Why 5 Million People Live in America’s Hottest City

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[@Killachamper256]

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]

Cause we don't know how to build different

[@rorytribbet6424]

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

[@lolmao500]

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

[@user58541]

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

[@shaylatwitchell2567]

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

[@AgmaSchwa]

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

[@BrandanLee]

Tucson boyo -- strongly agree.

[@x8jason8x]

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

[@AgmaSchwa]

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]

@@x8jason8xall the west coasters on the road

[@AgmaSchwa]

@@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…

[@elenickv]

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]

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]

Ditto🤣

[@David-zj3bp]

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]

I had the same experience in Orlando. Yuk!

[@usedscar]

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

[@dxsk_]

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]

Don't forget the snowbirds

[@JohnDoe-me3ew]

Must be talking about all the foreigners here illegally.

[@j_S0VEREIGN]

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

[@prod.w0rm]

@@j_S0VEREIGNI agree I miss the old phoniex😢

[@dxsk_]

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

[@Sumguyinavan_]

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]

Too crowded or too expensive.

[@cagmz]

Mars.

[@maui2745]

Closest thing to mars

[@eag8999]

Government causes failures in all markets

[@yt-user03561]

Because there are too many people.

[@aerialbugsmasher]

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

[@hieronymusbutts7349]

But it's a dry heat, skeletons love it

[@fedmcfederalson]

Dudes will literally exaggerate the heat under any circumstances

[@x8jason8x]

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

[@x8jason8x]

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

[@JohnDoe-my5ip]

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

[@wyattbiker]

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

[@aronlinde1723]

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

[@RillFleatcher-re7ee]

Agreed also is that a doc Holliday profile picture

[@USCTrojan2013]

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]

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]

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

[@rocketrose2165]

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]

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

[@David-zj3bp]

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

[@JimJohnson-cf3wt]

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

[@hunterfalck235]

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]

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..

[@BMGforever-zm2vl]

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]

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]

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

[@LeviBulger]

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]

@@LeviBulgerit snowed literally one month ago 😂

[@LeviBulger]

@@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

[@haterz_10lox34]

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

[@eddiew2325]

i hate u so much

[@jamesleyda365]

Oh ya! definitely!

[@MufflesTheGerbil]

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]

As a Floridian, I completely agree.

[@double_joseph327]

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

[@thegrasslands4187]

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]

I saw 128 about 20 years ago

[@SeanWilliams-bc2nd]

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

[@JimJohnson-cf3wt]

@@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]

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

[@Anglbabi66]

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.

[@DadsOP]

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]

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]

Yup, and no snow to shovel in the winter.

[@JTube571]

@@LC05If you live in the southern deserts.

[@ourtruth216]

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

[@JTube571]

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

[@Brambrew]

*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]

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

[@Brambrew]

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

[@tomlxyz]

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]

​@@user-ej9nl1ng9d there are studies about it

[@hitmusicworldwide]

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

[@Reisen_Inaba]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@arx3516]

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

[@vivianriver6450]

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

[@guyinthechat9533]

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

[@Cat_DeGaulle]

True that

[@andrewjames1416]

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]

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]

All the human locusts.

[@JimJohnson-cf3wt]

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

[@TheElusiveBird]

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]

Oro valley ?

[@projectarduino2295]

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

[@benmurrell7634]

bro failed to watch the video

[@becomingabetterhuman.2994]

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.

[@Booz2010]

Slava TSMC 🇹🇼

[@Valorince]

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]

Did you not watch the video

[@bricc9964]

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]

Is Rainwater-Collection in Parts of America still Illegall?

[@mohammed44_]

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

[@seadkolasinac7220]

@@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_]

@@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]

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.

[@thecuss6817]

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]

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

[@writeover8203]

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]

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

[@writeover8203]

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

[@JimJohnson-cf3wt]

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

[@TanManFixes]

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]

Is it like a Dutch oven?

[@pringlized]

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]

Bruh I can’t imagine this. Suffocating

[@Mark-gr3rg]

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

[@jimmycline4778]

When it’s 80 I need a jacket!

