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Phoenix is emerging as the city of the future (www.axios.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"The broad attention is showing the world what local leaders have spent the past half-century trying to prove: This desert city can be a major player in global tech and manufacturing."

But putting the water shortage in the very last sentence of the story? Seems like burying the lede.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Between water shortages and extreme heat/weather it doesn't seem Phoenix will be anything other than in trouble in the future.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That’s why they’re putting out a puff piece to get people to move there before it’s too late lol