"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:v9Nud.246308$R05.80734@attbi_s53...
I was in Phoenix with my kids hockey team the first weekend of October.
First time I had been there since the mid 70's when I was a kid on a
family trip. I can't for the life of me figure out why anybody would
live there even in the winter, much less the hotter months. If you don't
golf you have absolutely nothing to do. Give me Florida and a nice humid
85 on the beach anytime.

I was with you until you hit that Florida note. Florida is like a hot,
wet, sticky blanket, with large insects.

I can take it for a week in March, though...

Phoenix, on the other hand, is just about the ugliest city I've ever seen.
Dirty, brown, dusty, barren, with lots of street people and wailing
sirens.

But, again, I can take it for a week or two in winter!

;-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

What else would a desert be but brown, dusty and barren? It's precisely
because people don't appreciate it's natural, rugged beauty that we find
ourselves in a water crunch. People should let the desert be a desert and
stop trying to convert it into some lush paradise which it isn't meant to
be.

As for the dirty part...Phoenix is no worse (and certainly a lot better)
than many major cities around the country.

The homeless situation is directly tied to the weather. Makes sense doesn't
it? If you're gonna be sleeping outside, why not go where it's warm? Been
to Seattle lately? I seems to me that there are just as many homeless (if
not more...) in Seattle and they are a lot more aggressive when it comes to
panhandling. I've never felt threatened by anyone on the streets of
downtown Phoenix...but I've had the bejezus scared out of me a couple of
time in Seattle by people rushing up and getting right in my face for spare
change.

Dunno why you think we have an over abundance of sirens. We certainly don't
hear them much down here in the SE part of the valley. Maybe you just have
overly sensitive ears? :O)

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