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You are likely to see more people in the middle of the desert on a hiking trail than downtown Phoenix on a Sunday afternoon.
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It is a place where you can’t see any raindrops on the ground when it is raining. Evaporation is in light speed.
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You can see at least 3 tattoo shops in 3 minutes walk in Downtown but reaching to the closest grocery store takes at least 20 minutes by walk. In other words, it can be easier to get a tomato tattoo than a real tomato.
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The spring and fall seem to coexist in Phoenix. You can see a tree full of yellow leaves next to a blooming one.
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Any basketball or baseball game you would go probably will make you feel as if you are in a different city. The supporters of the rival team are almost as many as (or sometimes more than) the supporters of Phoenix team.
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The best jokes about Phoenix are the ones you hear when you are out of Phoenix. Key words include hell and heat.
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Who would have thought that Phoenix used to have a more expansive “light rail” system 100 years ago?
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While a deserted looking building can actually be a cool art gallery or coffee shop, a mall looking building is always a car park.
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The grass in a garden means more than grass in Phoenix. It means wealth.
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If you are driving your car at speed limit, you are likely to be the slowest.
PS. Yes, the blog post is not about persuasion. I persuaded myself that this post would be more interesting to the audience than sharing my limited knowledge on persuasion. I hope you will be persuaded too after reading it!
by Derya Kaya
edited by Sophia Mayberry
I loved this list, Derya! As someone who has lived in Phoenix for four years after splitting my childhood between Arizona and Nebraska, I love seeing other people’s take on the city. Numbers 8-10 are really astute observations.
Thanks Caitlin! I am glad you liked it! Actually this is my second blog post about Phoenix. I wrote another one couple of weeks after I arrived to Phoenix: http://deryaka.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/10-reasons-to-love-phoenix/
I came from a completely different city (Istanbul): a metropolis with 15 million of people and a history that goes back to thousands of years. So, no wonder why i keep noticing surprising facts 🙂
Derya,
I loved that you took a different approach for this blog post. It was very creative! All of your facts are spot on – I didn’t even know some of them (like 7) until you wrote about them.
I am persuaded Derya! 3,6,8 and 10 are my favourite and you know why.
Haha Derya I liked this post! I’ve lived in Phoenix my whole life and you are spot on. And number 3 was the best, grocery shopping is the worst downtown!
This was a very interesting and good observation. I’ve lived in phoenix since 2007 but didn’t notice or pay attention to some of those things. I will definitely pay more attention to things in phoenix especially downtown. The number of coffee shops in downtown is surprising. I look forward to your next blog.