Beauty from another place. Could you live in the desert?

@TheHorse (238361)
Walnut Creek, California
June 18, 2019 10:17am CST
At my college reunion, I hung out one day with my old friend Paula, who currently lives in Arizona. Like me, she enjoys her gardening, but the plants she grows are mostly succulents. She just sent me a picture of her organ pipe cacti. I don't think I'd ever even heard of such a beast. I don't know if I could live in the desert (could you?). I like green too much. But if I did, I'd try to get to know the flora and fauna there.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69226)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jun 19
My daughter lives in Tucson. She loves it and all the desert lack of plants. To me, its a parking lot filled with gravel. To her, its nirvana.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jun 19
Yeah, I like Flagstaff. But the area around Phoenix looks like a moonscape to me.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69226)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jun 19
@TheHorse Exactly and Tucson is even further south than Phoenix.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
@sallypup I dunno that I could stand Tucson.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
19 Jun 19
No, I would not like to live in the desert, it's too dry, not good for my health.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
20 Jun 19
@TheHorse I like the rivers, the forest, the mountains covered with snow. Desert is too dry.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
I'm not sure how it would affect my health. But I love greenery. I actually feel extra relaxed and happy when I visit my relatives on the East Coast of the US in Spring or Summer. It's so lush there.
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scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
19 Jun 19
i did.i lived in arizona for 6 years. i HATE those jumping chollas tho.one got me in a pair of spandex,i swear i wasn't that close to it..ended up throwing them out cause i could never get all the needles out.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
I have been attacked by cacti as well.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135988)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jun 19
I like to see green too. But that is pretty.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135988)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jun 19
@TheHorse I enjoy them too. But still want to see that green grass.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135988)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jun 19
@TheHorse I enjoy them too. But still want to see that green grass.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
My friend loves her cacti.
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Angie
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Jun 19
No I don`t think I could live there but it would be nice to have a vacation home there. I would eat some of those cactus. I love green to much too, and trees, I really love my trees.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
I love trees too. I don't know how to harvest cactus.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
@andriaperry Tell me about it. The words "little pricks" come to mind when I think about it.
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Angie
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Jun 19
@TheHorse I do.
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dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8482)
• Algeria
18 Jun 19
No no no I don't like hot weather
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
What is the weather "normally" like in Algeria?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jun 19
@didinedhia I'd have to look at a map to find your city. Is it inland?
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dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8482)
• Algeria
21 Jun 19
@TheHorse algeria is a big country!!! you talking about my city?? usualy the summer here is reallllly reallyyyy hott
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
19 Jun 19
'tis a beaut! nope, can't see ya livin' out'n such. lots 'f green'n deserts, jest not the rich emeraldy kinda green yer used to :)
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14802)
• Ireland
18 Jun 19
@thehorse Been through the desert on a horse with no name .... sorry.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
Sigh. I never did take my horse to the desert. Those guys had pretty good harmonies. But...
DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
18 Jun 19
I vacationed in Arizona twice. Scottsdale was more to my liking than Tucson, but I prefer living by oceans.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 19
I like oceans too. Santa Barbara was beautiful. But I like rolling green hills and mountains as well. Both Montana and Iowa are pleasing to me.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
19 Jun 19
@TheHorse I have been to Arizona and it is a nice place to visit. I checked it out when I was thinking of where I wanted to live and it was not me to live there. When I came to Israel the year before I came to live here I found what I was looking for and so here I am after 30 some years. I am a city girl and if I would have found what I was looking for instead of coming to live here in Israel maybe Arizona but not really because I have to live in Israel because it is the only Jewish State we have. After living here I could not live anywhere else. We have desert here but I am a Jerusalem person so have to live in our capital. I bet that was a mouthful for you.
DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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19 Jun 19
I would probably enjoy the sunshine until the summer temps typically hit 100 plus. A place like most desert areas better enjoyed during Fall and Winter.
Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
13 Aug 19
I lived in Phoenix for around three years and I found it good. I had no issue with infrastructure and day to day basic things and so life was an easy one just like any other city in US. Yes living in desert in a developing or underdeveloped nation might be challenging.