Arizona is nothing like most people think it is. Contrary to the vision most people have Arizona is full of mountains, trees, and a landscape that is not desert. Yesterday we took a bike ride up in the mountains at around 7,000 ft or more. Elk, and mountain lakes were on the trail. Some time back Kadizzle flew into Arizona on a clear day. The plane was low as it flew over where we now live. Looking down Kadizzle saw the incredible ruggedness of the area. Payson is surrounded by what everyone calls the Rim. The rim is an escarpment that runs for miles. Yesterday we walked along the edge and could see off in the distance the Four Peaks. If you get some elevation you can see sixty miles away mountains and peaks.
Payson is booming with people trying to escape Phoenix heat. The world is melting. Like the Titanic the band is playing as the ship sinks. Americans have become oblivious to the mess we are in. Like the old Mad Magazine said " What me worry?". Ignore it, it will go away. For some things that works fine, but when you planet is melting and Joe Machin cheers because he is making money in the process, you have a problem. Republicans are selling sand for other Republicans to stick their head in.
A big deal in Payson is finding a place for the peasants to live. The peasants do all the work for the nobility. There are not enough straw shacks, and the rent for the current shacks is too high. This happens in any nice area where the Nobility has second homes. Vail, Aspen, and elsewhere don't want the peasants in town. The usual solution is to have a nearby town full of rundown, ramshackle housing for the workers.
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