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Kali

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6. nothing like lawns, lots of green golfcourses, and artifical lakes to maintain the delusion

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 3, 2021, 11:58 AM

Feb 2021

pools can actually be maintained pretty conservatively if they are kept covered most of the time, but that doesn't work so well where it gets really hot. not exactly refreshing to dive into a 95 degree pool when it is 110 out.

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Tensions rise over company's plan to sell Colorado River water in Arizona [View all] Kali Feb 2021 OP

The fact is though that the burbs use way less water than farms. Mosby Feb 2021 #1

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you can get an even better sense just living here Kali Feb 2021 #4

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nothing like lawns, lots of green golfcourses, and artifical lakes to maintain the delusion Kali Feb 2021 #6

I have also lived in Phoenix and Tucson. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #10

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