decades

Downtown Phoenix, near 7th St & Thomas, alley view

Remember when Phoenix was the ideal Southwestern city? We didn't have many fancy restaurants back then, but we had lots of beautiful desert. And maybe this wasn't the place to spend a lot of time; more of a fly in, drive out, but it was very affordable. We didn't have the big store names as much back then. But we did have lots of entrepenuers that would sell you almost anything, for not very much, cause the rent was so cheap.

Now we have the Metrorail, big sports arenas and $10 martini's. We have high end people living in low end parts of town, securely protected by iron gates and big dogs. What little character there was here seems too diluted to notice anymore.

I guess, some people have changed the city, but the city hasn't changed some people.

taken 08/23/2005