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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My ex’s grandmother and her family moved to Albuquerque because she had tuberculosis and at the time the only treatment for it was a dry climate. Because it was a desert area, there was also less pollen that could be a problem. That’s changed with the increase in population. More people moving there meant they also wanted plants they were familiar with and those introduced species needed water and produced pollens.
Back in the 80s my FIL said the city was on top of an aquifer and they would never run out of water. I don’t think that’s the case now.
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