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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Currently in Phoenix. The main driver here according to those who live here is the houses are actually empty half the year. Many are a second house owned by people in WA or other northern states. They come here in the winter when the weather is really nice, and the cold is fairly mild. Obviously this isn’t all of them but that is apparently why things keep growing, all th money the the 2+ houses folks bring in is significant.

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