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Phoenix, Arizona Now The 5th Biggest City in the U.S.-Has Passed Philadelphia
- Thread starter Andrew Korenchkin
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Demographics is what gives.
Yep, this. Comparing metropolitan areas is far more meaningful than cities by themselves.
Houston has a larger population than Dallas, but Houston's borders also cover something like twice as much land area. When you compare metro areas, Dallas is actually more populous.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas
GoldenEye 007
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Yeah I think Houston is on pace to take over in the early to mid 2020s. Texas in general is booming - at least in urban areas.
smokeandmirrors
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Comparing city sizes and population.
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Do they go by TV market rank and not the actual city population?
NYCmetsfan
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The New York metro area is like 24 million though (though that might have overlap with Boston and philly)
Blood Diamonds
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At some point you become numb to the infernal Arizona heat and you just do what you gotta do.
I thought that too, but they're only talking about the actual city part of it, and not the surrounding suburbs.
You look at the Metropolitan area for the actual size of the 'city' as the rest of the world would define it.
Austin isn't as hot temperature wise but it has far worse humidity which to me is worse since you always feel sticky in that.
#dryheat
The really "hot" weather is only for a few months. The rest of the 9 or 10 months are great.
Beautiful desert landscapes, skiing in the north, spelunking in the south, hiking and walking trails everywhere.
Dry heat is one of those phrases that loses all meaning in 100 + degree weather. Its still brutally hot and oppressive. I've worked in Phoenix and walking a few blocks in the shade had me sweating like a ran a half marathon.
SoRuffShoNuff
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I always preferred to compare the metropolitan population. Many cities have large amounts of their population living right outside the city limits.
Sectorseven
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Do you get a lot of insects in your house there? Like, is it common to get scorpions and stuff in your room?
Friend of Sonic
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Conversely, I've been in 90-95 degree areas with heavy humidity and that shit is fucking awful. I find it to be worse than days in Arizona where it is 115+ degrees
V
Vilix
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True. I'm in Houston and it fills like a sauna mid December.
Lactose_Intolerant
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I have the same amount of bugs as anywhere else. You just get crickets and stuff in other parts of the country.
I found a fucking gecko in my house once in Chandler.
Yes.
Phoenix is still a pretty big market i wouldn't call them a small market team unless you are comparing it to LA/NY.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_television_markets
And Philly is still the 4th largest tv market, amazingly lol.
Andrew Korenchkin
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I co-sign this post.
That was kind of my point. Dry Heat makes sense to say when its 80 degrees out but when its over a 100? Its kind of a useless statement because it still feels like Hell on Earth and you're still gonna be drenched in sweat.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I've been there in spring and it was hotter than the hottest temperature on record where I live. I thought that I was going to dry up and burst into flame.
We also have no snow*, though it's not a long drive to find some.
I'm 11 minutes from the beach. I used to live one minute away.
*Ok, there's a few minutes of light snow about once every ten years.
Never been to Phoenix, but is this just massive housing sprawl? Seems kinda crazy
Days like these...
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I live in Houston and it's humid as a jungle. Shade won't help you. I'll take 100° dry heat over 90° and humid.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Pretty much. I can't tell when I'm in Peoria or Glendale when I'm about.
They are doing better with infill development in Tucson, at least.
Sub_Level
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Shit I'll take 100 dry heat over 80 and humid.
You folks in southeast texas...I don't know how you do it.
nabe_shogun
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Yeah. The whole place is flat and there's a lot of space, so you can build anywhere. I live in Mesa, which is pretty much all suburbs.
I live in the North East where it also gets humid as Hell and that doesn't negate what I said at all. Also being in the shade in dry heat over 100 degrees doesn't make a bit of difference either.
Yekshemesh
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lol only 5 hours?
On the super rare occasion when nyc has upper 90s and dry heat im just fine. High 80s and humidity, and im dying.
H.Cornerstone
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No! We are a desert! We can't handle that many people!
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FeenixRising
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5th largest city and the Suns still ain't shit.
The cheese on the nachos is cold
The chairs are dirty
You can park right next to he arena.
They put pickles on the Nachos instead of jalapeños
The hot dog buns are hard
The cheese on the nachos is cold
The chairs are dirty
You can park right next to he arena.
They put pickles on the Nachos instead of jalapeños
The hot dog buns are hard
Inside the NBA reference.
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Well you do you but I'll take 100° and dry over 85° and humid and shade does help if you're somewhere arrid won't help a bit if you're somewhere hot and humid.
Low average incomes and lack of corporate dollars.
SkyMasterson
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and Portillo's, two of them!
It was never a competition between which is worse. I just said that stating its a "dry heat" when its over a hundred degrees isn't really saying all that much as its still fucking oppressive as it gets.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Phoenix's Downtown area I think is great considering its potential for growth (it's gotten much more impressive over the years), but there is just too much separation once you get out of that area. Strip malls to me are the bane of existence, I hate them so much.
Yeah, there's potential there and some areas have vastly improved but it still sucks for a large city like Phoenix. Hopefully they keep adding money toward the development.
I hear you about strips malls. I completely despise Glendale for that reason. One flat city with nothing but strip malls.
The beach is closer to 4 hours, well depending on where you live in the city. Heading to Rocky Point myself next month.
I hate living in the valley. I plan on moving up north at some point. Maybe where they get a little snow. Flagstaff would be ideal. Beautiful city.
Lord Frieza
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Never been to Phoenix but every time I see it mentioned I think of this image.
Lol, first thing that I thought of, too