After having a semi-frustrating conversation centering around the livability of Phoenix Arizona, me and some friends naturally wondered: "whose dumbass idea was it to build a city in the middle of the desert anyway?" awoo.space/media/r0HB29GsgiU2O awoo.space/media/1n82hUGbGTdx-

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CW: US History, the bad bits 

I read more. It gets worse.

If anyone else thought that outfti looks a little... Confederate Uniform, then, well, good job. 😩

He wanted to name the city Stonewall. 😩 😩 😩

And finally, "in light of the rebirth of a town after the collapse of the Hohokam civilization, the name Phoenix predominated." 🤦

(Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_)

CW: US History, the bad bits 

@celesteh Oh, yeah, I'd seen that part already, it's not QUITE as bad as it sounds, but there's still some weird white triumphalism inherent in that name.

Also, as far as it being a native settlement... sure, but they probably didn't have an expectation of unbridled population growth to over a million people. :)

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