Why does the US have huge cities in the desert?

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Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Phoenix, etc. I can understand part of the appeal (like Las Vegas), and it’s not like people haven’t lived in desert cities for millenia, but looking at them from Google Earth, they’re absolutely massive and sprawling. How can these places be viable to live in and grow so huge? What’s so appealing to them?

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Albuquerque was actually founded by the Spanish Conquistadors in 1706, so there was infrastructure already in place when the Americans moved in. Not to mention that being in the mountains means that the summers are more mild than the lower altitudes.

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