As a lifelong Phoenix resident, this is a great video and very informative! One note, the pronunciation of Gila is "Hee-la" with the G making a soft H sound.
As a Gila Bend Highschool graduate (Yeah we're a big deal) I can confirm its Hee-La Bend or Hee-la River. Although Gee-La monster is wrong, it sounds funny so that gets a pass.
Ahem… as an Arizonan… The lake name usually comes first. Notably: Saguaro Lake Canyon Lake Apache Lake Roosevelt Lake (Aka: “SCAR”) …Bartlett Lake Only one I can think of where we say “Lake” first is “Lake Pleasant”. “Gila = Heeeee-Lah” 🌵🐍🦂
Phoenix is typically called the Valley of the Sun, but, actually it's in the Salt River Basin. One of the local sports pundits correctly calls us "Basinonians".
Enjoyed the video, you earned a sub from me (a rare phenomenon). I visited Phoenix in 1990 and after burning my bum on the seat of my rental car ((in April) I thought I'd never be interested in going back. But I am. You have a beautiful state.
sadly I no longer live in Arizona; but you gotta go back! I recommend checking out anywhere but the phoenix area: Prescott, Bisbee, Show Low, Sedona; these are some of the best small towns anywhere in the US!
I believe it was the breaking of a natural dam(s) that carved out the Grand Canyon. The flat areas down river from the canyon are a wide assortment of rock types. There's several areas along the river that were once very volcanic, including an area near the start of the canyon. It wouldn't surprise me if the Phoenix valley was much similarly formed.
slightly different process; grand canyon area had several floods that helped form it; the rising of the colorado plateau played the biggest role in its formation. It actually still has an active volcanic field on the northwestern section of it!
Ironically, replacing area farmland with homes, apartments, and other development dramatically lowers water usage. (Agriculture is thirsty work in the desert.) But that development also exacerbates our heat island effect.
Not to take a dump on your video but as a local I find it kind of a head scratcher ! You mentioned the other mountains you saw from the top of camelback most of which are in the city limits so to say the city is flat is puzzling .
@@thenaturalexperience2140But he has a point, and it affects the other three reservoirs along the Salt River, with Saguaro being the lowest, next Canyon, then Apache, finally Roosevelt. Still remember the mnemonic device I learned in Junior High in 1964: SCAR. I won't get into the names of each dam, but yes I remember those too, even though I haven't lived there for over four decades!
@thenaturalexperience2140 another good vid. Really enjoying the channel. If you haven’t yet, you should hike Eagle Eye Mountains near Aguila and Pan Quemado and Inscription Hill near Marana. Interesting volcanic landscapes. Oh btw, you were great in that Mushroom video ua-cam.com/video/U2speFzRpe0/v-deo.htmlsi=-s6qdtl8-_uyrxdL
I have driven passed that area, actually was thinking about doing a video about the Harquahala Mountains near there. I'm assuming you think I look like that guy in the music video; I'm gonna take that as a compliment because the song was good lol
Theres a mountain range in the middle of the city (Camelback is part of it). I live around it and am in a very hilly neighborhood. I guess Phoenix is overall kind of flat, but compared to most other large metro areas like Houston, Chicago or Jacksonville, I really don't think it is.
@@Wasserkaktus I got most of the shots for the video at the top of camelback; the video is more about relative flatness compared to the rest of the state; was just in Chicago, and you're right, wayyyyyy flatter
I don’t know if flat is the word I would use to describe phoenix it is literally surrounded by mountains I’m not sure if there is anywhere in the valley were you aren’t within a 25 minute drive from a mountain.
@@ngoodyke true true, but it has a unique level flatness that you can't really find anywhere in the state; it's also unusually low elevation for being in mountainous arizonas dead center
Very interesting video. Arizona is overlooked by many because they just think "desert" and thats it. But it is amazing in so many ways. For example, geologically arizona must be top 5 most interesting states in the country
@@thenaturalexperience2140 interesting! South of the actual city is South Mtn in an East/West, with a corner of the Estrellas, as well as San Tan mtn range south of east valley, also east/west , but YES down the 347 and th I-10 is pretty darn flat all the way to sky Islands. PS, the Gila River is localy known as HEELa River. Also, SRP stores water underground at 2 locations to try and mitigate some evap. Western Phoenix is really where it has me wondering about the surrounding mountains too. Lots of lava remnants down the I-8 and the I-10 can be seen.
