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Knowing there are worse things to find in your home than a bug:
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Using the time you saved not having to adjust your clock to talk about how Arizona doesn't participate in daylight saving time:
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Feeling the difference between degrees:
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Not seeing a ton of greenery, but enjoying plenty of dirt, pebbles, and pavement:
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Knowing that anything forgotten in your car is going to melt/overheat/warp:
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Being surrounded by never-ending construction:
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Having to watch out for red light and speed cameras:
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Taking an odd sense of pride in the ridiculously hot temperatures:
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Being SO BORED that you'll just go to a store for entertainment, but then also having to deal with the sun:
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Incorporating the surrounding nature into your festive holiday decorations:
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Knowing the pain of a piping hot buckle:
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Feeling like you need a shower even though you're already soaking wet:
13.
Feeling lost without the restaurant options that you know you can find in Arizona:
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Knowing what it's like in the desert and yet expecting something different every fall:
15.
Having trust issues because of mirages:
16.
Being okay with "pretty hot" days because you've experienced EXTREME, SCALDING HEAT ones:
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Seeing that "iPhone needs to cool down before you use it" message:
18.
And finally, knowing that beautiful sunset you're seeing is going to be ALL OVER social media: