On Land Planning in Phoenix

ROW 5 OF AN A320, BANKING SHARPLY RIGHT FOR FINAL APPROACH TO PHOENIX SKY HARBOR. AS THE PLANE LEVELS ITSELF, THE PICTURE OF SPRAWL VIEWED THROUGH ITS WINDOWS APPEARS TO CONTINUE INFINITELY, UNTIL FINALLY THE HORIZON IS SEEN.

RB: (to female Harvard Law grad student seated at his right) Non-optimized land usage.

ONE-L FROM YUMA: Totally optimized land usage! There are no stairs anywhere!

FIN.