re: all desert haters
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5/24/2007
I have never read such a bunch of negative and unfair comments about this beautiful desert community. Although there's no doubt that the summer temperatures can be quite high, the weather here for eight months of the year is stupendous. This area of the US has the most days of sun than anywhere else - with the possible exception of Phoenix - and does not suffer from Phoenix' summer monsoon season, which makes their comparably high summer temperatures much more humid. I have owned a second home in this area (Indian Wells) for the past 16 years and have lived here full time for five years. It is like a small town, where restaurant servers and supermarket clerks know you by name. As for the schools, although I have no children who have attended schools in Palm Desert's Desert Sands Unified School District, it is a published fact that Washington Charter School is a California distinguished school and Palm Desert High School was recently placed amongst the top 500 secondary schools in the US. I don't disagree that this area is booming in population, but that is indicative of a desire to live here, not a desire not to live here. If you don't like it here that's your choice and you're welcome to leave, but your derisive comments are obviously not shared by the thousands of people moving to the Coachella Valley each year.
Alan | Palm Desert, CA