@@mcoffroadinaz4075 all those lava remnants are from the crustal thinning and basin and range formation that I mentioned in the video! there is even some active volcanism still going on along the Mexico/US border just east of Yuma!
Interesting theory, some geologists think there used to be an ancient sea in the area; but the estimates place that as being over 100 million years ago, which means it wouldn't show up prominently today
@@thenaturalexperience2140 Geologists have a bad habit of putting things they don't understand in the "millions of years ago" category, probably because the concept of Earth being 4.5 billion years is just too long for the human brain to grasp. The "lake" in the Valley of the Sun was probably less than 5,000 years ago, to about 2,000 years ago, but it could be even older, because I'm pretty sure one of the poles was located in what is now northeastern AZ or southeastern UT, east of Navajo Mountain, very near Mexican Water AZ. The sediments that created all those strata now visible were laid down, during its occupancy. A flood of Biblical proportions raced through the area, starting about 4,500 years ago, leaving a body of water almost 350 miles in diameter atop the Four Corners.
Geologists have a bad habit of putting things they don't understand in the "millions of years ago" category, probably because the concept of Earth being 4.5 billion years is just too long for the human brain to grasp. The "lake" in the Valley of the Sun was probably less than 5,000 years ago, to about 2,000 years ago, but it could be even older, because I'm pretty sure one of the poles was located in what is now northeastern AZ or southeastern UT, east of Navajo Mountain, very near Mexican Water AZ. The sediments that created all those strata now visible in the Four Corners region, were laid down, during that pole's occupancy, maybe 100,000 years ago., maybe millions Whenever it was, the area looked very different. a pancaked region of dry caliche mud baked into stone. So it was, when a "flood" of Biblical proportions raced through the area, starting about 4,500 years ago, leaving a restless body of water almost 350 miles in diameter sitting atop the Four Corners. Slowly, that body drained away, in fits and starts, until finally, it was all gone, leaving onl the river that drained the region to carve its canyon
lol I haven't watched this yet but the title has me chuckling...like who would actually ask that question? "why is Phoenix so flat" its flat because it is a valley between mountains and its flatness is why people came here for agriculture thousands of years ago and then in modern times built a vast city. it is just nature. BUT am I interested? yes...yes I am
@@ms_khoff not necessarily; the rio grande rift is named as such because it is centered along the rio grande valley in New Mexico and Colorado. The process that created the rift is similar to the process that created the basin and range province which I described in the video. The rift is a spreading center associated with processes called lithospheric delamination and mantle upwelling. I'm actually gonna be in the rio grande valley in about a month and will definitely make a video explaining it further! Thanks for your comment!
@@jettpearson424 The traffic can be absolutely horrendous at rush hour. Totally get what you're saying, I even mention that in the video; it's about relative flatness and low elevation as compared to the rest of the state around the region.
yeah it's been absolutely crazy! i've been looking at the forecast; can't believe y'all haven't gotten so much as a drop for quite awhile... and monsoon season was not good this year...
Stumbled upon?. I think they stumbled down the washes as evidenced by traditional human paths that Ford model a are food like sycamore creek at the base of the mazatals. And the original tall mountains eroded to fill the valley.
@@charlesokeefe8788 I was more talking about the founding of Phoenix, when Europeans found the area while expanding westward and staking mining claims; it proved to be a great area to set up camp due to all the freshwater resources and flat ground which was great for farming and building. Mountains eroding is part of the flattening for sure, but this video also addresses why phoenix is low elevation to begin with, and also how those mountains that eroded to fill the valley came to be. Thanks for your comment!
@@tenminutetokyo2643 so there is two schools of thought: in summer when the air is stagnant and really hot, something called ground level ozone can form when sunlight interacts with pollutants and thus the air looks really smoggy as a result. In the winter, hotter air above phoenix traps colder denser air which doesn't allow the pollution in the denser air to escape upwards; thus you also get smog (this is called temperature inversion). Thanks for your comment!
I was actually just biking in south mountain; I was more talking about relative flatness and low elevation compared to other parts of the state; AZ is one of the most mountainous states in the US
@thenaturalexperience2140 While riding your bike, notice that you'll need to be two gears lower going in one direction versus the opposite direction. And we all know Arizona is mountainous, the phone company is even named Mountain Bell!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 man I'm a Native of Mesa Arizona and the way you pronounce and flip the names of the lakes is hilarious 😂 with all research learn the way to say the names.
@thenaturalexperience2140 any place has rough spots, Mesa is one of the top places to live. But attack a city you're likely not going to pronounce correctly.
