City of Joy

Phoenix is one of the most well planned cities in US. The city is criss-crossed with parallel roads and perpendicular avenues or streets. As with the other majority of cities, the main roads mostly lead to malls, hotels or large buildings and the side roads lead to similar houses. So having said it, I thought I will write something about how the city and the residents are prep'ing for the upcoming holiday season.

Christmas is probably the only biggest festival here. There is a general feel of happiness in the air, the flights are all booked, the flight tickets a sky high, there are discounts flying all around, the shopping malls are full, there are large queues in the billing counters at the malls and what not. The houses are decorated and lit up with colorful lights. The Christmas tree is too adorned with lights and colorful decorations hanging out.

At office, there are smiles all around, people are talking about how badly they are looking for the long vacation, inquiring what they would be doing this vacation, where they are going to be, who is visiting them and are in a general hurry to finish up their long list of assignments. There are cakes all around. Meetings end with a smile and not much action items.

So with all this, it seems to me like this may be how a city of joy would look like!!!!