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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Overpopulated, overpriced, no water and temps that would make Satan cry it's hot. How many more signs do people need before they will stop moving there?

[–] bossito 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Attraction for the abyss? Isn't Miami also having a population boom despite of all the signs of floods incoming?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Florida is falling apart. If it's not the floods then it's high inflation. Soon people won't be able to insure their homes in the sunshine state.

[–] peanut_boy 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why don't more people move to Flagstaff if they want to live in Arizona? Further north and higher altitude means more reasonable temperatures. They have actual pine forests in the middle of the martian-looking desert. It's really cool. Plus, they're closer to both the Grand Canyon and the Antelope Canyon, not to mention the Utah national parks. But for some reason everyone moves to Phoenix and Tucson.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Flagstaff is a nice area. Phoenix's problem is the artificial house scarcity problem. So many companies seen the crazy growth after 2008 and bought up a bunch of houses for AirBnB.

"AirDNA found that from February 2017 to January 2023, Airbnb and VRBO listings in Phoenix more than quadrupled, growing to 21,000 from 5,000. A request for comment from Airbnb was not immediately returned on Friday."

https://www.businessinsider.com/phoenix-airbnb-super-bowl-weekend-short-term-rental-market-2023-2?op=1

Removing that many homes from an area will make prices skyrocket. Ashville NC, Myrtle Beach SC, Nashville TN, are some other areas dealing with it as well. Minus the extreme heat.