It’s very mountainous idk what you’re coming from. I’ve been to d.c Baltimore and Oklahoma City and la and those places are flatter. Did you hit your head my dude?
@@dchief2924 it's a matter of relativity; phoenix is flat compared to the rest of Arizona; and the ground there is surprisingly level. Really this video is about why it is so low lying even though it's in the center of a very mountainous state, and why it's flat compared to the rest of the hilly landscape. Phoenix is very mountainous compared to Kansas; no need for petty insults bud
We appreciate the comment, but his observations relative to other parts of Arizona is fair. Tucson is also flat as a filled region of alluvial material. However, Tucson enjoys significant sky islands that surround it. The key is to draw a diagonal line from the northwest to the southeast; this is the Mogollon Rim that separates the desert fields of Yuma, Tucson, and Phoenix vs Flagstaff, Show Low, Grand Canyon, etc. He shows this in his video. It makes sense that ancient indigenous people came here for the rich soil and tributary rivers.
its not why is it flat or why is it hot, the question is why people still live there when its so flat and hot. All the industry that doesn't physically need to be there should up and move to some depressed rust belt city and fix it up
@@confuseatronica can't disagree with you; they definitely need to eliminate the usage of all that concrete; it's making the place way hotter than it already is!
Your question should be, "why do people keep moving there, not why do people still live there". I still remember when we were all astounded when the "Welcome to Phoenix, Population 100,000" sign went up.
Downtown Phoenix is 1090 feet and my house, also in Phoenix is at just under 1500 feet elevation. Not sure how that qualifies as "very low elevation." Also, there are several mountain ranges right in the city. Sure, most of the development is in the areas of the city that are not mountainous, saving the mountains as open land for parks and hiking trails. I used to live in coastal Florida. Now that is flat and very low elevation.
He means compared to the area. Right before he said "very low elevation" he talked about how there are mountains everywhere. At around 2:30, he explains it further.
Where does UA-cam come up with stupid videos like this? Has this person even been to Phoenix? It has many large areas of mountain preserves and offers great hiking, mountain biking, and rock climbing that one can do without leaving city limits.
As a lifelong Phoenix resident, this is a great video and very informative! One note, the pronunciation of Gila is "Hee-la" with the G making a soft H sound.
@@ubiquitousbear i'm just glad I pronounced Saguaro right this time 😅 thank you!
@ That’s definitely the hardest one for a lot of people not from here, so kudos!
Yeah, but pronounced “Prescott” correctly!
@@thenaturalexperience2140
“Suh-wharrr-Oh” 😂 🌵
As a Gila Bend Highschool graduate (Yeah we're a big deal) I can confirm its Hee-La Bend or Hee-la River.
Although Gee-La monster is wrong, it sounds funny so that gets a pass.
Ahem… as an Arizonan…
The lake name usually comes first.
Notably:
Saguaro Lake
Canyon Lake
Apache Lake
Roosevelt Lake
(Aka: “SCAR”)
…Bartlett Lake
Only one I can think of where we say “Lake” first is “Lake Pleasant”.
“Gila = Heeeee-Lah”
🌵🐍🦂
My bad, I live near Lake Tahoe, so i'm just used to the "Lake" part coming first 😂
@ - Makes sense! 🌊 Great video! 👏🏻
Really enjoying your videos man, great job!
thank you!
Another cool and understandable video, keep up the good work man!
@@evanwhit8614 thank you! I appreciate that
Everyone thinks AZ is all flat cactus land when it’s mostly mountains and half of it gets snow in the winter.
I used to live in Flagstaff; last winter I was there we received 140 inches of snow... Arizona has some serious weather and temperature diversity
Great video. Watching these videos quickly gets you educated about lots of different areas!
@@Vicente007 I appreciate that brotha
The drone footage is really good, audio is improved, great video I like 👍
I appreciate that! will be using drone footage in the future as well (:
Phoenix is typically called the Valley of the Sun, but, actually it's in the Salt River Basin. One of the local sports pundits correctly calls us "Basinonians".
yeah I was fascinated to learn about that when I first moved there
Sweet drone footage💪
@@stevenw350 thanks, for the comment and the idea 😤
GOOD VIDEO - Always fun times here in ARIZONA !
yes indeed!
This has been my favorite video so far. Maybe because I live here. I learned a ton. 😊
i appreciate that!
Always wondered about this. Thanks for the info.
of course, thanks for watching
Very insightful! Awesome work
I appreciate that!