[@pringlized]

@@jimmycline4778 hahaha. Do you miss humidity?

[@dennis1954]

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.

[@watermelondria111]

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]

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]

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

[@longwayaround7767]

@@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]

​@@longwayaround7767Move to Wyoming ❤

[@longwayaround7767]

@@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. 💙💙💙

[@arizonashopper5095]

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]

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]

@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]

@@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]

@The_Notorious_CRG see my comment about the water below.

[@mistiroberts1576]

Shhhhhhh We don't want more people

[@anthonyreyes3762]

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

[@therealronniej]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@samuelblack1687 nope. canals to agriculture

[@chillaxter13]

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.

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

[@patrickshell2813]

No one likes u

[@lbgamer6166]

First reply

[@Cedarranch]

like australia

[@AlexMuseMatrix]

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

[@miseryduck6264]

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

[@Alexander-iu4kd]

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

[@Sister509]

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.❤

[@talesin7070]

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]

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]

Unsheltered HA

[@dmc9791]

lets run the buses all day real smart

[@nhennessy6434]

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

[@tylerjay_]

Free bus rides to California for all homeless!

[@coldham77]

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]

I remember Sim City 3000

[@RSofficial22]

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

[@johncorson6599]

lol

[@michaelrosdahl1082]

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

[@debralorrie2613]

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.

[@Downbubbles2]

Bro has history with Phoenix 😂

[@idk-99114]

You stole my comment💀

[@SAMIAMFNX]

@@idk-99114mad?

[@Art.and.Hamsters]

@@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]

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

[@idk-99114]

@@SAMIAMFNX yh

[@lk29392]

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]

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]

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

[@EmptyZoo393]

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]

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]

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

[@DT-lr2bi]

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.

[@rymatin4065]

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]

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]

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

[@danduvall8583]

@@JohnDoe-me3ew Yeah, no it wasn’t.

[@edgarbernalsevilla6636]

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

[@rymatin4065]

@@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

[@makiarizona]

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]

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

[@guydreamr]

@@Br3ttM Time for a rethink, then.

[@Br3ttM]

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

[@guydreamr]

@@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]

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.

[@kaikincaid6179]

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]

FR!!!

[@goddamndog]

He’s showing footage of every city in AZ.

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

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

[@drutalero2962]

​@@SecretAgentBartFargobut he's literally talking about Phoenix

[@moorisjensen]

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. 👍🏻

[@ayalainc.3203]

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

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

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.

[@MSTGamingTV]

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

[@mertm.995]

Holy shit

[@MoorishAlliance]

​@@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]

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

[@al-manasama8370]

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

[@Puppyfied]

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

[@Lumi-OF-Model]

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

[@x8jason8x]

Please leave.

[@blakelowrey9620]

Thank you for inventing the alphabet

[@pokemata1035]

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

[@AL-lh2ht]

Title was changed

[@johnnychopping3655]

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

[@ParlayDre_]

I moved here from Seattle and love it! 3 months of blazing heat with 9 months of a pacific north west summer rather than 3 months of nice beautiful weather and 9 months of miserable overcast rainy days.. I could never move back 😤

[@csn6234]

3 months of blazing heat ... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Try 6 months, dummy

[@neropanic1882]

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

[@pascal9055]

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

[@Sohcahtoa14]

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

[@slevinchannel7589]

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

[@Technoguyfication]

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

[@KrisS602]

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]

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

[@jaydenrodriguez8562]

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

[@alexwilliams8435]

or earthquakes!

[@juliusmoore8198]

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

[@XxSorrelPawxX]

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]

I live in az because I like mexican food

[@jaydenrodriguez8562]

@@samketchup9415 yeah me too

[@poshko41]

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...

[@AngelPerez-jm3yg]

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

[@mashokaise6881]

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

[@caseclosed9342]

Did you work for TSMC?

[@maustinmorrison2833]

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]

Usa to taiwan is so random

[@joanfrias2267]

Damn imagine being worried about being invaded any time soon 😬

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

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

[@Wilderness-Will]

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]

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

[@Wilderness-Will]

@@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]

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

[@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886]

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]

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....

