one just paying attention to the sites! 😀

[@joshuakotrosits416]

Yep my family started Phoenix in the 70ties, my childhood memories are so much different than how its ran today... miss my out door swap meets

[@Dragonstylejb1]

I just love the innocence of the time. Even the difference between the early 80s to now is a huge change. My parents still live in the house I grew up in and it used to be surrounded by open farmland. Still amazing to see how much it has changed. Still wrapping my head around and 11 to 17500 thousand home..I can only imagine what an original Biltmore mansion costed then...

[@truthseekermissile]

Innocence of who, white people? I could easily argue that there was no innocence back then when plenty of minority Phoenicians lived in poverty and were still being exiled or forbidden to sit where white people could sit. Sounds almost opposite of innocent.

[@bluegrassgal]

My mom wanted to live on Ca.elback Mtn...1957...but way to expensive...$19,000....

[@geezitshuge]

Remember those great days. Hello Cortez High, class of 1970.

[@karenm7346]

It’s so different now, great memories of the old Phoenix metro area. Moved here in the late 60’s , was 7 years old.Coming from back East it was so different.

[@marcuswinston2522]

Thanks for posting this amazing time capsule of my beautiful state 🏆

[@beejlobo]

Blast from the past! Bred, born 1961 and raised on Mummy Mountain. I remember Phoenix and surrounding cities like this, went to most of the places in the video! I remember when the sign entering Phoenix driving West from Scottsdale via Camelback Road (at about 64th st) said Pop. 176,000. Those were times you actually traveled between cities, it wasn't a giant paved metropolis. It was a town, and everyone knew everyone. Now it's just another glass ghetto of traffic, californicated anonymity. It was a privilege to grow up in Arizona. Phoenix doesn't feel like 'home' anymore, however other parts still do!

[@bluegrassgal]

Remember Legend City? Lol..I've been here since 1957.

[@beejlobo]

certainly do and my brother worked there! @@bluegrassgal

[@Victorylap-fy4ke]

@@bluegrassgalYes, I remember the jail-themed photo booth. I can still see my mom laughing at the pics. My brother made the funniest face while tipping up the liquor. I own the pic now. I also remember when you got inside the booth, there was a box of empty liquor bottles on the floor for prop use. You wouldn't see that now, someone would make a stink about the glass bottles and the influence of alcohol on young people.

[@maxstone9148]

@@bluegrassgal Legend City was awesome. To be honest, back then, I enjoyed Legend City more than Disneyland. Numerous great memories of Big Surf. Phoenix was idyllic in the 60's and 70's, laid back and a safe place to live. Lots of unique, cool restaurants that have disappeared. Thankfully Durant's still thrives.

[@RobMiami787]

Phoenix I consider to be my family's spiritual home 1965 to 1977 plus returns by Mom and have family buried in Sun City, the parents are scattered in Lake Pleasant. As a kid, I biked from Greenway Road to Squaw Peak, hiked the mountain and rode home. It was definitely an easy breezy place to grow up and it is impressive to see the city mature.

[@celestialbeing5291]

Lake Pleasant is haunted. People die there all the time.

[@bluegrassgal]

​@@celestialbeing5291oh quit! Lol, Lake isn't haunted..folks just stupid!

[@blankv8057]

This makes me proud of my city

[@michaelsanchez3822]

Why

[@prodigy5894]

Michael Sanchez cuz it looks like we came from nothing

[@Chapaveli5959]

@@michaelsanchez3822 because literally it rose from the ashes

[@eduardonavarro3927]

I was born in 94, I would have loved to see my city during this time

[@williamcunningham5417]

Nice documentry on Phoenix Arizona. too bad the haters in the comments had to ruin it for everybody.

[@kayeanderson3622]

@Pablo Sosa nice “comment” there pablo. That’s why people like you need to stay away from America. Go back to whatever hole you came out of

[@Bioniking]

California bad!

[@Usualeclectic]

Very cool to see Mountain Shadows revived and back running again. Really and enjoying perspective...and there’s still some of its historical footnotes around the town. Hidden mid-century gems...regardless of freeways and housing development. It’s still is amazing.

[@josephthibeault9919]

In the USAF, I was stationed at William AFB, Chandler, AZ from 1965-1968. Loved and miss the Superstitions Mountains.

[@jakeblock2420]

Joseph Thibeault I’m currently an asu student at the old Williams airforce base training to be a pilot. Arizona State University has established this place as a new campus since the airforce base was left but it’s still filled with history and many of the old buildings remain.

