Oops, I set myself up for that one! I don't think of myself as a
Californian since I only moved here 20 years ago to get out of the rain!
Once I got out of town, I thought Arizona was beautiful, if that helps. I
was just "piling it on" to disabuse the Easterners of the notion that
Phoenix was some sort of frontier town.
Cheers,
Max
BMC had this to say:
>Hi, Phoenix is one of those paradises that too many people moved to all at
>once. The freeways here are a mess because in the 80's they discovered that
>other people wanted to move here and live, like Californians who dislike
>earthquakes, fires, heavy rains and mud slides. The public transit here is
>pitifully almost like it was in other large cities 40's years ago. We get
>some many "visitors" to the state each and every year to see the Grand
>Canyon, the Metor Crater, Lake Powell and so many other wonderful sites that
>this state has and each want to hire a car rather than go around in tours and
>such. Yes beside Denver we have an abnormal amount of "Utes" around here.
>We are getting better about our pollution restrictions and running a British
>Car shop here as they say "sucks at time" with the standards that are coming
>out.
>
>Regards,
>Jon Nyhus
>British Motor Classics, Ltd
>Phoenix. AZ
>
>
>
>
>Max Heim wrote:
>
>> Well, at ground level Phoenix is not immediately distinguishable from LA,
>> except for the pervasive purple, orange and turquoise color scheme. Also,
>> replace half of the Mercedes with 4x4s. At any rate, perceived auto
>> density is not significantly lower.
>>
>> The crater is pretty big from ground level, too.
>>
>> Apologies to any Phoenicians whom I may have offended...
>>
>> Ajhsys@aol.com had this to say:
>>
>> >Well, no, actually. I flew over it a few times. They got that big hole
>> >that
>> >the meteor hit. Killed all the dinosaurs, I hear.
>> >
>> >Allen Hefner
>> >
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>> >
>> >In a message dated 2/14/00 7:41:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> >mvheim@studiolimage.com writes:
>> >
>> ><< Have you ever been to Phoenix?
>> >
>> > Ajhsys@aol.com had this to say:
>> >
>> > >You'd wonder why they are so anal about emissions in
>> > >AZ. There probably aren't that many cars per sq. mile. >>
>> >
>>
>> --
>>
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>> it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
>
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