[@ConquerYou]

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.

[@laurenraine]

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.

[@GlaceonStudios]

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

[@paytonpryor]

Because it is hell.

[@robotnikkkk001]

....LEGIT ....HEHE

[@red2theelectricboogaloo961]

i seen the title bro lmaooooo

[@DSGaming40]

He just changed it back (without the actually)

[@paytonpryor]

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

[@RoboRoby321]

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]

That is sad!

[@tvismyonlyfriend]

To me the best food is from California

[@tvismyonlyfriend]

Mexico too 😘

[@larana2]

@@tvismyonlyfriendnot sure how that’s relevant but okay

[@_chopper_]

We don’t care 😂

[@anthropologybear2941]

I love it when content about a specific area is loaded with misleading information and incorrect images. Repeated references to 113 degree temperatures are silly: we routinely see 115 and sometimes 118 or higher in Phoenix. The pre-columbian cliff dwellings depicted as "in the valley" where Phoenix was later located are all a good day trip AWAY from Phoenix as follows: 1) Montezuma's Castle = 95 miles NE 2) Anasazi (related to Hohokam groups) petroglyhs @ Canyon de Chelly = 329 miles NE near the Four Corners region 3) White House Ruin @ Canyon de Chelly = 329 miles NE Other landmarks appear to be: 4) Red Buttes of Sedona = 119 miles N 5) View of what appears to be the Arizona Canal (Squaw Peak in background) Phoenix (canals are NOT an "inefficient use of water") 6) Early view of what seems to be Wrigley Mansion = E. Phoenix (NOT a common residence) Just so you know, extremely biased youtube post - people really did manage to live and thrive in Phoenix prior to air-conditioning. My grandma who was born in Chandler, AZ in 1901, lived as thousands of other residents did - acclimating to the summer heat in a variety of resourceful ways. There used to be "sleeping porches" on houses where families slept outside at night on sheets sprinkled with water. Houses commonly were built with tall windows arranged intentionally to encourage a cross-wind that cooled the interior of the house quite effectively. Likewise, many early homes were built of adobe mud bricks which meant very thick walls that insulated the structure. Besides, if you don't know anything different, you don't miss it. Obviously the advent of modern air-conditioning marked an explosion in population growth. Only outsiders who are new to the area complain repeatedly about the heat, the dust storms, and the monsoon season. The rest of us are desert rats who quite like our environment. Finally, super biased post - you failed to mention that this DESERT is the very unique SONORAN Desert; the most biodiverse and abundant desert on earth. This post should be re-named for accuracy: "A Thirst For Water: The history of the demographic expansion and increasing demand for resources in the Phoenix metro area". (Here's a shock - a similar pattern of growth and demand can be identified in almost every major city). You're welcome.

[@BroncoJosh]

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.

[@HotBoy_George]

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]

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]

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

[@spicychicken2]

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]

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

[@endymion2300]

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.

[@mr.puffin7232]

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]

Yeah I saw that too going up there

[@Moriningland]

And most of them are built like crap

[@miinrla]

same bro 😞

[@kerriokeefe9168]

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]

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

[@BlazedOutKing818]

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.

[@brandonmcalpin9228]

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]

Whats the weather rn?

[@brandonmcalpin9228]

@@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

[@jackdubois4208]

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

[@sozamb]

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

[@MadisonChips]

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.

[@adaynasmile]

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.

[@momo-nu4cc]

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]

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

[@YOSHIMOTO_HI_SPEED]

Where in phx do you live?

[@Weeman80]

BS 😂

[@jasonmorgan27]

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

[@barbarabrooks4747]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@AL-lh2ht]

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

[@starvinmarvin1200]

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

[@WillVroo]

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]

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

[@rickh8380]

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]

Do you like Washington? I heard it was beautiful.

[@rickh8380]

@@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]

@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]

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]

@@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.

[@Voltedge89]

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]

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

[@SaintKrees]

So you live in phoenix too?😂

[@chipcook6646]

@@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]

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

[@harrymanne5803]

William Carrier

[@patcurrie9888]

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.

