What has happened to the area in 30 years?
825228
if you described how it was now, maybe we could help
418658
Nope, most people cant even get within 30 miles of it. Its heavily guarded.
30703
I don't think the people will think it's better or worse than now.  But if one of us were to pop up all of a sudden 100 years from now we'd be in shock.  The change in the world due to technology in the past 100 years is incredible, but the advances that the knowledge we now have are going to enable for the future are going to make the world an entirely different place.  Hopefully it will get better because the alternative is probably destruction.
23095
I attended school in the Phoenix area in the 80's. Even at that time, you could begin to see growth in the suburbs surrounding the city.\n\nClimate (although hot in the summer) and housing affordability are two reasons people have given for moving to the area. Business 2.0 recently wrote a story about real estate hotspots and continue to mention the Southwest, especially the Phoenix area, as growth region for the next 10-20 years.
1005518
Yeah, long ago.   There's been worse events in the world.  Build a bridge America and get over it.
989049
There has been a lot of Development work being carried out in the area, by the various government and private institutions. The roads have been widened and smoothened. A lot of malls have come up in the area providing employement opuurtunities to many people.
1186413
hard to tell without further information : are you taking into account the rise in sea level, the rise of the elderly population, people are living longer, many countries are having a fall in birth rate. so taking all these into account, i dont know
826017
I have. Last Oct. Too many strip mines. They ( Coal Companies ) are destroying that part of the world. It was not pretty.
137860
I do not know about in one year... but totally... over the years (this includes casualties, soliders, police, reporters etc.) 30,000. Too damn many.
434922
It was 30 years ago for me
738824
No, because as soon as they accept section 8\nthe area isnt nice anymore.
663317
Yes, the small towns are not small towns anymore. Big box stores like Wal-mart have moved in killing small businesses. Big chain restaurants like McDonalds have moved in, killing out all the mom and pop restaurants. Urban sprawl has taken over, meaning all the trees and land on the outskirts of town have been mowed over and paved to accomodate all these franchises, so we are losing our green-space. And if you notice, every town now has the exact same stores and restaurants, so travel is a real drag. You can drive 100 miles and it is just like you are home. There is an eerie similarity like in the children's book "A Wrinkle In Time" where all the houses were alike. And you talk about hectic! When I was a kid, you could walk down the middle of the street at night-time because everyone was home sleeping. Now, the traffic rolls by as steadily at 2 AM, as it does at 2PM. It's all a real shame, and I'm very disgusted with it all. Thanks for asking by the way, I think I needed to vent that! : )
148070
Pretty much a bad one.  Extreme official corruption--still plagues the people of that region today.  They polluted the land terribly--many heavy metals are buried throughout the region--not to mention the tragedy of Chernobyl.  The leaders of the Soviet Union also were responsible for mass murder--e.g. the forced starvation of Ukraine by Joseph Stalin in the 1930's still has repercussions today.  On a more positive side, they did have a pretty good educational system--the people are very well educated, especially in math & sciences--and the Arts did not die under their suppression.
231831
50's and 60's and old and new country.
1070096
I was wondering that too. Place has changed a lot since then. All I know is that I need a Jukebox with a Country Song.
216772
30 more years. China, or else a conglomerate of Asian or Middle Eastern states.
963515
Too bad we weren't paying attention to this issue 30 years ago.   As some of these answers indicate, the gas is out of the bottle, so to speak.