Phoenix: The Good, the Bad, and the Mildly Dystopian

Insane streets with wild traffic configurations, robot taxis that play trance music, scorpion exterminator billboards everywhere — what more do you want? Phoenix, Arizona has it all...including some pleasant surprises too! ---------- CityNerd is on Nebula, the creator-owned streaming service, ad-free! Using my custom link gets you 40% off an annual subscription, and really helps the channel. https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd Also STILL available: the Lifetime offer! $300 for Nebula as long as both you and Nebula exist, and a full 1/3 of the price goes directly to support this channel. https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=citynerd And! Gift cards -- get the same deals using my code, but gift a membership to someone who needs weekly (ad-free and promo-free) Nerd propaganda! http://gift.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon — a way to directly support my ability to talk about what i want to talk about every week. Much appreciation to all of you who are already patrons! https://www.patreon.com/CityNerd ---------- Want to help restore sanity to 7th Street and 7th Avenue in Phoenix? Check out the End Reverse Lanes effort, there are lots of ways to pitch in! https://www.endreverselanes.com/how-to-help The Urban Phoenix Project does great work organizing folks to advocate for a more livable, less car-dependent Phoenix. Get involved here! https://www.urbanphoenixproject.org/donate ---------- Previous CityNerd videos referenced: - Inside the Las Vegas LOOP: https://youtu.be/XfVdge8DhB4 ---------- Resources: - Bukhamsin, Mohamed. "Applied Project Thesis Report — CEE 593: Reversed Lane Study — 7th Avenue and 7th Street Evaluation, Analyses, and Alternatives." 2024, Arizona State University - https://www.scottsdalerealtors.org/2024/02/01/phoenix-cuts-some-multifamily-parking-minimums/ - https://www.phoenixcountryclub.com/ ---------- Images - All courtesy yours truly (and Google Earth of course)! ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities BlueSky: @nerd4cities Threads: @nerd4cities Twitter: @nerd4cities ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: [email protected]