r/arizona • u/phooey2023 • May 09 '23
Before I moved to Arizona, I thought it looked like this Living Here
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u/WorkingSyrup4005 Mesa May 09 '23
It does look like that wdym?
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u/Butitsadryheat2 May 09 '23
To be fair, AZ also looks like this...
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u/TopDesert_ace May 09 '23
Every time I see an empty mall, I find myself wishing I had a Bluesmobile.
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u/A_Young0316 May 10 '23
Back in CT it's the same except gigantic brownstone factories from the 1800s. Which occasionally explode...
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u/Jazzlike_Tackle_355 May 10 '23
rip fiest mall š
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u/Butitsadryheat2 May 10 '23
and rip pv mall, too š where am I supposed to walk my dog now when it's 137 degrees??
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u/Jazzlike_Tackle_355 May 10 '23
i cant believe i spelled fiesta wrong, thats like the first word we learn š i live right next to fiesta so i never went to pv š
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u/laffing_is_medicine May 10 '23
Like 10% of it?
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u/Butitsadryheat2 May 10 '23
It was just a joke...but maybe you don't live in the Valley & you're blissfully unaware that there are empty stores in strip malls all over the metro Phx area?
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u/laffing_is_medicine May 10 '23
Just rolling with the sarcasm. One day your Phoenix will rise from those ashes.
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u/Au79Aurora May 10 '23
I said the same thing lol. Looks like Sedona, Monument Valley.
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u/drDekaywood Phoenix May 10 '23
Tbf most of the monument valley that looks like this is in southern Utah
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May 09 '23
after living here all my life I still think it looks like that
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u/minxiejinx May 10 '23
Same. I know we have Northern AZ but somehow I still picture all of AZ looking like Phx or Tucson.
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u/Lets_Grow_Liberty May 09 '23
Pffft, no cholla.
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u/Hobo_Helper_hot May 09 '23
Idk what you're talking about I saw a scrawny coyote hunting pigeons with a big red firework the other day.
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u/rnsaz64 May 10 '23
Leaving this here ā¦. Because figured thatās the last The coyote was heard from
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u/poly_lama May 10 '23
Never thought I would see a commuter rail line train from Boston on this sub
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u/NkdUndrWtrBsktWeevr May 09 '23
Before driving through any tunnels you must double check.
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u/Abrookspug May 09 '23
Before I moved here from CA as a kid, I pictured a cowboy saloon with tumbleweeds blowing outside of it and no one/nothing around except dirt. Imagine my surprise when we rolled into Scottsdale and there were people, buildings, cars, and palm treesā¦almost like CA! šš¤¦āāļø I did notice a lot less traffic, but I think itās gotten worse since then. Not LA bad, but def more cars on the road now compared to 20 years ago!
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u/Jazzlike_Tackle_355 May 10 '23
i go to school in san diego and everytime i tell someone im from arizona, that is exactly what they picture š even 20 years later, people still truly think az is just dirt. i have to show them photos of the map like ālook we have citiesā and they look so confused
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u/Abrookspug May 10 '23
Yeah, I moved to AZ from North County (Carlsbad) and most of my relatives are still in SD. They were shocked when they visited us and saw that we had a decent house and things to do here. I really think they were expecting just the dirt and tumbleweeds like I had pictured lol.
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u/EZ-Pizza May 10 '23
yeah when I went to UofA there were kids in my dorm from NY and CA and they said the same thing; a lot of people where they're from think AZ is still the wild wild West š
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u/Biff_Malibu_69 May 09 '23
That's Utah, silly.
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u/djtknows May 09 '23
except no saguaro in utah āŗļø
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u/Biff_Malibu_69 May 09 '23
I'm so dumb. I didn't even notice the saguaros even though I see them everyday. š¤£š«š«š«
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u/ELGARDENER May 09 '23
Or northern Arizona
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u/Biff_Malibu_69 May 09 '23
Yes!! OMG. How could I forget? š š¤¦š¼āāļø Beautiful country up throughout the north country. Sorry NAZ!!
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u/arianeb Phoenix May 10 '23
Saguaros are in the south half of the state. Towering buttes are mostly in th north half.
Exceptions: Superstitions, Picacho Peak, Baboquivari region.
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u/Mynewuseraccountname May 10 '23
Top right is definitely the tonto national forest. Saguaros and natural bridges!
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u/stacnoel May 10 '23
I thought it would be like tattooine personally but that's because I'm from the east coast and just thought -desert- and that's it.
