re: #256 Justanotherhuman

I could never understand why people wanted to live in the desert unless they lived like the cliffdwellers and in pueblos, like the few natives who braved it. And when I see large houses, swimming pools and grassy golf courses and lawns, I want to yell, Get out and take your lawn with you!

I’m pretty sure the Navajos didn’t live where Phoenix is. They lived (and still do) up by Flagstaff, where the high elevation makes for a much more moderate climate. I think the name of the Phoenix Valley in their language translates as “place where it’s too hot”.