I was in phoenix last weekend. I'm amused at your "how did I live anywhere else" because I was very sure very quickly that I did not want to live there. It's certainly interesting and different, but I'd have to cultivate an appreciation of the sparse and stark that does not come easily to me. Also I had a headache each day from dehydration.
But I'm glad you love it.
The cool and bizarre thing was the purple cactus. You might not have those in tucson? they're the normal boring plate cactuses that got down near the freezing point. The darker the purple, the colder it was. It doesn't hurt the plant! It doesn't kill it or anything! It just turns it purple! WTF!
My sister doesn't have roving peccaries, but she's in a large subdivision with a wall. Maybe the wall is to keep out peccaries. Also she's renting a 3700 sq foot house with a bit of yard for approximately the same price as my current apartment, which is running cheap for a nice three-bed, and doesn't have a wet bar or a garage and I had to carve my office out of the living room with bookcases. But then I remember that I was there during a cold snap and it was still too hot... I may revise my opinion when I'm under snow.
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But I'm glad you love it.
The cool and bizarre thing was the purple cactus. You might not have those in tucson? they're the normal boring plate cactuses that got down near the freezing point. The darker the purple, the colder it was. It doesn't hurt the plant! It doesn't kill it or anything! It just turns it purple! WTF!
My sister doesn't have roving peccaries, but she's in a large subdivision with a wall. Maybe the wall is to keep out peccaries. Also she's renting a 3700 sq foot house with a bit of yard for approximately the same price as my current apartment, which is running cheap for a nice three-bed, and doesn't have a wet bar or a garage and I had to carve my office out of the living room with bookcases. But then I remember that I was there during a cold snap and it was still too hot... I may revise my opinion when I'm under snow.