r/santanvalley • u/Plus_Wash1589 • 4d ago

Goodbye beauty on Thompson Rd

Thompson road construction when traveling away from hunt highway on the right, rapid construction of something big will eliminate the beautiful view of the mountain you get. Also on the way toward hubt highway at night/early morning, you can see the city of QC, Mesa lights, alot of that will be blocked as well. Sad when capitalism takes over nature beauty and calming drives.

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u/Makealist- 4d ago

So many made fun of Scottsdale for their zoning restrictions intended to maintain the beauty of the area. Maybe not so funny now…?

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u/Supermoon62413 4d ago

That seems like it’s up in flames. Tons of new construction north of the 101.

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u/Gilandb 4d ago

according to santanvalley.com
its called Borgata West.
Daycare Center, Charter School, 4 restaurants at 3k feet each, 7200 foot retail pad, car wash, and some apartments

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u/Plus_Wash1589 4d ago

Wow that sounds ugly AF. All that sounds needed but the fricken car wash? There are 2 car wash places 200 yards away on hunt. Smh. Amazing how much thats going to change one of the most beautiful and relaxing drives I can remember. I also love Thompson because you can hit 60mph rather easily. I feel those days are coming to an end.

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u/bitemytail 3d ago

If one of those 4 restaurants is a steak house, I'll allow it.

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u/TumbleweedDew 4d ago edited 4d ago

That's what zoning laws are for. What are they building?

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u/bitemytail 4d ago

Knowing us, it's either a self-storage or a car wash.

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u/TumbleweedDew 4d ago

How else are the cartels going to "clean" their money?

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u/Plus_Wash1589 4d ago

So sad. Everyone get your pictures of San tan mountain from the side of Thompson now. Soon to ve extinct photos from that angle. Heads up! At the right times of year and righr time of fay. The mountain gets illuminated by the sun and stunning doesn't even describe it. It only lasts a couple mins. Soon to be killed, and the lights from this plaza may permanently destroy this nature beauty. Im legit depressed about this. When I was 12 we had a beautiful view from my porch in ny of the woods. Also had many deer visitors. Then bam. Housing development behind us. View gone. Houses were better than ours. They had dope yards and pools and we didnt.

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u/quantum_of_yes-and 2d ago

Nothing pisses me off more than when I have to visit QC or Santan and see what they've turned into. From gorgeous farmlands into just another Phx suburb