You hiked camelback for this video? Respect😂.
Nice video!
@@JcksnACC It was harder than I thought it would be 😅 (thanks for your comment)
Wow! Great video
Enjoyed the video, you earned a sub from me (a rare phenomenon). I visited Phoenix in 1990 and after burning my bum on the seat of my rental car ((in April) I thought I'd never be interested in going back. But I am. You have a beautiful state.
sadly I no longer live in Arizona; but you gotta go back! I recommend checking out anywhere but the phoenix area: Prescott, Bisbee, Show Low, Sedona; these are some of the best small towns anywhere in the US!
I thought that area is being stretched. IDK
@@hertzer2000 I do cover that in the video; it's part of the basin and range province which is getting stretched
I believe it was the breaking of a natural dam(s) that carved out the Grand Canyon. The flat areas down river from the canyon are a wide assortment of rock types. There's several areas along the river that were once very volcanic, including an area near the start of the canyon. It wouldn't surprise me if the Phoenix valley was much similarly formed.
slightly different process; grand canyon area had several floods that helped form it; the rising of the colorado plateau played the biggest role in its formation. It actually still has an active volcanic field on the northwestern section of it!
I don't even live in Arizona and this shit is dope keep it up boss
was gonna say "language"; but honestly I can't disagree. Thanks for watching (:
Imagine if Phoenix built up instead of out 😪
@@DuneJumper would be way less hot that's for sure 🥲
People move to Phoenix for cheap land. Building up would destroy the market.
@@chriswren1825 the land is no longer cheap
Imagine being able to think past one thought and realize your wishes and imaginations are pointless.
Ironically, replacing area farmland with homes, apartments, and other development dramatically lowers water usage. (Agriculture is thirsty work in the desert.) But that development also exacerbates our heat island effect.
Not to take a dump on your video but as a local I find it kind of a head scratcher ! You mentioned the other mountains you saw from the top of camelback most of which are in the city limits so to say the city is flat is puzzling .
Awesome job
It is saguaro lake and not lake saguaro
this is by far the most hilarious correction i've ever gotten 😂
@@thenaturalexperience2140But he has a point, and it affects the other three reservoirs along the Salt River, with Saguaro being the lowest, next Canyon, then Apache, finally Roosevelt. Still remember the mnemonic device I learned in Junior High in 1964: SCAR. I won't get into the names of each dam, but yes I remember those too, even though I haven't lived there for over four decades!
@thenaturalexperience2140 another good vid. Really enjoying the channel. If you haven’t yet, you should hike Eagle Eye Mountains near Aguila and Pan Quemado and Inscription Hill near Marana. Interesting volcanic landscapes. Oh btw, you were great in that Mushroom video ua-cam.com/video/U2speFzRpe0/v-deo.htmlsi=-s6qdtl8-_uyrxdL
I have driven passed that area, actually was thinking about doing a video about the Harquahala Mountains near there. I'm assuming you think I look like that guy in the music video; I'm gonna take that as a compliment because the song was good lol
Theres a mountain range in the middle of the city (Camelback is part of it). I live around it and am in a very hilly neighborhood.
I guess Phoenix is overall kind of flat, but compared to most other large metro areas like Houston, Chicago or Jacksonville, I really don't think it is.
@@Wasserkaktus I got most of the shots for the video at the top of camelback; the video is more about relative flatness compared to the rest of the state; was just in Chicago, and you're right, wayyyyyy flatter
I don’t know if flat is the word I would use to describe phoenix it is literally surrounded by mountains I’m not sure if there is anywhere in the valley were you aren’t within a 25 minute drive from a mountain.
South Mountain and the Sierra Estrella mountains are literally a 5-10 minute drive from downtown phoenix.
@@ngoodyke true true, but it has a unique level flatness that you can't really find anywhere in the state; it's also unusually low elevation for being in mountainous arizonas dead center
@@thenaturalexperience2140yeah that is true
Very interesting video. Arizona is overlooked by many because they just think "desert" and thats it. But it is amazing in so many ways. For example, geologically arizona must be top 5 most interesting states in the country
@@darthcycy Its always gonna be number 1 in my book!
Same here!
Great explanation. If you squint a bit in Phoenix and do a 360, it sort of has a strange resemblance to a mega-caldera. Just having fun.
