I bet it was kinda dry in the desert too.....blast those darn humidity killing Republicans.....

The beach is great but the negatives are tough to swallow.The alternative of course, is the desert areas, but as the article points out, most people would rather move to phoenix or vegas if you're going to do that.

Always looks deserted or abandoned IMO.

I'm sure there are areas in the high desert that might pencil, but that area is not where my focus is initially.

It just happened that when I started checking out the MLS there, I found that properties I am selling for $300,000 minimum in Palm Desert can be bought in nice 'hoods in NC for under $100,000.

There were all kinds of books out like "Twilight in the Desert" talking about peak oil.  

Four years ago, while reporting a story about the drought, Emily received a tantalizing tip: In a small town in the Mojave Desert, salespeople were making tens of millions of dollars hawking empty desert land to unsuspecting buyers by convincing them the area would boom one day — and if they got in now, they could get rich, very rich.

While a Desert Eagle may not fit in all bras that's one way to avoid issues, LOLWhat you've done is communicated to a would be attacker that people know where you are and are expecting a call back in a few minutes, that effects the thinking of the more thoughtful as that limits the time they have and time to get away.

I've been involved for many years in home design and self-taught architecture, hands-on remodeling, though I've had to start at Square-1 in (re-)learning landscaping for the high desert.  

I lived in the desert back when I had the luxury of a winter home ( like in Oregon and its the pitts in the winter.. )  so I spent 4 months in the winter there many times in La Quinta..