# @downinnadesert on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc18TBpktE0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70021169-downinnadesert-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8e840983c9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T23:00:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Down In The Desert🌵 (@downinnadesert) — https://gondola.cc/downinnadesert

## Caption

These two photos show the same Arizona road nearly 100 years apart 🤯

What was once a quiet stretch surrounded by open desert and farmland is now paved and lined with neighborhoods, trees, utility lines and development.

Seeing the exact same view decades later really puts into perspective how much Arizona has changed — and how quickly the Valley has grown.

Which Arizona do you prefer: then or now? 👀

#Arizona #Phoenix #ArizonaHistory #ThenAndNow #DesertLife

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- **Comments:** 27

## Tags

desertlife, arizonahistory, thenandnow, arizona, phoenix

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