![]() People want to be less dependent on their cars instead walking or taking the light rail to restaurants and cultural destinations. Downtown Phoenix Inc, a think tank established to encourage more businesses, residents, and visitors, reports that in 2018 Phoenix has already seen an 85 per cent spike in its downtown population. Phoenix is also a city of newcomers that, according to US Census Data, added 220 people a day in 2017. ![]() With sticks and stones, the Hohokam carved almost a thousand miles of canals into the desert, creating the most advanced irrigation system in the New World to deliver water from the Salt Water river to their crops. Such an architectural juxtaposition may seem incongruous in other urban landscapes, but not in Phoenix, a metropolis that is barely 150 years old.Īlthough considered a new city, its network of canals - more miles of waterway than Venice and Amsterdam combined - is a reminder that Phoenix was built on the ruins of the ancient Hohokam civilization. ![]() Just north of downtown Phoenix stands the McClelland Irish Library, in the form of a latter-day 12th century Norman castle. Migration seems less complex and consequential given the abundance of opportunities for virtual connections to home, but “the ache of the uprooted plant” persists, reminding us that sometimes there is no substitute for a real social network in a physical space.įor the Irish diaspora, or for anyone seeking to connect with Ireland, an unlikely opportunity exists in Arizona's Valley of the Sun, best known for its 299 days of sunshine each year and its multi-city sprawl - each of which boasts a sister city in Ireland and Northern Ireland. With family and friends just a mouse-click away, we might be forgiven for believing we can feel at home wherever we are in the world.
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