PHOENIX, ARIZONA (VALLEY OF THE SUN) UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM AKA THE BIG TOASTER (WHERE THE NFL TEAM THE CARDINALS PLAY) This place is basically a rest stop. Its out in the middle of nowhere and its a series of poorly laid out chain restaurants and bars that no one ever goes to when its not game day. Its a shopping mall thats basically set up to be like a downtown in a small exurb, because their poor urban planning led to no one being able to actually walk around anywhere. Fifty yards from the development, theres nothing but scrub brush and human bones. Its like one of those cities China built and then decided to abandon. "The whole state is a s****y sprawl that is 90 percent gas stations and Laundromats. Its layout makes it easy for rich people to live in a science-fiction style where they dont ever actually have to see or interact with the peasants, who are all busy getting their IDs checked by the cops every five minutes. The heat bakes peoples brains and makes them crazy." EATING UP DESERT! WILL THE SPRAWL CONTINUE? EXCERPT FROM BRAZILBRAZIL.COM, 2013 PHOENIX IS NOW THE 6TH LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE US AND IT HAS BEEN RUNNING NECK TO NECK WITH LAS VEGAS FOR THREE DECADES AS THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN AMERICA. THE METROPOLITAN PHOENIX AREA IS LOCATED IN MARICOPA COUNTY, WHICH ITSELF COVERS AN AREA OF 9,226 SQUARE MILES. TO PUT THIS IS SIMPLE TERMS, THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA HAS A POPULATION GREATER THAN 17 STATES: ALASKA, DELAWARE, HAWAII, IDAHO, MAINE, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW MEXICO, NORTH DAKOTA, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, VERMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, AND WYOMING. CONSIDER ALSO THAT MARICOPA COUNTY'S 9,226 SQUARE MILES MAKE IT GEOGRAPHICALLY LARGER THAN THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, HAWAII, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, MASSACHUSETTS, AND RHODE ISLAND. THAT IS BIG!