Name: Palm Desert, CA
Rating: 0.0

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Living in Palm Desert, CA

Ranks better than 51% of areas Follow

Population

53,087

Median Age

55.1 Years

Palm Desert Area Facts

Palm Desert has a Livability Score of 51_/100, which is considered poor
Palm Desert crime rates are 38% higher than the California average
Cost of living in Palm Desert is 4% lower than the California average

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What do the locals think about Palm Desert?

32%

Family friendly

41%

Public transit is accessible

32%

Walkable to grocery stores

68%

Yards are well-kept

45%

Lots of parks

32%

Walkable to restaurants

Friendly neighbors

Safe at night

Pet friendly

Streets have sidewalks

73%

A quiet area

59%

Sense of community

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Palm Desert Reviews

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Worst City Ever 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Nov 06, 2021) Palm Desert is the worst city ever. People are always stuffy and rude every time. Traffic is everywhere and drivers keep cutting people off. The stoplights will go on for half an hour to turn green. Every store is crowded with rude people. ...Read More Read Less

BEAUTIFUL PLACE to visit or live!!! 5 rating By Anonymous ( Jul 15, 2021) Palm Desert is a beautiful place, wonderful people and great food! Clearly the admin of this page isn't paying attention, because the last few review(s) are spam (they all say the same thing). Palm desert offers so much, from shopping, restaurants, hiking, and it's located in-bet ...Read More ween so much.... casinos, palm springs, Coachella, etc. Just an hour and a half from San Diego or LA. Fantastic place to live or visit!!! Two thumbs up! Read Less

Palm Desert is Full of Rude People 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( May 10, 2021) Palm Desert has the worst people ever. The people are rude. One old man who has a bald spot on his head and has a shirt shirt and brown shorts is mocking people for no reason at a Kaiser Grille in Palm Desert, CA. ...Read More Read Less

Palm Desert is full of Mean People 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Oct 28, 2020) This place is full of people who will make fun of your face in front of your face. One Old woman in a white shirt with light brown hair is mocking people for no reason at the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert. Do NOT go to Palm Desert. ...Read More Read Less

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Palm Desert is Full of Rude People 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( May 10, 2021) Palm Desert has the worst people ever. The people are rude. One old man who has a bald spot on his head and has a shirt shirt and brown shorts is mocking people for no reason at a Kaiser Grille in Palm Desert, CA. ...Read More Read Less

Palm Desert is full of Mean People 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Oct 28, 2020) This place is full of people who will make fun of your face in front of your face. One Old woman in a white shirt with light brown hair is mocking people for no reason at the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert. Do NOT go to Palm Desert. ...Read More Read Less

Good Shopping Bad People 1.5 rating By Anonymous ( Jun 24, 2020) The shopping is great with a variety of products in each area, but the people are rude smart alecks. Palm Desert, California stores have these mean people who will make fun of you for no reason. This is a terrible place to live in. ...Read More Read Less

California is Crazy 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Mar 25, 2020) California is full of rude cowards who will shut down everything in the state. There are some states that still open stores and restaurants, but California is gone crazy. Californians are more bad than the number of people infected by the virus in any state. ...Read More Read Less

An Overall Great, Friendly and Safe Place to Live! 5 rating By Roralie ( Mar 23, 2020) In my opinion, Palm Desert is an excellent place to live for people of all ages. Very active community with outdoor activities. Beautiful Mountain views and the sun shines nearly year-round. Lots of recreational options like Hiking, Biking, Soccer Fields, Golf Courses, Pools and ...Read More Parks. Tons of options for shopping and dining. It has a few colleges as well and is overall quite enough to provide a great place to focus on studies. I feel Cost of Living is excellent (for California). I feel the city of Palm Desert caters more towards families and older adults, as there isn't a ton of nightlife options for the 20 - 30 age crowd. Palm Springs is very closeby (20 mins) and has a great nightlife scene, however! Los Angeles is an hour away and the San Diego / the Beach is only about 2 hours. Only a 4-hour drive to Vegas and Phoenix as well. Stays warm here throughout the year here and has seasonal tourism during the winter (Snowbirds) but it's Southern California, so that's pretty expected. Summers get very hot. As the city name implies, it is a Desert after all, haha. Joshua Tree National Park and more are very nearby as well. Metro area here is pretty similar to the Boise, ID metro area if you were to trade their cold and rough winters for a hot summer. Read Less