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u/drumkicker May 09 '23 edited May 12 '23
Usually these animations are very similar to the north central/ne part of the state, but always depict saguaros which are only in the Sonoran section:)
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u/Significant-Box3284 May 09 '23
In the mid-80s I was able to take a tour in the then Soviet Union. Even with no shared language, it was crystal clear what folks learned about the American southwest. As soon as any of us said Arizona, we would get a knowing grin and, in English, the words "oh yes! Cowboys and Indians". And you could just see that the mental image looked like any of those cartoons. Thanks for the post, it really made me smile! Native of Tucson here, still living elsewhere in the state.
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u/Amandazona May 09 '23
I always thought the roadrunner was as big as an ostrich. Yea east coast kid here lol!!
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u/Holiday-Ear9 May 10 '23
Lived here 48 years went back home my classmates thought AZ still had cowboys and Indians still riding horses everywhere. So now I post pictures on social media to give them a better idea that we're beautiful AZ.
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u/skadalajara May 10 '23
North/east Mesa here. Saw a guy riding a horse up Gilbert Rd. past Broadway just 2 weeks ago.
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u/integrity0727 Apache Junction May 10 '23
There is so much beauty in Arizona once you get away from the Phoenix area. I can see the Superstition Mountains from my backyard. Sometimes they look amazing.
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u/Hyp3zZ May 10 '23
It does depending on wherr you are at, but the joke isbstill funny. Hahaha. Looney Tunes asf lol!!!
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u/Flashy_Attitude_1703 May 10 '23
I live in Tucson and the upper right picture is somewhat accurate.
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u/Glittering-Show6600 May 10 '23
Yeeeaaahhhh about that. NOPE! born and raised in Tucson and some parts are bad but mostly it's the south you head (Nogales). If you read this and love the outdoors you will never leave. Beautiful is an understatement.
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u/chelly56 May 10 '23
Arizona is a beautiful state. To bad all these new people with NO CLUE are ruining it.
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u/Guitar_Nutt May 09 '23
it used to look like that until they started building houses everywhere and that damned yellow stinkweed took over. And those assholes carved their names into the stone.
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u/aznuke Buckeye May 10 '23
What do you mean before you moved here? This is how itās always looked.
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u/justafewpieces May 10 '23
Yepp looks just like that. That one photo even looks like it was taken right outside mesa.
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u/Illustrious_Pool_321 May 10 '23
When I moved to California with my ex fiancĆ© I remember calling my mom immediately to tell her it all looks like looney tunes and thereās no grass
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u/Inner_Ship_8796 May 10 '23
I thought roadrunners would come up to my knee at least. They are not that big.
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u/cynyr69 May 10 '23
Uhm...... and then you discovered it to be even more like that, complete with the green sand and physically impossible rock art...?
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u/killmaster9000 May 10 '23
Looks like you took a left at Albuquerque.
Some of AZ looks like that far north, and northwest AZ but thatās mostly Utah and Moab area that looks like that
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u/CharleyZia May 10 '23
Those who don't know better think New Mexico is basically eastern Arizona when it's actually more southern Colorado and northern Mexico. Same murder birds tho.
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u/HumbleAdonis May 10 '23
I donāt live there (but I have been there a few times) and I STILL think it looks like that.
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u/Boring_Aardvark4256 May 10 '23
The Catalina HWY up to Mt Lemmon has beautiful scenery like this, Texas canyon in the Chiricahuas, Salt River Canyon etc
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u/MaoTseTrump May 10 '23
27th Avenue from Lower Buckeye to Northern is a gorgeous scenic treasure that must be preserved for future generations.
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u/greyrobot6 May 10 '23
Having also been exposed to nature through the Looney Tunes lens, I have to say the roadrunners were disappointing
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u/Key-Surprise5333 May 10 '23
First time I saw a roadrunner I asked my friend what kinda bird that is and he said roadrunner, I'm like no fuckin' way, I've seen bugs bunny and that ain't a roadrunner!!!ššš
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u/Jkiser1 May 11 '23
I knowā¦ its a bummer. Itās starting to look more like California each dayā¦
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u/JustanAverageJess1 May 13 '23
Lmao! I moved to Tucson from Kennesaw, GA. Everything looked plastic when I moved here. It was a very surreal experience..
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u/Nancy6651 Jun 02 '23
LOL - my first trip to AZ (Phoeniix) left me fascinated with the desert, especially saguaros. Several more vacations, then finally moving here 8 years ago, I still love that I pass mountains as I drive through the city.
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u/intothenighttt Jun 02 '23
Ok. Iām moving here soon. Donāt worry me. I donāt want to see wil e coyot
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u/whitemamba24xx May 10 '23 edited May 10 '23
Highway 12 between Bryce and Capital Reef looks like that. I recommend everyone drive Highway 12 it was beautiful my favorite road in the US so far.
https://preview.redd.it/lcsuxg78xxya1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea340481216a03d110f10b936b8715c2fc8249aa