[@IWillSmurfYou]

Thanks for your service old timer, hope you were lucky enough to avoid the hellscape of SE asia.

[@JohnQPublic345]

Chandler is unrecognizable now

[@phillipmorales8886]

Can't believe how much Phoenix has changed and grown over the last 50 years amazing, I knew it would be a desert metropolis.

[@aussiejunk393]

Phillip Morales you haven’t seen anything yet. Stick around another 15-20 years.

[@kingpinsmith22]

@@aussiejunk393 damn cuz, you avi my nigga Roger. I met him, but his arthritis was so bad he couldn't stand. His son be the alpha now.

[@1974geary]

shit hole

[@francoamerican4632]

Roger the kangaroo!?! You da man!

[@jhj9296]

I was born and raised in Phoenix and have lived her all my life. Its amazing and very sad to see how much it has changed.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

Lol keep an eye out for tweeeeeeekers

[@MrCtsSteve]

You want to know sad ? Look at one of these films of Detroit in the late 50s to early 60s and look what's happened to it now . That is sad

[@cindysue5474]

@@KZbincensoredmyusername Yeah that is sad north Phx has turned into tweeker town.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

Cindy Sue with new infrastructure for the tweekers

[@jhj9296]

I was BORN here and the whole western US has been in a drought for 10 plus years so before throwing the race card check your facts please.

[@TheJust22az]

I moved here in the early 90's. It was a great place to live. Not anymore. There are a lot of great people in CA but they are not the ones who moved here.

[@R4F10]

I feel like that was the peak of Arizona. Maybe late 90s very early 2000

[@NonPremiumID]

The California people who that moved here are assholes. They ruined our valley.

[@randywithers3371]

@@NonPremiumID Amen!

[@blsi4037]

and now the open land is a Phoenix suburb.

[@muffs55mercury61]

So sad but so true

[@brianjamds6617]

Bl SI it looked like NE Scottsdale

[@cindysue5474]

@@brianjamds6617 And that is built up now crime is on the rise in that town homeless on corners that's why many moved up to anthem.

[@LordofSyn]

@@cindysue5474 They'll keep moving too. I love Arizona and Phoenix is a metropolitan love/hate dirge. She is always expanding but doesn't take care of her core and that rot will eventually hit the arms. I know many were supposed to be revitalizing downtown but I am sure the changes in administrative powers slowed that down. The last hurdle will be sustainability as the Hoover Dam uses the last water in the reservoir. Arizona gets the least amount of that power which is why the Palo Verde nuclear plant was necessary. SRP and APS will continue to duke it out over power and water rights. Phoenix needs to live up to it's name and rise above from the ashes.

[@lisacohen9865]

thanks for the memories. moved to scottsdale in 1960.

[@evonaagrochowski8006]

The desert is all but gone,..the wild flowers, no longer grow under the sun,..sky scrapers rule the land, which I know longer find it so grand! Life was so simple back then, like it will never be again,..!

[@strand2001]

Try again you can live in Casa Grande if you miss the vast desert you don't gotta hate on modern living just cause you're old

[@billveek9518]

That's bullshit, there's millions of acres of desert, in fact 85% of the land in Arizona is owned by the BLM, UFS, and the State Trust and is VACANT! GET A CLUE

[@francoamerican4632]

There's still plenty of desert out there, it s not hard 2 find

[@jawkneekat]

"Good afternoon, It's hotter tf in Phoenix"

[@Sabotage_Labs]

That's how we keep the weak out! 😜

[@michaelt8680]

Born and raised in PHX. Amazing city.

[@franksalsa9342]

Ha...this is the phoenix I saw in 1960 when my parents packed us into the studebaker and drove from san Diego...saw Jerome that same vacation...ended up in Tucson a few years later in 1975👍

[@StriatedMuscle]

Cost of living here is ridiculously overblown. My rent went up literally 50% in two and a half years. Thanx, Californians.

[@gingyberrie]

i’m from 2024 …

[@MrMuffinable]

I'm a 7th generation Phoenician and I couldn't think of a better place to live❤☀

[@billveek9518]

That's impossible unless you're an Indian

[@rkimball6]

Thanks for posting this video. Brought back a lot of memories.

[@geezitshuge]

Are you Rusrty from Cortez High? I remember those days too. What a difference 55 years makes.

