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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:36:15 -0700
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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.