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Well fuck, I was gonna say both of those things

This is why I moved the fuck out after a year.

DuranOfForcena posted...

having to do sweeps of your home with a UV light every day to check for scorpions, in your house?

if find one and restrain it well enough to remove the tail they're good eating when fried.

How hot is it? (awaits joke)

My favourite city on earth.

CE with wrong opinions as always.

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Has he not contacted any kind of pest control? We had some scorpions when we first moved in back in October and after a few treatments haven't seen any inside even with it being summer and them being pretty active. Still occasionally see them on the outside walls of the yard but that's no biggie.

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Some cultures eat scorpions, yeah. Not sure about just scooping up the ones here in Phoenix to eat but it's probably fine.

meh its not that bad to be honest. There are too many people here for sure but people have lived in deserts for as long as humans have existed.

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you don't have to sweep your house with UV, just check your shoes. respectfully, your brother is being paranoid. i've encountered way more lizards in the house than I ever have scorpions. think i've only even seen a bark scorpion get in like, maybe twice.

I lived there for about 5 years and it's not that bad. monsoon season (which is what they are in now) sucks though.

Scorpions also kind of depend on where in Phoenix you live.

When I lived in Tempe and Mesa, I never saw any.

Gilbert? Oh yeah.

stormtrooper634 posted...

meh its not that bad to be honest. There are too many people here for sure but people have lived in deserts for as long as humans have existed.

It is currently hotter than has ever been observed or theorized. Argument to history only works when the action has existed within the bounds of what has happened before.

Murphiroth posted...

Scorpions also kind of depend on where in Phoenix you live.

When I lived in Tempe and Mesa, I never saw any.

Gilbert? Oh yeah.

Yeah I can see dealing with Scorpions if you live in one of the cities on the outskirts like Casa Grande or Marana, but I cant say I ever saw one in the valley.

Thought Phoenix Arizona was a pornstar name when I read the title ngl

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/phoenix-arizona-pavement-burns-heat-wave_n_64bbf7aae4b093f07cb4f0ba

A Phoenix burn doctor is warning of the severe injuries people are experiencing after making contact with pavement as the city contends with a brutal heat wave.

We are seeing lots of patients who are falling down onto the concrete, pavement, asphalt, and suffering really, really deep burns as a result of that, Dr. Kevin Foster, the director of the Arizona Burn Center, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview that aired Thursday.

electricbugs2 posted...

Yeah I can see dealing with Scorpions if you live in one of the cities on the outskirts like Casa Grande or Marana, but I cant say I ever saw one in the valley.

Oh they can definitely show up in the Valley, it's just less likely.

You'll get weird infestations where one house has them and no one else does.

'nother scorcher

It seems to me like it's a bad idea to live in a place where you can suffer life-threatening burns just by making contact with the ground

I hated going shopping during the day there. Parking lots were so big and ofcourse black. I'm glad their moving towards "cool pheatwave.

Sometimes I could barely make out which truck was mine because of the heatwaves.

Man who has been to one city exactly:

electricbugs2 posted...

My favourite city on earth.

I'm surprised more homes in Phoenix aren't built underground.

People always hating on Phoenix this time of year but the shoe goes on the other foot pretty quickly when winter rolls around and cats from Boston, or Winnipeg, or wherever are scraping two feet of snow off their cars to get to work.

Butterfiles posted...

Man who has been to one city exactly:

Lol what? Ive travelled extensively in North America. Admittedly havent hit Europe yet, but no. I adore Phoenix and would give up a nut to move there permanently.

Would make a good stage name for a pornstar.

Thats insane. Its 96 here and I can barely go outside for long. I went to the store a minute ago and it was oppressively hot. I grew up in Louisiana, but dry heat gets to me.

Dry heat >>>>>>>>>> humidity by a long shot.

Humidity is even more oppressive than dry heat.

Murphiroth posted...

Dry heat >>>>>>>>>> humidity by a long shot.

Humidity is even more oppressive than dry heat.

Yeah this. I'm probably just used to the desert but phoenix is manageable. Tucson is fine too, but yeah lot more scorpions out here ice probably found about 7 in my house over the years.

I generally have no idea why people committed to building a massive city like Pheonix where they did.