[@tinovigil8259]

I moved to Phoenix six months ago from Denver Colorado i love it here only downside i have encountered is the heat of summer makes me miss the snow lol but Phoenix is a great place to live

[@tinovigil8259]

One thing I've noticed isthere arent many skyscraper for being as big as it is Denvers skyline is way bigger than here kinda hope they have plans to expand the Phoenix skyline so it feels more like 5th biggest city in US

[@francoamerican4632]

@tinovigil8259 The best plan for the skyline would be to get rid of the skyscrapers.

[@PJSzabo]

God I love how this old ass video keeps getting mad hits. It's the gold standard for 60's propaganda that brought my grandparents out here. Thanks "The Valley of the Sun" for being the gift that keeps on giving.

[@monk071]

Arizona native born 1971. Looks just the way I remember it driving from my parents place in West Glendale to Chandler/New River to see either set of grandparents.

[@Victorylap-fy4ke]

Our house on Culver St. was 2 streets over from the Phx. Madison Square Garden. My brother told us one night (when our mom wouldn't get home from her job until after dark), that the wrestler on TV (Gorgeous George) was at this arena. So he walked us over and we stood outside the front door on the porch... every time the door opened we could see the boxing ring towards the back. That place seemed old even back in the 60s.

[@junbug1love]

Wow... now here it is the year 2020 and Phoenix Arizona is the fifth largest city in the United States with about 7 million people

[@junbug1love]

@Danel 7.38 million if we're being exact and that's for the whole state of Arizona

[@junbug1love]

@Danel but then again if you County illegal immigrants in this state yeah we're probably closer to your figure LOL

[@royengland9215]

There is a good side to the c-virus and people staying in their homes.....NO stopping or slowing down on the FREEWAYS and city driving reminds me of the 70's with only one problem the lights are still set for rush hour traffic

[@francoamerican4632]

Who's danel?

[@JohnQPublic345]

5.4 million for phoenix metro.

[@marybutlin5605]

Thank you mom and dad for introducing me to Phoenix. I miss it so much

[@raoulloustaunau8233]

Watched and loved. crazy to look at it in this day an age. And the prices 17,000 for a house wow

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[@animaemuse7135]

Awesome. My family moved here in 1975

[@sl5311]

Epic interview with *the* Del Webb. Wow. My granmother, god rest her soul, Marian Glover, must have taken me to everyone of these places back in the 1960's. Love the video of Sky Harbor. I remember being able to watch the planes from the roof. Camelback Mtn is where we spread my grandfather's ashes before it became illegal.

[@Arizonaheat956]

Moved to Phoenix in 1959 with my family, then to Scottsdale the following year where I still live in the same house since 1960

[@billveek9518]

Good for you

[@Iconoclasher]

Wow! That brought back some memories. I lived in Scottsdale 62-71. In fact my me and mom and dad used to watch that travelog with Jack Douglas. I don't know if it was a local program or network syndication or even what the show was called.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

We had many enjoyable family summer holidays at a great value Phoenix 'resort' hotel about a decade ago, Hilton at Pointe Squaw Peak I think it was called... it had several swimming pools, a fab river ride that the kids - and me! - loved going on, and of course the endless sunshine that us Brits crave. We were able to take a few day trips to other interesting places not that far from Phoenix, like the Grand Canyon & Tombstone, and have only good memories of our many happy vacations there!

[@rkalla]

It's still there bro, we stayed there a few years ago with big family reunion. It was fun!

[@cindysue5474]

Driving to Tombstone at night can be dangerous you will see signs saying caution and show a symbol of illegals running across the road when you have that you know there is a immigration problem.

[@captainbeatdown6254]

bro its crazy to see how much has changed and how squeaky clean those older building's looks, alot of those empty land is now occupied and most farm land has changed too houses and strip malls insaine how time passes

[@coreykelley9441]

Absolutely amazed how much I loved this video

[@yesterdaze114]

This is all I have. I was born in 1998, and I have always felt out of place. Thanks for uploading.

[@evonaagrochowski8006]

My family and I arrived here in, 1969. Originally from, Warsaw, Poland. We first lived in NYC, for about 8 or 9 years. Back then, the border of the City of Phoenix, was Hayden Road and Indian School, there was absolutely nothing but pristine desert, and rows upon rows of those orange poppy flowers. Where has it all, disappeared, to,..? Why couldn't they leave this desert the way, that it was,..?? It s almost all, gone now,..!

