less expensive than Palm Springs/Palm Desert/Indio/Indian Wells/Bermuda Dunes
I am surprised you left out La Quinta and Rancho Mirage lol...although not many people mention Bermuda Dunes in the mix
๐From my times of being raised in Hollywood, Inglewood and the San Fernando Valley, we had to seek refuge in my early teenage years as I was raised in Indio, Desert Hot Springs, Coachella, and one summer stint in Las Vegas.
I still have relatives in Indio and seen how things had grown between the late 1970's in comparison to my last visit in 2009 which there is more recreation now and expansion with the many country clubs that were non existent then, which means there is a lot to do.
Haven't been to Yuma but Glamis is the closest I been to along the general area, but I imagined Yuma to have the typical environment as a Blythe, Parker, or Havasu.
As far as the windmills that are mentioned, I believe Southern Cal Edison started the windmill energy project as an experiment, as they were first located in the Whitewater and Cabazon areas and between Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs areas in 1977 as the winds funnel thru there more often, especially in March and April....I knew someone that was a windmill tech that could tell you every windmill design and what country built it and where it originated (the main three designs then were Norway, Holland, and Germany).
What used to be dozens of them in the late 1970's are now in the thousands in 2009 when I drove out of Desert Hot Springs on Hwy. 62 enroute to Anaheim and back to Las Vegas.
In 2009 I do not recall seeing any windmills near Indio or Coachella other than expanded power lines and substations that were not present during the times I lived in the area.
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