I had to strap a tarp over a load there in my last trucking job around noon and it was the hottest most miserable hour+ of my life.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

It seems to me like it's a bad idea to live in a place where you can suffer life-threatening burns just by making contact with the ground

To be fair, if you lay down on the pavement in the dead heat of summer anywhere you would get burns.

ForsakenHermit posted...

I'm surprised more homes in Phoenix aren't built underground.

They're mostly single story because it's too energy inefficient to cool upper levels.

electricbugs2 posted...

would give up a nut to move there permanently.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/5/AAfcteAAEsYJ.jpg

LOL, wut?

Euripides posted...

LOL, wut?

The summers admittedly are a little bit ridiculous (Hottest I've experienced in Canada is 113), but the other 8 months of the year? Sign me up.

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That's a non-concern if you keep a Pallid bat roost in your house. They eat all the Scorpions for miles.

Is the cost of living low at least? Considering its hotter than hell.

They should build their homes underground with the way things are going

I think it's kinda cool and shows what we can do in terms of building homes and cities in such a climate. And considering that places like Arizona and Nevada have really good residential water conservation techniques, it also shows that we're able to adapt and use technology in such a climate.

Desert landscaping is also pretty cool and beats a regular lawn. And desert architecture is pretty nice as well

Priere posted...

Is the cost of living low at least? Considering its hotter than hell.

They should build their homes underground with the way things are going

It used to be when I was there, but I left just before the 2008 recession.

With everything said about the heat,I loved it there. Granted I hated the walk to get to my truck anywhere I went during peak summer.

I helped fix a barbed wire fence in Suprise when it was 115 out and it was fine, just had to wear a straw hat and a light long sleeve shirt.

Priere posted...

Is the cost of living low at least? Considering its hotter than hell.

As a Canadian, my mind was shattered at how cheap real estate is. (Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, and Paradise Valley are the only places that come even close to housing prices in BC right now)

But I was there with a 1st cousin from Texas, and she found everything expensive, so I guess it depends where your coming from.

I mean it's named after a literal bird of fire that always reignites...

it's a dry heat

I've only been to Phoenix once, but it was one of my least favorite cities I've ever visited in the US, and I've been to over 30 states.

That just means its coming back to life, right?

TendoDRM posted...

I've only been to Phoenix once, but it was one of my least favorite cities I've ever visited in the US, and I've been to over 30 states.

I'd go in winter or mid-late fall/ early spring but never in the summer.

thronedfire2 posted...

it's a dry heat

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/health/arizona-heat-burns-er/index.html

It's so hot in Arizona that people are suffering burn wounds when they fall to the ground. We're in the real life version of the Floor is Lava over here.

Every single one of the 45 beds in the burn center is full, he said, and one-third of patients are people who fell and burned themselves on the ground. There are also burn patients in the ICU, and about half of those patients are people burned after falls.

ForsakenHermit posted...

I'd go in winter or mid-late fall/ early spring but never in the summer.

It was December when I was there. It was the endless sprawl that I hated most. I can't imagine living there this time of year when it's just a furnace.

emblem-man posted...

I think it's kinda cool and shows what we can do in terms of building homes and cities in such a climate. And considering that places like Arizona and Nevada have really good residential water conservation techniques, it also shows that we're able to adapt and use technology in such a climate.

Desert landscaping is also pretty cool and beats a regular lawn. And desert architecture is pretty nice as well

"conservation techniques?"
Does this really look like there's water savings going on?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/1/2/AAeB0AAAEsZM.jpg

Seems awful green to me, and not palm tree green.

Most places have grass lawns. There's very little desert landscaping.

Pitlord_Special posted...

People always hating on Phoenix this time of year but the shoe goes on the other foot pretty quickly when winter rolls around and cats from Boston, or Winnipeg, or wherever are scraping two feet of snow off their cars to get to work.

Exactly. That's my argument when i "tolerate" the heat in Arizona. I'll take being indoors with ac and blazing temperatures outside, than snow filled winters where you have to prepare so much more.
Cold hurts me, the heat kinda makes me feel alive.

Where are the freaking pics?

https://youtu.be/4PYt0SDnrBE

Peggy is right. And to make matters worse, civic leaders keep trying to get more people to move to this literal hell hole.

ForsakenHermit posted...

I'm surprised more homes in Phoenix aren't built underground.

This.