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campus in the state. By the time I got back in 2000, most of it had been paved
over. Similarly, the old city-county building, where my fictional detective
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Surface parking lots are a big cause of local warming, which has increased
nighttime temperatures some 10 degrees in my lifetime, causing the summers to
be hotter and last longer, and turning normal monsoon storms into violent
affairs when they collide with the heat being released by all these square
miles of asphalt and concrete. The lots destroy the fabric of the city and make
walkability and convenience much more problematic. Many sit atop former
farmland, which will really matter in a future of food shortages. Take a drive,
ride light rail (WBIYB) or pull up Google Earth and look at all the parking
lots in Phoenix. Interestingly, most of them are largely empty most of the
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