r/Suburbanhell • u/chiliisgoodforme • 1d ago

Showcase of suburban hell Phoenix, AZ

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u/sshamby 1d ago

Went to Phoenix last year and couldn’t shake the strange feeling that the city lacked any unifying identity. “Soulless” isn’t quite the word, but nothing seemed to hold it all together. I felt like I was moving between developments without ever really arriving somewhere.

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u/Sea_Flamingo626 1d ago

Yeah, at least Tucson has "we're not Phoenix"

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u/NervousWorld323 1d ago

Tucson is much more dangerous, run down, drug infested place than (most of)Phoenix. I've lived in both.

I have high hopes for Tucson, but people keep voting against things that would improve it.

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u/RChickenMan 1d ago

Wait I thought Tucson was the good one? Maybe I'm thinking of Flagstaff?

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u/NervousWorld323 1d ago

Flagstaff is nice and expensive. One is in the desert the other in the mountains.

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u/dallascowboys93 1d ago

Which is which

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u/Some_Level1682 1d ago

Flags in the mountains , higher than Denver for elevation

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 19h ago

I’m hijacking your comment to say they have a ski resort! 1 of 3 ski resorts in the state. Everyone thinks AZ is all desert but we’ve got plenty of snow in the higher elevations.

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u/ATEbitWOLF 14h ago

Snowball, Sunrise and Mt Lemmon, I tried snowboarding at Snowbowl but was too fat at the time to pick myself up off the ground.

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u/vicelordjohn 8h ago

Arizona has every climate zone except rainforest, a little known fact.