Moving to California

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I'm moving to just outside the Palm Springs, California area for a new job in the next week or two and will be based out of TRM. Any advice from those in the area or general moving advice? I am shipping my car out there from Connecticut and started browsing craigslist for apartments. I appreciate any insight you can provide! :)
 
Take the months of July and August off and leave town each year. Other than that it'll be nice.
 
TRM - nice airport.

Advice: learn to like Dates (the fruit). A lot.
 
Oh, my...

Well, the people in California take a while to get used to. They're... well, they're very nice, that's for sure. But they're kind of... I guess "laid back" comes close.

Oh, and about New York humor -- especially sarcastic one-liners -- just... don't.

Seriously.

-Rich
 
Wow. That's about as 'cross-country' as you can get! Congrats and good luck!
 
Welcome to the land of Fruits and Nuts! LOL

Palm Springs is HOT, only word for it. It is the DESERT!!!
Plan accordingly.
If you have a moving company doing it, get a delivery date ON THE CONTRACT.
Moved once and my stuff didn't show up for two weeks "well, we had to wait for the truck to be filled".
 
At least you have the whole winter to ease into the heat thing. You can be posting about the pleasant temperatures while everyone in the northeast is freezing. :)
 
I'll be there enjoying them with him for about 6 weeks starting late January.

Everskyward said:
At least you have the whole winter to ease into the heat thing. You can be posting about the pleasant temperatures while everyone in the northeast is freezing. :)
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HPNPilot1200 said:
I'm moving to just outside the Palm Springs, California area for a new job in the next week or two and will be based out of TRM. Any advice from those in the area or general moving advice? I am shipping my car out there from Connecticut and started browsing craigslist for apartments. I appreciate any insight you can provide! :)
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My aunt and uncle owned a bar in desert hot springs for many years, In the 60s you could see all the way across the basin most days, we were down 2003 and couldn't see anything.

Hot is where the temps start in June, July, And Aug. but have fun this is where the california girls hang out, really.

Bikinis are formal dress there until midnight.
 
HPNPilot1200 said:
I'm moving to just outside the Palm Springs, California area for a new job in the next week or two and will be based out of TRM. Any advice from those in the area or general moving advice? I am shipping my car out there from Connecticut and started browsing craigslist for apartments. I appreciate any insight you can provide! :)
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Sorry to hear that.

Craigslist is a good place to look for cars, for sure look for high dollar stuff (like cars) outside of the valley too.

Big bear isnt that far away, LA is close, some good dirtbike riding, yea that was the only reason I didnt loose it when I lived there.

Best areas, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta, Palm Springs.

Stay out of the hood, Desert Hot Springs, Cochella, Indio,

Learn Spanish, college of the desert might have a few courses

Budget about $1k a year for theveory, it's rampid all over the desert.


Winters are ok though!
 
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From where are you moving? I was pretty shocked when I found out about how high the state income tax was, and it's higher now. But, I was moving from a state with none...
 
Speaking as a member of an extended family that was once almost 100% Californians, all I can say is "Good luck".
 
Jay Honeck said:
Speaking as a member of an extended family that was once almost 100% Californians, all I can say is "Good luck".
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My extended family is about 100% Californian and would not move anywhere else. Of course they are from a cooler part.of California...
 
Everskyward said:
My extended family is about 100% Californian and would not move anywhere else. Of course they are from a cooler part.of California...
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The weather was the only reason they toughed it out as long as they did.
 
Used to live in Carlsbad in the southern end of the People's Republic of California. Now live in Texas where we pay zero state income tax.
 
Don't miss So Cal much, but it's like anything else. Everyplace has it's good and it's bad.
 
Dude like, totally, I'll surf with you when you get here!
 
I have researched this issue carefully. Texans are allowed to spend winter months in the desert without need for shots, visas or other paperwork. Further, if you rent a condo for a month or longer in Palm Desert, no rental tax is imposed. The bottom line is that the rent costs for a month (or slightly more) is the same as though you had rented for three weeks, due to discounting for extended stay and elimination of tax.

So if you want to "big dog it" with your friends or be nice to your kids you can give them a week's stay with imputed value of $1,500 without changing your lodging cost for 4 weeks of golf.

No matter what anybody tells you, Feb in Palm Desert is better than Feb in Dallas. And BTW, the Tom Thumb grocery card works in Ralph's stores.

DrMack said:
Used to live in Carlsbad in the southern end of the People's Republic of California. Now live in Texas where we pay zero state income tax.
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RJM62 said:
Oh, my...

Well, the people in California take a while to get used to. They're... well, they're very nice, that's for sure. But they're kind of... I guess "laid back" comes close.

Oh, and about New York humor -- especially sarcastic one-liners -- just... don't.

Seriously.

-Rich
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And the first thing you will learn is that there are at least a dozen "Californias" and silly generalizations like that only work in limited parts of the state, if anywhere. There are not 40 million people living on Zuma Beach catching the gnarly waves.

Any change in culture requires getting used to. And New York City humor doesn't work outside the City, even elsewhere in the state.
 
