[riri]

Here in Phoenix--it looks exactly like before the crash. Houses are, again, being built everywhere. The giant McMansions that you couldn't give away after the crash? They are going up everywhere too.

Some people never learn.

[moehoward]

I was back there a couple years ago and the transformation was amazing, things had really turned around.. At least on the west side of town, which was hit harder. Looked like 1980’s Beirut over there.

AZ was an early casualty so an early recovery makes sense. SB1070 didn’t hurt either. Lots of folks got back to work “doing jobs Americans don’t want’.