@@mcoffroadinaz4075 yeah if it had a solid mountain bounding it to the south I would totally think it was
@@thenaturalexperience2140 interesting! South of the actual city is South Mtn in an East/West, with a corner of the Estrellas, as well as San Tan mtn range south of east valley, also east/west , but YES down the 347 and th I-10 is pretty darn flat all the way to sky Islands. PS, the Gila River is localy known as HEELa River. Also, SRP stores water underground at 2 locations to try and mitigate some evap. Western Phoenix is really where it has me wondering about the surrounding mountains too. Lots of lava remnants down the I-8 and the I-10 can be seen.
@@mcoffroadinaz4075 all those lava remnants are from the crustal thinning and basin and range formation that I mentioned in the video! there is even some active volcanism still going on along the Mexico/US border just east of Yuma!
@@thenaturalexperience2140 Very cool. I love learning my area.
Nice video...great work
thank you 🙏🏻
I thought Furnace Creek, CA in Death Valley was the hottest city in the US?
it's not a city; it's an incorporated area
Simple everything melted
Phoenix gets hot in the summer but it's not the hottest consistently. That title belongs to Yuma and Bullhead city.
@@mikesharp1974 Very true, I believe Lake Havasu holds the record temp in the state; I was more saying it's the hottest major metro in the country
It's an ancient lakebed.
Interesting theory, some geologists think there used to be an ancient sea in the area; but the estimates place that as being over 100 million years ago, which means it wouldn't show up prominently today
@@thenaturalexperience2140 Geologists have a bad habit of putting things they don't understand in the "millions of years ago" category, probably because the concept of Earth being 4.5 billion years is just too long for the human brain to grasp.
The "lake" in the Valley of the Sun was probably less than 5,000 years ago, to about 2,000 years ago, but it could be even older, because I'm pretty sure one of the poles was located in what is now northeastern AZ or southeastern UT, east of Navajo Mountain, very near Mexican Water AZ.
The sediments that created all those strata now visible were laid down, during its occupancy. A flood of Biblical proportions raced through the area, starting about 4,500 years ago, leaving a body of water almost 350 miles in diameter atop the Four Corners.
Geologists have a bad habit of putting things they don't understand in the "millions of years ago" category, probably because the concept of Earth being 4.5 billion years is just too long for the human brain to grasp.
The "lake" in the Valley of the Sun was probably less than 5,000 years ago, to about 2,000 years ago, but it could be even older, because I'm pretty sure one of the poles was located in what is now northeastern AZ or southeastern UT, east of Navajo Mountain, very near Mexican Water AZ.
The sediments that created all those strata now visible in the Four Corners region, were laid down, during that pole's occupancy, maybe 100,000 years ago., maybe millions Whenever it was, the area looked very different. a pancaked region of dry caliche mud baked into stone. So it was, when a "flood" of Biblical proportions raced through the area, starting about 4,500 years ago, leaving a restless body of water almost 350 miles in diameter sitting atop the Four Corners. Slowly, that body drained away, in fits and starts, until finally, it was all gone, leaving onl the river that drained the region to carve its canyon
lol I haven't watched this yet but the title has me chuckling...like who would actually ask that question? "why is Phoenix so flat" its flat because it is a valley between mountains and its flatness is why people came here for agriculture thousands of years ago and then in modern times built a vast city. it is just nature. BUT am I interested? yes...yes I am
@@AsTheWheelsTurn exactly, totally get where you're coming from; I wanted to answer that rather simple question from a geologic perspective 😁🤙🏻
Does the Rio Grande rift not at all play into the flatness?
@@ms_khoff not necessarily; the rio grande rift is named as such because it is centered along the rio grande valley in New Mexico and Colorado. The process that created the rift is similar to the process that created the basin and range province which I described in the video. The rift is a spreading center associated with processes called lithospheric delamination and mantle upwelling. I'm actually gonna be in the rio grande valley in about a month and will definitely make a video explaining it further! Thanks for your comment!
thanks for this useful explanation. I look forward to that video!
W video, good having PHI 241 with you
the man, the myth, the legend himself; thanks brotha
Because of the way that it is.
true
It’s really not that far between mountains everything is about 30 minutes away from each other at best as long as it’s not 3-6pm
@@jettpearson424 The traffic can be absolutely horrendous at rush hour. Totally get what you're saying, I even mention that in the video; it's about relative flatness and low elevation as compared to the rest of the state around the region.
makes sense it hasent rained at all this year and all we get is freaking dust storms also its december and its still 85 degrees outside.
yeah it's been absolutely crazy! i've been looking at the forecast; can't believe y'all haven't gotten so much as a drop for quite awhile... and monsoon season was not good this year...
