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Originally Posted by Dariusb
Buckeye Native was the inspiration of this thread based on a comment that was made in my thread about traffic since Covid 19. What's the relationship between Phoenix and Tucson? What's their future? Do you think that they will grow closer together one day and become more interconnected or is there just too much space between them? I haven't been to Tucson since 2013 or Phoenix since 1992 so it's been a hell of a long time. Are they anything alike or very different?
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I dont suspect it will ever really happen. Phoenix and Tucson are 150 miles apart with lots of farm and open desert between them. Not to mention Reservations that will never be developed.
Before 2006/7 when massive exurban sprawl was at its peak they predicted sprawl going all the way to tucson, but I just dont see that happening unless pre Great Recession sprawl comes back into popularity.
Whats more likely are Maricopa, Casa Grande, Coolidge and Florence are going to act as their own semi-metro between the two.