Logic wanted to share a few factoids about relocating to Palm Springs. We see people relocate into the Coachella Valley everyday. What we see missing is the research needed (human nature) to understand what types of people live here, and what type of work Palm Springs has available.

 

We Logic and Catnip have been studying, living life, and working in Palm Springs for nearly 10 years now. We are comfortable to share our findings through the Palm Springs Forum with you our friends and PsViewer's.

 

There is only 400,000 people living in the Coachella Valley and there are only a few manufacturers located here. To clearly define the population Palm Springs has 52,000 residents.

 

Ok this said there are a verity of options in part because of the age of the relocating persons. Mostly we are a retirement city, followed by a service business and finally we are a tourism city, hence the service industry jobs are high for Palm Springs.

 

Here is what you would need to survive and maintain your lifestyle in the Palm Springs area.

A: You are retired and rich (come on down we need you here)

B: You are retired on a fixed income (come on down we love you)

C: You are still a working person (be sure you have a skill like air conditioning repair, gardening, pool service, retail skills, restaurant server, hotel talents)

D: Real Estate brokers or agents (you own a lot of out of the area real estate and collect rents otherwise we have too many, and it real estate is in a current decline and so are the number of agents brokers remaining in this field.  

E: You are thinking of opening your own business like Logic and Catnip did in 1999. (Great all you will need is to ask a lot of questions from local business owners) We do not advise you to interview local residents because business owners like us will share with you the clear vision of what Palm Springs is in need of and more importantly what people including visitors that come to Palm Springs will spend their money on.

Have a lot of staying ($$$$$$) power because Palm Springs is primarily a tourist town with a short season (January 15 thru March 30).

The requirements to survive are not to much different from any town USA but we have a very hot summer climate. We are a large gay community, and we are a shorter then some tourist location towns or cities. 

 

If you have any questions that we have not answered for you above we are really here to help you through the process as best we can. Palm Springs is a really wonderful city as is the entire Coachella Valley.

We just feel as Logic and Catnip were when we relocated into Palm Springs that one should really be prepared.   

 

 

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