[@StriatedMuscle]

Bc ppl like you moved here.

[@francoamerican4632]

🤣😂🤣

[@DannyGoldingTV]

20:10 I live in Cave Creek! My hometown since I moved here from the Bay Area when I was 7! So cool to see what AZ looked like in the 60s and especially cool to see Cave Creek mentioned!

[@chavalolopez1182]

how old are you?

[@thisismylovehandle]

@Clinton Lewis 🙋🏼‍♀️ I grew up in Desert Hills. Im in Glendale now though

[@StriatedMuscle]

It's never too late to move back!

[@DannyGoldingTV]

@@chavalolopez1182 23 now...

[@francoamerican4632]

Moving back to the 1960's would require a time machine.

[@jacobkatz1478]

I love this film. It brings back very fond memories of my three years stationed at Luke AFB and hanging out in Phoenix and its suburbs. It was 1957 to 1960 when you could easily drive around with little traffic anywhere in the vicinity. What growth it has achieved since!

[@bluegrassgal]

1957 we moved here. I relate to your comment. Good Ole days!

[@myearsloveit]

I love everything about this film!

[@TheMarried123]

This year Phoenix did surpass Philly. Phoenix is now 5th largest and Philly is 6th largest in US. AZ is 15th in population and 75% of people living in Metro Phoenix or Metro Tucson. Mesa is largest US suburb.

[@danielabustos1847]

Hi..this is a great video! Thanks Chris!

[@samuri119]

That was awesome! We must go back... 🧐

[@ultrakool]

the best time to have resided there was in the 70s, imo. even by the time I resided there full time in the late 80s, early 90s, the bloat was getting out of hand. today? it's so sprawling and populated you may as well reside in LA...

[@BBQFanNo1]

Much different now from what i heard than the last time i was in Arizona back in 1979. Use to drive with my Family from Niagara Falls to see my Relatives living in Phoenix for Spring Vacation almost every year from 1961 to 1979 stayed there for 3 weeks.

[@woesaidtheangel]

Bill. I am a native of Arizona and lived there my entire life until we moved to UPSTATE New York lol.. I left because it became too over populated and crime ridden due to everyone and their brother moving there! Blah.. Rochester reminds me of Phoenix when I was a girl... I am now 48

[@JesusVargas-of2fu]

We don't care.

[@chefmesser420]

@@woesaidtheangelso Phoenix is worse than New York with crime? News too me

[@danieldaniels7571]

Matt M worse than upstate New York. Someone smashed out my car window in Phoenix on Friday night.

[@francoamerican4632]

Smash and grab not unique to Phoenix it happens in all big cities and suburbs. Leave your car unlocked and they won't break the window.

[@thepsychedelicgiant]

I've played the violin in the pv methodist church. it really is beautiful

[@stephenfisher7412]

Yeah back when everyone drove the same direction on the freeway.

[@ridered7262]

That's the damn truth!

[@daininsurance]

I don’t get it?

[@mikeytoolica33]

Stephen Fisher u mean the right way

[@danieldaniels7571]

DainTV Phoenix leads the world in wrong way drivers causing accidents on freeways. There’s been one or more a week for a couple years now.

[@cindysue5474]

All we had was one freeway the I17 north to the 10 south.

[@maxsweet3000]

Its an incomplete documentary. They did not mention Legand City and Wallace and Ladmo.

[@gregmiga1393]

Well, this probably was a CBS production, seeing as how they showed channel 10. So they couldn't acknowledge independent channel 5 and the Gerald show.

[@maxsweet3000]

@@gregmiga1393 i was being humorous. Maybe i should have placed a 😂 at the end.

[@comfeefort]

Mystery Castle.....I love the story, did a tour in 1990 and His daughter was there, it was Awesome to meet Her.

[@cindysue5474]

That show was great it would never fly today especially with Aunt muades thanks giving turkey story and Bobby Joe trouble.

[@cindysue5474]

@DUZTEM DE7IL In jail everyone got a Ladmo bag that's what they were nicknamed.

[@sodality3970]

Truly at the tail end of the "good old days" in America .

[@margaretsparksrittenhouse8787]

Time travel to my childhood right there, I can smell the kiddie zoo as I watch. I never thought I’d see the Basket House again. I still remember the gold interior decor of the Scottsdale Goldwater’s. Yeah, the Chief Bogus Bear won’t stand much scrutiny but it hardly matters now.

