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Twentynine Palms, CA
Cheap Place to Live, Nothing Spectacular -
2/23/2014I work on the USMC base as a contractor and rent a house with my fiance. We live in a nice area of town, but the rent is $1550/mon, which by California standards is pretty cheap for a 2000 sq foot new construction, single family home. The 29 Palms residents are nice, there is little violent crime, but there has been some theft in our housing development. We are close to Joshua Tree National Park and about an hour away from Palm Springs. Plenty to do here for outdoor adventurers that enjoy the desert, and while snowstorms are punishing the east coast, we have enjoyed balmy 75-85 degree temperatures. The summers are unbearably hot. There are only 2 grocery stores here but there is a Wal-Mart Supercenter about 15 miles away. We use amazon.com for most of our shopping if we don't want to drive to Palm Springs. You can find a lot of nice homes under $150,000 here in 29 Palms and rent is fairly cheap.