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A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it - The Guardian

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[–] LibertyLizard 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe but the amount of water needed to sustain human life is quite low. If water is prioritized for human use over agriculture and non-functional landscaping there should be enough. Right now much of it goes to non-essential things.

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

People in Phoenix treat their grass like they treat their guns, you can take their grass from their cold dead hands. There's no reason there should be year-round mosquitoes in a desert city.