[@ODonthebeat]

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]

Getting fellow Solar professional, I live in tempe

[@BingonSteyen]

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

[@crwnofenlightenment]

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]

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

[@crwnofenlightenment]

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

[@chris-qo1nt]

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

[@BooBoo586]

Love the resort’s, the golf courses, the stunning modern condos, and clean dry air. This is the best State to live.

[@Invertmini1212]

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.

[@Stetson_Pacheco]

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

[@RealClutchMcGee]

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

[@Mcfunface]

It is an affront to nature! 😅

[@MasterMarcon]

KD loves it here at least 😂

[@Dragonflylane77]

Yea, I'm from AZ. You get used 2 the heat. 100 degrees is nothing. It's when it gets to 115 that it's hot. I haven't had AC in my car for the last 7 years and I'm still alive..lol

[@carrob704]

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.

[@ariauroic]

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]

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]

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

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

Lesss go my fellow Arizonan

[@crowdedveins9210]

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]

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

[@fozzir]

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]

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 ?

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent sstill-motion

[@RJ-pb1qx]

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.

[@chandorasworld]

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]

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

[@IAMYUNGGAF]

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]

Shhh we don't need anyone else moving here

[@19paperclip89]

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]

Carbon footprint ? Whatever crank up the aircon

[@FWtravels]

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]

Which I mean... thats alright.

[@yt-user03561]

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]

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]

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

[@DavidKroff]

​@@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.

[@Evening451]

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

[@GerryC-1111]

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]

Prob what locals thought when they watched move in ;)

[@amandabowles]

I’ve lived in Tempe Arizona for most of my life. I honestly love Arizona. I’ve lived in Utah the past 3 years, and most people say I’m crazy, but I can’t wait to go back home. I do better with extreme heat over extreme cold and snow

[@choprox01]

I love Phoenix...I hate the cold.......

[@Freak80MC]

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]

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]

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

[@lok777]

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]

@@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]

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.

[@roblox1387]

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

[@efdeepro6427]

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

[@kippywylie]

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]

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

[@rahuliyer7456]

I am a transplant to metro Phoenix. 2024 is my 14th year in 'The Valley of the Sun'. I came here chasing a job. I stayed because Phoenix has been good to my wife and I as far as life and career. Phoenix is like no other metro area in the USA. We continue to amaze people and naysayers. We are a 'bunch of cowboys' and continue to use our ingenuity to solve problems and challenges encountered. We are survivors...just like the legendary bird, the Phoenix! We will continue to rise...and rise again

[@tonymontana1996]

Ya my wife and I moved withour 1 year old son last year ---we love it. And with the heat --- I have a friend here who grew up in the gulf of Mississippi --- I asked her how the summers are here compared to Mississippi. She looked me dead in the eye and said "It's cold here compared to Mississippi" So yes its the 'hottest' but not the most miserable place during summer.

[@Just4AZ1]

As a Phoenician for over 30 yrs, I will take heat over the humidity day.

[@jamesdick2604]

thanks for the laugh

[@B-Th-Change]

Guys! Stop! We don’t need MORE people moving here lol!!!

[@fangletterman-ng2ro]

Well, good. Tell Maricopa County to get its s#$t together and stop cheating in elections, and then maybe we can agree that AZ is so wonderful.

[@onthecasejeannie]

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

[@TanManFixes]

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

[@mistiroberts1576]

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

[@SGliderGuy]

We lived in Richmond, VA for 3 years and Las Vegas, NV for 5 years. It's more comfortable to sit in the shade in 110 degree/7% humidity Vegas than Richmond at 95 and 95

[@hi1is]

Yep that’s true, but Phoenix is even hotter than Vegas so Phoenix is the real deal, just unbearable

[@kineticstar]

As a native Texan from the Gulf Coast, I can totally understand this comment! Hot with low humidity is nothing compared to hot and high humidity.

[@jugogaming3614]

@@hi1iseven if it is not by much vegas get to up to 120+

[@Mystic_Christopher]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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 🫠

[@MrS1r]

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

[@moneyman123212]

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.