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On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:36:15 -0700, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

>On 4/10/2024 1:07 PM, shawn wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:55:54 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> In article
>>> <1782814550.734460645.097495.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> One of my friends just shared a video with me touting the features of
>>>>> the latest Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) software and I was surprised
>>>>> to find that it was made in Scottsdale. It's essentially the first
>>>>> video footage I've seen of the place.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX4kekZ2Fps [25 minutes]
>>>>>
>>>>> I've always found it interesting to see places I've never been. They
>>>>> always seem to look different than whatever I've anticipated. This is
>>>>> no exception. I suppose I was expecting more sandy desert and cactus and
>>>>> fewer boulders and scrub grass and palm trees ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, anyone curious to see what the area looks like might find this
>>>>> an interesting video.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the post. I found it an interesting watch.
>>>>
>>>> It does confuse me on several points.
>>>>
>>>> The bashes he went to (supermarket) isn’t even in Scottsdale. It’s about 15
>>>> miles to the south in another city. Bashes supermarkets are all over the
>>>> place. There are literally half a dozen between the one he went to and his
>>>> friends house so I have no idea why he did that.
>>>>
>>>> The cheesesteak place he went to, I’ve never heard of, but it’s very near
>>>> my old office, and only a couple miles from where I live.
>>>>
>>>> Most of what you see in the video are freeways, industrial areas, shopping
>>>> centers. That is what those things look like but if you drove around
>>>> through neighborhoods people live in, you would see a lot more lawns and
>>>> greenery. Traditionally people move here from back east to get away from
>>>> their allergies and bring with them everything they were allergic to.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, palm trees are everywhere! I have had several. They are actually
>>>> rogue. They just appear in your yard one day and then decades later are 50
>>>> feet tall. I have had several removed because they were too close to the
>>>> house and were going to take the roof right off as they pushed on the eaves
>>>> from below.
>>>
>>> Yes, L.A.'s ubiquitous and signature palm trees are not native to
>>> California, either. They're an invasive species (actually several
>>> species) that people just happen to find attractive for landscaping.
>>>
>>> I've read that palms are also technically not trees. Don't know if
>>> that's true or not.
>> 
>> So it is just like the tumbleweed. We associate the tumbleweed with
>> the old west and palm trees with Los Angeles/Hollywood and neither one
>> actually belongs there.
>> 
>Tumbleweeds are real and they're found all over the West, maybe in the 
>midwest too. I've seen them and I live more than 1000 from SoCal.

Sure, they are real. Nobody is discounting that. I was referring to
them being an invasive species. I believe they first came from Russia
and have taken off like crazy. If I'm remembering right they showed up
after the Wild West days which is why I talked about the general
public associating tumbleweeds with the old west when the tumbleweed
showed up after the old west days were gone.