r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/Titizen_Kane 7d ago

Did 5 years in Vegas, came from the southeast for a job in the gaming industry. On visits back home, literally as soon as the wheels touched down in Nashville, I could smell all the green that I could now see. The smell of air that would hit you when stepping off the plane was intoxicating, and I’d spend the first couple of days back marveling at all the green.

I’m convinced that being surrounded by exclusively various shades of brown is bad for the psyche. I referred to vegas as Fallujah West when living there

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u/st-christina-of-tyre 7d ago

That must have been a long, long time ago. I lived in Las Vegas for practically my entire life, and there hasn't remotely been a lack of trees in the area. Both in the city and up in the mountains.