[@piratesmurf4251]

Who is chief bogus bear 🐻

[@AZHITW]

@@piratesmurf4251 The so called Cherokee Indian chief (a southeast tribe not found in the southwest), featured in the video making Navajo jewelry. LOL!

[@SouthOCmixdown]

Born in Phoenix in '71, moved in '73 to CA, moved back in '78 for 3rd grade, then left again to CA the next year. Dad got transferred a lot. Went to Sunburst Elementary in '78-'79. Sister went to Greenway HS. We lived out in what was "remote" N. Phoenix back then off N. 38th Drive, out by the old dog track &the waffle house. Next stop was Carefree. Went back &cud'nt believe the change. Had great times there &would love to reconnect w/some of the kids I knew. Msg me if you might be one! :)

[@thisismylovehandle]

My husband went to Sunburst and Greenway High, but in the 90s. They came from CA too. NYC before that.

[@fortnut4699]

I live in arizona 😊😊😀

[@melaniebrantner3871]

Has changed soooo much !!! Not for the better . Such a drag. Wish they would all go back to home . Not joking !!!!

[@francoamerican4632]

Phoenix and surrounding area is their home.

[@patrickking2108]

"In a few years, may have a larger population than Boston or Philadelphia." Population as of 2018 - Boston: 694,583 Philadelphia: 1.584 million Phoenix: 1.66 million

[@n44t3]

Wow Phoenix looked so wide open back in the day!! Now everything is crammed and outdated :(

[@fortnut4699]

Merc420 ikr

[@PJSzabo]

you need to see the east coast. that's crammed. and 100 years older than phoenix...

[@PJSzabo]

well I highly recommend a road trip for you then. seriously Phoenix is a young, wide open and pristine city compared to 200 years of life in places like Boston and DC. They're still great but Phoenix has so much opportunity.

[@BBQFanNo1]

Sad from what i heard that Phoenix and all the places especially along Van Buren Avenue have been torn down since i last went there in 1979 especially Bill Johnson's Big Apple Restaurant torn down

[@jherskine]

@HalfBreed I grew up in New York City. Today, it sucks, as everything has gotten so damned expensive! For example, if you want to rent a one bedroom apartment in Manhattan, you better be prepared to spend anywhere from $3,000-$6,000 a month!

[@bradleypollack5658]

Why aren't the house prices still $17500.00!! 😡

[@Cat-vs7rc]

supply and demand. and some price fixing and manipulation.

[@BrianAz]

Wow... just wow!

[@totesmgoats.]

Wow I live here now crazy to see how it grew

[@jimhodges1875]

Back when Aunt Maude would make Ladmo cry and Boffo the Clown wasn't much help.

[@cindysue5474]

Her Turkey story was the best and Bobby Joe Trouble and Mike and the hubcaps sad that Mike took his own life.

[@seamasrigh2162]

Notice at 1:05 the AZ flag is upside down. It was a great place to grow up in the 60's and 70's. All that is gone.

[@billveek9518]

For you maybe, we're still here why you cry about it

[@themoj0]

holy crap thats downtown?? LMAO i live out there..man what a difference

[@contrafax]

I move to Phoenix in 1981. The change in those years...

[@LakersFanBoy4life]

cool! love arizona

[@timbarrett3631]

Love the Gamage pronunciation!

[@RandyR]

It is at least ten times bigger now. I could only wish that it was still as friendly today as it was from 77 to 82. Is a very hard city to break into now days

[@contrafax]

Right? So many homes have alarm systems now a days.

[@robertallen6710]

Too many Cali people here now...people just off the boat from Wisconsin that you see in shorts when it's 45F out...and other crazies

[@lisahinton9682]

@@contrafax Lolollll..thank you for the giggle!

[@contrafax]

@@lisahinton9682 😁

[@morriahmcdonald4040]

Yes it is!

[@aceseightsazhvacsparkyandg8138]

I grew up here in the 80's my parents moved here .and grew up throw this time. I feel bad that kids today. Well lose out on seeing Arizona like this . And I was lucky as a kid to ride with the mountain men . Thanks to a close family friend that was a member. I love to have a house now for 17000. And the game of sun city pickles ball

[@lesliebartley5695]

My goodness! The prices of homes in Sun City back then!

