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Originally Posted by RonnieFoos
Fortunately, it's the minority that follow him. I've been entertained by some of his pieces when it comes to Phoenix history as I learn a lot from before I was ever here. But the bashing really takes away from his criticisms. Phoenix has come a long way just in the last 2 or 3 years, let alone the last decade since he has lived here. But he seems to clash with his own ideologies though. He goes back and forth from the "glory days" of Phoenix...which was sprawl...to pushing for urbanism which Phoenix is actually doing more of today.
I think he's jealous he isn't here to enjoy it 
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There is always a weird conglomerate of Phoenix haters
1. Angry young people that want to “get out”
2. Old timers that lament any change
3. Eastern transplants or Californians that are mad that Phoenix isn’t New York
4. People that live in some far out suburb and think the city is boring despite never leaving their suburb
So you get this contradictory complaining that they want the city to get developed and people complaining that it’s developing too much. Or you get some unfair complaint like about our sprawls as if that’s not a problem in everybody large metro it’s like they choose to forget that nyc and an gmfrancisco still have sprawl. Or that there are no old buildings
What are we supposed to do? Go back in time and redound Phoenix sooner? Tear down 70 years of suburban development? Outlaw cars?the whole thing gets very juvenile
If you stand back and look at this city is actually doing a great job urbanizing itself