Comments on: How Phoenix is becoming more like Minneapolis (and vice versa) http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 07:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: shawn feller http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1595288 shawn feller Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1595288 We have not been conditioned or want everything to look the same...such design is not Darwinian capitalism in action...it's due to poor planning, spineless politicians and architects and city planners who cannot think outside their programed little box of a brain... We have not been conditioned or want everything to look the same…such design is not Darwinian capitalism in action…it’s due to poor planning, spineless politicians and architects and city planners who cannot think outside their programed little box of a brain…

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1593048 eviladrian Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1593048 Nothing like living on "reclaimed" swamp land, until the next big storm hits and the swamp re-reclaims it... Nothing like living on “reclaimed” swamp land, until the next big storm hits and the swamp re-reclaims it…

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592977 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592977 Costco Palm Springs (actually Palm Desert), late October: <i>- Can you point me to the fertilizer?</i> <i>- Sorry, sir, the garden supplies have all gone for the winter to make room for Christmas items.</i> To better understand this, the average daily high here on Halloween is 85°.  You can't go outside to garden <b>until</b> the end of October.  I guess that you're just supposed to buy all your gardening supplies <b>and plants</b> in spring and store them in the dining room for five months. Costco Palm Springs (actually Palm Desert), late October:

- Can you point me to the fertilizer?
- Sorry, sir, the garden supplies have all gone for the winter to make room for Christmas items.

To better understand this, the average daily high here on Halloween is 85°.  You can’t go outside to garden until the end of October.  I guess that you’re just supposed to buy all your gardening supplies and plants in spring and store them in the dining room for five months.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592966 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592966 https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/267668887124996097 https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/267668887124996097

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592940 wysinwyg Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592940  Applebees' what?  (Bland food?  Tacky decor?)  Applebees’ what?  (Bland food?  Tacky decor?)

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592943 wysinwyg Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592943 Great article, Maggie.  Always nice to see you published in higher-profile publications (not to dis the work you do here). Great article, Maggie.  Always nice to see you published in higher-profile publications (not to dis the work you do here).

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592900 IronEdithKidd Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592900 Shame on MNDNR for allowing wetlands to be filled without equal volume/s.f. mitigation.  I'm stunned there's something Michigan is doing better than Minnesota. Shame on MNDNR for allowing wetlands to be filled without equal volume/s.f. mitigation.  I’m stunned there’s something Michigan is doing better than Minnesota.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592750 franko Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592750 Applehive? Applehive?

]]> By: Sveden http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592647 Sveden Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592647 Comparing Minneapolis to Phoenix is about the cruelest article title I've ever seen you publish, Ms. Maggie. Comparing Minneapolis to Phoenix is about the cruelest article title I’ve ever seen you publish, Ms. Maggie.

]]> By: johndavidstutts http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592638 johndavidstutts Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592638 How dare you blaspheme against Applebees!?!?!?!? Shame, shame, shame How dare you blaspheme against Applebees!?!?!?!? Shame, shame, shame

]]> By: ZA_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592633 ZA_SF Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592633 We'll continue to argue over what catalog grass variety will "complete" our space - the future of Phoenix is already written in its past. Nature bats last, and there is no method to appeal her verdict. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Grande_Ruins_National_Monument We’ll continue to argue over what catalog grass variety will “complete” our space – the future of Phoenix is already written in its past. Nature bats last, and there is no method to appeal her verdict. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Grande_Ruins_National_Monument

]]> By: trace http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592617 trace Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592617 Father, forgive these dopes; for they know not what they do. Father, forgive these dopes; for they know not what they do.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/how-phoenix-is-becoming-more-l.html#comment-1592597 Nathan Hornby Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196421#comment-1592597 Applebees' Applebees’

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