[@jherskine]

Leslie: Everything is relative. Back in the mid-1960's, houses may have cost much, much less than they do today, but people made much, much less money! The national average of the cost of a new home in 1965 was $21,500, while the median annual income was $6,882. In 2015 (the last year for which complete figures are available) the national average of the cost of a new home was $352,500, and the median annual income was $56,516.

[@lesliebartley5695]

Johnny: Thank you for keeping things in perspective, and for the information. It was just a shock to see how things were back then. Again, thanks.

[@Azdude801]

@@jherskine You're a fucken genius.

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

My mom paid 60.00 a month rent in 66, now it's 600 HOA fees, something about 6's lol

[@jordanhicks5131]

JC Pony Express ride still runs from Scottsdale to Prescott, stopping in Crown King. Same with the bill williams mountain men

[@RJS1974]

Phoenix is uninhabitable now. The heat island effect will only get worse. I grew up here and it was a magnificent place in the 70s. Now the homelessness is out of control. It’s too hot 6 months out of the year. And all the character is gone. It’s crowded. People will be making an exodus from PHX in the coming years.

[@Victorylap-fy4ke]

I loved the Oak Creek Canyon of the '60s. I'm sure it's overrun today.

[@makinishikino7410]

"Will have a population larger than Boston or Philadelphia." Well, he ain't wrong.

[@TnRinVegas]

Actually it took 50 years not a few years to surpass Philadelphia! But yeah the city finally did it!

[@Perririri]

…and the Eagles almost moved to Phoenix in 1984; SB LII would have been Arizona's first world championship

[@TheMrgt27]

Well go back to Philadelphia. Cuz we sure dont like out of towners either always complaining. Go home.

[@cameronwalter2058]

@Darren Krock Philly is a dumpster fire

[@seb4376]

Cameron Walter lol. I agree. Philly is disgusting!

[@alexhuerta6164]

@Darren Krock you arizonans. Dawg you haven't lived here to be considered one of us so you have 0 fucking understanding of us, please. Don't come back, we would much rather keep cancer away from our state.

[@jacobroberts1928]

The sun city part was hilarious

[@RJSchex]

At the time, the Financial Center tower (the one with the vertical slot windows that resemble an old-school computer punch card, or a player-piano roll) was only half its present height.

[@scottdunn2178]

We moved to Phoenix in 1972.

[@glow1815]

This is the year 2024 nothing looks like that anymore. Most of the farms are gone many moons ago. Most malls are GONE. Sun city not the same.

[@drakawinkle584]

It's kinda sad and amazing how much Phoenix has changed in 60 years. It definitely hasn't been for the better either.

[@drumdude46]

Anyone know what the name of that apartment building is, @ around 0:47? it's in a film from the late 90's...starring Charlie Sheen, and Natasha Kinski...called, "Terminal Velocity'. anyone with any info about it? thanks!

[@Niko.Bellic]

The building is the Phoenix Towers Co-op Apartments

[@billveek9518]

Phoenix towers, it's right down the street from my house, lots of grey hairs in there

[@geronimogarcia2307]

I was born in Phoenix in 1932. Population was 65.000 +/-. Attended Washington School, Wilson and Monroe Elementary then PUHS. These were the High Schools in 1946. PUHS, St. Mary's, North High, Phoenix Tech and Carver High for the blacks

[@bluegrassgal]

1957....go North High Mustangs!

[@billveek9518]

Dam your older than I am

[@cazsnap]

Phoenix was good from the 50’s-90’s it seems like.

[@Entropy106]

It was dope when they didn’t drink all the water

[@Victorylap-fy4ke]

Arizona has the most beautiful flag in the nation.

[@rileylopez9443]

Why does this seem like an old Disney movie?

[@blnd4414]

Omg it's so much larger and populated now. Millions live her and hundreds move here everyday now.

[@JustPlainAwful]

AZ NATIVE first generation born, 20 years old seeing the city being rebuilt and being a blue collar worker, seeing every building has history to it❤

[@BearAZ]

I recall seeing this as a kid when it first aired. What I don't recall is the name of the travel show it was from. Please jog my brain! :-)

[@walterjames7109]

BearAZ Across the Seven Seas America! Journey! Those are the ones I remember

[@nealamesbury1480]

Phoenix is a nice los angeles suburb

[@danielgreen7159]

My family moved here from Illinois in1959 ,i was 5years old and grew up in Glendale ,it was a great place to grow up. I know this little documentary was typical in the 60s but after all these years it seems really corny and a little comical. But im glad i saw it.