Arizona restricts Phoenix home construction amid water shortage

Something like 70% of water usage in AZ is agricultural [1] Somehow this never gets talked about. Somehow it&#x27;s always &quot;dumb to live in the desert&quot; but growing water-intense crop... no problemo.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.arizonawaterfacts.com&#x2F;water-your-facts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.arizonawaterfacts.com&#x2F;water-your-facts</a>

As they should - whoever thought it was a great idea to put a massive sprawling city in the middle of the fucking desert (with a single small river with which to draw any sort of water) was out of their mind.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong - I lived in Southern AZ during my undergrad years (Go Cats!) and loved it. It&#x27;s a nice place....in the winter. But the summers there are BRUTAL beyond belief, and in times of climate change and things getting hotter, there&#x27;s no reason to continue to build and bring in new residents - it&#x27;s just not a good idea.