People in California are Sheep 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Mar 17, 2020) The people in Palm Desert, California are sheep that will believe anything the media tells them to do. They are desperate to get anything on the shelf at a grocery store. They became more dumber when going to a grocery store. There are a few store that most sheep would go to that ...Read More some of them broke into a couple of fights. Everything in Palm Desert is has been shut down because of a virus. These people are stuffy sheep that would run away from a few weeds. Read Less

Old Rude Men 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Nov 01, 2019) Palm Desert is full of old men who are rude. At Revivals in Palm Desert, California, there is an old man wearing a grey shirt and a grey cap with white hair in a ponytail and he is being extremely rude and is bullying a few people near the cash register. What kind of friendly atm ...Read More osphere is this? This store is full of rude people. Read Less

Palm Desert is Dangerous 0.5 rating By Anonymous ( Oct 22, 2019) There are illegal immigrants in Palm Desert, CA who are attempting to abduct people while driving a car. One has a white shirt and the other one has a light blue shirt and both of them are stalking and mocking people while driving a dark blue Honda with a red and blue sticker on ...Read More the window. Read Less

Westfield Mall is Bad 2 rating By Anonymous ( Oct 15, 2019) The Westfield Mall in Palm Desert has the most busiest places. The people just walk up on the street without taking caution. There were two teen girls who did that. There is a LOT of theft in the mall. There is a teen girl with black hair and glasses wearing a black shirt who was ...Read More loitering and wanting to steal something from a Gamestop. The Westfield Mall has the meanest kind of people there is. Read Less

Palm Desert is the Worst City. 1 rating By Anonymous ( Oct 01, 2019) Palm Desert is the worst city as the title implies. At the Westfield Mall, there were like a large group of teenagers who are being extremely rude and mocking people for no reason. Do they even have manners? Do NOT go to Palm Desert. ...Read More Read Less

Palm Desert is full of Rude People 1 rating By Anonymous ( Sep 24, 2019) Palm Desert, California is full of rude people. They will do nothing but make fun of your face every day. There is a white guy who is with a girl with light brown hair at a 99 Cent Store in a white shirt who is mocking people's faces for no reason. He'll end up breaking up that g ...Read More irl. Read Less

Spending Ten Years in Palm Desert, CA 4 rating By Anonymous ( Apr 17, 2015) Palm Desert is undoubtedly the vibrant, living desert in California. I lived here for ten years before I moved to Los Angeles permanently. If you like hot and arid weather, then you are going to love it here. Sometimes, weather can be very dry and humid. Palm Desert is more known ...Read More for its lifestyle. I admit that this city embodies a significant and notable lifestyle featuring luxury, style and opulence. Neighborhoods in Palm Desert are posh and lavish. No wonder, this city holds the rank for the exceptionally livable city in California.

What I like about the city, apart from its lifestyle and trendy communities, is the cost of living. Compared to many other cities in California, the housing price and cost of living is affordable here. In fact, Palm Desert's cost of living is affordable when all factors such as healthcare, transportation, gas price, utilities and groceries are taken into the consideration. Another thing I love about Palm Desert is the attractions and activity choices. The city has the famous Living Desert Zoo ideal for guests of all ages.

Those with kids will be happy to know that all the school districts in Palm Desert have good ratings. The Palm Desert High School is the main high school here. The College of the Desert and the extension campus of both University of California Riverside and the California State University San Bernardino are major higher-education hubs in the city.

What I don't like about Palm Desert is its employment and business opportunities. Although the city is a vacation hub in California, the employment rates in other sectors are comparatively low. If you work in hospitality and tourism industry, then Palm Desert is a better place for you to find good employment opportunities.
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