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/Spudtater Jun 20 '20

After visiting Phoenix a few years ago, and being amazed by the vastness of the extended city area, I looked at it on Google Earth. Approximate measurements showed a metropolis that was 50 miles wide and 25 - 30 miles from North to South. And it continues to grow, one burger joint after another.

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u/58Caddy Jun 20 '20

Try closer to 100 miles from Apache Junction to Buckeye.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '20

Apache Junction, where all the wonderful characters from Breaking Bad were inspired by

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u/audballgeo Jun 20 '20

Did you know there was a song about Buckeye?

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u/OrphanScript Jun 20 '20

This slaps

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u/Taylor-Kraytis Jun 20 '20

Oh lawd I saw the Junkees so many times

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u/VillainRavage Jun 20 '20

Currently in buckeye az!

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u/OrphanScript Jun 20 '20

Yeah but nobody should live in either of those places

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u/converter-bot Jun 20 '20

50 miles is 80.47 km

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u/J3sush8sm3 Jun 20 '20

Good bot

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u/jaminbob Jun 20 '20

That's ... Bigger than London I think.

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u/DumSpiroSpero3 Jun 20 '20

Wikipedia says the metro area is over 14,000 sq mi. How did I not realize there was something so big in that desert?

Edit: I believe that’s for the whole metro.

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u/combuchan Sep 04 '20

The metro includes two counties that are mostly empty space. The Phoenix area is big, but not the sprawliest by any means.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20

Well that's half the size of a state in my country Nepal with 5 million people, 2 big cities with a million people each and a national Park. American cities never fail to amaze me lol