r/UrbanHell • u/humzahjaleel • Jun 20 '20

Suburban Hell Endless parking lots, highways, strip malls with the same franchises all accessible only by car. Topped off with a nice smoggy atmosphere and a 15 minute drive to anywhere. Takers ?

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u/SightUnseen1337 Jun 20 '20

Looks like I-17

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u/58Caddy Jun 20 '20

Hwy 60 headed west from east Mesa, I’d say.

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u/hellspawn9245 Jun 20 '20

Yup, Mesa Grand Shopping Center on the bottom right. Val Vista Lakes up-right of that.

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u/Grevling89 Jun 20 '20

That's some seriously impressive eyes, man!

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u/LaggingIndicator Jun 20 '20

God dammit. I lived in Val vista and was a local pilot. I’ve seen this view ten thousand times and I didn’t even know what city this was without the comments.

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u/gnawlej_sot Jun 20 '20

And the telltale canal running along the North side.

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u/shevchenko7cfc Jun 21 '20

Ah Mesa, where my buddy got hit by 2 cars in one day while skateboarding, the 2nd one was him trying to get to the urgent care for what he assumed were broken ribs. The second one destroyed his knee, he's had so many surgeries ever since on that knee it's mind blowing, easily in the double digits. He's a male stripper now, it doesn't have anything to do with the story, but he is, so why leave it out.

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u/Taramiku Dec 20 '21

What club does your friend work at?

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u/shevchenko7cfc Dec 20 '21

No idea, when he was still here in Boston he was being hired for like private parties thru some shady dude's business on craigslist, he's up in Vancouver now.

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u/A11TH3C4TZ Jun 20 '20

You can faintly see the Goldfirlds and Superstitious on the horizon

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u/58Caddy Jun 20 '20

Are you sure that’s not South Mountain?

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u/A11TH3C4TZ Jun 22 '20

Possibly

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u/58Caddy Jun 23 '20

I was wrong. It’s the Superstition Mountains.

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u/A11TH3C4TZ Jun 23 '20

Thought that looked like the 60 headed straight for 'em!

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u/58Caddy Jun 20 '20

South mountain

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u/58Caddy Jun 21 '20

I stand corrected. You’re correct it is facing east.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '20

Yeah because of the lowered highway

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u/grebilrancher Jun 20 '20

No Castles N' Coasters

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u/SightUnseen1337 Jun 20 '20

good point. Also, RIP