I understand in a post AC world that cooling is not the issue. However, I dont understand why we make cities in deserts when water consumption is so great. How do cities like Las Vegas supply so much water.
Even if they have access to water, why would you want to build a city where temperatures are so brutal. The same goes for northern cities in Canada to be fair.
(I am Canadian so sorry if it is an obvious answer)
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Usually an economic or strategic benefit to them, initially. In the American West/SW there were gold, silver, and mineral booms that spawned cities that had varying longevity.
Military bases have also been built there, and those need places to house people, and those people need things to do and infrastructure. More business means more people, which means more business. Eventually you get a city.
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