Good luck. This 4th generation native Californian escaped 17 years ago and has no intention of returning to live. Visit family, sure. Vacation, sure. Live? No way, Jose. The inmates are running the asylum.

Enjoy the weather, it beats the east coast. You can forget what humidity is, as there isn't any in the desert.
 
Ghery said:
Good luck. This 4th generation native Californian escaped 17 years ago and has no intention of returning to live. Visit family, sure. Vacation, sure. Live? No way, Jose. The inmates are running the asylum.
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Me too. Word for word, including the "4th generation native Californian" and "escaped 17 years ago" parts.

Enjoy the weather, it beats the east coast. You can forget what humidity is, as there isn't any in the desert.
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Actually, the lower desert is more humid now than it was in years gone by. I spent a lot of time as a kid in the Indio/Palm Desert area, before the population boom, and the dry heat was tolerable. Not so dry now with all the swimming pools, golf courses, etc. -- but still nothing like Houston or Florida.
 
My vacation home for 12 years was on the corner of 111 and Cook, and the mountains behind the Vintage golf course looked like they were in my front yard. When I visited an old friend in the neighborhood last year I could barely see them. But when I first visited the desert in 1978 the total golf course count was less than 30, and now approaches 150. I'm sure some water guy could quickly recite the exact number of desert acres that have become fully-watered landscapes of some type, but anybody who's been there knows it's a big number.

Pilawt said:
Me too. Word for word, including the "4th generation native Californian" and "escaped 17 years ago" parts.

Actually, the lower desert is more humid now than it was in years gone by. I spent a lot of time as a kid in the Indio/Palm Desert area, before the population boom, and the dry heat was tolerable. Not so dry now with all the swimming pools, golf courses, etc. -- but still nothing like Houston or Florida.
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And for all that, agriculture still uses over 90% of California's water for roughly 5% of its economic activity. Jason, I hope you like heat. Get a bike, the desert is made for them.
 
wabower said:
I have researched this issue carefully. Texans are allowed to spend winter months in the desert without need for shots, visas or other paperwork.
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We require rabies shots if Texans come here to ski. ;)
 
denverpilot said:
We require rabies shots if Texans come here to ski. ;)
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Dig out the archives from the early 1980s for the Rocky Mountain News. They had a full page spread one day on "You know you're a Coloradan when..." A few digs at Texans in there. "You know you're a Coloradan when you come to realize that Oklahoma was created as a de-militarized zone between Texas and Colorado" comes to mind as one of them.
 
Pilawt said:
Me too. Word for word, including the "4th generation native Californian" and "escaped 17 years ago" parts.
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I'll have to fly down to Vancouver some time and we can swap stories about what we don't miss about California some time. :D Besides, my daughter and son-in-law live in Vancouver.

Oh, and for you folks who are confused about all the Vancouvers around, Pilawt lives in "The Original Vancouver". It was named for the captain before those places in Canada. :D
 
wabower said:
My vacation home for 12 years was on the corner of 111 and Cook, and the mountains behind the Vintage golf course looked like they were in my front yard. When I visited an old friend in the neighborhood last year I could barely see them.
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Yes, the increase in urban haze is very noticeable.

Here's Washington Street, looking north toward Avenue 42, in 1962. My dad used to bring his police service revolver down there and we would plink at tin cans in the back of my great grandfather's 5 acres. Can't do that there now.

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Ghery said:
I'll have to fly down to Vancouver some time and we can swap stories about what we don't miss about California some time.
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Here's a list of what I miss about California:

1. Listening to Vin Scully on the Dodger broadcasts (though we can get that here now on XM).

2. Give me a minute. Don't rush me ... I'm thinking ...

I'll get back to you on that.

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Ghery said:
Dig out the archives from the early 1980s for the Rocky Mountain News. They had a full page spread one day on "You know you're a Coloradan when..." A few digs at Texans in there. "You know you're a Coloradan when you come to realize that Oklahoma was created as a de-militarized zone between Texas and Colorado" comes to mind as one of them.
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Oh I know. I remember the tomato wars. :)

There's one thing Texans and Coloradans agree on, though... and that's high-powered rifles and prairie dog hunts.

My wife has a photo of a couple of prairie dogs hanging on the wall upstairs as art somewhere... I have asked her for 17 years why she has a rat picture.
 
How about a year round flying season, and very little to no downtime due to weather.
 
Pilawt said:
Here's a list of what I miss about California:

1. Listening to Vin Scully on the Dodger broadcasts (though we can get that here now on XM).

2. Give me a minute. Don't rush me ... I'm thinking ...

I'll get back to you on that.

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Better fresh vegetables, especially corn.
 
Agreed. The customers in the Ralph's store on the corner might complain.
Pilawt said:
Yes, the increase in urban haze is very noticeable.

Here's Washington Street, looking north toward Avenue 42, in 1962. My dad used to bring his police service revolver down there and we would plink at tin cans in the back of my great grandfather's 5 acres. Can't do that there now.

Family_017.jpg
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