the city is still largely a working class community which directly and indirectly benefits from thoughtful benefactors who believe in the beauty of living in the desert community. The average price of a Palm Springs house is only $125,000, compared to the prices of real estate in these other Southern California communities: Orange County ($201,930); Los Angeles County ($177,990); San Diego County ($167,850); and California, state-wide ($177,160).
A look at the geographic area surrounding Palm Springs shows the city to be the first (from the West) in a string of cities comprising the Coachella Valley. Although Palm Springs is only one desert city in the valley, the desert is primarily identified with Palm Springs, most likely due to its reputation in the 1940s as a hangout for the rich and famous. Palm Springs is approximately 2 hours east, and slightly south, of Los Angeles. It is too far from Southern California's major urban areas to allow commuting on a daily basis, thus limiting the population to those who can gain local employment or to tho
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