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Originally Posted by Tiddlywinks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does it snow in that desert? If it doesn't how do you tell what season it is without leaves changing, haunted hay rides, apple picking and the inevitable snow fall and melt?

What do people/children do for fun? When I was a kid I used to climb trees, play in the creek, run around in the yard. I did have a sandbox but it was tiny. Nature was always right out my back yard. From the looks of the few photos it looks like nature is 500 miles away. Maybe it's a fertile oasis and the couple pics of the area just make it appear barren, but I'm really at a loss for why/how people live there?

Excuse the ignorance I've never lived, nor plan on living any lower than about 42n degrees latitude.

When we'd visit family in Albuquerque, we'd go hiking in the mountains or ride in their hot air balloon or play in their treehouse. There are plenty of neighborhoods there with some semblance of nature nearby. Not everyone watches documentaries of Afghanistan and thinks "my that looks like a lovely place to live".