Stumbled upon?. I think they stumbled down the washes as evidenced by traditional human paths that Ford model a are food like sycamore creek at the base of the mazatals. And the original tall mountains eroded to fill the valley.
@@charlesokeefe8788 I was more talking about the founding of Phoenix, when Europeans found the area while expanding westward and staking mining claims; it proved to be a great area to set up camp due to all the freshwater resources and flat ground which was great for farming and building. Mountains eroding is part of the flattening for sure, but this video also addresses why phoenix is low elevation to begin with, and also how those mountains that eroded to fill the valley came to be. Thanks for your comment!
I've never heard the Gila river said that way, you are definitely not from here
I’m guessing gravity🤣
definitely part of it 😂
The real question is: why is it so smoggy.
@@tenminutetokyo2643 so there is two schools of thought: in summer when the air is stagnant and really hot, something called ground level ozone can form when sunlight interacts with pollutants and thus the air looks really smoggy as a result. In the winter, hotter air above phoenix traps colder denser air which doesn't allow the pollution in the denser air to escape upwards; thus you also get smog (this is called temperature inversion). Thanks for your comment!
Anyone who thinks Phoenix is flat has never ridden a bike there.
I was actually just biking in south mountain; I was more talking about relative flatness and low elevation compared to other parts of the state; AZ is one of the most mountainous states in the US
@thenaturalexperience2140 While riding your bike, notice that you'll need to be two gears lower going in one direction versus the opposite direction. And we all know Arizona is mountainous, the phone company is even named Mountain Bell!
Who told you it’s flat?
your mom
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 man I'm a Native of Mesa Arizona and the way you pronounce and flip the names of the lakes is hilarious 😂 with all research learn the way to say the names.
Mesa is rough my dude, sorry to hear that
@thenaturalexperience2140 any place has rough spots, Mesa is one of the top places to live. But attack a city you're likely not going to pronounce correctly.
Because the earth is flat - duh
I know its Flat...
It’s very mountainous idk what you’re coming from. I’ve been to d.c Baltimore and Oklahoma City and la and those places are flatter. Did you hit your head my dude?
@@dchief2924 it's a matter of relativity; phoenix is flat compared to the rest of Arizona; and the ground there is surprisingly level. Really this video is about why it is so low lying even though it's in the center of a very mountainous state, and why it's flat compared to the rest of the hilly landscape. Phoenix is very mountainous compared to Kansas; no need for petty insults bud
We appreciate the comment, but his observations relative to other parts of Arizona is fair. Tucson is also flat as a filled region of alluvial material. However, Tucson enjoys significant sky islands that surround it. The key is to draw a diagonal line from the northwest to the southeast; this is the Mogollon Rim that separates the desert fields of Yuma, Tucson, and Phoenix vs Flagstaff, Show Low, Grand Canyon, etc. He shows this in his video. It makes sense that ancient indigenous people came here for the rich soil and tributary rivers.
You hit your head dude if you think phoenix is more mountainous than La
Pronounced ahhhwaaahh fria
its not why is it flat or why is it hot, the question is why people still live there when its so flat and hot. All the industry that doesn't physically need to be there should up and move to some depressed rust belt city and fix it up
@@confuseatronica can't disagree with you; they definitely need to eliminate the usage of all that concrete; it's making the place way hotter than it already is!
Something tells me you have no interest in the subject.
Your question should be, "why do people keep moving there, not why do people still live there". I still remember when we were all astounded when the "Welcome to Phoenix, Population 100,000" sign went up.
Downtown Phoenix is 1090 feet and my house, also in Phoenix is at just under 1500 feet elevation. Not sure how that qualifies as "very low elevation." Also, there are several mountain ranges right in the city. Sure, most of the development is in the areas of the city that are not mountainous, saving the mountains as open land for parks and hiking trails. I used to live in coastal Florida. Now that is flat and very low elevation.
He means compared to the area. Right before he said "very low elevation" he talked about how there are mountains everywhere. At around 2:30, he explains it further.
Yea you seem to have the lack of intelligence that comes with being from Florida 🤡
Maybe too many flatearthers live there?😊
I gotta tell them to climb Mt Graham nearby so they can see the curvature of the Earth themselves
Where does UA-cam come up with stupid videos like this? Has this person even been to Phoenix? It has many large areas of mountain preserves and offers great hiking, mountain biking, and rock climbing that one can do without leaving city limits.
yeah youtube really does come up with some stupid stuff; definitely not a former phoenix resident 😅